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Il <br />of the clerk, by general regulation, may provide for the issuance of temporary business licenses <br />to a temporary place of business without requiring the payment of any fee. No person to whom <br />a business license has been issued may allow any person for whom a separate business license is <br />required to operate under or to display his/her business license. No person may operate under <br />or display a business license issued by the city to another taxpayer. <br />E. License Fees. <br />1. Registration Fee. A registration fee of seventy-five dollars will be due at the time of filing an <br />application for a business license. If the application for a business license is filed between July <br />1st and December 31st, the registration fee will be thirty-seven and one-half dollars. <br />2. Additional Location Fee. For each additional location at which a taxpayer transacts business, <br />the taxpayer will pay a fee of twenty dollars per year at the time of registration. If the <br />application for an additional location is filed between July 1st and December 31st, the additional <br />location fee will be ten dollars. <br />3. Renewal Fee. A renewal fee will be due prior to January 1st of each year. For businesses <br />with a gross income of less than twenty thousand dollars in the preceding year, the annual <br />renewal fee is twenty-five dollars. For businesses with a gross income of twenty thousand <br />dollars or more in the preceding year, the annual renewal fee is seventy-five dollars. The <br />renewal fee for each additional location will be twenty dollars. <br />4. Fee Adjustment. Prior to mailing renewal notices, but no later than December 31,2014, and <br />annually thereafter, the office of the clerk shall administratively adjust the fees provided for <br />herein in an amount equal to the annual change in the June to June Consumer Price Index (CPI - <br />U) (1982-84=100) for the Seattle -Tacoma -Bremerton area as published by the United States <br />Department of Labor (CPI). To calculate the adjustment, the current rate will be multiplied by <br />one plus the annual change.in the CPI. If the annual change in CPI is negative, no adjustment <br />shall be made for the year. The amount of the fees so calculated will be rounded to the nearest <br />whole dollar. <br />F. License Renewal. Prior to January 1st of each year, a taxpayer desiring to renew its license <br />must submit a renewal form and the renewal fee to the office of the clerk. The renewal form <br />must indicate any changes to the taxpayer's name, location, or character of business, or affirm <br />that there have not been any changes. Any taxpayer failing to make payment on or prior to <br />January 1st will be subject to penalties in the following amounts: <br />1. Ten percent of the current renewal fee, as adjusted in subsection (E)(4) of this section, if the <br />payment is not received on or before the last day of the month following the expiration date. <br />2. Twenty percent of the current renewal fee, as adjusted in subsection (E)(4) of this section, if <br />the payment is not received on or before the last day of the second month following the <br />expiration date. <br />3. All business licenses issued subsequent to the initial license period will be deemed renewal <br />licenses if there has been no discontinuance of the taxpayer's operations or activities. <br />Nonpayment by the taxpayer of taxes or business license fees when due during the term of any <br />45 <br />