5.80.180 Availability of permits.
Solely for the purpose of any limits set forth in Section 5.80.090 upon the number of permits that may be valid at any one time:
A. A permit that has been voluntarily relinquished by a commercial cannabis business shall be considered no longer valid as of the date of relinquishment.
B. A permit that has been revoked by the city or for which renewal has been denied by the city shall be considered no longer valid as of the date upon which the revocation or nonrenewal became final and all avenues of appeal pursuant to this code were exhausted.
C. A permit that has expired shall be considered no longer valid as of sixty days after its expiration unless an application for renewal has been submitted.
D. Where a commercial cannabis business has applied for a permit for a new location and made a commitment to cease operations at its existing location pursuant to Section 5.80.170(B), the permit for operations at a new location shall be considered a continuation of the permit for operations at the existing location so long as:
1. The commercial cannabis business ceases all operations at its existing location within thirty days of the commencement of operations at the new location; and
2. The commercial cannabis business has established, to the satisfaction of the regulatory administrator, that the existing location had been open to customers for at least six hours per day on no less than eighty of the one hundred eighty days prior to the renewal date. The regulatory administrator may waive this requirement in the event that extenuating circumstances, such as a public health emergency, the destruction of the business premises, or enforcement or administrative proceedings by the city under this code, made it impracticable for the commercial cannabis business to be open to customers at the existing location for the requisite number of days. (Ord. 2020-08 § 3, 2020)