All appeared to be going smoothly as Avalon Borough Council prepared Feb. 13 to adopt an ordinance banning marijuana-related business within the borough.
Had it done so, Avalon would have joined about 60 other municipalities in the state which have moved to prohibit marijuana sales, manufacturing, and farming in advance of the likely passage of state legislation to legalize adult recreational marijuana use.
An error that left the ordinance consideration -- and required public hearing -- off the agenda forced the borough to readvertise the ordinance and move consideration of its adoption to the Feb. 27 meeting.
In anticipation of the vote on the ordinance, a small group of medical marijuana advocates from as far as Brick Township attended the meeting to express their “disdain and disgust” for the proposed ordinance and to urge the borough to show “more compassion.”