(a) Initial Fee. Any person or other entity applying for a license to operate a medical marijuana facility shall, before the issuance thereof, pay to the City of Newark an application fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00). If the license issued by the State of Ohio Department of Commerce is issued after January 31 of any calendar year in which an applicant submits an application for a medical marijuana facilities license with the Director of Public Safety as required herein, such application fee shall be prorated, per diem, after such date. Any license issued hereunder by the Director of Public Safety shall be valid for the remainder of the calendar year in which it is issued.
(b) Renewal Fee. Should the licensed medical marijuana facility remain in operation and remain properly licensed by the State of Ohio Department of Commerce, the license issued hereunder by the City of Newark Director of Public Safety shall automatically renew annually upon payment of a renewal fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) payable on or before the 31st day of January of every successive calendar year in which the licensed medical marijuana facility remains in operation.
(c) Non-Renewal Penalty. At least thirty days prior to the renewal deadline of January 31st of each successive calendar year, the Director of Public Safety shall notify, by regular U.S. Mail, any person or entity operating a medical marijuana facility in the City pursuant to a license issued hereunder of the obligation to submit the required annual renewal fee as mandated hereunder. If the renewal fee is not received on or before the 31st of January of any successive year as required hereunder, an additional fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) will be imposed upon the person or entity operating such medical marijuana facility. If the renewal fee remains unpaid after notice and after the 31st of March of any such year, an additional fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) will be imposed upon the person or entity operating such medical marijuana facility for every thirty days thereafter and until such time as the renewal fee is paid in full.
(Ord. 17-55. Passed 11-20-17.