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Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 35 of 73 <br /> <br /> <br />on the "Qualified Consumption Lounge Applicant List" and the Director shall notify the <br />applicant in writing that it is a "Qualified Consumption Lounge Applicant." <br />(c) Qualified Consumption Lounge Applicants shall be notified by the City that they may <br />submit any/all required documentation and plan drawings to complete the City’s plan <br />check and permitting process to construct a consumption lounge. <br />(d) Upon notification of placement on the Qualified Consumption Lounge Applicant List, <br />applicants shall have 180 days to complete the plan check and construction process, <br />and be issued a certificate of occupancy, unless an extension is granted by the <br />Executive Director of the Planning and Building Agency to resolve required building or <br />site upgrades, modifications, repairs, or other property issue mitigations tied directly <br />to construction of the lounge. <br />Sec. 40-10. Audits - Commercial Cannabis Businesses. <br />Annual audits. No later than September 30 of every year, each licensed commercial <br />cannabis business, except commercial cannabis businesses licensed and operating <br />solely as shared manufacturers, shall be liable to file with the City an independent audit <br />or financial review of its operations of the previous calendar year. Provided, however, that <br />licensed commercial cannabis businesses which operate as microbusiness, or that <br />operate on a vertically or horizontally integrated basis as established in Chapter 21, <br />Article XIII of this Code, or that are co-located on shared premises may file a consolidated <br />independent audit or financial review. The form and contents of the document shall be <br />specified by the Executive Director of Finance and Management Services, or his or her <br />designee(s). The Executive Director of Finance and Management Services, or his or her <br />designee(s) may waive this requirement for certain licensed commercial cannabis <br />businesses in accordance with guidelines established by the Finance and Management <br />Services Agency. <br />Sec. 40-11. Inspection and enforcement responsibilities. <br />The Code Enforcement Division of the Planning and Building Agency may enter and <br />inspect the location of any commercial cannabis business between the hours of 7:00 a.m. <br />and 10:00 p.m., or at any reasonable time, to ensure compliance with this article. In <br />addition, any police officer may enter and inspect the location of any commercial cannabis <br />business and the recordings and records maintained as required by this article, except <br />that the inspection and copying of private medical records shall be made available to the <br />police department only pursuant to a properly executed search warrant, subpoena, or <br />court order. It is unlawful for any owner, responsible person, landlord, lessee, member <br />including, but not limited to, a member engaged in the management), or any other person <br />having any responsibility over the operation of the commercial cannabis business to <br />refuse to allow, impede, obstruct or interfere with an inspection, review or copying of <br />records and closed-circuit monitoring authorized and required under this article, including, <br />Exhibit 1