(1) The fees for each license and renewal of any license required by this chapter shall be as set forth in Chapter 3.35 PMC for the following categories:

Adult entertainment facility business license;

Adult entertainer’s license;

Adult waitperson’s license;

Adult business manager’s license.

(2) All persons required to obtain or renew licenses under this chapter shall obtain or renew the same and pay all fees required annually upon the expiration of the current license. Any person who fails to obtain or renew and pay the license fees by its expiration date shall, in addition to any other penalties provide in this chapter or the Pasco Municipal Code, be assessed an amount equal to 50 percent of the license fee for such year as a penalty for such late application or payment; provided, that this penalty shall not apply to an application submitted by any person who was not previously licensed under this chapter.

(3) No license shall be issued or renewed except upon written application made to the City Manager in accordance with this chapter. All applications for a business license shall be accompanied with a nonrefundable application fee in an amount equal to the license fee for the license sought. If the license is granted, the application fee shall be credited to payment of the first annual license fee.

(4) If the applicant is a partnership, the application must be made and signed by one of the general partners; if a corporation, by one of the officers thereof. In addition, if the applicant is a non-Washington (i.e., foreign) corporation, partnership, or nonresident individual, it shall be signed by the resident agent or local manager of the foreign corporation, partnership or individual.

(5) Neither the filing of an original or renewal application for license, nor the payment of any application or renewal fee, shall authorize a person to engage in or conduct an adult business until such license has been granted or renewed. [Ord. 4372 § 34, 2017; Ord. 3560 § 24, 2002; Ord. 3262 § 3, 1997; Code 1970 § 5.27.110.]