(a) The City Council shall adopt by resolution the procedures for application processing, and the manner in which the decision will ultimately be made regarding the issuance of any commercial cannabis business permit(s) for businesses permitted to operate in Thousand Oaks identified in Section 5-29.08. The resolution shall include or require the City Manager or designee to provide detailed objective review criteria to be evaluated on a point system or equivalent quantitative evaluation scale tied to each set of review criteria ("Review Criteria"). The resolution shall authorize the City Manager or his/her designee(s) to prepare the necessary forms, adopt any necessary rules to the application, regulations and processes, solicit applications, conduct initial evaluations of the applicants, and to ultimately provide a final recommendation to the City Council.
(b) At the time of filing, each applicant shall pay an application fee established by resolution of the City Council, to cover all costs incurred by the City in the application process.
(c) After the initial review, ranking, and scoring under the Review Criteria, the City Manager or his/her designee(s) will make a recommendation to the City Council, and the City Council shall make a final determination in accordance with this Chapter.
(d) Preservation of Rights. The City reserves the right to reject any or all applications. Prior to permit issuance, the City may also modify, postpone, or cancel any request for applications, or the entire program under this Chapter, at any time without liability, obligation, or commitment to any party, firm, or organization, to the extent permitted under California law. Persons submitting applications assume the risk that all or any part of the program, or any particular category of permit potentially authorized under this Chapter, may be cancelled at any time prior to permit issuance. The City further reserves the right to request and obtain additional information from any candidate submitting an application. In addition to any other reasons for rejecting an application set forth in this chapter an application may be rejected for any of the following reasons:
(1) Proposal received after designated time and date.
(2) Proposal not containing the required elements, exhibits, nor organized in the required format.
(3) Proposal considered not fully responsive to the request for permit application.
(§ 2, Ord. 1636-NS, eff. December 29, 2017, as amended by § 2, Ord. 1662-NS, eff. July 12, 2019)