The number of each type of commercial cannabis business that shall be permitted to operate in the City shall be established by Resolution of the Mayor and City Council but at no time shall the total number of permits for all license types exceed one (1) permit per twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) residents of the City as determined by the most recent Population Estimates for Cities, Counties and the State Report generated by the State Department of Finance and Management Services for the most recent year, unless the Mayor and City Council adopt an ordinance allowing for a greater number of total permits.
(a) This Chapter is only intended to create a maximum number of commercial cannabis businesses that may be issued permits to operate in the City. Nothing in this Chapter creates a mandate that the Mayor and City Council must issue any or all of the commercial cannabis business permits if it is determined that the applicants do not meet the standards which are established in the application requirements or further amendments to the application process or that the Mayor and City Council, upon further deliberation, determines that the issuance of any or all commercial cannabis business permits will impact the public safety, welfare or other policy concerns which may be detrimental in the issuance of these permits.
(b) Each year following the Mayor and City Council's initial award of permits, if any, or at any time in the Mayor and City Council's discretion, the Mayor and City Council may reassess the number of commercial cannabis business permits which are authorized for issuance to each business type. The Mayor and City Council, in its discretion, may determine by Resolution that the number of each type of commercial cannabis permits should be reduced, stay the same, or be expanded.
(c) In accordance with the first paragraph of this Section 5.10.080, the City Council has elected to increase the maximum number of cannabis permits that can be lawfully awarded in accordance with the population formula set forth in this Section as follows: the City may award up to 17 retail business permits. This maximum number of retail business permits shall include all awarded microbusiness permits so that there are no more than a total of 17 retail and microbusiness permits, which include a retail component. The City may award an unlimited number of cannabis business permits for other types of cannabis businesses in accordance witht he restrictions set forth in Chapter 5.10, applicable guidelines adopted in accordance with Chapter 5.10 and any zoning regulations adopted by the City Council.
(Ord. MC-1625, 2-21-24; Ord. MC-1541, 9-02-20; Ord. MC-1503, 9-05-18; Ord. MC-1464, 3-07-18)