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all the provisions of this article shall constitute a separate violation of this chapter for each and every day that such commercial cannabis activity is so carried on. (q) Classification of business license assessment type—Term and renewal. The business license issued to commercial cannabis businesses shall be classed as a gross receipts assessment type, issued for the same term of license as set forth in subsection 21-71(c) of this chapter and shall be subject to renewal in accordance with sections 21-72(c), 21-73(c), and 21-77. (r) Operative date. Upon the approval by the majority of the voters of the city at the November 6, 2018 general election, the taxes imposed by this article shall become operative and shall be applied by the collector upon all commercial cannabis businesses. Sec. 21-134. Payment of tax does not authorize unlawful business. (a) The payment of a business tax required by this article, and its acceptance by the city, shall not entitle any person to carry on any commercial cannabis business unless the person has complied with all of the requirements of this code and all other applicable laws, nor to carry on any commercial cannabis business in any building or on any premises in the event that such building or premises are situated in a zone or locality in which the conduct of such commercial cannabis business is in violation of any law. (b) No tax paid under the provisions of this article shall be construed as authorizing the conduct or continuance of any illegal or unlawful business, or any legal business in an illegal manner, or any business in violation of any ordinance of the city, state or federal law. Sec. 21-135. Single property location; multiple state licenses; separate city business licenses. Sections 21-7, 21-8, and 21-9 of this chapter notwithstanding, separate city business licenses, issuable to commercial cannabis businesses pursuant to this article, shall be required for each separate type of commercial cannabis business activity transacted and carried on at a single city property location for which a commercial cannabis business may seek licensure by the state, or forwhich a state license has been approved or issued. Sec. 21-136. Security for collection of commercial cannabis business' business license tax. To ensure compliance with business license tax payment requirements established pursuant to this article, the collector shall require, beginning on the operative date of this article, that each commercial cannabis business owner (including but not limited to each transferee, assignee, or purchaser of a commercial cannabis business subject to the business licensing requirements of this article) deposit within thirty (30) days such security (per individual business license) in a form acceptable to the collector in an amount not larger than the cannabis business owner's estimated average monthly tax liability as determined by the collector or the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), whichever is the greater. Each new city commercial cannabis business licensee shall upon obtaining Ordinance No. NS -2962 Page 9 of 10 55A-29