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All commercial cannabis businesses shall pay applicable fees and taxes, which shall include one or more of the following: 1. Application Fees. The business owner shall submit a non-refundable fee to cover the cost of processing an application for the commercial cannabis business. These fees may be divided into two fees according to Registration Application Fee (Phase 1) and RSP Application Fee (Phase 2). 2. Regulatory Safety Permit Renewal Fees. The business owner shall submit a non-refundable fee to cover the cost of processing an application renewal annually. 3. Business License Taxes. The business owner shall at all times maintain a current and valid City of Santa Ana business license and shall pay all business license taxes, deposits, charges, fees, deficiencies, penalties, interest, and other associated assessments as may be required pursuant to ordinances of the City of Santa Ana and/or the Santa Ana Municipal Code. 4. Operating Agreement Fees. 5. Additional cannabis -specific gross receipts, excise taxes, or other municipal tax approved by the voters of the City of Santa Ana. 6. All required state taxes including sales and use taxes, business/franchise or income taxes, payroll taxes, etc. 7. All required federal taxes. Section 4. Section 18-611 of Article XIII of Chapter 18 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read in full as follows: Sec. 18-611. - Definitions. (Not in alphabetical order) (a) "Cultivation" and/or "Cultivate" shall mean the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading or trimming of one (1) or more marijuana plants or any part thereof, as set forth in Business and Profession Code § 26001 (1) as amended from time to time. (b) "Medical marijuana collective" or "cooperative" or 'collective" means any facility or location where medical marijuana is made available and/or distributed by or to one (1) or more of the following: a primary caregiver, a qualified patient or a person with an identification card in strict accordance with California Health and Safety Code Section 11362.5 et seq., as sometimes amended. This term shall include any legal form of business recognized in the State of California. A "medical marijuana collective" shall not include the following uses, as long as the location of such uses are otherwise regulated by this Code or applicable law: a clinic licensed pursuant to Chapter 1 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, a health care facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, a residential Ordinance No. NS -2942 Page 24 of 31