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Except as otherwise indicated by the context, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

Applicant means any person who has submitted an application for a license or renewal of license pursuant to this article that was accepted by the local licensing authority for review but has not been approved or denied by the local licensing authority.

Cannabidiol (CBD) means one of the many cannabinoids or chemical compounds found in marijuana and hemp.

City or the city means the City of Aurora, Colorado.

Conviction means a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or any finding of guilt.

Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinols has the same meaning as "tetrahydrocannabinols" as set forth in Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.) § 27-80-203(24).

Dry-weight basis refers to a method of determining the percentage of a chemical in a substance after removing the moisture from the substance. Percentage of THC on a dry-weight basis means the percentage of THC, by weight, in a cannabis item (plant, extract, or other derivative), after excluding moisture from the item.

Farm Service Agency (FSA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that provided services to farm operations including loans, commodity price supports, conservation payments, disaster assistance and who will assist in information collection on land being tested for hemp production.

Finance director means the director of finance for the city or his or her designee.

Good cause for purposes of approving, refusing or denying the issuance or renewal of a license means:

(1) The licensee or applicant has violated, does not meet, or has failed to comply with any of the provisions of the City Code, any rule and regulation adopted pursuant thereto, any supplemental relevant state or local law, rule or regulation related to the processing, extraction, manufacture, storage, distribution, transportation, testing, research and development, or use of hemp, hemp products, or hemp derivatives;

(2) The licensee or applicant has failed to comply with any special term or condition placed on the license by order of the local licensing authority;

(3) Evidence the licensee's licensed premises has been operated in a manner that adversely affects the public health, safety or the general welfare of the city or the immediate neighborhood where the business is located, which evidence may include a continuing pattern of violations of the City Code or terms and conditions of a license issued pursuant to this article;

(4) Failing to obtain or maintain a state issued registration for industrial hemp research and development grow operations when engaged in cultivating hemp for research and development purposes; or

(5) Failing to obtain or maintain a state issued registration to produce an industrial hemp product when engaged in the storage, extraction, processing or manufacturing of hemp.

Good moral character means having a criminal history that demonstrates honesty, fairness, and respect for the rights of others and for the law.

Hemp or industrial hemp means the plant species Cannabis sativa L. and any part of the plant, including the seeds of the plant and all the derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of no more than three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) on a dry-weight basis.

Hemp manufacturing facility means a building or structure, or any part thereof, where a person or legal business entity with a valid hemp manufacturing license issued pursuant to this article can conduct the storage, extraction, processing or manufacturing of hemp or hemp products.

Hemp product means a finished product containing hemp that: is a cosmetic, food, food additive or herb; meant for human or animal use or human or animal consumption; contains any part of the hemp plant, including naturally occurring cannabinoids, compounds, concentrates, extracts, isolates, resins, or derivatives; and containing a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of no more than three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) before entering the consumer market.

Key participant means a person or persons who have a direct or indirect financial interest in the legal business entity producing hemp such as an owner or partner in a partnership. A key participant also includes persons in a corporate entity at executive levels including chief executive officer, chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Key participant does not include other management positions like farm, field or shift managers.

License means to grant a revocable privilege to lawfully operate in the city a hemp related business activity authorized pursuant to this article.

Licensed premises means the premises specified in an application for a license authorized pursuant to this article, which are owned or in the possession of the licensee and within which the licensee is authorized to store, extract, process, manufacture, or research and develop hemp in accordance with all applicable laws.

Licensee means any person or legal business entity licensed pursuant to this article.

Local licensing authority means the manager of the Aurora marijuana enforcement division of the city, or his or her designee.

Isolate extracts are full spectrum CBD with all traces of THC, terpenes, flavonoids and more removed during the extraction process.

Process or manufacture means to cause, effect, make or extract any derivative, extract, cannabinoid, isomer, acid, salt, and salts of isomers from the hemp plant. The term process or manufacture includes making, preparing, compounding or converting any part of the hemp plant into finished consumable products. The term process or manufacture includes removing or extracting hemp oil or hemp seed oil from a hemp plant. The term process or manufacture includes processing the fiber or seeds of the hemp plant. The term process or manufacture includes removing or extracting CBD and isolate extracts from the hemp plant.

Produce means to grow or propagate plants for market, or for cultivation for market in the United States.

Store or storage means to deposit hemp or hemp products in any location to include a storehouse, warehouse or other identified location by a processor or a manufacturer for safekeeping prior to delivery to a recipient for further processing or sale. (Ord. No. 2020-15, § 1, 5-21-2020)