2595-20 Ordinance Regarding Medical Marijuana Dispensaries.pdf

3 4848-4827-0498, v. 1 5-34.5 Inspections. The Health Department, the Zoning Official, the Police Department, and the Fire Department shall, from time to time, make an inspection of the Licensed Medical Marijuana Facility for the purpose of determining whether the provisions of this section are complied with. It shall be unlawful for any Licensed Medical Marijuana Facility to refuse to allow such inspection or to hinder such an inspection. V. CHAPTER 22, SECTION 3 SHALL BE AND HEREBY IS ESTABLISHED AND SUPPLEMENTED TO INCORPORATE THE FOLLOWING: 22-3 MEDICAL CANNABIS TRANSFER TAX a. There is hereby established a Medical Cannabis Transfer Tax in the Township of West Orange which shall be fixed at a uniform percentage rate of two percent (2%) on all sales or transfers of cannabis products from a Licensed Medical Marijuana Facility, as defined in Chapter 5, Section 34.2, pursuant to the to N.J.S.A. 24A:6I-10(i) of the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act. b. The Medical Cannabis Transfer Tax shall be in addition to any other tax or fee imposed pursuant to statute, state and federal, or local ordinance or resolution by any government entity upon a Licensed Medical Marijuana Facility. c. The tax imposed by this section shall be paid to the Township no later than February 1 of each year with a report certified as true and accurate by the Chief Financial Officer, Controller or other similarly situated person showing the gross revenues for the Licensed Medical Marijuana Facility for each month of the preceding year. The Township may require that the Licensed Medical Marijuana Facility obtain a financial report from an independent accountant certifying as to the annual revenues for the preceding year. d. A copy of this section shall be transmitted to the State Treasurer and to every Licensed Medical Marijuana Facility within the Township of West Orange. VI. CHAPTER 25, SECTION 4 SHALL BE AND HEREBY IS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED TO INCORPORATE THE FOLLOWING: 25-4 DEFINITIONS b. Specific Definitions. Licensed Medical Marijuana Facility shall mean a duly licensed medical cannabis cultivator, a duly licensed medical cannabis manufacturer, or a duly licensed cannabis dispensary lawfully operating pursuant to the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act, N.J.S.A. 24:6I- 1, et. al. VII. CHAPTER 25, SECTION 11.13 SHALL BE AND HEREBY IS ESTBALISHED AND

nnabis dispensary lawfully operating pursuant to the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act, N.J.S.A. 24:6I- 1, et. al. VII. CHAPTER 25, SECTION 11.13 SHALL BE AND HEREBY IS ESTBALISHED AND SUPPLEMENTED TO INCORPORATE THE FOLLOWING: