A. All licenses provided for in this chapter shall be issued for one year. All liquor licensees are required to apply annually for a renewal and to pay the license fee and penalties, if applicable, as set out in this chapter.
B. Each licensee shall be notified prior to the due date of the amount due for his license; provided, that the actual receipt by the licensee of such notice is in no case required. The failure of the county to notify any licensee shall in no event be construed or held to be a waiver of the payment of such licensee fee.
C. A licensee may terminate its license by voluntary surrender of the license so long as a disciplinary complaint has not been filed against the licensee. Upon the license surrender, all sales of alcoholic beverages must cease.
D. All license fees are due on July 1 of each year. All license fees due become delinquent if not paid on the date when due. If payment is made after the date when the fee is due and before thirty (30) days after the due date, fifty percent (50%) of the license fee shall be assessed as a penalty charge. All licenses for which the license fees have not been paid within thirty (30) days after the due date shall be deemed revoked. Any such license may not be reinstated by the board until the fifty percent (50%) penalty fee and fifteen percent (15%) reinstatement fee have been paid in addition to the regular license fee.
E. Any fee imposed pursuant to this chapter is a debt due the county from and against any person who commences, carries on, engages in or conducts the sale of alcoholic beverages for which a license is required, and the person shall be liable in a civil action in the name of the county as plaintiff in any court of competent jurisdiction, for the recovery of the amount of the license fee, penalties, and for the cost of the suit. (Ord. 2008-04, 12-15-2008, eff. 7-1-2009)