The Colts Neck Township Committee recently adopted an ordinance barring any cannabis-related businesses from operating within town limits.
During a recent meeting, the committee voted to adopt an ordinance prohibiting pot cultivators, delivery services, manufacturers, retailers and distributors from operating in Colts Neck.
"The township has determined that businesses selling marijuana and farms cultivating marijuana require special concern for security, safety and location," the ordinance reads. "There is no area in the township which can safely house a business selling, manufacturing or growing marijuana and.or paraphernalia that facilitates the use of such marijuana. The township committee finds that it is in the best interest of the township and general public welfare to ban all business [sic] selling marijuana and/or paraphernalia facilitating the use of marijuana and the growing or manufacturing of marijuana within the township."