(A) Applications received may be denied by the City Clerk if the applicant, upon written notice, fails to provide missing or incomplete information within the time specified in this section.
(B) The City Clerk may deny an application for any of the following reasons:
(1) The applicant has not been prequalified for a marihuana establishment state license by LARA.
(2) The applicant did not pay the required application fee at the time of submission of the application.
(3) The applicant has not provided satisfactory proof that the applicant has or will have lawful possession of the property proposed for the location of the marihuana establishment for the period during which the license will be issued.
(4) The applicant's proposed location does not comply with the city's zoning requirements as set forth in this Code.
(5) The applicant has not satisfactorily complied with all of the application requirements in this chapter.
(6) The applicant has a suspended or revoked state or local medical or adult use marihuana license in another jurisdiction.
(7) The City Clerk determines that the applicant has submitted an application containing false, misleading, or fraudulent information, or has intentionally omitted pertinent information on the application.
(8) The applicant is delinquent in the payment of any taxes, fees, or other charges owed to or collected by the city.
(9) The operating plan submitted by the applicant with the application does not comply with the requirements for a marihuana establishment plan as required by the requirements of this chapter or the Act.
(10) It is a duplicative application.
(C) Notice of denial of an application shall be sent to the applicant in writing by mail or electronic mail to the last known address of the applicant on file with the city. If a license is denied by the City Clerk, the applicant may appeal as set forth in § 118.12.
(D) All applications for establishments that are not denied as provided herein, and comply with all of the requirements for an application in this chapter and the zoning requirements of this Code, shall be accepted by the City Clerk as a qualified applicant.
(Ord. O-222, passed 9-14-2020, effective 9-24-2020)