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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 commercial cannabis Regulatory Safety Permit ('RSP") on <br />or before December 14, 2017. The Director of Planning and Building shall review such <br />application and issue the RSP, without consideration of the merit based point system, <br />so long as they satisfy all other requirements of this article and Chapter 18. <br />b. The Regulatory Safety Permit ('RSP") selection process will be conducted in two <br />phases, Phase 1 (Registration Application) and Phase 2 (Regulatory Safety Permit <br />Application). Registration Applications will be reviewed by the Director of Planning and <br />Building or designees(s) for completeness and compliance, and if eligible, will be placed <br />on the 'Regulatory Safety Permit ("RSP") Eligibility List' and entered into the Phase 2 <br />Regulatory Safety Permit Application process. In Phase 2, the City of Santa Ana has <br />established a merit based point system to objectively award permits as described in the <br />Regulatory Safety Permit Application. <br />2. Phase 1 — Registration Application <br />a. Following the adoption of this article, the Director of Planning and Building shall <br />prepare Adult -Use cannabis retail business registration application forms and a <br />related administrative policy. Each Adult -Use cannabis retail business interested <br />in operating pursuant to this article may submit an application together with a <br />non-refundable application fee in an amount established by the City Council. <br />b. The Registration Application period shall be thirty (30) calendar days from the <br />date the applications are released. Following the application period, the Director <br />of Planning and Building or designee(s) shall stop accepting applications and <br />review all applications received in Phase 1. Each application that is complete and <br />in compliance with the application requirements in Phase 1 shall be placed on <br />the 'RSP Eligibility List' and shall be notified in writing whether they are a 'RSP <br />Eligible Applicant' or not. Each applicant on the RSP Eligibility List may then <br />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 />L 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. Business Owner(s)/Applicant(s) referenced on the application provides <br />a Live Scan that was. conducted within 14 days prior to submitting the <br />application. <br />Ordinance No. NS -XXX <br />11 E-20 Page 18 of 25 <br />