Cannabis Ordinance, Application & FAQ
Posted August 04, 2023ORDINANCE NO. 23-5
AN ORDINANCE BY THE BOROUGH OF CARLSTADT, BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 21-9 AND AMENDING ARTICLE XXI ZONING, CHAPTER 21-21, SPECIAL REGULATIONS, SECTION 21-21.13, MARIJUANA (CANNABIS) PROHIBITED, OF THE CODE OF THE BOROUGH OF CARLSTADT
WHEREAS, in 2020, New Jersey voters approved Public Question No. 1, which amended the New Jersey Constitution to allow for the legalization of a controlled form of marijuana called "cannabis" for adults at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and
WHEREAS, on February 22, 2021, Governor Murphy signed into law P.L. 2021, c. 16, known as the "New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act" (the "Act"), which legalizes the recreational use of cannabis by adults twenty-one (21) years of age or older, and establishes a comprehensive regulatory and licensing scheme for commercial recreational (adult use) cannabis operations, use and possession; and
WHEREAS, the Act establishes six (6) classes of licenses for Cannabis Establishments, including: