The city is looking to amend its zoning ordinance to allow five of the six marketplace classes of cannabis business licenses now that recreational marijuana is legal in New Jersey for those at least 21.
Under an ordinance scheduled to be introduced during Monday's 7 p.m. City Council meeting, cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, wholesaling, distribution and delivery will be conditionally permitted only in the light industrial and heavy industrial zones.
The ordinance calls for retail marijuana businesses to be prohibited in all zones.
Under the ordinance, the number of cannabis oriented businesses would be limited to two for each class type, including both medical and personal use. A marijuana business offering medical and personal cannabis will count as one toward the maximum number of each class type.
The ordinance prohibits on-site consumption of marijuana and marijuana derived products including smoking, ingesting edibles, or applying topical applications, or any other means of ingestion in all cannabis businesses.