"We're putting this in place so there is no widespread rush to set up anything in our community," Mayor Emil Carafa said.
Edward "Lefty" Grimes, a self-styled medical marijuana activist, attended the Borough Council's session Tuesday with the hope that he might persuade it to treat medical marijuana and recreational marijuana differently.
Grimes, who suffers from back pain after a fall at work required him to have multiple spine surgeries, has visited more than 70 police stations and attended over 100 council meetings throughout the state since 2014 in an effort to educate officers about the guidelines for enforcing New Jersey's medical marijuana law.
But he was unsuccessful in persuading the council to alter its course.
"This is not the kind of thing you want to do to people," Grimes said.