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this section shall be applied or construed as authorizing the sale of marijuana. (i) Business license tax certificate—Required. There are imposed upon all persons engaged in transacting and carrying on any collective/cooperative business activity in the city taxes in the amounts prescribed in this article. It shall be unlawful for any person, either for him or herself or for any other person, to commence, transact or carry on any business in the city without first having procured a business license from the city under this chapter and having paid the taxes set forth in this article, and without complying with any and all applicable provisions contained in this chapter. The carrying on of any collective/cooperative without complying with all the provisions of this article shall constitute a separate violation of this chapter for each and every day that such collective/cooperative is so carried on. (j) Classification of business license assessment type—Term and renewal. The business license issued to marijuana collectives/cooperatives shall be classed as a gross receipts assessment type, issued for the same term of license as set forth in subsection 21-71(c) and shall be subject to renewal in accordance with sections 21-72(c), 21-73(c), and 21-77 of this chapter. (k) Operative date. Upon the approval by the majority of the voters of the City of Santa Ana at the November 4, 2014 general election, the taxes imposed by this article shall become operative and shall be applied by the collector upon all marijuana collectives/cooperatives. (1) Operative date of increased gross receipts tax rate. The gross receipts tax set initially at a rate of five (5) percent pursuant to subsection (b)(1) shall be increased to a rate of six (6) percent effective January 1, 2018, pursuant to subsection (b)(3). Section 9. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. ADOPTED this 21St day of November, 2017. 0 Ordinance No. NS -2930 Page 17 of 18