1. The clerk shall investigate to determine if the borough has an interest which can be protected by protesting the approval of the application for transfer or issuance of a new liquor license;

2. The clerk shall check with the state troopers on the number of trouble reports at the place of business;

3. The clerk shall duly advertise and place the matter of the application upon the agenda for the next meeting of the assembly in order that citizens may express their desires as to whether or not the assembly should approve or protest the transfer or issuance of the liquor license; and

4. The notice of intent to establish a new liquor license or transfer of location of an existing license shall be mailed to each landowner within 1,500 feet of the proposed location by the clerk. A transfer from one person to another of a liquor license, even if the location stays the same, shall be considered a request for a new liquor license by the Kodiak Island Borough. The applicant shall pay a fee based upon the cost of the notice and application processing costs to the borough.