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Chapter 40 <br />ARTICLE 1. REGULATION OF ADULT USE RG_TniL COMMERCIAL <br />CANNABIS RCS ACTIVITIES OTHER THAN MEDICINAL CANNABIS RETAIL <br />ACTIVITIES <br />Section 40-1. Purpose and Intent. <br />A. The purpose and intent of this article is to regulate n"4 �'.-.Q t Use commercial <br />cannabis fetail business activities, as defined in this article,. in order to ensure the <br />health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City of Santa Ana by establishing <br />regulations necessary for an Adult -Else -commercial cannabis retail business operating <br />in the City of Santa Ana to obtain and maintain a Regulatory Safety Permit( RSP„). Any <br />A a,�i,-di4 Ise commercial retail cannabis businesses operating in the City of Santa Ana <br />shall at all times be in compliance with current State Law.and this article. All commercial <br />Adult Use cannabis retail facilities shall operate in accordance with the regulations in <br />this article and with the conditions of approval associated with the applicable zone for <br />the, parcel of real property upon which the commercial Adult Use cannabis retail <br />activities are conducted. Any commercial Adak -I Ise retail cannabis business shall <br />qualify for and receive a Regulatory Safety Permit from the City of Santa Ana as <br />provided by this article and operate only in:a zone in compliance with Santa Ana <br />Municipal Code before commencing with any commercial Ad -A-1 Im, cannabis retail <br />business activity. Any commerciald �i..�„*'« cannabis retail business without a <br />Regulatory Safety Permit is in violation of this article. The regulations in this article, in <br />compliance with the Compassionate Use Act, the Medicinal Marijuana Program Act, SB <br />94, AB 183, Proposition 64, and the California Health. and Safety Code (collectively <br />referred to as "State Law") do not interfere with the right to use adult -use cannabis or <br />medicinal cannabis as authorized under State Law, nor do they criminalize the <br />possession of 4 J, r It <br />Use cannabis or FnediGal cannabis as "authorized under State Law. <br />All other commercial cannabis activities, including but'not limited to, cultivation, <br />manufacture, and distribution, and ' . t?� of PaRR .bis are prohibited and banned in the <br />City of Santa Ana. <br />B. Any person operating a medicinal marijuana collective/cooperative (as <br />defined in Chapter 18 of this Code) as of December 14, 2017, or who has an RSP <br />application pending to operate a medicinal collective/cooperative, and has met all of the <br />requirements of Chapter 18, shall be allowed to apply for a Regulatory Safety Permit for <br />the sale of Adult -Use cannabis provided that they enter into the Adult -Use Cannabis <br />Retailer Operating Agreement with the City. <br />C. The Adult se Commercial Cannabis retailer Operating Agreement shall <br />be a legally binding written agreement between each Adult Use commercial cannabis <br />retail business operator and the City, executed by the City Manager, or his or her <br />designee, and in a form and substance satisfactory to the Executive Director of <br />Planning and Building and the City Attorney, and containing those provisions necessary <br />to ensure that the requirements of this article are satisfied. <br />Ordinance No. NS -XXX <br />Page 3 of 33 <br />75B-7 <br />