(A) License fees for the sale of alcoholic liquor at retail shall be payable in advance at the time of making application.
(B) In the event the license applied for is denied, the fee paid with the application shall be returned to the applicant. If the license is granted, the fee shall be deposited in the general corporate fund of the city or in any such other fund as shall have been designated or shall hereafter be designated by the City Council, by a proper action, and no part thereof shall be refunded under any circumstances.
(C) License fees shall be as follows, effective May 1, 2015:
(1) Original application or renewal of a Class “A” or “C-1" license shall be $500 per annum.
(2) Original application or renewal of a Class “B” or “C-2" license shall be $600 per annum.
(3) Original application or renewal of a Class “D-l” or “D-2" license shall be $700 per annum.
(4) Original application or renewal of a Class “E” license shall be $1,100 per annum.
(5) Original application or renewal of a Class “F” license shall be $900 per annum.
(6) Original application or renewal of a Class “G-l” license shall be $400 per annum.
(7) Original application or renewal of a Class “G-2" license shall be $500 per annum.
(8) Original application or renewal of a Class “H-l” license for a for-profit entity shall be $700 per annum.
(9) Original application or renewal of a Class “H-l” license for a not-for-profit entity shall be $400 per annum.
(10) Original application or renewal of a Class “I-1" license shall be $100 per annum.
(11) Original application or renewal of a Class “I-2" license shall be $25 per annum.
(12) Original application or renewal of a Class “J” license shall be $100 per annum.
(13) Original application or renewal of a Class “K” license shall be $100 per annum.
(14) Original application or renewal of a Class “L” license shall be $10 per occurrence.
(D) In the event the licensee so desires, the annual fee set forth in division (C) above may be paid in equal quarterly installments, payable in advance of the quarter to which such payment relates; provided that, the licensee shall also pay a $10 fee with each such advance quarterly payment.
(1999 Code, § 116.13) (Ord. 1534, passed 3-30-1992; Ord. 3828, passed 4-21-2014; Ord. 3862, passed 3-16-2015; Ord. 3932, passed 5-16- 2016; Ord. 4065, passed 11-5-2018; Ord. 4107, passed 8-5-2019)