The Coaster
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
No Result
View All Result
  • Browse News by Town
    • Allenhurst
    • Asbury Park
    • Avon
    • Bradley Beach
    • Deal
    • Interlaken
    • Loch Arbour
    • Long Branch
    • Neptune
    • Neptune City
    • Ocean Grove
    • Ocean Township
    • Tinton Falls
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
Subscribe / Renew
  • Browse News by Town
    • Allenhurst
    • Asbury Park
    • Avon
    • Bradley Beach
    • Deal
    • Interlaken
    • Loch Arbour
    • Long Branch
    • Neptune
    • Neptune City
    • Ocean Grove
    • Ocean Township
    • Tinton Falls
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
The Coaster
No Result
View All Result
Home Neptune City

Neptune City Introduces New Ordinance to Sell Weed

by Pete Walton
March 1, 2023
in Neptune City
Neptune City to Consider More Locations for Sale of Cannabis
752
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare via EmailShare on Twitter

By PETE WALTON

A new ordinance introduced by the Neptune City Borough Council would end proposed plans for cannabis retail businesses near West Sylvania and Steiner avenues.

The council wants to limit the legal sale of marijuana to the highway commercial (HC) zone in the westernmost corner of the borough.

No portion of Route 35 is located in the borough’s highway commercial zone.

The vote by the bipartisan council to introduce the updated ordinance was unanimous.

There will be a public hearing and potential vote on the revised ordinance at the council’s meeting on Mon., March 27.

Mayor Andrew Wardell thanked Councilman Glen Kocsis and Council President Brian Thomas, who serve with him on the borough’s law and ordinance committee, for their work on updating the ordinance.

“They took their time to meet with our Land Use Board professionals to sit down and discuss the board’s recommendations and try to craft the changes to the ordinance as best as we could with the recommendations we were given,” the mayor said.

“They feel confident, as do both of the attorneys who were involved, that the ordinance is about as solid as it can be when it comes to protecting the concerns of the residents moving forward,” Wardell said.

According to the revised ordinance, any cannabis business must have entrances and exits on state Route 33, which is also known as Corlies Avenue. The northern boundary of Neptune City’s highway commercial zone runs from a point opposite the eastern Route 33 entrance to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, and extends westward on Route 33 just past Brighton Avenue to the border with the township of Neptune.

The marijuana sales outlets “shall not be located on any property that abuts a residential zone,” according to the revised ordinance.

The businesses would not be permitted “within 200 feet of a borough district zoned as residential.”

“Said 200 feet shall be measured in the normal way that a pedestrian would properly walk from the nearest entrance of said residential property to the nearest entrance of the premises sought to be licensed,” the proposed ordinance reads.

The borough has already limited the number of cannabis retail outlets to two. The revised ordinance says they must be located at least 1,000 feet apart.

“There shall not be any drive-through associated with any Class 5 cannabis retailer,” the ordinance states. Class 5 is the only type of marijuana business which will be permitted in Neptune City.

The establishments could only operate between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays.

There are no on-street parking spaces in the area where the businesses would be permitted. Mayor Wardell said state regulations require cannabis retailers to provide 50 percent more parking spaces than the number which other types of retailers must designate.

The borough Land Use Board will review the latest proposed changes to the ordinance. The board’s next scheduled meeting is Tues., March 14 at 7 p.m.

  Two lawsuits involving the legal sale of marijuana in Neptune City are still listed as active in state Superior Court in Freehold.

Steiner Avenue residents Eugene P. O’Connell and Melida Rodas said the council’s current cannabis ordinance was “arbitrarily, capriciously, improperly and illegitimately adopted.”

Another suit filed by attorneys for The Cannabis Shoppe said the company was not given a chance to make a presentation to the committee which the borough established to review applications for the marijuana retail licenses.

State Superior Court Judge David Bauman has set Wed., March 22 as the date for oral arguments in the case via video conference.

Related Posts

Art Show Fundraiser in Honor Of Murdered Neptune City Teen

Art Show Fundraiser in Honor Of Murdered Neptune City Teen

March 17, 2023
Neptune City to Consider More Locations for Sale of Cannabis

In Neptune City New Marijuana Legislation Planned

January 11, 2023
Collections Continue for Brighton Arms Fire Victims

Collections Continue for Brighton Arms Fire Victims

December 21, 2022
2 Lawsuits Filed Over Neptune City’s Marijuana Ordinance

2 Lawsuits Filed Over Neptune City’s Marijuana Ordinance

December 19, 2022
Neptune City to Consider More Locations for Sale of Cannabis

Neptune City to Consider More Locations for Sale of Cannabis

November 30, 2022
DEP Says No Hazardous Pollutants From the TFH-Nylabone Plant

DEP Says No Hazardous Pollutants From the TFH-Nylabone Plant

October 19, 2022

Trending This Week

Stabbing Incident at Asbury Park High School

Burglary Arrest in Ocean Township

March 22, 2023
Asbury Hotel Employee Charged with $400,000 in Theft

Eatontown Man Charged in Burglary, Resisting Arrest in Interlaken

March 22, 2023
neptune police car

Neptune Man Charged with Theft of 4 Jeep Tires

March 21, 2023
Asbury Park, Belmar Residents Win County Photography Contest

Asbury Park, Belmar Residents Win County Photography Contest

March 22, 2023

Advertise Online with The Coaster

Advertise on The Coaster to reach countless new customers for your local business.

START ADVERTISING TODAY

E-mail Newsletter

Sign up to get a free weekly newsletter to your inbox.

Subscribe

Contact Us

The Coaster
1011 Main St
Asbury Park, NJ 07712
Phone: 732-775-3010
FAX: 732-775-8345
editor@thecoaster.net

Email Newsletter »

All Articles

Search Our Site

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 The New Coaster, LLC. All rights reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Browse News by Town
    • Allenhurst
    • Asbury Park
    • Avon
    • Bradley Beach
    • Deal
    • Interlaken
    • Loch Arbour
    • Long Branch
    • Neptune
    • Neptune City
    • Ocean Grove
    • Ocean Township
    • Tinton Falls
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
Subscribe / Renew

© 2023 The New Coaster, LLC. All rights reserved.