(A) Term of permit. A commercial medical marijuana business permit shall be valid for a period of one year. The permit shall expire on the last day of the month in which the permit is issued of the year following issuance or renewal of the permit.
(B) Renewal of permit. The permittee shall apply for renewal of the commercial medical marijuana business permit at least 45 days prior to the expiration of the permit. The permittee shall apply for renewal using forms provided by the City Clerk. If the applicant fails to apply for renewal at least 45 days prior to the expiration of the permit but does apply for renewal prior to expiration of the permit, the City Clerk may process the renewal application if the applicant submits a late filing fee of $500 at the time of submittal of the renewal application.
(1) The renewal application fee, and late fee, if applicable, shall accompany the renewal application. Once the application is deemed approved by the city, a separate permit fee will be due prior to permit issuance. All fees are nonrefundable.
(2) In the event there has been a change to any of the plans identified in the permit application that were submitted to and approved by the City Council or its designee, with the application or an earlier renewal, the renewal application shall include the specifics of the changes or proposed changes in any of such plans.
(3) In the event any person who has an interest as described in the disclosures made to the city pursuant to this chapter, or any agent as defined herein, or employee has been charged with or accused of violations of any law since such disclosure, the renewal application shall include the name of the violator, the date of violation, the court and case number where the violation was filed, and the disposition of the violation with the renewal application.
(4) In the event the business permit has been suspended or revoked or a permittee has received any notice of violation of any law that would impact renewal, the renewal application shall include a copy of the notice, suspension, or revocation.
(5) The renewal application shall include verification that the business has a valid state license and the state license is in good standing.
(6) The renewal application shall include a summary report for the previous 12 months showing the amount of marijuana purchased, the amount of marijuana sold, the forms in which marijuana was sold, the number of patients, and the number of primary caregivers who received medical marijuana, the police report numbers or case numbers of all police calls to the medical marijuana business and, for calls resulting in a charge of a violation of any law, the charge, case number, and disposition of any of the charges.
(7) The City Clerk shall not accept renewal applications after the expiration of the permit, but instead shall require the applicant to file a new permit application.
(8) (a) In the event there have been allegations of violations of this code by any of the permittees or the business submitting a renewal application, the city may hold a hearing prior to approving the renewal application.
(b) The hearing shall be to determine whether the application and proposed permittees comply with this chapter and whether the operation of the medical marijuana business has been in compliance with this code.
(c) If the city does not hold a hearing and the application and the permittees do not meet the requirements of this chapter, or the business has been operated in the past in violation of this code, the renewal application may be denied or issued with conditions, and the decision shall be final subject to the City Manager’s review.
(C) Expiration of permit. Expiration of a commercial medical marijuana business permit for any reason shall be considered an inactive local permit.
(Prior Code, § 114.58) (Ord. 2020-563, passed 1-16-2020) Penalty, see § 114.99