(1) Amounts. The annual fee for liquor licenses shall be as stated in the annual fee schedule adopted by the City Council. The license fee may not exceed the cost of issuing the license and other costs directly related to the enforcement of the liquor laws and this chapter. No liquor license fee shall be increased without providing mailed notice of a hearing on the proposed increase to all affected licensees at least 30 days before the hearing.
(2) Payment. Each application for a liquor license shall be accompanied by a receipt from the City Clerk for payment in full of the license fee and the fixed investigation fee required under § 701.05(1). All fees shall be paid into the general fund. If an application for a license is rejected, the City Clerk shall refund the amount paid as the license fee.
(3) Term, pro-rata fee. Each license shall be issued for a period of one year, except, that if the application is made during the license year, a license may be issued for the remainder of the year for a pro-rata fee with any unexpired fraction of a month being counted as one month. Every license shall expire on the last day of June.
(4) Refunds. A refund of a pro-rata share of an annual license fee may occur only if authorized by M.S. § 340A.408, Subd. 5, as it may be amended from time to time.
(Prior Code, § 701.03) (Am. Ord. 13-02, passed 10-28-2002)