(a) The annual permit fee to operate a public swimming pool shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00), except as outlined in subsection (b) of this section, due and payable each January 1. The permit fee shall be due and payable before beginning operation of any new public swimming pool and on each January 1 thereafter.
(b) If a public swimming pool and a food service establishment are owned and operated at the same location by a common individual, corporation, firm, or other entity, the annual swimming pool permit fee shall be ten dollars ($10.00) due and payable each January 1.
(c) The permit fee shall be paid to the Department of Health before a permit is issued, and the permit shall be kept and displayed in a conspicuous manner, properly framed, at the pool for which it was issued.