32-17 Amend Code to Regulate Medical Marijuana

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779.99 Penalty. 779.01 PURPOSE. The purposes of this chapter are to establish limitations on medical marijuana operations within the City and to establish reasonable and uniform regulations to minimize and control the negative secondary effects of medical marijuana dis- pensaries within the City, all in order to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City. 779.02 DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this chapter, (a) "Medical marijuana" shall have the same meaning as in R.C. 3796.01. (b) "School," "church," "public library," "public playground," and "public park" shall have the same meanings as in R.C. 3796.30. (c) "Disqualifying offense," "cultivator," "processor" and "dispensary" shall have the same meanings as in Ohio Admin. Code 3796:1 -1 -01 or subsequent similar regulations. (d) "Licensee" means, with respect to a medical marijuana dispensary license issued under this chapter, a person in whose name a license to operate a medical marijuana dispensary has been issued, as well as the individual(s) designated on the license application as principally responsible for the operation of the medical marijuana dispensary. (e) "Operate" means to control or hold primary responsibility for the operation of a medical marijuana dispensary, either as a business entity, as an individual, or as part of a group of individuals with shared responsibility. "Operate" or "cause to be operated" shall mean to cause to function or to put or keep in opera- tion. Operator means any persons on the premises of a medical marijuana dis- pensary who is authorized to exercise overall operational control or hold prima- ry responsibility for the operation of a medical marijuana dispensary or who causes to function or who puts or keeps in operation the business. A person may be found to be operation or causing to be operated a medical marijuana dispen- sary whether or not that person is an owner, part owner, or licensee of the busi- ness. (f) "Person" means an individual, proprietorship, partnership, firm, association, joint stock company, corporation or combination of individuals of whatever form or character. (g) "Transfer of ownership or control" of a medical marijuana dispensary shall mean any of the following: (1) The sale, lease, or sublease of the business; (2) The transfer of securities which constitute a controlling interest in the busi- ness, whether by sale, exchange, or similar means; or (3) The establishment of a trust, gift, or other similar legal device which trans- fers the ownership or control of the business, except for transfer by bequest or