5403.1 The application of a person or entity applying for a medical cannabis business license shall include:

1. (a) In the case of a partnership or limited liability company applicant, the names and addresses of each member of the partnership or limited liability company and their ownership shares;
2. (b) In the case of a corporation, the legal name of the corporation, the proposed trade name of the business, place of incorporation, principal place of business, and the names and addresses of each of the corporation's principal officers, directors, and shareholders holding, directly or beneficially, one percent (1%) or more of its common stock;
3. (c) Whether the corporation is for-profit or non-profit;
4. (d) The name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the owners of the medical cannabis facility for which the license is sought;
5. (e) The address of the premises where the license is sought;
6. (f) The name and e-mail address of either an owner of the medical cannabis facility or the owner's designee, for purposes of receiving communications from ABCA, including correspondence, hearing notices and other types of service of process, and Board orders;
7. (g) The type of license, endorsements, and other permits sought through submission of the application;
8. (h) The proximity of the facility to the nearest public or private, elementary, middle, charter, junior high, or high school and recreation center, and the name of the school and recreation center;
9. (i) Proposed hours of operation of the facility; hours of sale of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products; summer garden hours; and safe-use treatment facility hours if applicable;
10. (j) The size and design of the facility, which shall include the number of occupants permitted both inside and on any safe-use treatment facility or summer garden;
11. (k) The location of all restricted access areas closed to the public;

(l) An affidavit that complies with § 47-2863;

(m) Documents or other written statements or evidence establishing to the satisfaction of the Board that the person applying for the license, endorsement, or permit meets all of the qualifications set forth in the Act and this subtitle;

(n) The size and design of the facility;

(o) A lease or deed for the proposed location;

(p) A zoning certificate authorizing the proposed business activity or a certificate of occupancy for the proposed location;

(q) A food manufacturing permit and other permits from the Department of Health, if required;

(r) An operational permit from the Office of the Fire Marshal, if required.

(s) A certificate of good standing for the corporation;

(t) A site plan showing the entire structure of the medical cannabis facility, including the street(s), parking lot(s), other tenants within the facility, any other entities in facilities that physically border the applicant; and the area designated for trash disposal; and

(u) The medical cannabis facility applicant acknowledgment attestation form.

5403.2 An applicant for a medical cannabis business license shall file a security plan with their application.

5403.3 If protested by an affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission, the applicant for a cultivation center, manufacturer, internet retailer, or retailer license shall also provide information at the Board protest hearing related to the appropriateness of the facility regarding:

(a) The facility's impact on peace, order, and quiet, including measures to prevent noise disturbances and litter, and measures to foster public safety;

(b) The facility's impact on residential parking and vehicular and pedestrian safety, including the availability of parking at or near the establishment and the proximity of the business to public transportation and shared transportation services (e.g., Metro, bus, bike share station); and

(c) The facility's impact on real property values, including measures to prevent

blight and maintain its building and efforts to prevent odor nuisances from impacting neighboring properties, and whether the property was subject to any building code violations while under the ownership or control of the applicant, and whether the violations indicated have been resolved.

5403.4 An applicant for any license shall advise the Board, in the application, as to the source of funds used to acquire or develop the business for which the license is sought.

SOURCE: Emergency and Third Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 3299 (April 15, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Emergency and Fourth Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 7207 (August 12, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10128, 10172 (December 2, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 10217 (August 9, 2019); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 71 DCR 002388 (March 8, 2024); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 73 DCR 002136 (February 20, 2026).