The focus of Tuesday evening’s Lambertville council agenda was an ordinance to allow sales of cannabis within the city.
The new law amends land use regulations to allow only one type of the six New Jersey permitted cannabis businesses. It does not permit consumption areas at this time.
The ordinance also establishes a Cannabis Transfer Tax of 2%, which is the maximum the state will permit.
Recreational marijuana stores could be coming to Bloomfield after the Township Council introduced an ordinance to allow six cannabis retailers in the central business district and neighborhood business district.
Two retailers would be allowed north of Bay Avenue, two south of Bay Avenue and north of the Norfolk-Southern Railway line, and two south of the railway line under the ordinance introduced Monday. All the retailer licenses would be for a Class 5 retailer, allowing cannabis items and related supplies to be sold to customers.
An ordinance prohibiting all classes of cannabis licensed businesses in residential, commercial and historic downtown districts was introduced at the council meeting on June 21st. The ordinance will allow licensed cannabis business classes which was defined as manufacturers, wholesalers and/or distributors within designated areas of the M-3 zone which was outlined in certain areas of the Borough of South Plainfield.
Maple Shade doesn't want recreational marijuana businesses in town.
Moorestown is leaning toward permitting all types.
And Cinnaminson would allow them, but retailing would have to be connected to cultivating or manufacturing cannabis.
They are the latest communities in South Jersey wrestling with the decision of whether or not to permit marijuana operations to open for business within their borders.
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.
The Hackettstown Town Council finalized ordinance NO. 2021-09 in the June 24th meeting regarding cannabis within the township limits. The ordinance reads “Town of Hackettstown, County of Warren and state of New Jersey, amending the land development ordinance and permitting the operation of class 5 cannabis retail businesses within its geographical boundaries.”
Cannabis businesses – from retail sales to the cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, wholesaling and delivery of cannabis – would be permitted to operate in selected areas of Lawrence Township, under an ordinance introduced by the Lawrence Township Council.
The ordinance was introduced at the Lawrence Township Council’s June 15 meeting. The council sought to get ahead of the Aug. 21 deadline to act, imposed by the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance and Marketplace Modernization Act.
Mayor W. Reed Gusciora today encouraged Trenton residents to attend the virtual Trenton Planning Board Special Meeting on Monday, June 28, 2021 at 6:00 p.m., which will include public discussion on a new draft ordinance that will govern cannabis licensing for businesses in Trenton.
The draft ordinance establishes licensing rules for cannabis businesses in the City, including regulations on emissions, material disposal, and facility safety. It also seeks to establish a two percent tax on the sale of cannabis products.
While New Jersey residents voted to legalize recreational marijuana last November, the state is still in the process of rolling out its legal distribution regulations. All municipalities have until August 21 to pass any desired local rules and Jersey City’s planning board approved new zoning governing cannabis businesses during their June 22 meeting.
The Township Committee on Wednesday introduced two ordinances that would clear the way for recreational cannabis businesses within its borders.
A public hearing will be held on the ordinances before final passage during the next regular committee meeting at 5:30 p.m. July 21.
Any municipal regulation or prohibition on the operation of a legal adult cannabis recreational business must be adopted by Aug. 21, or the municipality will be subject to the laws of the state, which have not been made public yet.