A committee assembled to help determine how Moorestown should handle recreational marijuana recommended Monday night that dispensaries be permitted within the township's limits.
Mark Hines, who was a member of the committee along with Mayor Nicole Gillespie, Councilman Jake Van Dyken, Township Manager Tom Merchel, Township Solicitor Kevin Aberant, and former Moorestown Business Association President Steve Pazienza, made the presentation during this week's township council meeting.
"Consumption won't change whether the businesses exist or not," Hines said. "We're anticipating businesses opening in Mount Laurel, Delran and Cinnaminson."
He said there is no law prohibiting the transportation of marijuana to homes in the township from neighboring communities, even if the township bans businesses from actually operating in township limits.
Allowing the businesses to exist within the township will allow the township to collect additional tax revenue. In November, New Jersey residents voted to legalize recreational marijuana use.