a. Prior to initiating operations and as a continuing requisite to operating a cannabis business facility, the legal representative of the persons wishing to operate a cannabis business facility shall first obtain a regulatory permit from the City Manager or designee under the terms and conditions set forth in this section. The legal representative shall file an application with the City Manager or designee upon a form provided by the city and shall pay an application fee as established by resolution adopted by the City Council as amended from time to time.

b. The initial regulatory permit application period for cannabis business facilities will not begin until either the City Council approves a development agreement for the site, an operations agreement for a site, or until after the effective date of an approved ballot measure authorizing the taxation of commercial cannabis cultivation, business, distribution, testing, or transportation facilities in the City. (Ord. #229-2019, S5 (Exh. B))