[Adopted 9-26-2018 by Ord. No. 25-2018; amended in its entirety 7-21-2021 by Ord. No. 30-2021]]
A. 
Any facility which exists for the purpose of distribution of marijuana or any cannabis derivative shall be a permitted use in a district or area which has been zoned as industrial.
B. 
Retail facilities and retail sales shall be a conditionally permitted in all commercial zones or retail zones, with the exception of the Atlantic City Boardwalk, subject to conditions set forth in any applicable zoning ordinance; or receiving a variance from one or more of the conditions in accordance with the Municipal Land Use Law[1]; and subject to the rules and regulations of the Cannabis Regulatory Commission.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
C. 
Medicinal facilities shall not operate as any class of license under the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act[2] until the facility has received both written authorization for a proposed cannabis establishment, distributor, or delivery service from the municipality in which the proposed establishment, distributor, or delivery service is to be located, and a license from the Cannabis Regulatory Commission. Facilities located in the Tourism District shall be required to receive written authorization from the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.
[2]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 24:6I-31 et seq.
D. 
Medicinal facilities operating in residentially zoned areas as of September 26, 2018, are exempted from the above restrictions.