(a) No adult cabaret shall be operated or maintained in the city, unless the owner or lessee thereof has obtained a current license from the city clerk-treasurer as hereinafter set forth; provided, that it is unlawful for any entertainer, employee, manager, or operator to knowingly work in or about, or to knowingly perform any service directly related to the operation of an unlicensed adult cabaret.

(b) The license year shall be from January 1st to December 31st of each year. All licenses shall expire on the thirty-first day of December each year. Except as hereinafter provided, all license fees shall be payable on an annual basis and shall not be refundable. Annual license fees shall be five hundred dollars per year for an adult cabaret license.

(c) License fees shall not be prorated. Licenses issued under this chapter may not be assigned or transferred.

(d) Applications for renewal of licenses issued under this chapter shall be filed with the clerk-treasurer on or before the expiration date provided for in this section in the same manner as the original application providing the clerk-treasurer with current information accompanied by payment of the same fees as are in effect for the original application for that license for the license year applied for. (Ord. 1645, § 2, 2005; Ord. 1190,, 1994.)