This chapter is for the purpose of regulating the growing, manufacturing,
wholesale purchase, and distribution of cannabis in the Borough of
South River, in the County of Middlesex, in accordance with P.L. 2021,
c. 16, known as the "New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance,
and Marketplace Modernization Act" (the "Act"), its supplements and amendments, and in accordance with
the rules and regulations issued or to be promulgated by the state.
All applications for licenses under this chapter and all licenses
issued thereunder and proceedings in connection therewith shall be
subject to said Act and said rules and regulations of said state and
shall be subject to any other statutes of New Jersey or of the United
States now extant or hereafter enacted affecting said subject matters.
The Mayor and Borough Council of the Borough of South River,
being the governing body of said municipality, shall constitute the
authority for the approval of applications of licenses under this
chapter and shall forthwith report the approval of all such applications
to the state.
No license shall be approved by the Borough except after written application presented by the proposed licensee to the State Cannabis Regulatory Commission and after conformity with all requirements of said Act, this chapter and Borough Code §
350-8T.
It shall be unlawful to operate a cannabis facility in the Borough
of South River, in the County of Middlesex, without a license previously
applied for and granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter
and said Act.
The following classes of licenses, as set forth by P.L. 2021,
c. 16, are permitted to operate within the Borough:
A. Class 1 Cannabis Cultivator license, for facilities involved in growing
and cultivating cannabis;
B. Class 2 Cannabis Manufacturer license, for facilities involved in
the manufacturing, preparation, and packaging of cannabis items;
C. Class 3 Cannabis Wholesaler license, for facilities involved in obtaining
and selling cannabis items for later resale by other licensees;
D. Class 4 Cannabis Distributor license, for businesses involved in
transporting cannabis plants in bulk from one licensed cultivator
to another licensed cultivator, or cannabis items in bulk from any
type of licensed cannabis business to another;
E. Class 6 Cannabis Delivery license, for businesses providing courier
services for consumer purchases that are fulfilled by a licensed cannabis
retailer in order to make deliveries of the purchased items to a consumer,
and which service would include the ability of a consumer to make
a purchase directly through the cannabis delivery service, which would
be presented by the delivery service for fulfillment by a retailer
and then delivered to a consumer.
The following classes of licenses, as set forth by P.L. 2021,
c. 16, are not permitted to operate within the Borough:
A. Class 5 Cannabis Retailer license for locations at which cannabis
items and related supplies are sold to consumers.
No licensee shall operate a licensed cannabis facility on weekdays
between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. and on Sundays between
the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon.
Any person who shall knowingly violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties provided in Chapter
1, Article
I, General Penalty.