A. Payment required. Each application for a license shall be accompanied by a receipt from the City Treasurer for payment in full of the required fee for the license. All fees shall be paid into the general fund of the City. Upon rejection of any application for a license, the Treasurer shall refund the amount paid.
B. Expiration; pro rata fees. Every license except a temporary license shall expire on the last day of December in each year. Each license except a temporary license shall be issued for a period of one year, except that if a portion of the license year has elapsed when the license is granted, the license shall be issued for the remainder of the year for a pro rata fee. In computing such fee, any unexpired fraction of a month shall be counted as one month. A temporary license shall be issued for a specific period in which a special event to which the sale is incident is being held and such period shall be stated on the issue.
C. Fees.
(1) The annual fee for the regular on-sale license is $50.
(2) The annual fee for an off-sale license is $25.
(3) The fee for a temporary on-sale license $5 per day for residents and $25 per day for nonresidents of the City of Kellogg.
D. Refunds. No part of the fee paid for any license issued under this article shall be refunded except in the following instances upon application to the Council within 30 days from the happening of the event. There shall be refunded a pro rata portion of the fee for the unexpired period of the license, computed on a monthly basis, when operation of the licensed business ceases not less than one month before expiration of the license because of:
(1) Destruction or damage of the licensed premises by fire or other catastrophe.
(2) The licensee's illness.
(3) The licensee's death.
(4) A change in the legal status of the municipality making it unlawful for the licensed business to continue.
