(A) Annual production license. Applicants cultivating cannabis for annual production shall apply for an annual cannabis production license no less than 10 business days prior to planting of each crop at each location. The effective date of an application received by the Manager shall be the date postmarked on a properly completed application received by mail. The effective date of application for documents submitted in person shall be the actual calendar date the applicant presents a properly completed application. Incomplete or improperly completed applications will be identified as invalid by the Manager and returned to the applicant for completion or correction. A separate application and application fee are required prior to planting of each new crop at each location. An annual cannabis production license is valid for 255 days after date of issuance, or until crop destruction, whichever occurs first, for specified cannabis varieties grown annually at the specified location identified in the application.
(B) Continuous production license. Applicants cultivating cannabis for continuous production and propagation purposes shall apply for a continuous production license no less than 10 business days prior to planting or prior to other propagative activities. Applicants producing cannabis in continuous production shall apply for a renewal of their continuous production license prior to February 1 of each year. A separate application and application fee are required for each licensed location. Incomplete or improperly completed renewal applications will be identified as invalid by the Manager and returned to the applicant for completion or correction. The effective date of a renewal application received by the Manager shall be the date postmarked on a properly completed application received by mail. The effective date of application for renewal application, submitted in person, shall be the actual calendar date the applicant presents a properly completed application. A continuous production license expires January 31 of each year.
(Ord. 2021-03, passed 7-21-2021)