[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Little Egg Harbor 8-12-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-15. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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.)