[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Township of North Brunswick 11-15-2021 by Ord. No. 21-23[1]. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former Ch. 140, Cannabis, Licensed Businesses, adopted 8-5-2021 by Ord. No. 21-11.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms used herein are defined as follows:
CANNABIS CONSUMPTION AREA
A designated location either operated by a licensed retailer for adult use or a permit holder for dispensing medical cannabis for which both a state and local endorsement has been obtained, that is either:
A. 
An indoor structurally enclosed area of the cannabis retailer for adult use or permit holder that is separate from the area in which retail sales of cannabis items for adult use or the dispensing of medical cannabis occurs; or
B. 
An exterior structure on the same premises as the cannabis retailer or permit holder, either separate from or connected to the cannabis retailer or permit holder, at which cannabis items or medical either obtained from the retailer or permit holder, or brought by a person to the consumption area may be consumed.
CANNABIS CULTIVATOR
Any licensed person or entity that grows, cultivates or produces cannabis in this state, and sells and may transport this cannabis to other cannabis cultivators or usable cannabis to cannabis manufacturers, cannabis wholesalers or cannabis retailers, but not to consumers. This person or entity shall hold a Class 1 cannabis cultivator's license.
CANNABIS DELIVERY SERVICE
Any licensed person or entity that provides courier services for consumer purchases of cannabis items and related supplies fulfilled by a cannabis retailer in order to make deliveries of the cannabis items and related supplies to that consumer, and which services include the ability of a consumer to purchase the cannabis items directly through the cannabis delivery service which, after presenting the purchase order to the cannabis retailer for fulfillment, is delivered to that consumer. This person or entity shall hold a Class 6 cannabis delivery license.
CANNABIS DISTRIBUTOR
Any licensed person or entity that transports cannabis in bulk intrastate from one licensed cannabis cultivator to another licensed cannabis cultivator or transports cannabis items in bulk intrastate from any one class of licensed cannabis establishments to another class of licensed cannabis establishment and may engage in the temporary storage of cannabis or cannabis items as necessary to carry out transportation activities. This person or entity shall hold a Class 4 cannabis distributor's license.
CANNABIS MANUFACTURER
Any licensed person or entity that processes cannabis items in this state by purchasing or otherwise obtaining usable cannabis, manufacturing, preparing, and packaging cannabis items, and selling, and optionally transporting, these items to the other cannabis manufacturers, cannabis wholesalers, or cannabis retailers, but not to consumers. This person or entity shall hold a Class 2 cannabis manufacturer's license.
CANNABIS RETAILER
Any licensed person or entity that purchases or otherwise obtains usable cannabis from cannabis cultivators and cannabis items from cannabis manufacturers or cannabis wholesalers, and sells these to the consumers from a retail store, and may use a cannabis delivery service or a certified cannabis handler for the off-premises delivery of cannabis items and related supplies to consumers. A cannabis retailer shall also accept consumer purchases to be fulfilled from its retail store that are presented by a cannabis delivery service which will be delivered by the cannabis delivery service to that consumer. This person or entity shall hold a Class 5 cannabis retail license.
CANNABIS WHOLESALER
Any licensed person or entity that purchases or otherwise obtains, stores, sells or otherwise transfers, and may transport, cannabis items for the purpose of resale or other transfer to either another cannabis wholesaler or to a cannabis retailer, but not to consumers. This person or entity shall hold a Class 3 cannabis wholesaler license.
[Amended 9-16-2024 by Ord. No. 24-14]
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Limitation on number of licenses. Within the geographic boundaries of the Township, the maximum number of licensed cannabis businesses shall be no more than two for Classes 1 2 3 and 4, and three for Classes 5 and 6.
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Limitation on location. A licensed cannabis business shall not be permitted within 500 feet of any existing licensed cannabis business premises, with the exception of Class 5 retail and Class 6 delivery cannabis establishments which are owned and operated by the same entity, or any primary or secondary educational institution or any house of worship. The distance shall be measured in the same manner as that required by statute for the measuring of distances between licensed retail sale of alcoholic premises, schools and churches.
[Amended 9-16-2024 by Ord. No. 24-14]
Hours of operation for Class 5 cannabis retailer and Class 6 cannabis delivery licenses shall be limited to 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and said hours shall be enforced by the Police Department.
It is hereby established that no person shall smoke, vape or otherwise consume any cannabis products on a public street, highway, avenue, alley or road of the Township; or upon any public or quasi-public parking lots or garages or any other parking facilities in the Township; or on any public grounds, parks, sidewalks, promenade or quasi-public areas; or in any automobile, or other vehicle or in any other means of transportation on the public streets, highways, alleys, avenues, grounds, sidewalks, parks, promenade or quasi-public areas in the Township.