Residents will have their say on whether marijuana businesses should operate in Bridgeton if the state legalizes sales of the drug.
City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to put a public question on the November general election ballot polling voters on their desire to see marijuana retail facilities in Bridgeton.
“The statutes allow for a public question to gauge voter sentiment and while the results are nonbinding, that doesn’t mean the results are unimportant," Mayor Albert Kelly said. "As officials elected by the people of this community, we need to consider and be informed by the thoughts and opinions of the voters, and that means giving them opportunities to be heard."
According to city officials, "the questions would ask whether or not to allow retail facilities, including cultivation and distribution facilities, to operate within city limits and if so, whether such facilities should be confined to industrial-zoned areas within the city."