§ 4-24. Issuance; expiration; renewal.

(a)

Any city liquor license shall be valid only for the calendar year in which it is issued. Each city liquor license expires on December 31 of each year and must be renewed on or before January 31 of the following year by filing an application for renewal and paying the applicable renewal fee. The application and payment for renewal must be received by the tax and license manager by January 31 to be deemed timely filed.

(b)

Persons whose initial city liquor licenses are issued after March 31 of any year shall be subject to an initial license fee on a prorated basis as follows:

Business Start Date	Proration of License Fee
April 1—June 30	75%
July 1—September 30	50%
October 1—December 31	25%

 

The applicable proration percentage shall be applied to the annual license fee set by resolution to determine the initial license fee.

(c)

Any person who fails to renew an active city liquor license by January 31 of any year and who conducts any activities covered by such license after such date shall be deemed to be operating without a license, shall be subject to all penalties imposed under this chapter against persons unlawfully operating without a license, and shall be subject to a penalty of fifty percent (50%) of the annual license fee that would have been imposed on the date on which the license expired in addition to payment of the applicable license fee. All license fees and penalties owed by a person pursuant to this subsection must be paid before a new city liquor license is issued to such person or such license is transferred to another person.

(d)

Any person who fails to renew an inactive city liquor license by January 31 of any year and who maintains an inactive state liquor license in the city shall be subject to a penalty of fifty percent (50%) of the annual inactive license fee that would have been imposed on the date on which the city liquor license expired in addition to payment of the applicable inactive license fee. All license fees and penalties owed by a person pursuant to this subsection must be paid before a new city liquor license is issued to such person or such license is transferred to another person.

(e)

Any person who is required to obtain a city liquor license and fails to do so prior to conducting any activity covered by such license shall be subject to a penalty of fifty percent (50%) of the annual license fee that would have been imposed on the date on which such activities commenced in addition to payment of the applicable license fee. All license fees and penalties owed by a person pursuant to this subsection must be paid before a city liquor license is issued to such person.

(f)

No city liquor license shall be renewed unless the licensee is in compliance with all provisions of this chapter at the time of renewal.

(Ord. No. 1722, § 5, 6-2-92; Ord. No. 1917, § 1, 12-10-96; Ord. No. 2183, § 2, 2-13-01)