ACT means the Medicinal and Adult Use of Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act.

APPLICANT means a person who is required to file an application for a permit under this section.

AUMA means the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, approved by California voters in November 2016, with the express purpose to establish a comprehensive system to legalize, control and regulate the cultivation, processing, manufacture, distribution, testing, and sale of nonmedical marijuana, including marijuana products. Adults, age twenty-one (21) and older, will be allowed to possess marijuana and grow certain amounts at home for personal use.

BUSINESS OWNER means the owner(s) of the cannabis business operation. For corporations and limited liability companies, business owner means the president, vice president, and any shareholder owning a ten (10%) percent or greater share of the corporation or company. For partnerships, business owner means all general partners and managing partners.

CANNABIS or MARIJUANA shall have the meaning set forth in California Business and Professions Code Section 19300(f). “Cannabis” and “marijuana” may be used interchangeably, but shall have the same meaning.

CANNABIS BUSINESS FACILITY or CANNABIS OPERATION(S) means a cannabis business facility where cannabis is planted, grown, harvested, dried, cured, graded, trimmed, manufactured into cannabis products, tested, distributed, transported, or a microbusiness as defined at Article 18-45.

CANNABIS BUSINESS REGULATORY PERMIT or REGULATORY PERMIT means the permit required under Section 5-25 and Article 18-43 to operate a cannabis business facility, or to undertake any subcomponent of cannabis business which is done within the cannabis business facility by a subcontractor or tenant of the holder of a cannabis business special use permit.

CITY means the City of Clearlake.

OPERATOR means the business owner and any other person designated by the business owner as responsible for the day-to-day cannabis operations.

POLICE CHIEF means the Police Chief of the City of Clearlake or his or her designee.

PREMISES or SITE means the actual building(s), and/or designated units/suites, as well as any accessory structures, parking areas, or other immediate surroundings, and includes the entire parcel of property used by the business owner in connection with the cannabis operations.

PREMISES OWNER means the fee owner(s) of the premises where cannabis operations are occurring.

RESPONSIBLE PARTY shall mean the business owner, operator, manager(s), and any employee having significant control over the cannabis operations. (Ord. #229-2019, S5 (Exh. B))