Rule 1301:18-2-07 | Cannabis Entity Provisional Licenses.
(A) The division of cannabis control may issue a provisional license to a license applicant if it demonstrates, at a minimum:
(1) Compliance with all mandates outlined in the application for licensure;
(2) Compliance with all applicable tax laws within the state of Ohio;
(3) Proper, accurate, and appropriate disclosure of all information outlined under rule 1301:18-3-04 of the Administrative Code;
(4) Applicant owns, or maintains a valid lease for, the property upon which the proposed licensed premises is located;
(5) The proposed facility site is not within five hundred feet of the end boundaries of a parcel of real estate having situated on it a prohibited facility as outlined under rule 1301:18-3-01 of the Administrative Code;
(6) The licensed premises is:
(a) Not subject to a local moratorium or other action that would prohibit operation;
(b) Compliant with all applicable local ordinances, rules, and regulations adopted by the locality in which the facility is located including:
(i) Local building standards adopted pursuant to Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code; and
(ii) Local approval to operate as a cannabis business.
(7) An applicant will be non-compliant with this paragraph if any of the above-referenced mandates in this paragraph are subject to ongoing negotiations, litigation, or other un-resolved inquiry.
(B) Upon determination that a license applicant met all mandates for a provisional license, the division may issue the provisional license outlining the business entity and licensed premises as specified in its application for licensure.
(1) In addition to the requirements outlined under this paragraph, a provisional license shall be issued only to the persons and individuals disclosed pursuant to paragraph (A)(3) of this rule.
(2) Unless otherwise authorized by the division, all provisional licenses issued pursuant to division 1301:18 of the Administrative Code are non-transferable.
(C) The division reserves the right to cancel a notice of an open application period pursuant to rule 1301:18-2-01 of the Administrative Code prior to issuance of a provisional license.
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