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basic rate of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) annually for each branch establishment or separate property location of the commercial cannabis business transacted and carried on in the city, and for each separate type of commercial cannabis business conducted at the same location. Commercial cannabis businesses having no fixed place of business within the city shall be exempted from this requirement. (f) In the event the City should in the future permit additional categories of commercial cannabis business activity, as may from time to time be licensed by the State of California, such categories of commercial cannabis activates shall be subject to the same maximum tax rates as imposed herein. The City may by ordinance of the City Council initially set the required gross receipts/gross square footage tax rates based on category of cannabis business activity at lesser rates as may be deemed appropriate by the City Council. (g) For purposes of this Article, a commercial cannabis business is not considered to be a business or person having a "specified exemption" or "specified exclusion" from business license taxation as set forth in sections 21-48 and 21-49 of this Chapter. (h) For purposes of this Article any person claiming an exemption from the gross receipts tax rate component of the combined gross receipts/square footage tax imposed under this Article on the basis of a claim of being a qualified "nonprofit organization" shall have the burden of substantiating their claim to the same extent and in the same manner as a marijuana collective/cooperative in accordance with section 21-127(a)(6) of this Chapter. (i) Cannabis businesses shall not pass the taxes imposed by this Article through to an adult -use cannabis retail business customer or commercial cannabis business customer in any fashion except as part of the basic product sales and/or service price. Q) Definitions. For purposes of this Article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) "Adult -Use cannabis retail business" as defined in section 40-2(4) of this Code. (2) "Commercial Cannabis Activity" as defined in section 40-2(9) of this Code. (3) "Commercial cannabis business' as defined in section 40-2(10) of this Code excluding medical marijuana collectives/cooperatives also referred to as medicinal cannabis retail sales. (4) "Cultivation" as defined in section 40-2(11) of this Code. (5) "Delivery" as defined in section 40-2(13) of this Code. a 75A-18