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Exhibit 5 - Cannabis Comparative Tax Information <br />City <br />Tax Rates* <br />Required Permits <br />Consumption Allowed? <br />Notes <br />Maximum Cap & Active Retail vs <br />Supply licenses <br />Costa Mesa <br />Retail <br />7% <br />Discretionary. Conditional use <br />permit (CUP) and cannabis <br />permits required, plus building <br />permits. CEQA review also <br />triggered due to discretionary <br />process. <br />No. <br />Would allow unlimited retail <br />businesses in all commercial <br />areas. No separation from <br />residential required, but 1,000- <br />foot separation from parks and <br />schools, and 600 feet from <br />youth centers. <br />Retail: No cap, 0 active <br />6-8 approved <br />15 in pipeline <br />Had 49 applications <br />Cultivation <br />1% <br />Distribution <br />1% <br />Manufacturing <br />1% <br />Testing <br />1% <br />Dana Point <br />Proposed <br />Adult -Use Retail <br />3.0% <br />Voter initiative on November <br />8 ballot. Discretionary, <br />competitive process for retail <br />permits; process for other <br />business types to be <br />developed by the City. <br />Not stated <br />Must be 750 feet from any <br />sensitive uses (schools, <br />daycares, youth centers and <br />certain parks) within the City, <br />and 600 feet from any sensitive <br />uses outside the City. <br />Up to 3 permits for retailers; no <br />required limit for non -retail <br />business types. <br />Medicinal Retail <br />2.0% <br />Cultivation <br />1.0% <br />Distribution <br />1.0% <br />Manufacturing <br />1.0% <br />Testing <br />1.0% <br />Huntington Beach — <br />Proposed <br />Retail <br />6% <br />City Council discretion to <br />adopt and amend business <br />and land use ordinances if <br />voters approve tax measure <br />on November 8, 2022. <br />Not discussed. Council would have <br />discretion to consider onsite <br />consumption as an allowed activity <br />if voters approve tax measure on <br />November 8, 2022. <br />1,000-foot buffer from schools, <br />parks, daycare and youth <br />centers. <br />Retail: Up to 10 permits <br />Supply: No cap, though Council <br />would have discretion to set a cap <br />if desired <br />Cultivation <br />1% <br />Distribution <br />1% <br />Manufacturing <br />1% <br />Testing <br />1% <br />Irvine <br />Adult -Use Retail <br />No <br />Ministerial review for <br />completeness. <br />N/A <br />Only testing laboratories are <br />allowed. <br />Testing: No cap, 3 active <br />Medicinal Retail <br />No <br />Cultivation <br />No <br />Distribution <br />No <br />Manufacturing <br />No <br />Testing <br />No <br />City Council 25 — 10A 2 of 6 9/20/2022 <br />