The Borough Council unanimously adopted an ordinance Monday prohibiting all marijuana businesses – shops, cultivators, manufacturers, wholesalers and delivery services – from operating in the borough.
However, the ordinance allows delivery of cannabis in the borough from businesses outside Manville.
Like all 565 municipalities in New Jersey, Manville had until Aug. 21 to decide whether to allow marijuana businesses.
Town officials have introduced an ordinance to temporarily ban marijuana sales and businesses.
Medical marijuana users and supporters spoke about their cannabis experiences during Tuesday's Board of Aldermen meeting as town officials presented a new ordinance to ban all marijuana establishments, distributors and delivery services. The ban, officials said, will give them time to develop rules and regulations on cannabis sales.
The new ordinance introduced Tuesday night would replace the ban the township placed on marijuana businesses of all kinds in March 2019. A second reading and adoption is scheduled for April 27.
The new ordinance comes in response to the state legislation that accompanied the legalization of adult recreational marijuana use, which was approved by New Jersey voters in the November election.
The Township Council introduced an ordinance Tuesday that would block cannabis businesses of all types from operating within Brick.
In response to recreational marijuana's legalization across New Jersey, the Council's proposed ordinance would prohibit cannabis establishments, cultivators, manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and delivery services from operating in Brick for the next five years. The council's prohibition is permitted under New Jersey's new Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement, Assistance and Marketplace Modernization Act.
One challenge is the growing number of municipalities across the state that have enacted bans on the budding industry. According to NJ.com, dozens of cities and towns have preemptively blocked the sale of recreational cannabis within their borders. South Jersey municipalities that have passed bans include Bridgeton in Cumberland County, Lumberton in Burlington County, Manning Township and Upper Pittsgrove in Salem County, and Pleasantville and Somers Point in Atlantic County.
It might be legal to smoke weed in New Jersey but Warren residents may have to look outside of town if they want to buy any marijuana.
The Warren Township Committee will introduce an ordinance to essentially prohibit marijuana dispensaries from coming to the township and prohibiting the sale of marijuana in town on Thursday night.
This will be the first reading of the ordinance and the public will have a chance to comment on it.
Ocean City’s governing body gave final approval Thursday night to an ordinance that prohibits businesses that cultivate, manufacture, test or sell marijuana.
Looking to preserve its family-friendly image, the city will ban the sale of marijuana in the aftermath of New Jersey’s legalization of cannabis in February.
Township Council members approved an ordinance that bans all recreational marijuana businesses from operating within the township. This includes dispensaries, cultivators and testing facilities.
The adoption came after lengthy discussion that included public comment, and after council member Francine Ritter proposed that the council consider pulling the ordinance and reconvening with a public forum.
"Reconsider this one and allow the public to speak," she said.
That won't happen.
The mayor of Wayne says an ordinance on a full ban of the retail sale of marijuana was approved Wednesday night by a vote of 8-1.
In Wayne, a township of over 55,000 -- about 18,000 residents voted to legalize marijuana in the November election. But the Wayne council introduced an ordinance on March 3 to ban the sale.
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