(A) Payment of fees. Each application for a license shall be accompanied by a receipt from the Finance Director for payment in full of the required fee for the license. All fees shall be paid into the general fund of the city. Upon rejection of any application for a license, the Finance Director shall refund the amount paid.
(B) Proration of fees. All licenses shall expire on December 31 of each year. Each license shall be issued for a period of one year; except that, if a portion of the license year has elapsed when the application is made, a license may be issued for the remainder of the year for a pro rata fee. In computing the fee, any unexpired fraction of a month shall be counted as one month.
(C) Annual fees.
(1) The annual fee for an on-sale and an off-sale 3.2% malt liquor license shall be per the city’s approved fee schedule.
(2) No additional license fee shall be required of a licensee who sells intoxicating malt liquor on-sale pursuant to the requirements of § 110.047(A)(2) of this chapter.
(3) The fees for temporary on-sale 3.2% liquor licenses shall be per the city’s approved fee schedule.
(D) Increase of fees. No 3.2% malt liquor license fee shall be increased, except after notice and public hearing by the Council on the proposed increase. Notice of the proposed increase must be published in the official newspaper and mailed to all affected licensees at least 30 days before the date set for the hearing.
(E) Refunds. No part of the fee paid for any license issued under this subchapter shall be refunded, except in the following instances upon application to the Council within 30 days from the happening of the event. There shall be refunded a pro rata portion of the fee for the unexpired period of the license, computed on a monthly basis, when operation of the licensed business ceases not less than one month before expiration of the license because of:
(1) Destruction or damage of the licensed premises by fire or other catastrophe;
(2) The licensee’s illness;
(3) The licensee’s death; or
(4) A change in the legal status of the city making it unlawful for the licensed businesses to continue.
(Prior Code, § 503.06) (Ord. 467, passed 06-26-1989; Ord. 476, passed 10-09-1989; Ord. 591, passed 10-29-1996; Ord. 843, passed 05-20-2010; Ord. 951, passed 09-24-2018; Ord. 981, passed 11-08-2021)