A. The license shall be valid for one year and shall be renewed annually. All license fees shall be payable on an annual basis in advance. Annual license fees shall be as follows:

Dancehall premises license: $375.00 per annum for each premises;

Dancehall operator’s license: $100.00 per annum.

B. The clerk shall have the authority to adjust the expiration date and to prorate the license fee of the license in order to coincide with state of Washington license expiration dates.

C. Licenses issued under this chapter may not be assigned or transferred to another operator or premises.

D. Applications for renewal of licenses issued under this chapter shall be filed with the clerk on or before the expiration date provided for in this section in the same manner and accompanied by payment of the same fees as are in effect for an original application for that license for the license year applied for. There shall be assessed and collected by the clerk an additional charge, computed as a percentage of the license fee, on renewal applications not made on or before the license expiration date, as follows: