5.10.320 Miscellaneous operating requirements.

(A) All cannabis and cannabis products sold, distributed or manufactured shall be cultivated, manufactured, and transported by licensed facilities that maintain operations in full conformance with the State and local regulations.

(B) Commercial cannabis businesses may operate only during the hours specified in the commercial cannabis business permit issued by the city.

(C) Restriction on Consumption. cannabis shall not be consumed by any employee on the premises of any commercial cannabis business.

(D) No cannabis or cannabis products or graphics depicting cannabis or cannabis products shall be visible from the exterior of any property issued a commercial cannabis business permit, or on any of the vehicles owned or used as part of the commercial cannabis business. No outdoor storage of cannabis or cannabis products is permitted at any time.

(E) Emergency Contact. Each commercial cannabis business shall provide the city manager with the name, telephone number (both land line and mobile, if available) of an on-site employee or owner to whom emergency notice can be provided at any hour of the day.

(F) Signage and Notices.

(1) Business identification signage for a commercial cannabis business shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 19.23 of this code, including, but not limited to, seeking the issuance of a city sign permit.

(2) No signs placed on the premises of a commercial cannabis business shall obstruct any entrance or exit to the building or any window.

(3) Each entrance to a commercial cannabis business shall be visibly posted with a clear and legible notice indicating that smoking, ingesting, or otherwise consuming cannabis on the premises or in the areas adjacent to the commercial cannabis business is prohibited.

(G) Minors.

(1) Persons under the age of twenty-one years shall not be allowed on the premises of a commercial cannabis business and shall not be allowed to serve as a driver for a mobile delivery service. It is unlawful and a violation of this chapter for any person to employ any person at a commercial cannabis business who is not at least twenty-one years of age.

(2) The entrance to the commercial cannabis business shall be clearly and legibly posted with a notice that no person under the age of twenty-one years of age is permitted to enter upon the premises of the commercial cannabis business.

(H) Odor Control. Odor control devices and techniques shall be incorporated in all commercial cannabis businesses to ensure that odors from cannabis are not detectable off-site in accordance with Section 19.14.040(D)(2) of this code.

(I) Display of Permit and City Business License. The original copy of the commercial cannabis business permit issued by the city pursuant to this chapter and the city-issued business license shall be posted inside the commercial cannabis business in a location readily-visible to the public.

(J) Business Owner, Manager, and Supervisor Background Check. Pursuant to California Penal Code Sections 11105(b)(11) and 13300(b)(11), which authorizes the city authorities to access state and local summary criminal history information for employment, licensing, or certification purposes; and authorizes access to federal level criminal history information by transmitting fingerprint images and related information to the Department of Justice to be transmitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, every person listed as an owner, manager, and supervisor must submit fingerprints and other information deemed necessary by the chief of police for a background check by the city of American Canyon police department. Pursuant to California Penal Code Sections 11105(b)(11) and 13300(b)(11), which requires that there be a requirement or exclusion from employment, licensing or certification based on specific criminal conduct on the part of the subject of the record. No person shall be issued a permit to operate a commercial cannabis business or a related work permit unless they have first cleared the background check, as determined by the chief of police, as required by this section. A fee for the cost of the background investigation, which shall be the actual cost to the city of American Canyon to conduct the background investigation as it deems necessary and appropriate, shall be paid at the time the application for a commercial cannabis business permit is submitted.

(K) Employee and Contract Employee Background Check. Pursuant to city council resolution, employee and contract employee background checks will be provided by the city of American Canyon police department or a background check service under contract to the city.

(L) Loitering. The owner and/or operator of a commercial cannabis business shall prohibit loitering by persons outside the facility both on the premises and within fifty feet of the premises.

(M) Permits and Other Approvals. Prior to the establishment of any commercial cannabis business or the operation of any such business, the person intending to establish a commercial cannabis business must first obtain all applicable planning, zoning, building, and other applicable permits from the relevant governmental agency which may be applicable to the zoning district in which such commercial cannabis business intends to establish and to operate.