Item 09 - Agreement for Business License Tax and Fee Software Services

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"Canopy" shall mean the designated area(s) of a premises that will contain mature plants at any point in time. Canopy shall be calculated in square feet and measured using clearly identifiable boundaries of all area(s) that will contain mature plants at any point in time, including all of the space(s) within the boundaries. Canopy may be noncontiguous, but each unique area included in the total canopy calculation shall be separated by an identifiable boundary which includes interior walls, shelves, greenhouse walls, hoop house walls, garden benches, hedgerows, fencing, garden beds, or garden plots; and if mature plants are being cultivated using a shelving system, the surface area of each level shall be included in the total canopy calculation. Canopy shall be subject to independent measurement and calculation by duly authorized employees or agents of the City at the time of application for a Santa Ana Business License and annually thereafter at the time of the renewal of such license, or more often as may be deemed necessary in the discretion of the collector. Whenever an independent canopy measurement and calculation is required under the terms of this Article or whenever the collector in his or her discretion determines that the independent measurement and calculation of a licensee's canopy is desirable to effectuate the proper assessment or collection of the business license taxes required to be paid under the terms of this Chapter, or for any other purposes related to the express aims of this Article then a canopy measurement shall be performed and a corresponding service fee shall be applicable in the amount as specified by resolution of the City Council. (C) In the case of commercial cannabis businesses licensed by the state to engage in distribution or manufacturing and that are not occupying the same premises with another cannabis business, the gross number of square feet as confirmed by the corresponding "approved building set" or "approved certificate of occupancy" on file with the City of Santa Ana Planning and Building Agency, whichever is the greater of any square footage indicated. (D) In the case of commercial cannabis businesses licensed by the state to engage in distribution or manufacturing and occupying the same premises with another cannabis business, the gross number of square feet allocated by the commercial cannabis business owner/operator respectively for either distribution use or for manufacturing use, whether the combined sum of all uses is less than, equal to, or greater than the gross square footage as stated in the "approved building set" or "approved certificate of occupancy." The number of square feet allocated ("Allocated Square Footage") shall be subject to independent measurement and calculation by duly authorized employees or agents of the City at the time of application for a Santa Ana Business License and annually thereafter at the time of the renewal of such license, or more often as may be deemed necessary in the discretion of the collector. Whenever an independent allocated square footage measurement and calculation is required under the terms of this Article or whenever the collector in his or her discretion determines that the independent measurement and calculation of a licensee's allocated square footage is desirable to effectuate the proper assessment or collection of the business license taxes required to be paid under the terms of this Chapter, or for any other purposes related to the express aims of this Article then an Allocated Square Footage measurement shall be performed and a corresponding service fee shall be applicable in the amount as specified by resolution of the City Council. (E) In the case of commercial cannabis businesses licensed by the state to engage in testing facilities or testing laboratory businesses, the gross number of square feet comprising such commercial cannabis business' property location as confirmed by the corresponding City of Santa Ana RFP No. 23-165 Page 144 of 196