2673-21 Revised Ordinance Governing Cannabis Businesses - Redlined (Revised).pdf

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5, SECTION 34.5 AND CHAPTER 25, SECTION 24.2 OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE (LICENSED CANNABIS ENTITIES) BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY that Chapters 5 and 25 of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of West Orange be and are hereby amended as follows: I. PURPOSE The purpose of this ordinance is to update the provision of the Municipal Code of the Township of West Orange governing: (i) the application fee for a Local License to operate a Licensed Cannabis Entity within the Township of West Orange to authorize the amount of such fee to be established by resolution of the Township Council; and (ii) the zoning conditions for Licensed Cannabis Entities within the Township of West Orange to add a condition that any such Licensed Cannabis Entity shall not be located within 100 feet from any school building owned and operated by the West Orange Board of Education. II. CHAPTER 5, SECTION 34.5 SHALL BE AND HEREBY IS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED TO INCORPORATE THE FOLLOWING: 5-34.5 Application for Local License and Local License Fee. a. Applications for licensing pursuant to this section shall be submitted to the Office of the Township Clerk under oath on a form furnished by the Township. Upon the filing of the application, the Applicant shall pay to the Township an application fee of $500in an amount to be established by resolution of the Township Council. The Office of the Township Clerk shall then transmit the application to the Office of Police Chief for the West Orange Police Department or the Chief’s designee for review of the application. The Office of the Township Clerk shall also provide a copy of the application to the: (i) Board of Education; (ii) the Township Zoning Officer; (iii) the Health Department; and the (iv) Township Fire Chief, except for the transmission of the requirements set forth in subsection (b)(4)(a) of this provision. These departments shall review the application and forward their comments to the Police Chief for the West Orange Police Department or the Chief’s designee no later than fourteen (14) days from transmission of the application. b. The application shall require submission of the following information: 1. The name and home address of the Applicant. If the Applicant is not a natural person, the Applicant shall

the application. b. The application shall require submission of the following information: 1. The name and home address of the Applicant. If the Applicant is not a natural person, the Applicant shall submit a statement setting forth the names and home addresses of all stockholders in the corporation or partnership who own 10% or more of its stock, of any class or of all individual partners in the partnership who own a 10% or greater interest therein, as the case may be. If one or more such stockholder or partner is itself a corporation or partnership, the stockholders holding 10% or more of that corporation's