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dollars ($2,000.00) annually for each separate branch location or separate property location of the business. (c) Modification, repeal or amendment. The city council may repeal the ordinance codified in this article, or amend it in a manner which does not result in an increase in the tax or taxes imposed herein, without further voter approval. The city council may likewise by ordinance adopt and add additional provisions to any other article of this chapter and relate them to this article, or amend any existing provisions of any article of this chapter as they may already relate to this article in any manner which does not result in an increase in the tax or taxes imposed herein, without further voter approval. If the city council repeals said ordinance or any provision of this article, it may subsequently reenact it without voter approval, as long as the reenacted ordinance or section does not result in an increase in the tax or taxes imposed herein. (d) Administration—Rules, regulations, and guidelines; interpretation/ clarification. In order to aid in the city's collection of taxes due under this article and to ensure that all marijuana collectives/cooperatives are taxed consistently to the best of the city's ability, the collector, with the concurrence of the city attorney, may promulgate rules, regulations, and guidelines, to implement and administer this article including, but not limited to rules, regulations, and guidelines harmonizing other provisions of this chapter with the provisions of this article in any manner not inconsistent with the intent of this article and which does not result in an increase in the tax or taxes imposed herein. The collector may also, with the concurrence of the city attorney, interpret or clarify the methodology of the tax, or any definition applicable to the tax, so long as such interpretation or clarification (even if contrary to some prior interpretation or clarification) is not inconsistent with the language of this article. (e) Occasional transactions—Exemptions. (1) The provisions of this article shall not apply to persons having no fixed place of business within the City of Santa Ana who come into the city for the purpose of transacting a specific item of marijuana collective/cooperative business at the request of a specific patient, client or customer, provided that such person does not come into the city for the purpose of transacting business on more than five (5) days during any calendar year. (2) For any person not having a fixed place of business within the City of Santa Ana who comes into the city for the purpose of transacting collective/cooperative activities, the business tax payable by such person may be apportioned by the collector in accordance with this chapter. Ordinance No. NS -2930 Page 15 of 18