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DEPARTMENT The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, or its successor agency.

DESIGNATED CONSUMPTION LOUNGE A marihuana-related business authorized to permit individuals 21 years of age and older to consume marihuana products on the licensed premises.

EQUIVALENT LICENSE Any of the following state operating licenses when held by a single licensee: (1) Grower licenses of any class under both the MMFLA and MRTMA. (2) Processor licenses under both the MMFLA and MRTMA. (3) Secure transporter licenses under both the MMFLA and MRTMA. (4) Safety compliance facility licenses under both the MMFLA and MRTMA. (5) A provisioning center license under the MMFLA and a retailer license under the MRTMA.

EXCESS GROWER The holder of five Class C grower licenses under the MRTMA and at least two Class C grower licenses under the MMFLA.

GROWER A licensee that cultivates, dries, trims, or cures and packages marihuana for sale or transfer to a processor, provisioning center or retailer, or another grower. The term also includes a licensed excess grower.

INDUSTRIAL HEMP As this term is defined at MCL 333.27953.

INDUSTRIAL HEMP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT Public Act 547 of 2014, as may be amended.

LICENSEE A person holding a state license to operate a marihuana facility or marihuana establishment.

LIMITED CONTACT TRANSACTIONS Curbside or drive-through window sales or service transactions at a marijuana sales location.

MARIHUANA As this term is defined at MCL 333.27953. For purposes of this chapter, marihuana does not include industrial hemp.

MARIHUANA COMMERCIAL BUSINESS or MARIHUANA BUSINESS (1) Includes the following medical marihuana facilities, whether operated for profit or not for profit: (a) A grower. (b) A processor. (c) A secure transporter. (d) A provisioning center. (e) A safety compliance facility. (2) Includes the following adult-use marihuana establishments, whether operated for profit or not for profit: (a) A grower and excess grower. (b) A processor. (c) A secure transporter. (d) A retailer. (e) A safety compliance facility. (f) A microbusiness. (g) Any other type of marihuana-related business licensed by the Department and permitted by this chapter and the City Zoning Ordinance as set forth in Chapter 50 of this Kalamazoo City Code.

MARIHUANA ESTABLISHMENT or ESTABLISHMENT A location at which a licensee is licensed to operate under the MRTMA and this chapter.

MARIHUANA FACILITY or FACILITY A location at which a licensee is licensed to operate under the MMFLA and this chapter.

MARIHUANA PLANT Any plant of the genus Cannabis but does not include industrial hemp.

MARIHUANA SALES LOCATION Refers to a provisioning center, retailer, microbusiness or Class A microbusiness.

MARIHUANA-INFUSED PRODUCT A topical formulation, tincture, beverage, edible substance, or similar product containing marihuana and other ingredients and that is intended for human consumption.

MARIHUANA-RELATED BUSINESS An adult-use marihuana establishment operating pursuant to a special license issued by the Department, and includes designated consumption lounges, excess marihuana growers, Class A microbusinesses, marihuana event organizers, temporary marihuana events, and marihuana educational research facilities.

MATURE MARIHUANA PLANT A flowering or nonflowering marihuana plant that has taken root and is taller than eight inches from the growing or cultivating medium or wider than eight inches, produced from a cutting, clipping, tissue culture, or seedling, and that is in a growing or cultivating medium or a growing or cultivating container.

MICHIGAN MEDICAL MARIHUANA ACT or MMMA 2008 Initiated Law 1, MCLA § 333.26421 et seq., as may be amended.

MICHIGAN MEDICAL MARIHUANA FACILITIES LICENSING ACT or MMFLA Public Act 281 of 2016, MCLA § 333.27101 et seq., as may be amended.