When used in this chapter, the following words shall have the
meanings ascribed to them as set forth herein. Any reference to New
Jersey statutes includes any regulations promulgated thereunder and
is deemed to include any successor or amended version of the referenced
statute or regulatory provision.
CANNABIS
All parts of the Cannabis sativa Linnaeus, Cannabis indica,
or Cannabis ruderalis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof;
the resin, whether crude or purified, extracted from any part of the
plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture,
or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin. "Cannabis" also
means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from
marijuana. "Cannabis" also means marijuana as defined by the New Jersey
Health and Safety Code. "Cannabis" does not include the mature stalks
of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from
the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative,
mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted
therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant
which is incapable of germination. For the purpose of this chapter,
"cannabis" does not mean industrial hemp as that term is defined by
the New Jersey Food and Agricultural Code.
CANNABIS BUSINESS
The businesses of commercial cannabis cultivation, cannabis
manufacturer, cannabis testing laboratory, and cannabis distributor.
CANNABIS BUSINESS ACTIVITY
Includes cultivation, manufacture, processing, laboratory
testing, transporting, delivery, distribution, or sale of cannabis
or a cannabis product, within the meaning of the New Jersey Business
and Professions Code.
CANNABIS BUSINESS LICENSE
A regulatory permit issued by the Township pursuant to this
chapter to a cannabis business and which is required before any cannabis
activity may be conducted in the Township of West Deptford. The initial
license and annual renewal of a cannabis business license is made
expressly contingent upon the business's ongoing compliance with
all of the requirements of this chapter, any regulations adopted by
the Township governing the cannabis activity at issue, compliance
with any conditions of approval placed on the use of the cannabis
business site, and payment of all fees, taxes and any other amounts
owed to the Township related to the cannabis business activity.
CANNABIS CONCENTRATE
Manufactured cannabis that has undergone a process to concentrate
the cannabinoid active ingredient, thereby increasing the product's
potency. An edible cannabis product is not considered food, as defined
by the New Jersey Health and Safety Code, or a drug, as defined by
the New Jersey Health and Safety Code.
CANNABIS DISTRIBUTOR
A cannabis operator permitted pursuant to this chapter to
operate a location or a facility where a person conducts the business
of procuring cannabis from permitted cannabis cultivation sites or
cannabis manufacturers for sale to permitted cannabis dispensaries,
and the inspection, quality assurance, batch testing by a licensee,
storage, labeling, packaging and other processes prior to transport
to permitted cannabis dispensaries.
CANNABIS LICENSE
A state license issued pursuant to NJCREMM, as may be amended
from time to time.
CANNABIS LICENSEE
A person issued a cannabis license under NJCREMM to engage
in commercial cannabis activity.
CANNABIS NURSERY
A location operating as a nursery solely for purposes of
supplying immature plants to cannabis cultivation facilities.
CANNABIS TESTING LABORATORY
A facility, entity, or site in the state that offers or performs
tests of cannabis or cannabis products and is both of the following:
A.
Accredited by an accrediting body that is independent from all
other persons involved in the cannabis testing laboratory.
B.
Registered with the New Jersey Department of Public Health.
CULTIVATION
Any activity, whether occurring indoors or outdoors, involving
the propagation, planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading,
and/or trimming of cannabis plants or any part thereof for any purpose.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
CULTIVATION SITE
A facility where cannabis is cultivated, propagated, planted,
grown, harvested, dried, cured, graded, or trimmed, or that does all
or any combination of those activities, and where the operator holds
a valid cannabis business license for cultivation from the Township
and a valid state license for cultivation pursuant to the NJCREMM
(as the same may be amended from time to time).
DELIVERY
The commercial transfer of medical cannabis or medical cannabis
products from a dispensary, up to an amount determined to be authorized
by the State of New Jersey, or any of its departments or divisions,
to anyone for any purpose. "Delivery" also includes the use by a dispensary
of any technology platform owned, controlled, and/or licensed by the
dispensary, or independently licensed by the State of New Jersey under
the NJCREMM (as the same may be amended from time-to-time), that enables
anyone to arrange for or facilitate the commercial transfer by a licensed
dispensary of cannabis or cannabis products.
DISPENSARY
A cannabis business facility where cannabis, medical cannabis
products, or devices for the use of medical cannabis or medical cannabis
products are offered, either individually or in any combination, for
retail sale, including an establishment (whether fixed or mobile)
that delivers, pursuant to express authorization, medical cannabis
and medical cannabis products as part of a retail sale, and where
the operator holds a valid cannabis business license from the Township
authorizing the operation of a dispensary and a valid state license
as required by state law to operate a dispensary.
DISPENSING
Any activity involving the retail sale of cannabis or cannabis
products from a dispensary.
DISTRIBUTION
The procurement, sale, and transport of medical cannabis
or cannabis products between cannabis businesses.
DISTRIBUTOR
A person holding a valid cannabis business license for distribution
issued by the Township, and a valid state license for distribution,
pursuant to the NJCREMM (as the same may be amended from time to time).
DRIED FLOWER
All dead cannabis that has been harvested, dried, cured,
or otherwise processed, excluding leaves and stems.
EDIBLE CANNABIS PRODUCT
Manufactured cannabis that is intended to be used, in whole
or in part, for human consumption. An edible medical cannabis product
is not considered food as defined by the New Jersey Health and Safety
Code or a drug as defined by the New Jersey Health and Safety Code.
INDOOR STRUCTURE
A fully enclosed and secured structure, a space within a
building, greenhouse or other structure which has a complete roof
enclosure supported by connecting walls extending from the ground
to the roof, which is secure against unauthorized entry, provides
complete visual screening, complies with all odor control and other
design standards required by this chapter, and which is accessible
only through one or more lockable doors and is inaccessible to minors.
INDOORS
Within a fully enclosed and secure structure. The term "indoors"
includes any indoor structures.
LIVE PLANTS
Living cannabis flowers and plants, including seeds, sprouts,
immature plants (including unrooted clones), and vegetative stage
plants.
MANUFACTURED CANNABIS
Raw cannabis that has undergone a process whereby the raw
agricultural product has been transformed into a concentrate or manufactured
product intended for internal consumption or topical application.
MANUFACTURER
A person that conducts the production, preparation, propagation,
or compounding of manufactured cannabis, as defined in this section,
or cannabis products, either directly or indirectly or by extraction
methods, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, at a fixed
location that packages or repackages cannabis or cannabis products
or labels or relabels its container, where the operator holds a valid
cannabis business license for manufacturing from the Township of West
Deptford and a valid state license for manufacturing pursuant to the
NJCREMM (as the same may be amended from time to time).
MANUFACTURING SITE
A location that produces, prepares, propagates, or compounds
cannabis or cannabis products, directly or indirectly, by extraction
methods, independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination
of extraction and chemical synthesis, and is owned and operated by
a person issued a valid cannabis business license for manufacturing
from the Township and a valid state license for manufacturing pursuant
to the NJCREMM (as the same may be amended from time to time).
MARIJUANA
"Cannabis," as that term is defined in this chapter.
OUTDOORS
Any location within the Township that is not within a fully
enclosed and secure structure.
PERSON
An individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association,
corporation, limited-liability company, estate, trust, business trust,
receiver, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a
unit, and includes the plural as well as the singular number.
STATE LICENSE
A permit or license issued by the State of New Jersey, or
one of its departments or divisions, pursuant to the New Jersey Constitution,
and the provisions of NJCREMM (as the same may be amended from time
to time) to engage in cannabis activity.
TOPICAL CANNABIS
A product intended for external use. A topical cannabis product
is not considered a drug as defined by the New Jersey Health and Safety
Code.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of West Deptford, a New Jersey general law Township.
TRANSPORT
The transfer of cannabis or cannabis products from the permitted
business location of one licensee to the permitted business location
of another licensee, for the purposes of conducting cannabis activity
authorized by the NJCREMM (as the same may be amended from time to
time).
TRANSPORTER
A person issued a state license, and a cannabis business
license by the Township of West Deptford, authorizing the transport
of cannabis or cannabis products in amounts authorized by the State
of New Jersey, or by one of its departments or divisions under NJCREMM.