16.35.040 Employee permit.
(A) Before any applicant may be issued a marijuana-related facility employee permit, the applicant shall submit on a form to be provided by the city the following information:
(1) The applicant’s name or any other name or aliases used by the individual;
(2) Age, date and place of birth;
(3) Height, weight, hair and eye color;
(4) Present residence address and telephone number and a valid email address;
(5) Present business address and telephone number;
(6) Date, issuing state and number of driver’s permit or other identification card information; and
(7) Proof that the individual is at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
(B) Attached to the application form for a marijuana-related facility employee permit, as provided above, shall be the following:
(1) A color photograph of the applicant clearly showing the applicant’s face and the applicant’s fingerprints on a form provided by the police department. Any fees for the photographs and fingerprints shall be paid by the applicant.
(2) A statement detailing the permit history of the applicant for the five (5) years immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application, including whether such applicant previously operated or is seeking to operate, in this or any other county, city, state or country, has ever had a license, permit or authorization to do business denied, revoked or suspended, or had any professional or vocational license or permit denied, revoked or suspended. In the event of any such denial, revocation or suspension, state the name, the name of the issuing or denying jurisdiction, and describe in full the reason for the denial, revocation or suspension. A copy of any order of denial, revocation or suspension shall be attached to the application.
(3) A statement whether 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.
(C) Upon the filing of an application for a marijuana-related facility employee permit, the application shall be referred to the appropriate city departments for an investigation to be made on such information as is contained on the application. The application process shall be completed within thirty (30) working days from the date the completed application is filed. After the investigation, the city shall issue a permit, unless it is determined by a preponderance of the evidence that one (1) or more of the following findings is true:
(1) The applicant has failed to provide information reasonably necessary for issuance of the permit or has falsely answered a question or request for information on the application form;
(2) The applicant is under the age of twenty-one (21) years;
(3) The applicant has been convicted of a “specified criminal activity” as defined in this chapter;
(4) The applicant has an open warrant for their arrest;
(5) The marijuana-related facility employee permit is to be used for employment in a business prohibited by local or state law, statute, rule or regulation, or prohibited by a particular provision of this chapter;
(6) The applicant has been denied a permit by the city to operate or work in a marijuana-related facility within the preceding twelve (12) months or has had a marijuana-related facility operating permit revoked by the city; or
(7) The applicant has had a marijuana-related facility employee permit revoked by the city within two (2) years of the date of the current application. Denial, suspension or revocation of a permit issued pursuant to this section shall be subject to appeal as set forth herein. (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 § 8-7-4)