Nearly two years after the borough legalized the sale and manufacturing of marijuana within its boundaries, the Borough Council is proposing to change its rules regarding where cannabis businesses can be established and how many cannabis businesses it would allow.
The special meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at borough hall or on Zoom.
The current borough ordinance does not have a limit on the number of cannabis businesses, but restricts its operations based on a map with buffer zones drawn around schools, playgrounds and the borough’s public housing.
In the legend of the map, the buffer zone is described as a 1,000-foot zone. However, in early January, the borough’s zoning board discovered that the buffer zones were drawn incorrectly, with certain buffers drawn at less than 1,000 feet. The proposed retail cannabis store Plug Naturals LLC was denied permission to appear before the planning board due to its proposed location being within the 1,000-foot buffer to the Red Bank Charter School. But according to the erroneous map, its proposed location would have been permitted.