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Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 38 of 68 <br /> <br /> <br />3. Business License Taxes. The business owner shall at all times maintain a current and <br />valid City of Santa Ana business license and shall pay all business license taxes, <br />deposits, charges, fees, deficiencies, penalties, interest, and other associated <br />assessments as may be required pursuant to ordinances of the City of Santa Ana <br />and/or the Santa Ana Municipal Code. <br />4. Operating Agreement Fees. <br />5. Additional cannabis-specific gross receipts, excise taxes, or other municipal tax <br />approved by the voters of the City of Santa Ana. <br />6. All required state taxes including sales and use taxes, business/franchise or income <br />taxes, payroll taxes, etc. <br />7. All required federal taxes. <br />Sec. 40-16. Tax Rates for Qualified Social Equity Commercial Cannabis Retail <br />Business Operators. <br />Commercial cannabis retail businesses opting-in to the social equity measures described <br />in this subsection shall, upon confirmation of their certification as a Qualified Social Equity <br />Commercial Cannabis Business Operator by the City of Santa Ana Planning and Building <br />Agency, be eligible for the applicable rate of Commercial Cannabis Retail Business taxes <br />payable on the socially equitable retail activities specified in their City of Santa Ana <br />business license(s), as set forth in Section 21-133(d) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code. <br />These activities are to include: Socially Equitable Adult-use Cannabis Retail Business <br />(including Delivery and Consumption Lounge) and Socially Equitable Adult-use Cannabis <br />Retail Business Temporary Consumption and/or Special Events. Qualified Social Equity <br />Commercial Cannabis Retail Business tax rates become effective on the first day of the <br />first calendar month following the issuance of a confirmation of qualification notification <br />as set out hereunder by the City of Santa Ana Executive Director of the Planning and <br />Building Agency or his or her designee. <br />A Commercial Cannabis Retail Business seeking certification as a Qualified Social Equity <br />Commercial Cannabis Retail Business shall provide documentation showing that it <br />commits to and satisfies the following social equity measures to be eligible for Socially <br />Equitable Adult-use Cannabis Retail Business tax rates: <br />1. Full-time jobs. Sixty percent (60%) of its workforce is hired for full-time work (paid <br />hourly wages for an average of at least 32 hours per week or 1,664 hours per year). <br />2. Wages. Employees, not including supervisors, must receive wages that exceed 115 <br />percent of the California minimum wage at the time of hire. This wage shall increase <br />to 120 percent within three years of the effective date of this Ordinance. <br />3. Delivery Drivers. Delivery drivers must be reimbursed for mileage according to the <br />Internal Revenue Service’s Standard Mileage Rates.