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Section 40-2. Definitions <br />The definitions are incorporated herein as fully set forth and are applicable to this <br />article. All definitions are intended to comply with those set forth by the State of <br />California for all commercial cannabis business activities. <br />1. "Applicant" means a person who is required to file an application for a <br />permit under this article, including an individual owner, managing partner, officer of a <br />corporation, or any other operator, manager, employee, or agent of ars Adult Use <br />GanRabis refgol " a commercial cannabis business. <br />2. "Adult -Use" means cannabis or cannabis products that are intended to be <br />used for non -medicinal purposes by a person 21 years of age or older. <br />3. "Adult -Use Cannabis Retailer Operating Agreement," "Commercial <br />Cannabis Business Operating Agreement," or "Operating Agreement" means the <br />agreement entered into by and between the City and the commercial Adult -Ilse <br />cannabis retail business operator which will specify terms for local hiring and sourcing, <br />community benefit plans, and fees to compensate for authorized impacts on City <br />services. <br />4. "Adult -Use cannabis retail activity" includes the delivery, or sale of adult - <br />use cannabis or a cannabis product, except as set forth in Section 19319 of the <br />Business and Professions Code, related to qualifying patients and primary caregivers, <br />excepting medicinal cannabis retail. <br />5. "Adult -Use cannabis retail business" means an Adult -Use retail business <br />that obtains a Regulatory Safety Permit and engages in the delivery or sale of Adult -Use <br />cannabis, or an Adult -Use cannabis product, except as related Business and <br />Professions Code Section 19319, or Health and Safety Code Sections 11362.1 through <br />11362.45, as amended from time to time, excepting medicinal cannabis retail. <br />6. "Authorized City of Santa Ana representative" any police officer, city <br />employee or agent of the city designated by the director of any city department which <br />has the authority and responsibility to enforce provisions as set forth in this article. <br />7. "Business owner' means any of the following: <br />a. A person with an aggregate ownership interest of 20 percent or more in <br />the person applying for a license or a licensee, unless the interest is solely a security, <br />lien, or encumbrance. <br />b. The chief executive officer of a nonprofit or other entity. <br />C. A member of the board of directors of a nonprofit. <br />d. An individual who will be participating in the direction, control, or <br />management of the person applying for a license. <br />Ordinance No. NS -XXX <br />Page 4 of 33 <br />75B-8 <br />