For purposes of this chapter:
(a) "Adult use cannabis" shall have the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 3719.01.
(b) "Adult use consumer" means an individual who is at least twenty-one years old.
(c) "School," "church," "public library," "public playground," and "public park" shall have the same meanings as in Ohio R.C. 3796.30.
(d) "Disqualifying offense," "cultivator," "processor" and "dispensary" shall have the same meanings as in Ohio Admin. Code 3796:1-1-01 or subsequent similar regulations.
(e) "Licensee" means, with respect to an adult use cannabis dispensary license issued under this chapter, a person in whose name a license to operate an adult use cannabis dispensary hasbeen issued, as well as the individual(s) designated on the license application as principally responsible for the operation of the adult use cannabis dispensary.
(f) "Operate" means to control or hold primary responsibility for the operation of an adult use cannabis dispensary, either as a business entity, as an individual, or as part of a group of individuals with shared responsibility. "Operate" or "cause to be operated" shall mean to cause to function or to put or keep in operation. Operator means any persons on the premises of an adult use cannabis dispensary who is authorized to exercise overall operational control or hold primary responsibility for the operation of an adult use cannabis dispensary or who causes to function or who puts or keeps in operation the business. A person may be found to be operation or causing to be operated an adult use cannabis dispensary whether or not that person is an owner, part owner, or licensee of the business.
(g) "Person" means an individual, proprietorship, partnership, firm, association, joint stock company, corporation or combination of individuals of whatever form or character.
(h) "Transfer of ownership or control" of an adult use cannabis dispensary shall mean any of the following:
(1) The sale, lease, or sublease of the business;
(2) The transfer of securities which constitute a controlling interest in the business, whether by sale, exchange, or similar means; or
(3) The establishment of a trust, gift, or other similar legal device which transfers the ownership or control of the business, except for transfer by bequest or other operation of law upon the death of the person possessing the ownership or control.
(i) "Director" shall mean the Director of Public Safety, "Commissioner" shall mean the Building Commissioner, and "Chief " shall mean the Chief of Police of the City.
(Ord. 11373-2023. Passed 12- 19-23.)