(A) (1) No license shall be issued except on the filing of an application form. In the event that, by reason of incorrect information contained in the form, the license fee collected was not in the correct amount the city shall be entitled to collect any balance due or, if any licensee has overpaid, to refund the excess collected.
(2) In no event shall any error made by the City Clerk, his or her deputies or assistants in stating the amount of a license prevent or prejudice collection by the city of what shall be actually due pursuant to this chapter from any person conducting or carrying on a business within the city.
(B) No refund of an overpayment of fees imposed by this chapter shall be allowed in whole or in part unless a claim for refund is filed with the City Clerk within a period of three years from the last day of the calendar month following the period for which the overpayment was made, and all the claims for refund of the amount of the overpayment must be filed with the Clerk on forms furnished by him or her and in the manner prescribed by him or her. Upon the filing of the claim, and when he or she determines that an overpayment has been made, the Clerk may refund the amount overpaid.
(1994 Code, § 5.04.180)