Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following
definitions shall apply:
"Applicant"
means an owner that applies for a conditional use permit
under this chapter.
"Cannabis"
means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa Linnaeus, Cannabis
indica, or Cannabis ruderalis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof;
the resin, whether crude or purified, extracted from any part of the
plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture,
or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin. "Cannabis" also
means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from
cannabis. "Cannabis" does not include the mature stalks of the plant,
fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of
the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture,
or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom),
fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is
incapable of germination. For the purpose of this division, "cannabis"
does not mean "industrial hemp" as defined by Section 11018.5 of the
California
Health and Safety Code.
"Cannabis products"
means cannabis that has undergone a process whereby the plant
material has been transformed into a concentrate, including, but not
limited to, concentrated cannabis, or an edible or topical product
containing cannabis or concentrated cannabis and other ingredients.
"City"
means the City of Palm Desert.
"Commercial cannabis business"
means any commercial operation associated, in whole or in
part, with the cultivation, possession, manufacture, distribution,
processing, storing, laboratory testing and research, packaging, labeling,
transportation, delivery or sale of cannabis and cannabis products.
"Cultivation"
means any activity involving the planting, growing, harvesting,
drying, curing, grading, or trimming of cannabis.
"Daycare center"
means any child day care facility other than a family day
care home, and includes infant centers, preschools, extended day care
facilities, and school-age child care centers.
"Delivery"
means the commercial transfer of cannabis or cannabis products
to a customer. "Delivery" also includes the use by a retailer of any
technology platform owned and controlled by the retailer.
"Distribution"
means the procurement, sale, and transport of cannabis and
cannabis products between entities permitted or licensed by the City
and/or State of California.
"Licensee"
means the holder of any state issued license related to Commercial
Cannabis Businesses, including, but not limited to, licenses issued
under Division 10 of the California
Business and Professions Code.
"Manufacture"
means to compound, blend, extract, infuse, or otherwise make
or prepare a cannabis product.
"Manufacturer"
means a permittee that conducts the production, preparation,
propagation, or compounding of cannabis or cannabis products either
directly or indirectly or by extraction methods, or independently
by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction
and chemical synthesis at a fixed location that packages or repackages
cannabis or cannabis products or labels or relabels its container.
"Owner"
means any of the following: (1) a person with an aggregate
ownership interest of 20 percent or more in the person applying for
the permit, unless such interest is solely a security, lien, or encumbrance;
(2) the chief executive officer of a nonprofit or other entity; (3)
a member of the board of directors of a nonprofit; or (4) an individual
who will be participating in the direction, control, or management
of the person applying for the permit.
"Permittee"
means any person granted a conditional use permit under this
chapter.
"Person"
means any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association,
corporation, limited liability company, estate, trust, business trust,
receiver, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a
unit, and the plural as well as the singular.
"Private residence"
means a house, an apartment unit, mobile home, or other similar
dwelling unit.
"Sell," sale," and "to sell"
include any transaction whereby, for any consideration, title
to cannabis is transferred from one person to another, and includes
the delivery of cannabis or cannabis products pursuant to an order
placed for the purchase of the same and soliciting or receiving an
order for the same, but does not include the return of cannabis or
cannabis products by a permittee or licensee to the permittee or licensee
from whom such cannabis or cannabis product was purchased.
"Testing or research laboratory"
means a laboratory, facility, or entity in the City that
offers or performs tests or research of cannabis or cannabis products
and meets the licensing requirements found in MAUCRSA.
"Youth center"
means any public or private facility that is primarily used
to host recreational or social activities for minors, including, but
not limited to, private youth membership organizations or clubs, social
service teenage club facilities, video arcades, or similar amusement
park facilities.