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The definitions are incorporated herein as fully set forth and are applicable to this article. All definitions are intended to comply with those set forth by the State of California for all commercial cannabis business activities. 1. "Applicant' means a person who is required to file an application for a permit under this article, including an individual owner, managing partner, officer of a corporation, or any other operator, manager, employee, or agent of a commercial cannabis business. 2. "Adult -Use" means cannabis or cannabis products that are intended to be used for non -medicinal purposes by a person 21 years of age or older. 3. "Adult -Use Cannabis Retailer Operating Agreement," "Commercial Cannabis Business Operating Agreement," or "Operating Agreement' means the agreement entered into by and between the City and the commercial cannabis business operator which will specify terms for local hiring and sourcing, community benefit plans, and fees to compensate for authorized impacts on City services. 4. "Adult -Use cannabis retail activity' includes the delivery, or sale of adult - use cannabis or a cannabis product, except as set forth in Section 19319 of the Business and Professions Code, related to qualifying patients and primary caregivers, excepting medicinal cannabis retail. 5. "Adult -Use cannabis retail business" means an Adult -Use retail business that obtains a Regulatory Safety Permit and engages in the delivery or sale of Adult -Use cannabis, or an Adult -Use cannabis product, except as related Business and Professions Code Section 19319, or Health and Safety Code Sections 11362.1 through 11362.45, as amended from time to time, excepting medicinal cannabis retail. 6. "Authorized City of Santa Ana representative" any police officer, city employee or agent of the city designated by the director of any city department which has the authority and responsibility to enforce provisions as set forth in this article. 7. 'Business owner" means any of the following: a. A person with an aggregate ownership interest of 20 percent or more in the person applying for a license or a licensee, unless the interest is solely a security, lien, or encumbrance. b. The chief executive officer of a nonprofit or other entity. C. A member of the board of directors of a nonprofit. d. An individual who will be participating in the direction, control, or management of the person applying for a license. 8. "Cannabis" or "cannabis product' means all parts of the Cannabis sativa Linnaeus, Cannabis Indica, or Cannabis Ruderalis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin, whether crude or purified, extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin. "Cannabis" also means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from marijuana. "Cannabis" also means marijuana as defined by Section Ordinance No. NS -2942 Page 4 of 31