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events) activity are set at a reduced five (5%) percent, by resolution of the City <br />Council [Santa Ana City Council Resolution No, 2022-XXX] as hereinabove provided <br />for in accordance with subsection (c), which reduced rates, under the terms of said <br />City Council resolution, shall become effective January 1, 2023. <br />(u) Operative date of decreased square footage tax rate (Cultivation, Manufacturing, <br />Distribution, Adult -use Cannabis Retail Business (Temporary Consumption and/or <br />Special Events), Qualified Social Equity Adult -use Cannabis Retail Business <br />(Temporary Consumption and/or Special Events). The square footage tax set <br />initially at a rate of ten ($10) dollars per square foot for cultivation and manufacturing, <br />and four ($4) dollars per square foot for distribution pursuant to subsection (d) above <br />shall be decreased to a rate of seven ($7) dollars per square foot for cultivation, <br />three ($3) dollars per square foot for manufacturing, three ($3) dollars per square <br />foot for distribution; and to a rate of zero ($0) dollars per square foot for shared <br />manufacturing, adult -use cannabis retail business (temporary consumption and/or <br />special events), and qualified social equity adult -use cannabis retail business <br />(temporary consumption and/or special events) by resolution of the City Council <br />[Santa Ana City Council Resolution No, 2022-XXX] as hereinabove provided for in <br />accordance with subsection (c), which reduced rates, under the terms of said City <br />Council resolution, shall become effective January 1, 2023. <br />(v) Notwithstanding the tax rates imposed herein under subsections (d),(s),(t), and (u), <br />the City Council may, in its discretion, at any time solely by resolution, implement <br />any lower or higher tax rate it deems appropriate, not to exceed the maximum rates <br />established by subsection (a). <br />Section 10. Section 21-135 of Article XIII of Chapter 21 of the Santa Ana <br />Municipal Code is hereby amended to read in full as follows: <br />Sec. 21-135. - Single property location; multiple state licenses; separate city <br />business licenses. <br />Sections 21-7, 21-8, and 21-9 of this chapter notwithstanding, separate city business <br />licenses, issuable to commercial cannabis businesses pursuant to this article, shall be <br />required for each separate type of commercial cannabis business activity transacted and <br />carried on at a single city property location for which a commercial cannabis business <br />may seek licensure by the state, or for which a state license has been approved or issued. <br />Provided, however, that commercial cannabis business activity transacted and carried on <br />at a single city property location for which a commercial cannabis business may seek <br />licensure by the state as a microbusiness, or for which a state license has been approved <br />or issued as a microbusiness, shall in such case be required to obtain a separate city <br />business license business for each of the commercial cannabis activities transacted and <br />carried on. <br />Ordinance No. NS-3026 <br />Page 67 of 69 <br />