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Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 30 of 73 <br /> <br /> <br />a. Existing medicinal cannabis business operators, or those with pending <br />applications for a medicinal RSP, who desire to operate an adult cannabis retail <br />business shall apply for the cannabis Regulatory Safety Permit ("RSP") on or <br />before December 14, 2017. The Director of Planning and Building shall review <br />such application and issue the RSP, without consideration of the merit based point <br />system, so long as they satisfy all other requirements of this Chapter article and <br />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 <br />pursuant to this article may submit an application together with a non-refundable <br />processing fee in an amount established by the City Council. <br />b. The Registration Application period shall be thirty (30) calendar days from the date <br />the applications are released. Following the application period, the Director of <br />Planning and Building or designee(s) shall stop accepting applications and review <br />all applications received in Phase 1. Each application that is complete and in <br />compliance with the application requirements in Phase 1 shall be placed on the <br />"RSP Eligibility List" and shall be notified in writing whether they are a "RSP Eligible <br />Applicant" or not. Each complete and compliant applicant on the RSP Eligibility <br />List may then choose to file an application for a RSP in Phase 2. <br />c. The requirements for Phase 1 include, but are not limited to: <br />i. All application documents required in the City's Phase 1 Registration <br />Application package. <br />ii. Application was submitted during the application period. <br />iii. Application forms are filled out completely. <br />iv. Phase 1 application fee is paid. <br />Exhibit 1