(a) No person may hold a commercial cannabis business permit, or be employed by a commercial cannabis business, in the City of San Bernardino, if any of the following conditions exist:
(1) The applicant, permittee, or employee has been denied a commercial cannabis business permit, or similar license, or has had such a permit or license suspended or revoked by any city, county, city and county or any state cannabis licensing authority;
(2) The applicant, permittee, employee, or the owner of the property upon which the proposed commercial cannabis activity is to occur, was either convicted of, pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or has been found by the City's Hearing Officer pursuant to Chapters 9.92 or 9.93 to be responsible for, conducting commercial cannabis activity in non-compliance with Title 19, other City of San Bernardino ordinances, codes and requirements, or state law, and they failed to discontinue operating in a timely manner; or
(3) The applicant, permittee, or employee, or the owner of the property upon which the proposed commercial cannabis activity is to occur, was found by the appropriate taxing agency to have been in non-compliance with federal, state or local tax laws or failed to report income from commercial cannabis activities to federal, state, or local government in violation of law.
(Ord. MC-1503, 9-05-18; Ord. MC-1464, 3-07-18)