HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 5940CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 5940
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING CHAPTER
5-5 OF THE RENTON MUNICIPAL CODE, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 5-5-7,
REFUND OF LICENSE FEE, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND ESTABLISHING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Chapter 5-5 of the Renton Municipal Code is amended to add a new
section 5-5-7, Refund of License Fee, to read as shown below. All other provisions in chapter 5-5
remain in effect and unchanged.
5-5-7 REFUND OF LICENSE FEE:
A. Revocation: Upon revocation, suspension, or denial of any license as
rovided in this chanter, no Dortion of the license fee shall be returned to the
B. License Application Withdrawn: Upon a licensee's request to withdraw
their initial aoDlication, the fee Daid shall be returned to the aaDlicant by the Ci
together with notice that the application has been withdrawn; provided that, no
refund shall be made where the aDDlicant has enRaRed in the business activitv for
which the license was intended. or where inspection has been Derformed by an
Citv department to review said license application.
C. Overpayment: If, upon request by a licensee for a refund, and if it is
determined by the Administrator that a fee has been paid in excess of that
roperly due, the excess amount Daid shall be credited to the licensee's account
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or shall be refunded to the licensee; however, no refund or credit shall be allowed
for any payment made more than four (4) years before the date of such request.
SECTION II. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or work of this
ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court or competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the constitutionality of any other
section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance.
SECTION III. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after
publication of a summary of this ordinance in the City's official newspaper. The summary shall
consist of this ordinance's title.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 18th day of November, 2019.
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 18th day of Noveml:
Approved as to form:
Shane Moloney, City Attorney
Date of Publication: 11/22/2019 (Summary)
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Denis Law, Mayor
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