HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law No. 2017-091 - Chapter 503 - Adult Entertainment Parlour - FeesBY-LAW NUMBER �)-O 1-7
— t9 I
OF THE
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF KITCHENER
(Being a by-law with respect to Adult Entertainment Parlour
Fees).
WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to exercise the powers conferred on Council
by the Municipal Act, 2047, S.O. 2001, c.25;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the City of Kitchener
enacts as follows:
1. Subject to section 4 herein, each person applying for a licence in respect of a trade,
occupation, or business under Chapter 502 of The City of Kitchener Municipal Code
shall pay the fee set out in Schedule "A" to this by-law respecting licensing of that
particular trade, occupation, or business. Fees paid shall be returned to the
applicant if the application for a licence is denied.
2. All licence fees set out in Schedule "A" to this by-law are annual fees unless
otherwise indicated.
3. (1) Subject to section 3(2) hereof, in those cases where a licence is surrendered by
a person ceasing operation, and not due to Council's revocation of said licence, the
licence fee shall be partially refunded according to the following formula:
(a) for a person ceasing operation from January 1St to March 31St in any year:
-for surrender — 75 percent of the annual fee;
(b) for a person ceasing operation from April 1St to June 30th in any year:
-for surrender— 50 percent of the annual fee; and
(c) for a person ceasing operation from July 1st to December 31St in any year:
-for surrender — no refund.
(2) No refund shall be given for any licence for which the fee payable for the full
year is fifty dollars ($50) or less.
4. Where an applicant pays or is required to pay licensing fees for more than one
licence with respect of the same business location and where an inspection under
one licence application satisfies an inspection requirement of another licence
application, Council hereby delegates authority to the Manager of Licensing, and
directs the manager of Licensing to:
(a) refund to the applicant the portion of any licensing fee paid as necessary to
ensure that the applicant only pays one time for each required inspection, or
(b) to waive payment of the portion of any licensing fee payable as necessary to
ensure that the applicant only pays one time for each required inspection.
5. The necessity of an inspection referred to in section 4 will be in the sole discretion of
the Manager of Licensing.
6. It is hereby declared that each and every of the foregoing sections of this by-law is
severable and that, if any provisions of this by-law should for any reason be declared
invalid by any Court, it is the intention and desire of Council that each and every of
the then remaining provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect,
7. The Clerk of the City is hereby directed to make this by-law a part of The City of
Kitchener Municipal Code by adding it to the Concordance and arranging and
numbering it as Chapter 503 so as to fit within the scheme of the Code.
PASSED at the Counciil Chambers in the City of Kitchener this
day
of A.D. 2017,
Clerk
Schedule "A"
FEES
2017 Fees
Category
Original
Licence
Fee
Renewal
Fee
Late
Fee
Class A Adult Entertainment Parlour
$420
$97
$236
Class B Adult Entertainment Parlour
$765
$97
$236
Class C Adult Entertainment Parlour
$790
$109
$250
Class D Adult Entertainment Parlour —Attendant
$115
$115
$115
Class D Adult Entertainment Parlour -- Operator
$4,750
$4,750
$4,902
Class E Adult Entertainment Parlour
$5,705
$5,705
$5,$$2