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department which has the authority and responsibility to enforce provisions as set forth
<br />in this article.
<br />"Business owner" means any of the following:
<br />a. A person with an aggregate ownership interest of 20 percent or more in
<br />the person applying for a license or a licensee, unless the interest is solely
<br />a security, lien, or encumbrance.
<br />b. The chief executive officer of a nonprofit or other entity.
<br />c. A member of the board of directors of a nonprofit.
<br />An individual who will be participating in the direction, control, or
<br />management of the person applying for a license.
<br />7. "Cannabis" or "cannabis product' means all parts of the Cannabis sativa
<br />Linnaeus, Cannabis Indica, or Cannabis Ruderalis, whether growing or not; the seeds
<br />thereof; the resin, whether crude or purified, extracted from any part of the plant; and
<br />every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its
<br />seeds, or resin. "Cannabis" also means the separated resin, whether crude or purified,
<br />obtained from marijuana. "Cannabis" also means marijuana as defined by Section
<br />11018 of the California Health and Safety Code as enacted by Chapter 14017 of the
<br />Statutes of 1972. "Cannabis" does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber
<br />produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other
<br />compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks
<br />(except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the
<br />plant which is incapable of germination. For the purpose of this chapter, "cannabis"
<br />does not mean industrial hemp as that term is defined by Section 81000 of the
<br />California Food and Agricultural Code or Section 11018.5 of the California Health and
<br />Safety Code.
<br />8. "City' means the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal
<br />corporation.
<br />9. "Commercial cannabis activity" means the cultivation, possession,
<br />manufacture, distribution, processing, storing, laboratory testing, packaging, labeling,
<br />transportation, delivery or sale of cannabis and cannabis products as provided for this
<br />Chapter. Permitted commercial cannabis activities are listed in Land Use Table 40-5 of
<br />this Chapter.
<br />10. "Commercial cannabis business" means a business that obtains a Regulatory
<br />Safety Permit and engages in the cultivation, possession, manufacture, processing,
<br />storing, laboratory testing, labeling, distribution, delivery, or sale of adult -use cannabis,
<br />medicinal cannabis or an adult -use cannabis or medicinal cannabis product, except as
<br />related Business and Professions Code Section 19319, or Health and Safety Code
<br />Sections 11362.1 through 11362.45, as amended from time to time.
<br />11. "Cultivation" means to plant, grow, harvest, dry, cure, grade or trim cannabis,
<br />as defined by California Business and Professional Code Section 26001, as amended
<br />from time to time.
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