City of Camden, NJ
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2023-11-16
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 246 Cannabis
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Administration of Government
- Ch 14 Affirmative Action
- Ch 19 Ambulance Services
- Ch 26 Boards, Committees, Commissions and Councils
- Ch 33 Contracts
- Ch 38 Court, Municipal
- Ch 44 Defense of Officers and Employees
- Ch 52 Empowerment Zone Corporation
- Ch 59 Fire Department
- Ch 63 Flag; Coat of Arms; Colors
- Ch 74 Living Wage
- Ch 80 Meetings
- Ch 85 Municipal Insurance Fund
- Ch 89 Municipal Property
- Ch 97 Parking Enforcement Officers
- Ch 103 Personnel Policies
- Ch 110 Police Department
- Ch 118 Project Labor Agreements
- Ch 120 Purchasing Policy
- Ch 122 Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 128 Seal, Official
- Ch 136 Training Requirements
- Ch 141 Urban Enterprise Zones
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 160 Adopt a Park Program
- Ch 164 Adopt-A-Street and -Lot Program
- Ch 169 Advertising Materials
- Ch 177 Alarm Systems
- Ch 181 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 188 Animals
- Ch 193 Arcades and Amusement Devices
- Ch 198 Asbestos Removal
- Ch 204 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 209 Autocabs
- Ch 217 Billiard and Pool Rooms
- Ch 225 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 232 Brush, Grass, Weeds and Debris
- Ch 240 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 246 Cannabis
- Ch 246 Art I Cannabis Businesses
- § 246-1 Purpose.
- § 246-2 Recitals incorporated.
- § 246-3 Definitions.
- § 246-4 State licensure required.
- § 246-5 Determination of zoning approval.
- § 246-6 Municipal preference.
- § 246-7 Evidence of City support.
- § 246-8 Quality of Life Task Force.
- Ch 248 Carousels and Merry-Go-Rounds
- Ch 253 Cemeteries
- Ch 264 Circuses and Exhibitions
- Ch 270 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 277 Criminal History Background Check
- Ch 282 Curfew
- Ch 283 Anti-Bullying
- Ch 286 Dances and Dance Halls
- Ch 291 Development Plans
- Ch 303 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 309 Dumpsters
- Ch 314 Elevators
- Ch 320 Emergencies
- Ch 323 Employee Residency Reports
- Ch 325 Entertainers, Models and Dancers
- Ch 329 Entertainment, Places of Public
- Ch 340 Fees and Costs
- Ch 348 Filming
- Ch 352 Firearms
- Ch 357 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 363 Fire Prevention and Protection and Emergency Services Mitigation
- Ch 369 Fireworks
- Ch 374 Flags
- Ch 378 Flea Markets
- Ch 383 Florists
- Ch 390 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 394 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 400 Food Service Entities
- Ch 410 Games of Chance
- Ch 416 Gasoline and Vehicle Repair Stations
- Ch 420 Gasoline Tanks, Abandonment of
- Ch 428 Graffiti
- Ch 434 Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 439 Health Clubs
- Ch 445 Horse-Drawn and Animal-Drawn Vehicles
- Ch 450 Housing Standards
- Ch 456 Ice Dealers and Vending Machines
- Ch 461 Improvement Districts
- Ch 467 Junkyards
- Ch 478 Laundries, Self-Service
- Ch 485 Licenses and Business Regulations
- Ch 492 Map, Drawings and Other Documents, Electronic Submission of
- Ch 496 Massage Parlors
- Ch 500 Mercantile Businesses
- Ch 507 Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 508 Commercial and Other Large Vehicles, Parking of
- Ch 512 Motels and Hotels
- Ch 518 Noise
- Ch 523 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 534 Parades
- Ch 539 (Reserved)
- Ch 545 Parking Lots, Commercial
- Ch 550 Parking Permit Program, Residential
- Ch 556 Parking, Resident Handicapped On-Street
- Ch 562 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 567 Pay Telephones, Outdoor
- Ch 573 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 578 Peddlers and Vending Units
- Ch 582 Pedicabs
- Ch 587 Photographers, Street
- Ch 594 Picketing
- Ch 600 Poles, Wires and Underground Conduits
- Ch 601 Wireless Facilities in Public Rights-Of-Way
- Ch 608 Precious Metals and Gems
- Ch 615 Property, Vacant and Abandoned
- Ch 620 Property Maintenance
- Ch 627 Public Utilities
- Ch 635 Real Estate Transactions
- Ch 644 Rental Property
- Ch 650 Rent Control
- Ch 656 Rooming and Boarding Houses
- Ch 661 Sales, Special
- Ch 667 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 675 Sewers
- Ch 679 (Reserved)
- Ch 684 Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 688 Signs
- Ch 700 Snow, Ice and Debris Removal
- Ch 705 Soft Drinks, Wholesale
- Ch 711 Solid Waste
- Ch 716 Special Events
- Ch 722 Storage Facilities
- Ch 725 Stormwater Control and Management
- Ch 729 Street Closings
- Ch 735 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 739 Sustainability Requirements
- Ch 742 Swimming Pools
- Ch 747 Tattooing and Tattooists
- Ch 753 Taxation
- Ch 758 Taxicabs
- Ch 766 Theaters
- Ch 771 Tires, Used
- Ch 776 Tobacco
- Ch 780 Toilet Facilities, Portable
- Ch 785 Towing Services
- Ch 791 Transient Merchants
- Ch 796 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 803 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 808 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 815 Vehicles, Immobilization and Impoundment of
- Ch 822 Vehicles, Sale of
- Ch 827 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 840 Water
- Ch 847 Weapons-Free Zones
- Ch 852 Weights and Measures
- Ch 870 Zoning and Land Use
- Appendix
- Ch A900 Cable Television and Communications Franchise Agreements
- Ch A910 Historic Districts
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Camden
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 2-8-2022 by Ord. No. MC-5371]
Notwithstanding any federal law to the contrary, this article
is enacted to regulate and govern the use of cannabis and the number
and types of permits issued in the City pursuant to the Act.[1] The City is awaiting regulations for same by the Cannabis
Regulatory Commission (CRC) and reserves the right to revise this
article pursuant to same.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. § 24:6I-31 et seq.
The aforementioned recitals are incorporated herein as though
fully set forth at length.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The recitals are included in Ord. No.
MC-5371, on file in the City offices.
The definitions and other provisions of the Act and N.J.A.C.
17:30 are hereby incorporated herein. Any amendments to the Act and
N.J.A.C. 17:30-1.2 are also incorporated herein without the need to
revise this article.
In order to locate within the City, a cannabis business must
first obtain a license from the State Cannabis Commission. Such license
must be in good standing during the entirety of the term of that business's
operation within the City.
The City, in determining zoning approval of a proposed location
of a license applicant's cannabis businesses premises, shall
consider whether a cannabis business's premises conforms to zoning
requirements based on the nature of the cannabis business's primary
business operations. If zoning approval is granted, the City shall
provide a letter or affidavit stating that the location will conform
to zoning requirements allowing for activities related to the operations
of the proposed cannabis business to be conducted at that location.
Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 17:30-6.3, within 28 days of a receipt
of a license application from the CRC, the City shall inform the CRC
of its preference for the issuance of licenses to cannabis business
and whether such license application complies with this article.
In order to obtain a license from the Cannabis Regulatory Commission,
a prospective licensee must provide evidence of support from the Administration
and City Council of the City of Camden with respect to such application.
As part of the City's review, the prospective licensee and the
City shall discuss in good faith what community and social justice
initiatives may be appropriate for the prospective licensee to undertake.
Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 17:30-5.1(g), the City shall demonstrate proof
of local support for the suitability of the cannabis business's
proposed location by indicating that the intended location is appropriately
located and otherwise suitable for activities related to the operations
of the proposed cannabis business by the adoption of a resolution
by City Council.
All cannabis businesses shall be subject to health and safety
review, inspection, and enforcement, including but not limited to
an annual health and safety review and inspection by the City.
