No permit certificate shall be issued and no inspection, public notice or other action relative to zoning, petitions for changes in zoning, or appeals, shall be instituted until after such fees, costs and charges have been paid. When in accordance with the provisions of this section, a fee is paid and application is filed, there shall be no return or rebate of any funds so received, regardless of the city's determination in the matter involved. All fees, costs and charges shall be, upon collection, deposited in the general fund of the city.
('74 Code, § 25-322) (Ord. 89-08, passed 4-27-89)