{"id":18043,"date":"2021-04-14T03:37:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T07:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=18043"},"modified":"2021-04-14T03:37:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T07:37:28","slug":"brick-introduces-ban-on-all-marijuana-based-businesses-in-new-ordinance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2021\/04\/brick-introduces-ban-on-all-marijuana-based-businesses-in-new-ordinance\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick Introduces Ban on All Marijuana-Based Businesses In New Ordinance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The retail portion of Reef Dispensaries in Las Vegas, NV, photographed during a tour of the facility. (Photo: Daniel Nee\/Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n

With the state\u2019s fledgling cannabis industry in development as state regulators met for the first time this week to determine rules and policies for the eventual legal sale of marijuana, Brick officials took a unanimous stand against the operation of cannabis businesses in the township.<\/p>\n

A constitutional amendment lifting the state\u2019s prohibition on marijuana was approved by voters last November, and enabling legislation was passed earlier this year. Under that legislation, towns were given 180 days to determine whether they would allow or disallow cannabis-based businesses, leading Brick officials to update an existing ordinance in order to make the ban compliant with state statutes.<\/p>\n

The state divides cannabis businesses into six categories: cultivation, manufacturing (cultivation), wholesaling, distributing, retailing and delivery services. Brick\u2019s ordinance, as introduced Tuesday night, would ban businesses in every category. The ordinance is subject to a public hearing and second vote for final adoption, which is set for the April 27 township council meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe council\u2019s land use committee reviewed the new law and recommends that the council act on banning new establishments,\u201d said Council President Lisa Crate.<\/p>\n

No members of the public commented on the measure after its introduction, nor did any officials explain the reasoning behind the policy. For elected officials, however, the state\u2019s 180 day policy comes with consequences. If no ordinance was adopted, the council\u2019s previous ban on marijuana-based businesses would be voided, and the businesses would have been allowed to open in the appropriate zones \u2013 for example, retail dispensaries in a business zone and a cultivation facility in an industrial zone. Should the council reverse course, the township would be obligated to allow cannabis businesses for a period of five years. After that period, existing businesses would be grandfathered in and could continue to operate, while the township would have a new 180 period to prohibit new businesses from opening.<\/p>\n

Brick\u2019s ban will prohibit all classes of cannabis businesses, including delivery services. But while delivery services will not be allowed to base themselves in Brick, they will still be able to make deliveries to customers, meaning that cannabis consumers in town will have such an option in the future.<\/p>\n

Formally, the ordinance as introduced stated that the council was putting the ban in place due to \u201cpresent uncertainties regarding the potential future impacts of allowing one or more classes of cannabis businesses might have on New Jersey municipalities in general.\u201d The ordinance also states that the council believes it is in the \u201cbest interest of the health, safety and welfare\u201d of township residents that cannabis businesses be banned.<\/p>\n

The April 27 meeting, at which the public hearing and second vote on the measure will take place, is scheduled for 7 p.m. via Zoom.<\/p>\n

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