a.It contains false or misleading information.

b.It does not meet the requirements of the City Code or other applicable laws.

c.It was received after the submission deadline.

d.It was not fully responsive to the request for a permit application.

e.Applicant failed to exercise a cannabis business permit within the time frame established in Section 7-7.12(h).

f.The applicant, or any existing or prospective manager, is not at least twenty-one (21) years of age.

g.The applicant, or any existing or prospective manager, has had a similar type of license previously revoked or denied within five (5) years immediately preceding the permit application in the City or other jurisdiction in California.

h.The applicant, or any existing or prospective manager, was notified within five (5) years immediately preceding the permit application by the state, County, City, or City and County that it was conducting cannabis activity in violation of state or local laws and failed to cure the violation in a timely manner.

i.The applicant, or any existing or prospective manager, is delinquent in payment of federal, state, or local taxes and/or fees.

j.Pursuant to California Penal Code Sections 11105(b)(11) and 13300(b)(11), which require exclusion from cannabis employment, licensing or certification based on specific criminal conduct on the part of the subject of the record, no person shall be issued a permit to operate a cannabis business or be allowed to work in a cannabis business unless they have first cleared the background check, as determined by the Chief of Police or their designee(s). Evidence of a conviction of any of the offenses enumerated in California Business and Professions Code Section 26057(b)(4), absent the issuance of a certificate of rehabilitation pursuant to California Penal Code Section 4852.05, shall be grounds for immediate disqualification of the applicant.

k.If an applicant is denied a license due to a disqualifying factor including, but not limited to, failing a background check or not complying with any state, or local jurisdictions regulatory requirements in which legal or administrative action has been taken, a new application may not be filed by the applicant for one (1) year from the date of the denial. This section shall not apply to an approved applicant not awarded a license resulting from the City not selecting them in an application process with a finite number of available licenses. (Ord. 3674 § 11, 2023)