The Toms River Township Council has tabled an ordinance that would ban the operation of retail cannabis businesses.
The council voted 6-1 Tuesday night to delay action to further discuss and explore the issues involved with the potential for retail businesses under New Jersey's law governing the legalization of adult recreational marijuana use. Councilman Daniel Rodrick voted against tabling the measure.
The vote to table came after several residents spoke out against the ban and urged the council to look deeper into it, emphasizing that 64 percent of Toms River residents who voted on the issue in November favored legalization.