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Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 30 of 66 <br /> <br /> <br />p. Odor control response. <br />i. Odors from a temporary consumption event are identified as a public <br />nuisance pursuant to the Santa Ana Municipal Code. The City may pursue <br />all administrative, civil, and criminal remedies available in relation to any <br />nuisance determined to exist with respect to the operation of a consumption <br />lounge in violation of this Chapter. <br />ii. Upon receipt of any complaint concerning odors emanating from or <br />originating at the temporary consumption event, the Planning and Building <br />Agency may suspend or revoke the LUC. <br />q. All temporary consumption events shall be equipped with point-of-sale or <br />similar equipment to distinguish sales of products made for onsite consumption <br />from sales of retail products for offsite consumption. <br /> <br />Sec. 40-9. Commercial cannabis selection process. <br />1. Commercial Cannabis — Registration Application and Regulatory Safety Permit <br />Required. <br />a. For applicants prior to January 1, 2018: Existing medicinal cannabis business <br />operators, or those with pending applications for a medicinal RSP, who desire to <br />operate an adult cannabis retail business shall apply for the cannabis Regulatory <br />Safety Permit ("RSP") on or before December 14, 2017. The Director of Planning <br />and Building shall review such application and issue the RSP, without <br />consideration of the merit based point system, so long as they satisfy all other <br />requirements of this Chapter article and Chapter 18. <br />b. The Regulatory Safety Permit ("RSP") selection process will be conducted in two <br />(2) phases, Phase 1 (Registration Application) and Phase 2 (Regulatory Safety <br />Permit Application). Registration Applications will be reviewed by the Director of <br />Planning and Building or designees(s) for completeness and compliance, and if <br />eligible, will be notified in writing to enter placed on the "Regulatory Safety Permit <br />("RSP") Eligibility List" and entered into the Phase 2 Regulatory Safety Permit <br />Application process. In Phase 2, the City of Santa Ana has established a merit <br />based point system for adult-use commercial cannabis retail businesses to <br />objectively award permits as described in the Regulatory Safety Permit <br />Application. <br />2. Phase 1 — Registration Application. <br />a. Following the adoption of this article, the Director of Planning and Building shall <br />prepare commercial cannabis business registration application forms and a related <br />administrative policy. Each commercial cannabis business interested in operating