(A) Every person who engages in operating a sexually oriented business, as defined herein, in lieu of the regular occupational license fee charged by the City, shall pay an annual license fee of $5,000, per year, which fee is due on the date as the City’s occupational ordinance requires. Such fee is charged to offset the City’s expense in exercising its police and regulatory powers involving sexually oriented businesses.
(B) In addition, a non-refundable application fee of $50 shall be charged to process each new application. The application fee shall be applied to the licensing fee if the application is approved and shall be retained by the City’s Finance and Administration Department if the application is denied by the City or voluntarily withdrawn by the applicant.