Tag: Cannabis Regulatory Commission
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Hopewell Township to revise conditional requirements to keep cannabis applications before Planning Board
Hopewell Township seeks to move conditional requirements such as traffic and odor control to standards for cannabis retailers to keep applications before the Planning Board. If those requirements such as traffic and odor control remained as conditional uses instead of standards, the applicant would have to go before the Zoning Board for a use variance,…
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Pennington adopts amended opt-in ordinance restricting retailers and medical cannabis dispensaries
After months of discussions and public input, the Pennington Council has adopted an ordinance opting in to certain aspects of recreational cannabis businesses prior to the state mandated deadline. There is an Aug. 21 deadline that had been set by the state for all municipalities to decide on an ordinance opting in or opting out…
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Hopewell Township will temporarily prohibit recreational cannabis
Hopewell Township is prohibiting all six cannabis business class licenses – for now. Members of the Township Committee adopted an ordinance prohibiting any cannabis class business from operating in the township during a virtual meeting held Aug. 16. The ordinance’s adoption is before the state deadline for municipalities to opt in or opt out of…
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Cranbury Township prohibits recreational cannabis businesses
After months of discussion and debate, members of the Cranbury Township Committee voted unanimously to adopt an opt-out ordinance prohibiting all recreational cannabis businesses from operating in the township. The ordinance opts out of all six class business licenses for recreational cannabis. Those class licenses are Class 1-cultivator (grower), Class 2-manufacturer (processor), Class 3-wholesaler, Class…
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Hopewell Borough to hold public hearing on opt-out ordinance prohibiting cannabis businesses in May
Members of the Hopewell Borough Council have introduced an opt-out ordinance to prohibit all classes of the cannabis businesses in the borough. A public hearing is scheduled for May 6, after the ordinance was introduced on April 8 at a virtual Borough Council meeting. “This is what we are commonly calling the opt-out ordinance as…
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Pennington Council to discuss next steps with new cannabis laws in May
The Pennington Council will discuss in more depth next month about Pennington’s next steps regarding New Jersey’s new marijuana laws legalizing cannabis. In May, the council with go through options for the municipality and begin discussions on whether they will opt in or opt out with an ordinance on any aspect of the legislation by…
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Cranbury Township Committee members weigh in on recreational marijuana
Lawmakers in New Jersey’s state legislature are continuing to work on legislation regarding the legalization of recreational marijuana in the state. However, as of Nov. 23, legislation had stalled in Trenton, since voters approved the measure on the ballot during the Nov. 3 general election. The approved measure does not go into effect until Jan.…