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(p) Business license tax certificate —Required. There are imposed upon all persons engaged in transacting and carrying on any commercial cannabis business activity in the city taxes in the amounts prescribed in this Article. It shall be unlawful for any person, either for him or herself or for any other person, to commence, transact or carry on any business in the city without first having procured a business license from the city under this Chapter and having paid the taxes set forth in this Article, and without complying with any and all applicable provisions contained in this Chapter. The carrying on of any commercial cannabis business activity without complying with 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. (s) Operative date of decreased gross receipts tax rate. The gross receipts tax set initially at a rate of five (5%) percent for testing facilities or testing laboratories pursuant to subsection (d) above shall be decreased to a rate of two (2%) one percent (1 %) by resolution of the City Council [Santa Ana City Council Resolution No, 2019-xx] as hereinabove provided for in accordance with subsection (c), which reduced rate, under the terms of said City Council resolution, shall become retroactively effective July 1, 2019. Section 8. Section 21-136 of Article XIII of Chapter 21 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read in full as follows: Sec. 21-136. Security for collection of commercial cannabis business' business license tax; requirement; extension of time; application; failure to post or restore — effect; jeopardy determination; refund or release; deposit adjustment —effect. (a) Requirement for Security Deposit. 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/operator, including but not limited to each purchaser, assignee, transferee, or other successor in interest (hereinafter collectively referred to as successor) of a commercial cannabis business subject to the business 15 11 A-41