a. Licenses issued under this section shall expire one (1) year following the date of their issuance.

b. Licenses may be renewed by the City Manager for additional one (1) year periods upon application by the licensee, unless the license is suspended or revoked in accordance with the provisions of this section.

c. The dispensary or delivery only dispensary shall be notified by the City on a timely basis that an annual renewal application is due to be filed. Complete applications for renewal shall be made at least forty-five (45) days before the annual expiration date of the license and shall be accompanied by the nonrefundable application fee referenced herein. Applications for renewal shall be governed by the same criteria applicable to initial applications for licenses.

d. Applications for renewal made less than forty-five (45) days before the annual expiration date shall not stay the annual expiration date of the license, and in addition to satisfying all other applicable criteria for license renewal, the applicant shall be required to demonstrate good cause for failing to have timely filed the application for license renewal. The City Manager shall have the sole discretion to determine whether such good cause is demonstrated.

e. Licenses may be revoked or suspended by the Planning Commission or City Council on the grounds and terms provided in this section.

f. In the event that the City Manager and Police Chief are not able to act upon a license renewal application prior to the date said license expires, and said inability is due to no fault of the City, said license shall expire as of its expiration date and the dispensary or delivery only dispensary shall no longer operate after said expiration date. In such circumstances, should the licensee of the expired license desire to reestablish the right to operate a dispensary or delivery only dispensary, the licensee must do so by applying for a new dispensary or delivery only dispensary license complying with all requirements of this section applicable to an original application for a dispensary or delivery only dispensary license. Should the Planning Commission approve the license application, said decision shall be deemed effective on the date of the Planning Commission’s decision.

g. The establishment of a youth-oriented facility within six hundred (600') feet of a dispensary or delivery only dispensary following the initial issuance of the license shall not be grounds for subsequently revoking the license, unless otherwise required by state law. (Ord. #201-2017)