As state lawmakers try to figure out the next steps on a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, some Cranbury officials are making a stand against the legislation.
In 2018, the Township Committee adopted an ordinance that prohibited the recreational sale of marijuana in town, in an effort to stay a step ahead of the state legislature and executive branch.
The bills were pulled from a vote in the New Jersey State Senate on March 25 for lack of enough votes to pass it.
“If the bill passed, then our ordinance would have become null and void,” Mayor James Taylor said. “We would be forced to introduce a new ordinance prohibiting recreational sales which we would have been permitted to do. However, also per the legislation a town that banned recreational sales will have to reintroduce and pass the ordinance banning the sale every five years.”
He said if the bill is passed later this year, the ordinance would be introduced in town at the earliest convenience.