(a) A fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be charged by the Director of Finance for each and every permit issued pursuant to Section 727.03, excepting and provided, that in cases where no license to sell beer or intoxicating liquors, under Ohio R.C. 4301.01 to 4301.991, has been issued to and is in effect as to the applicant for the permit or the owner or occupant of the premises on which the dance, ball, roller skating or like entertainment is to be held, and where no beer or intoxicating liquor is consumed or possessed by anyone on the premises while the dance, ball, roller skating or like entertainment is being held, the applicant for the permit may, at his election, pay a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) which shall cover all fees for all the permits obtained by him applying to the same premises during the remainder of the calendar month in which the twenty dollar ($20.00) fee is paid. In the event that the twenty dollar ($20.00) fee has be paid, the payment shall not entitle the applicant to the refund thereof or of any part thereof in the event that the Director refuses to issue permits to the applicant for the balance of the calendar month, or shall revoke any permits given. The fees shall be paid by the Director into the City Treasury in the same manner as are license fees.
(b) In the event a dance hall, roller skating rink or like entertainment, conducted as a permanent business, has an established location and the premises are used principally as a dance hall, roller skating rink or like entertainment and only infrequently used for other purposes, the Director may issue a permit for the calendar year or that part of the calendar year remaining when the permit is issued. A fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be charged for all or any part of a calendar year with no provision for proration or refund if not used for the entire calendar year. All such permits shall expire on December 31 of each year.
(1984 Code Sec. 114.14)