City Charter, Administrative Code, and Municipal Code

SEC. 104.01. DEFINITIONS.

SEC. 104.01. DEFINITIONS. (Amended by Ord. No. 187,879, Eff. 6/2/23.) (a) The following definitions shall apply to this article. Words and phrases not defined herein shall be construed as defined elsewhere in this Code, as required by the context: 1. “ Annual License ” means a City License issued pursuant to Section 104.06. 2. “ Applicant ” means a Person applying for a City License pursuant to this article. 3. “ Application ” means all records, including Pre-Application Records, submitted to DCR by an Applicant or Licensee necessary to request Temporary Approval, an Annual License, an Operating Permit, or to renew a record associated with conduct Commercial Cannabis Activity. 4. “ BTRC ” means a Business Tax Registration Certificate issued by the City’s Office of Finance. 5. “ Business Day ” means Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time, excluding City holidays, furlough days, and/or mandated closures. 6. “ Business Premises ” means the designated structure or structures and land specified in an Application for a License that is owned, leased, or otherwise held under the control of the Applicant or Licensee where the licensed Commercial Cannabis Activity will be or is conducted. 7. “ Cannabis ” means cannabis as defined in Section 21.51 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code. (Amended by Ord. No. 188,451, Eff. 12/30/24.) 8. “ City ” means the City of Los Angeles. 9. “ City Council ” means the Council of the City of Los Angeles. 10. “ Commercial Cannabis Activity ” includes the cultivation, possession, manufacture, distribution, processing, storing, laboratory testing, packaging, labeling, transportation, delivery or sale of Cannabis or Cannabis products in the City as provided for in Division 10 of the California Business and Professions Code and the California Code of Regulations, as currently defined or as may be amended. 11. “ Commission ” means the City of Los Angeles Cannabis Regulation Commission, as described in Chapter 31 of Division 22 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code. 12. “ Community Plan Area ” shall have the same meaning as within Article 1.5, Chapter 1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code. 13. “ Cultivated Area ” means the designated area(s) at a Business Premises that will contain mature plants at any point in time. 14.