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Ordinance Amendment No. 2022-01 - Commercial Cannabis Regulatory and Tax Updates September 20, 2022 Page 9 Table 2: Proposed Regulatory Amendments Item Amendment and Impact Temporary Amendment: Consumption Establishes a means by which cannabis retailers may apply to conduct Festivals and Events special events that include cannabis sales and consumption. (SAMC Sec. 40-8) Impacts: • Allows cannabis retailers each to hold up to two (2) temporary consumption events per calendar year. • Allows the City to organize and hold its own festivals. • Activities would be required to satisfy all applicable State licensing, local permitting, environmental and public health, and building and fire safety regulations. • Allows the City to achieve its full revenue -generating potential of the commercial cannabis ordinance. • Maintains Santa Ana's competitive edge and leadership position within the regional cannabis industry. Various Amendments: Administrative Updates various sections of Chapters 21 and 40 to establish internal Amendments for consistency in terminology and regulations, update background check Internal Consistency requirements, and require plan submittal and opening for all remaining (SAMC Secs. 40-2, 40- pending cannabis retail businesses. 9, 40-9.2, 40-10, and 40-100 through 40- Impacts: 108) • Edits title of Chapter 40 and updates definitions to address amendments described above. • Removes local badge requirements and requires only live scans for business owners. • Updates application selection process for commercial cannabis businesses and addresses consumption lounges. • Modifies various sections to remove references to now -defunct Article XIII of Chapter 18. • Requires all pending medicinal and adult -use retail locations to submit construction plans and open within one year of the effective date of the ordinance. Among the proposed amendments, the number of permitted retail locations and relocation of pending/selected and existing retailers, termination of the Measure BB Waitlist, changes to the buffer requirements from sensitive land uses, and consumption lounges and temporary events represent substantive changes that are described in further detail in the subsections below. These amendments are intended to address evolution in market conditions for cannabis businesses in Santa Ana and maintain the City's competitive position in the regional cannabis industry. City Council 25 — 9 9/20/2022