(a) Definitions. For purposes of this chapter,
(1) Medical marijuana shall have the same meaning as in R.C. 3796.01.
(2) School, church, public library, public playground, and public park shall have the same meanings as in R.C. 3796. 30.
(3) Disqualifying offense, cultivator, processor and dispensary shall have the same meanings as in Ohio Admin. Code 3796: 1-1-01 or subsequent similar regulations.
(4) Licensee means, with respect to a medical marijuana dispensary license issued under this chapter, a person in whose name a license to operate a medical marijuana dispensary has been issued, as well as the individual(s) designated on the license application as principally responsible for the operation of the medical marijuana dispensary.
(5) Operate means to control or hold primary responsibility for the operation of a medical marijuana 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 a medical marijuana dispensary who is authorized to exercise overall operational control or hold primary responsibility for the operation of a medical marijuana 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 a medical marijuana dispensary whether or not that person is an owner, part owner, or licensee of the business.
(6) Person means an individual, proprietorship, partnership, firm, association, joint stock company, corporation or combination of individuals of whatever form or character.
(7) Transfer of ownership or control of a medical marijuana dispensary shall mean any of the following:
A. The sale, lease, or sublease of the business;
B. The transfer of securities which constitute a controlling interest in the business, whether by sale, exchange, or similar means; or
C. 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.
(Ord. 2018-16. Passed 6-26-18.)