A. The license fee shall be due and payable July 1 of each year. Any license fee which has not been paid on or before the fifth day of the month in which it becomes due shall be increased by a penalty of ten percent (10%) which shall be added to the fee and collected with the fee prior to the issuance of any license hereunder. When any license fee is paid by mail, the post-marked date on the envelope shall be presumed to be the date on which the license fee was paid. If the license fee and penalty have not been paid on or before the fifteenth day of the month in which the license fee becomes due, any right to renew a license without application to the City Council shall be forfeited and shall forthwith terminate at the time of the close of the City office on the fifteenth day of such month, and at such time the liquor business to which the delinquent license fee relates shall forthwith close and cease operation if still in operation at that time. This provision shall not be construed to permit the operating of any business to which this Chapter applies for any length of time whatever without having in full force and effect a proper license issued by the City with all fees therefor fully paid, nor shall it be construed to extend the expiration date of any license, nor to prevent the City Council from taking any action to revoke, cancel, suspend, restrict or condition the license for any reason, including nonpayment of fees.
B. All fees may be paid up to one year in advance. No refunds of any portion of a license fee paid in advance shall be made nor shall any portion of a fee paid in advance be transferable.
C. The schedule of fees to be paid for licenses shall be set by resolution of the City Council. (Ord., 9-3-1991)