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Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 66 of 68 <br /> <br /> <br />decreased to a rate of one (1%) percent by resolution of the City Council [Santa Ana <br />City Council Resolution No, 2019-068] as hereinabove provided for in accordance <br />with subsection (c), which reduced rate, under the terms of said City Council <br />resolution, shall become retroactively effective July 1, 2019. <br />(t) Operative date of decreased gross receipts tax rate (Cultivation, Manufacturing, and <br />Distribution, Adult-use Cannabis Retail Business (including Delivery and <br />Consumption Lounges), Adult-use Cannabis Retail Business (Temporary <br />Consumption and/or Special Events). The gross receipts tax set initially at a rate of <br />six (6%) percent for cultivation, manufacturing, and distribution pursuant to <br />subsection (d) above shall be decreased to a rate of one (1%) percent, and the gross <br />receipts tax rate set initially at a rate of eight (8%) for all adult-use cannabis retail <br />business (including delivery) activities pursuant to subsection (d) above shall be <br />decreased to seven (7%) percent to include the sub-activity of consumption lounges, <br />and the ancillary adult-use cannabis retail business (temporary consumption and/or <br />special events) activity; the parallel activities of social equity adult-use cannabis <br />retail business (including delivery and consumption lounge), and the ancillary social <br />equity adult-use cannabis retail business (temporary consumption and/or special <br />events) activity are set at a reduced five (5%) percent, by resolution of the City <br />Council [Santa Ana City Council Resolution No, 2022-XXX] as hereinabove provided <br />for in accordance with subsection (c), which reduced rates, under the terms of said <br />City Council resolution, shall become effective January 1, 2023. <br />(u) Operative date of decreased square footage tax rate (Cultivation, Manufacturing, <br />Distribution, Adult-use Cannabis Retail Business (Temporary Consumption and/or <br />Special Events), Qualified Social Equity Adult-use Cannabis Retail Business <br />(Temporary Consumption and/or Special Events). The square footage tax set <br />initially at a rate of ten ($10) dollars per square foot for cultivation and manufacturing, <br />and four ($4) dollars per square foot for distribution pursuant to subsection (d) above <br />shall be decreased to a rate of seven ($7) dollars per square foot for cultivation, <br />three ($3) dollars per square foot for manufacturing, three ($3) dollars per square <br />foot for distribution; and to a rate of zero ($0) dollars per square foot for shared <br />manufacturing, adult-use cannabis retail business (temporary consumption and/or <br />special events), and qualified social equity adult-use cannabis retail business <br />(temporary consumption and/or special events) by resolution of the City Council <br />[Santa Ana City Council Resolution No, 2022-XXX] as hereinabove provided for in <br />accordance with subsection (c), which reduced rates, under the terms of said City <br />Council resolution, shall become effective January 1, 2023. <br /> <br />(v) Notwithstanding the tax rates imposed herein under subsections (d),(s),(t), and (u), <br />the City Council may, in its discretion, at any time solely by resolution, implement <br />any lower or higher tax rate it deems appropriate, not to exceed the maximum rates <br />established by subsection (a).