(a) Every application for a new medical marijuana dispensary license shall be accompanied by a three hundred fifty dollar ($350.00) non-refundable application and investigation fee.
(b) Every application for renewal of a medical marijuana dispensary license shall be accompanied by a two hundred fifty dollar ($250.00) nonrefundable application and investigation fee.
(c) In addition to the application and investigation fee required in subsection (a) or (b) of this section, every applicant that is granted a medical marijuana dispensary license (new or renewal) shall pay to the City an annual, non-prorated license fee in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) upon license issuance or renewal, plus an amount equaling one and one-half percent of the licensee's gross annual sales above the amount of one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000) which the licensee shall calculate at the expiration of the license or renewal term using sales figures from the licensee's state-mandated reporting or recordkeeping forms, and which the licensee shall pay within sixty days of the expiration of any term (new or renewal) of the license. The initial license fee may be refunded only if the applicant does not receive a license issued by the State Board of Pharmacy for a period covering any portion of the term of the license issued by the City. The licensee shall give the Director or his or her designee(s) an opportunity to review the data and basis upon which the licensee has calculated fees due under this section.
(d) All fees will be collected by the Building Depatment.
(Ord. 11286-2022. Passed 11-15-22.)