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a A licensed cannabis testing facility or laboratory business its owners and <br />C. Educational tours of cannabis testing facility/laboratory businesses shall <br />be allowed. <br />Section 40-9. Adult -Use Commercial Cannabis Retail Selection Process <br />1. Adult -Use Commercial Cannabis Retail — Registration Application <br />and Regulatory Safety Permit Required <br />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 cannabis Regulatory Safety Permit ('RSP") On or before <br />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 <br />two 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 <br />shall prepare Ad, -4-1 commercial cannabis retail business registration application <br />forms and a related administrative policy. Each Adult Use commercial cannabis fetail <br />business interested in operating pursuant to this article may submit an application <br />together with a non-refundable processing fee in an amount established by the City <br />Council. <br />b. The Registration Application period shall be thirty (30) calendar days from <br />the date the applications are released. Following the application period, the Director of <br />Planning and Building or designee(s) shall stop accepting applications and review all <br />applications received in Phase 1. Each application that is complete and in compliance <br />with the application requirements in Phase 1 shall be placed on the "RSP Eligibility List' <br />Ordinance No. NS -XXX <br />Page 19 of 33 <br />75B-23 <br />