The Borough Council unanimously adopted an ordinance Monday prohibiting all marijuana businesses – shops, cultivators, manufacturers, wholesalers and delivery services – from operating in the borough.
However, the ordinance allows delivery of cannabis in the borough from businesses outside Manville.
Like all 565 municipalities in New Jersey, Manville had until Aug. 21 to decide whether to allow marijuana businesses.
Under state law, if municipalities did not adopt an ordinance six months after legalization went into effect, marijuana businesses would be allowed to operate in the municipality for five years.
But the borough’s elected officials, citing "uncertainties" about the potential community impact of marijuana businesses, decided to adopt the ordinance.