Borough Council: No Pot In Point Pleasant Beach

Editor's note: This story was incorrect in an earlier version that stated the Point Pleasant Council had introduced the ordinance. It was the Point Pleasant Beach Council. Patch regrets the error.

POINT PLEASANT BEACH, NJ - Borough Council members have introduced an ordinance that bans medicinal or recreational marijuana sales and distribution in Point Pleasant Beach.

"... whereas there is no area in the Borough that can safely house a business selling medicinal and recreational marijuana and/or the paraphernalia that facilitates the use of such marijuana," according to the ordinance introduced by council members at the Dec. 5 meeting.

That puts the all-GOP Borough Council at odds with Governor-Elect Philip Murphy, who campaigned on making marijuana available for recreational use for residents 21 and older.

Businesses selling medicinal and recreational marijuana require special security concerns, and will be considered "prohibited uses," the ordinance states.

The borough wants to make sure those facilities are not allowed within a quarter of a mile within schools,, churches, playgrounds, in commercial or marine commercial areas or in any residential zone, according to the ordinance.

A public hearing and adoption of the ordinance is slated for 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 19 in the council chambers at 416 New Jersey Avenue.

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