An ordinance to provide a title for the chapter; to define words;
to authorize the operation of and provide regulations for medical
marihuana facilities in Lawrence Township pursuant to Public Act 281
of 2016, as may be amended; to provide for an annual fee; to provide
penalties for violation of this chapter; to provide for severability;
to repeal all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict therewith
and to provide an effective date.
This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Lawrence
Township Medical Marihuana Facilities Ordinance."
Words used herein shall have the definitions as provided for
in P.A. 281 of 2016, as may be amended.
There is hereby established an annual, nonrefundable Township
medical marihuana facility fee in the amount of $5,000 for each authorized
medical marihuana facility within the Township, to help defray administrative
and enforcement costs associated therewith. An initial annual medical
marihuana facility fee of $5,000 shall be payable at the time of application
for Township authorization, and thereafter, the same amount shall
be payable each year by the anniversary of the date of full Township
authorization to operate the medical marihuana facility.
The provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be severable.
If any clause, sentence, word, section or provision is hereafter declared
void or unenforceable for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction,
it shall not affect the remainder of such chapter, which shall continue
in full force and effect. The provisions herein shall be construed
as not interfering or conflicting with the statutory regulations for
licensing medical marihuana facilities pursuant to PA 281 of 2016, as may be amended.
A prosecution that is pending on the effective date of this
chapter and that arose from a violation of an ordinance repealed or
amended by this chapter, or a prosecution that is started within one
year after the effective date of this chapter arising from a violation
of an ordinance repealed or amended by this chapter and that was committed
before the effective date of this chapter shall be tried and determined
exactly as if the ordinance had not been repealed or amended.
This chapter shall take effect 30 days after publication upon
adoption.