16.35.030 Permit requirements.
(A) It is unlawful:
(1) For any person to operate a marijuana-related facility without a valid marijuana-related facility business permit issued by the city pursuant to this chapter.
(2) For any person who operates a marijuana-related facility to employ a person to work for the marijuana-related facility who is not licensed as a marijuana-related facility’s employee by the city pursuant to this chapter.
(3) For any person to obtain employment with a marijuana-related facility without having secured a marijuana-related facility employee permit pursuant to this chapter.
(B) An application for a permit must be made on a form provided by the city.
(C) All applicants must be qualified according to the provisions of this chapter prior to issuance of a marijuana-related facility business permit. The application may request and the applicant shall provide such information (including fingerprints) as to enable the city to determine whether the applicant meets the qualifications established in this chapter.
(D) If a person who wishes to operate a marijuana-related facility is an individual, the person must sign the application for a permit as applicant. If a person who wishes to operate a marijuana-related facility is other than an individual, each individual who has a twenty (20) percent or greater interest in the business must sign the application for a permit as applicant. Each applicant must be qualified under this chapter and each applicant shall be considered a permittee if a permit is granted.
(E) The completed application for a marijuana-related facility permit shall contain the following information and shall be accompanied by the following documents:
(1) If the applicant is:
(a) An individual, the individual shall state his/her legal name and any aliases and submit proof that he/she is twenty-one (21) years of age;
(b) A partnership, the partnership shall state its complete name, and the names of all partners, whether the partnership is general or limited, and a copy of the partnership agreement, if any;
(c) A corporation, the corporation shall state its complete name, the date of its incorporation, evidence that the corporation is in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation, the names and capacity of all officers, directors and principal stockholders, and the name of the registered corporate agent and the address of the registered office for service of process;
(d) A limited liability company, the company shall state its complete name, and the names of all members who own a twenty (20) percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company. If the management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers, the company shall also state the name of each person who is a manager of the limited liability company.
(2) If the applicant intends to operate the marijuana-related facility under a name other than that of the applicant, he or she must state the marijuana-related facility’s fictitious name and submit the required registration documents.
(3) Whether the applicant, or a person residing with the applicant, has been convicted of a specified criminal activity as defined in this chapter, and, if so, the specified criminal activity involved, the date, place, and jurisdiction of each.
(4) Whether the applicant, or a person residing with the applicant, has had a previous permit under this chapter or other similar marijuana-related facility ordinances from another city or county denied, suspended or revoked, including the name and location of the marijuana-related facility for which the permit was denied, suspended or revoked, as well as the date of the denial, suspension or revocation, and whether the applicant or a person residing with the applicant has been a partner in a partnership or an officer, director or principal stockholder of a corporation that is permitted under this chapter whose permit has previously been denied, suspended or revoked, including the name and location of the marijuana-related facility for which the permit was denied, suspended or revoked as well as the date of denial, suspension or revocation.
(5) Whether the applicant or a person residing with the applicant holds any other permits under this chapter or other similar marijuana-related facility ordinance from another city or county and, if so, the names and locations of such other licensed businesses.
(6) The classification of permit for which the applicant is filing.
(7) The location of the proposed marijuana-related facility, including a legal description of the property, street address, and telephone number(s), if any.
(8) The applicant’s mailing address and residential address and valid email address.
(9) A recent photograph of the applicant(s).
(10) The applicant’s driver’s license number and/or his/her state or federally issued tax identification number.
(11) A sketch or diagram showing the configuration of the premises, including a statement of total floor space occupied by the business. The sketch or diagram shall be professionally prepared and must be drawn to a designated scale or drawn with marked dimensions of the interior of the premises to an accuracy of plus or minus six (6) inches.
(12) A current certificate and straight-line drawing prepared within thirty (30) days prior to application by a registered land surveyor depicting the property lines and the structures containing any existing marijuana-related facility within two hundred (200) feet of the property to be certified and also depicting the property lines of any established use listed in Chapter 19.120 within one thousand (1,000) feet of the property to be certified. For purposes of this subsection, a use shall be considered existing or established if it is in existence at the time an application is submitted.
(13) A copy of all documentation provided to the state as a requirement for state licensing.
(14) Evidence that all conditions of approval as required by a conditional use permit issued by the City of Show Low have been met and are in compliance.
(15) A copy of the Arizona Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) identification number. (Ord. No. 2010-18, § 1, 12-7-10; Ord. No. 2014-02, §§ 1, 2, 5-20-14; Ord. No. 2020-06, § 1, 12-1-20. 1976 Code § 8-7-3)