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3 <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 /> 7 <br />