5.20.090 Application fee.

(A) Reasonable Costs. An applicant shall pay all reasonable costs incurred by the city related to the processing of any application. Processing costs shall include, but not be limited to, the costs of services rendered by any city employee, agent or representative, including consultants and attorneys.

(B) The initial deposit of the application fee for the consideration of an application for issuance, renewal, transfer, or modification of a franchise shall be in the amount of five thousand dollars, which deposit shall be submitted with the application. The city may, as costs are incurred, draw upon the deposit to recover its processing costs, including, but not limited to, the reasonable cost of outside consultants retained by the city related to the city's consideration and processing of a franchise. The city manager, at any time, may require the applicant to deposit additional sums if it appears that the initial deposit or subsequent deposits will be exhausted prior to the final action by the city relating to the consideration by the city of an application for issuance, renewal, transfer, or modification of a franchise. The applicant will not be entitled to further consideration by the city of its requested action until such time as the additional deposit required by the city manager has been deposited with the city. In the event the amount of the deposit of an applicant is in excess of the amount of the processing costs of the city related to the action requested, then the applicant shall be entitled to a return of any such excess amount. In addition, an applicant that is awarded a franchise shall pay the city a sum of money sufficient to reimburse it for all publication expenses incurred by it in connection with the granting of a franchise. Such payment shall be made to the finance director of the city within thirty days after the city furnishes the franchisee with a statement of such expenses.