The Borough Council adopted an ordinance by a 4-1 vote to prohibit the operation of any class of cannabis businesses within the borough at its July 27 meeting. Councilman Roger Freda did not support the ordinance.
In part the ordinance noted that two prominent non-profit organizations who advise New Jersey municipalities on legal matters, the New Jersey State League of Municipalities and the New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys have “strongly urged that, due to the complexity and novelty of the Act (New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act)…the most prudent course of action for all municipalities…would be to prohibit all such uses…in order to ensure sufficient time to carefully review all aspects of the Act and its impact.”