New Jersey towns continue to weigh in and pass ordinances concerning marijuana-related businesses operating within their borders.
Lumberton passed an ordinance that will “establish cultivation, manufacturing and distribution activities as a conditional use in the Township’s three industrial zoning districts” but will not allow dispensaries – medical or adult-use to be opened in the township.
City Council voted unanimously to OK an ordinance change that would allow the city to set up a medical marijuana dispensary in a designated redevelopment zone.
The move comes as lawmakers consider legalizing adult recreational marijuana use, as part of the Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s push to legalize pot across the state.
The council’s decision to allow a dispensary to set up shop in a certain part of the city was a stark change from a few years ago when Marge Caldwell-Wilson’s resolution to legalize marijuana across the state fell on deaf ears.
The proposal is a joint venture of Academy Medical LLC and Green Leaf Medical LLC. Academy Medical was incorporated for this venture with Green Leaf Medical, which will manage the cultivation facility and any dispensaries that open in other municipalities.
Green Leaf Medical is a Maryland-based company that already grows medical grade marijuana, or cannabis, in several northeastern states. Its search for a base in New Jersey has led it to a large building here at 1301 N. 10th St.
Public officials in Red Bank are offering their support for the potential establishment of a local alternative treatment center that would sell medical marijuana.
At present, there are six such businesses – known as alternative treatment centers – operating in New Jersey; two in northern New Jersey, two in central New Jersey and two in southern New Jersey. State officials have said they plan to open six additional alternative treatment centers.
Now that the borough has indicated it is open to welcoming medical marijuana facilities under the New Jersey Compassionate Use Marijuana Act, borough officials are thinking about where they could potentially be located, if approved by the state.
At the council’s Aug. 29 workshop meeting, the mayor and governing body talked with director of planning and zoning Glenn R. Carter to determine what areas would be appropriate for a dispensary.
Eatontown Borough Council members will write letters of support for three entities that seek state approval to open and operate an alternative treatment center in Eatontown.
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Two weeks later, when the council met on Aug. 22, representatives of four more entities approached the governing body to ask for support for their plan to open an alternative treatment center in Eatontown.
City council today approved a set of resolutions that both supported medical marijuana dispensaries and recommended where they should be located in Newark.
The measure proposed amendments to the local land use regulations for dispensaries, which will be referred to the city planning board for review.
Mayor Ras Baraka supported city council’s approval today, saying it would reduce the burden on city residents who have to travel miles away to get to a dispensary. The nearest dispensary is currently located in Montclair, and there are five others in the state.
Should medical marijuana facilities be allowed in Newark? The ball is now in the municipal planning board's court.
On Tuesday, Mayor Ras Baraka announced that municipal officials are thinking about allowing medical marijuana dispensaries – known as Alternative Treatment Centers (ATCs) – to set up shop in the city.
The South Orange Village Board of Trustees voted at a special meeting on August 20 to approve “Resolution Supporting the Expansion of the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act,” allowing for a potential Alternative Treatment Center (“ATC”) to be located in the Village.
Members of the Borough Council in Eatontown are backing a family’s application to sell medicinal marijuana at an alternative treatment center that could be opened and operated in the municipality.
A resolution outlining the matter must now be created and submitted to state officials for approval. Action will be carried out by council members after the documents are reviewed, and potentially approved, by state officials.