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(a) Unless otherwise specified, the annual registration and license fees shall be paid to the City quarterly, and not later than forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar quarter. (b) Each payment shall be accompanied by a statement showing the manner in which the fee was calculated, and shall be personally delivered or mailed to the city on or before the due date. If mailed, the postmark shall be considered the date of delivery. (c) For good cause, the city may extend for not to exceed one month, the time for making payment and filing the statement. Any person or operator to whom an extension is granted shall pay interest at the rate of 1.5% per month on the amount of fee due, without proration for a fraction of a month. If the statement is not filed and the fee and interest due is not paid by the end of the extension period, then the interest shall become part of the fee for computation of penalties prescribed in subsection (4) of this section. (d) No acceptance by the city of any payment hereunder shall be construed as an accord that the amount paid is in fact the correct amount, nor shall such acceptance of such payment be construed as a release of any claim the city may have for additional sums payable. (e) The payments hereunder are not a payment in lieu of any tax, fee or other assessment except as specifically provided in this section, or as required by applicable law. (f) Within ninety (90) days following the end of the calendar year, each person or operator which paid a fee hereunder shall submit a statement, certified as true by an independent auditor or the chief financial officer of such person or operator, setting forth its gross revenues, by category, and describing what revenues were included and excluded in calculating the fee or fees, and any adjustments made to gross revenues. (g) The city may, from time to time, and upon reasonable advance written notice, inspect, copy and audit any and all books and records of a registrant or licensee reasonably necessary to the determination of whether fees have been accurately computed and paid. (h) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event a registrant or licensee that is obligated to pay a fee ceases to provide service for any reason (including as a result of a transfer), such registrant or licensee shall make a final payment of any amounts owed to the city within ninety (90) calendar days of the date its operations in the city cease, and shall provide a statement of gross revenues for the calendar year through the date operations ceased which statement shall contain the information and certification required by this section. (8) Penalties and Interest. (a) Any registrant or licensee who has not been granted an extension of time for remittance of a fee due and who fails to remit any fee imposed under subsection (2) of this section prior to delinquency shall pay Ordinance - 7