§ 5.77.060 — Definitions

5.77.060 - Definitions.

A. "Applicant" means a person or entity that submits an application for a cannabis business permit under this chapter. B. "Cannabis" shall have the same meaning as that appearing in Business and Professions Code Section 26001(f). C. "Cannabis products" shall have the same meaning as that appearing in Business and Professions Code Section 26001(h). D. "Commercial cannabis business" or "cannabis business" means any business or operation which engages in medicinal or adult-use commercial cannabis activity authorized by this chapter. E. "Cannabis business permit" means a regulatory permit issued by the City pursuant to this chapter, to a commercial cannabis business and is required before any commercial cannabis activity may be conducted in the City. The initial permit and annual renewal of a permit is made expressly contingent upon the business' ongoing compliance with all of the requirements of this chapter and any regulations adopted by the City governing the commercial cannabis activity at issue. F. "Cannabis business permittee" or "permittee" means a person or entity that has received a cannabis business permit from the City as authorized under this chapter. G "Community center" means a publicly operated facility where group activities, social support and public gatherings occur for educational or recreational purposes. H. "Cultivation" means the planting, growing harvesting, drying, trimming, clipping or processing of any kind, number, or size of cannabis plants or any part thereof. Cannabis shall be synonymous with marijuana, hemp, and any other cannabis derivatives. I. "Delivery" shall have the same meaning as that appearing in Business and Professions Code Section 26001(o). J. "Dispensing" means any activity involving the retail sale of cannabis or cannabis products from a retailer. K. "Distributor" shall have the same meaning as that appearing in Business and Professions Code Section 26001(s), as may be amended or renumbered from time to time. L. "Limited-access area" means an area in which cannabis is stored or held and is only accessible to a permittee and authorized personnel. M. "Local agency" means county, city, or city and county. N. "Medicinal cannabis" or "medicinal cannabis product" shall have the same meaning as that appearing in Business and Professions Code Section 26001(ai). O. "Microbusiness" shall have the same meaning as that appearing in Business and Professions Code Section 26070(a)3. P. "Non-storefront retailer" means a business that is closed to the public and provides product to customers solely by means of a delivery service which the retailer owns and controls. Q. "Owner" means any of the following: 1. A person with an aggregate ownership interest of 20 percent or more in the commercial cannabis business, unless the interest is solely a security, lien or encumbrance. For purposes of this section, "aggregate" means the total ownership interest held by a single person through any combination of individually held ownership interests in a commercial cannabis business and ownership interests in an entity that has an ownership interest in the same commercial cannabis business. For example, a person who owns ten percent of the stock in a commercial cannabis business as an individual shareholder and 100 percent of the stock in an entity that owns ten percent of the stock in the same commercial cannabis business has a 20 percent aggregate ownership interest in the commercial cannabis business. 2. An individual who manages, directs, or controls the operations of the commercial cannabis business, including but not limited to: a. A member of the board of directors of a nonprofit. b. A general partner of a commercial cannabis business that is organized as a partnership. c. A non-member manager or manager of a commercial cannabis business that is organized as a limited liability company. d. The trustee(s) and all persons who have control of the trust and/or the commercial cannabis business that is held in trust. e. An individual with the authority to provide strategic direction and oversight for the overall operations of the commercial cannabis business, such as the chief executive officer, president or their equivalent, or an officer, director, vice president, general manager or their equivalent. f. When an entity is an owner in a commercial cannabis business, all entities and individuals with a financial interest in the entity shall be disclosed to the City and may be considered owners of the commercial cannabis business. For example, this includes all entities in a multi- layer business structure, as well as the chief executive officer, members of the board of directors, partners, trustees and all persons who have control of a trust and managing members or non-member managers of the entity. Each entity disclosed as having a financial interest must disclose the identities of persons holding financial interests until only individuals remain. R. "Package" means any container or receptacle used for holding cannabis or cannabis products. S. "Physician's recommendation" shall have the same meaning as that appearing in Business and Professions Code Section 26001(ap). T. "Premises" all have the same meaning as that appearing in Business and Professions Code Section 26001(aq). U. "Retailer" or "storefront retailer" shall have the same meaning as that contained in Section 26070(a)(1) of the California Business and Professions Code. V. "State agency" includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board and commission. W. "State license" means a permit or license issued by the State of California, or one of its departments or divisions, under the MAUCRSA and any subsequent related State of California legislation, to engage in cannabis activity. A state license alone will not authorize the holder to operate a cannabis business, as state law also requires a license or other authorization issued by a local jurisdiction. X. "Testing laboratory" means a laboratory, facility or entity in the State that offers or performs tests of cannabis or cannabis products and that is both of the following: (1) accredited by an accrediting body that is independent from all other persons involved in commercial cannabis activity in the state; and (2) licensed by the State Department of Cannabis Control. Y. "Youth center" means any public or private facility that is primarily used to host recreation or social activities for minors, including, but not limited to: 1. Private youth membership organizations or clubs, 2. Social service teenage club facilities, 3. Video arcades where ten or more video games or game machines or devices are operated, and where minors are legally permitted to conduct business, or 4. Similar amusement park facilities.

(Ord. 7757, § 133, 2026; Ord. 7628 § 1(Exh. A), 2023)