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(b) It shall be unlawful for the City of Santa Ana to ban Providers of medical cannabis lawful under State law, including non -Profit collectives and cooperatives, from operation within the City of Santa Ana, or to place a moratorium upon such lawful operation. (c) No department, agency, commission, officer, or employee of the City of Santa Ana shall use any City funds or resources to assist in the enforcement of Federal controlled substance laws to the extent that they are inconsistent with California medical cannabis laws, including but not limited to the Companionate Use Act of 1996 and the Medical Marijuana Program Act, unless such assistance is required by Federal or State statute, regulation, or court decision. (d) The City of Santa Ana shall not accept any Federal funding that would be used to investigate, cite, arrest, prosecute, or seize property based on offenses otherwise legal under California medical cannabis laws, nor participate in any task force that accepts any Federal funding or revenue sharing and that investigates, cites, arrests, prosecutes, or seizes property based on offenses otherwise legal under California medical cannabis laws. Specifically, these prohibitions on accepting funding and task force participation shall not apply to the following activities as not legal under California medical cannabis laws: (1) Distribution or sale of cannabis to minors; (2) Cultivation or sale of cannabis on public property; (3) Driving under the influence; (4) Interstate or international gang activity. ctivity. (e) The City must not require a medical cannabis collective or cooperative to obtain any special use or conditional use permit. This provision is included to meet the requirements and concerns expressed by the California Court of Appeal in Pack v. Superior Court (2011). City officials will not be required to violate any Federal criminal statute. No special site plan, variance, or any other permit or certificate other than those specified in this Ordinance shall be required by the City and none shall be issued for said collectives and cooperatives. The City shall issue, as a ministerial duty, Notices of Completed Registration, Certificates of Occupancy, and gross receipts business licenses to qualified collectives and cooperatives in priority order as received and processed. Sec. 18 -611. - Definitions (a) "City" means the City of Santa Ana. (b) "Cannabis" or "marijuana" means marijuana and all parts of the plant cannabis, whether growing or r not; the seeds thereof. resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. It includes marijuana infused in foodstuff It does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound