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a.Any cannabis business permit issued pursuant to this Article may be modified, suspended, or revoked when the City Manager finds that any of the following have occurred on even a single occasion:

1.For any violation of this Article, any state or local laws, rules, and/or any standards, policies, procedures, or regulations adopted pursuant to this Article relating to the cannabis businesses.

2.Where the permittee, cannabis business, and/or any owner, manager, or employee has violated the terms and provisions of the cannabis business permit.

3.The permittee or any person employed or retained by the commercial cannabis business has been convicted of any of the offenses enumerated in California Business and Professions Code Section 26057(b)(4), absent a certificate of rehabilitation.

4.The permittee has been subject to a temporary or permanent injunction against the conducting or maintaining of a nuisance pursuant to the City Code or California Penal Code Sections 11225 through 11235, or any similar provision of law.

5.A permit has been granted on false or fraudulent evidence, testimony, or application.

6.The permittee or any employee of the cannabis business has engaged in fraud or misrepresentation or has knowingly made a misstatement of material fact while working in or for the cannabis business.

7.The permittee has continued to operate the cannabis business after the permit has expired or been suspended.

8.When the City Manager determines there to be an imminent threat to public health, safety or welfare, the City Manager may take immediate action to temporarily suspend a cannabis business license issued by the City.

9.When the preservation of the public health, safety, or welfare necessitate revocation of the permit.

10.The failure of a cannabis retail or testing laboratory cannabis business to operate for one hundred twenty (120) continuous days for any reason. If the cannabis business has not been in regular and continuous operation in the preceding one hundred twenty (120) days at the permitted location, the cannabis business permit shall be deemed to be not in good standing, abandoned, and null and void.

b.A decision of the City to modify, suspend, or revoke a cannabis business permit is appealable as set forth in Section 7-7.17. (Ord. 3674 § 11, 2023)