Only six permits will be issued, each at nearly $25K
By Terry Miller
There’s been a great deal of confusion about pot in Pasadena. Whether it be smoking, selling, growing, eating or whatever. But the city is about to end the pretty strict application process for a handful of commercial permits the city will currently allow.
The complicated and extremely long and involved application process seems to gear applicants of the higher-end market, if you’ll pardon the pun. The demands the city has put on potential pot distribution is based on a point system and its clear that the city wants no part in fly-by-night operations that have caused confusion and in some case arrests for illegal operation.
On June 5, 2018, Pasadena voters approved Ballot Measures CC and DD. Measure CC allows a limited number of cannabis (marijuana) retailers, cultivators, and testing labs to operate within specific zoning areas in the city. Measure DD levies a business license tax on commercial cannabis businesses of up to $10/canopy square-foot (for cultivation) and between 4-6 percent of gross receipts (for retail sales).
The commercial cannabis application submission portal will be available through 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 31, 2019 via this link
Up to six retailers, four cultivation sites, and four testing labs will be permitted to operate at any one time in Pasadena.
A commercial cannabis permit is required prior to opening any cannabis business in Pasadena. Furthermore, a commercial cannabis license issued by the State (Bureau of Cannabis Control, CalCannabis, or the Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch) is also required prior to opening.
More information can be found at the city’s website
