A. An application for renewal of a Commercial Cannabis Permit and renewal fee shall be filed with the City Manager’s office at least 30 days prior but no more than 60 days prior to the expiration date of an active and current permit.
B. Any permittee submitting a renewal application less than thirty (30) calendar days before permit expiration shall be required to pay a late renewal application fee, as established by Resolution of the City Council. Such submission may result in delayed issuance of renewed permit and shall suspend an active license pending application review. The City shall not be responsible for any notice of permit expiration, pending expiration, or late fee period.
C. The renewal application may be reviewed and evaluated using the same criteria as relied upon under the initial application process, to ensure on-going compliance with the initial screening criteria.
D. The applicant shall pay a fee in an amount to be set by resolution by the City Council to cover the costs of processing the renewal permit application, together with any costs incurred by the City to administer the program created under this Chapter.
E. An application for renewal of a Commercial Cannabis Permit may be denied if any of the following exists:
1. Any of the grounds for denial or rejection of an application, or revocation of a permit, as authorized under this Chapter.
2. The Commercial Cannabis Permit or Conditional Use Permit is suspended or revoked at the time of the application submittal.
3. More than three (3) violations of a provision of an entitlement, which required the City to issue more than three (3) notices to cure, or the equivalent of a notice to cure as outlined in the executed entitlement, within the preceding term of the permit.
4. The commercial cannabis business has not been in regular and continuous operation in the four (4) months prior to the renewal application.
5. The permittee fails to renew or is unable to renew its State of California license.
6. If the permittee has made a false, misleading or fraudulent statement or omission of fact in the renewal application.
F. The City Manager is authorized to make all decisions concerning the issuance of a renewal permit. In making the decision, the City Manager is authorized to impose additional conditions to a renewal permit, if it is determined to be necessary to ensure compliance with state or local laws and regulations or to preserve the public health, safety or welfare. Appeals from the decision of the City Manager shall be handled pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.
G. If a renewal application is denied, a person may file a new application pursuant to this Chapter no sooner than one year from the date of the rejection, only if the City will be receiving new applications.
H. Expiration or expiration pending due to late renewal shall immediately suspend the ability of a commercial cannabis business to operate within the City, unless and until a new license is issued or the existing license is renewed. A renewal application submitted within the applicable timely period in CMC 5R.42.130. A pending review by City at time of expiration of current application shall serve as a temporary license pending review of renewal application.
(Res. No. 45-20 §1 (part), Ord. 2589 §3)