This chapter is for the purpose of regulating the growing, manufacturing,
wholesale purchase, and distribution of cannabis in the Township of
Little Egg Harbor, in the County of Ocean, 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 cannabis establishments, cannabis distributors or cannabis
delivery services are hereby prohibited from operating anywhere in
the Township of Little Egg Harbor except for the delivery of cannabis
items and related supplies by a delivery service. Specifically, the
following classes of licenses, as set forth by P.L. 2021, c. 16, shall
not be issued in the Township and are prohibited to operate within
the Township:
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 on licensed cultivator to another licensed
cultivator, or cannabis items in bulk from any type of licensed cannabis
business to another;
E. Class 5
Cannabis Retailer license, for locations at which cannabis items and
related supplies are sold to consumers;
F. 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 delivery of cannabis items
and related supplies by a delivery service within the jurisdiction
of the Township are specifically exempted from this prohibition.)