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Ordinance Amendment No. 2022-01 - Commercial Cannabis Regulatory and Tax <br />Updates <br />May 3, 2022 <br />Page 6 <br />2 <br />5 <br />0 <br />8 <br />Table 2: Proposed Regulatory Amendments <br />Item Amendment and Impact <br />Community Benefits <br />and Sustainable <br />Business Practices <br />(SAMC Sec. 40-1) <br />Amendment: <br />Updates community benefit and sustainable business practices <br />requirement by codifying requirements and providing options to satisfy. <br />Impacts: <br />Addresses the termination date of existing commercial cannabis <br />operating agreements, which are set to expire December 31, 2022. <br />Codifies requirement for all commercial cannabis businesses to <br />submit and have a Community Benefit and Sustainable Business <br />Practices Plan on file with the City. <br />Allows the City to require proof of satisfaction of the community benefit <br />and sustainable business practices plan. <br />Provides businesses an option to allow the City to provide community <br />benefits by executing an operating agreement and paying additional <br />operating fees to the City based on gross receipts. <br />Commercial Cannabis <br />Eligible Areas (SAMC <br />Secs. 40-5, 40-6, and <br />40-105) <br />Amendment: <br />Establishes an updated commercial cannabis eligible areas map to <br />maintain a buffer between commercial cannabis businesses and <br />sensitive land uses, such as schools, parks, and residential zones. <br />Impacts: <br />Updates the existing map of commercial cannabis eligible areas <br />adopted March 18, 2020, and requires adoption of the new map by <br />resolution of the City Council. <br />Maintains a buffer between commercial cannabis businesses and <br />sensitive land uses. <br />Creates consistency between ordinance and adopted map. <br />Relocation of <br />Commercial Cannabis <br />Retail Facilities <br />(SAMC Secs. 40-7 and <br />40-106) <br />Amendment: <br />Allows relocation of pending/selected and existing commercial cannabis <br />retail locations within Santa Ana. <br />Impacts: <br />Addresses facilities impacted by changes in market conditions and/or <br />impacted by projects such as the Costa Mesa (SR-55) Freeway <br />widening. <br />Facilitates the opening of final and remaining retailer “slots.” <br />Allows the City to achieve its full revenue-generating potential of the <br />commercial cannabis ordinance. <br />Requires new locations to be separated from any other <br />pending/selected or waitlisted location by 500 feet so as to not <br />negatively impact any other location, subject to full compliance with all <br />zoning, buffer, and separation requirements.