Proposed Changes To West Orange Marijuana Business Rules Voted Down

WEST ORANGE, NJ — A proposed series of changes to West Orange’s law regulating marijuana businesses was voted down earlier this week.

The West Orange Town Council voted 3-2 against ordinance 2715-23 on second reading during the late hours of a marathon meeting on Tuesday. Read the full ordinance below.

Currently, the town’s law permits four active cannabis business licenses, regardless of their type, with unlimited “microbusinesses” as defined by the state. Under the proposed ordinance, that total would have increased to seven – including microbusinesses. The ordinance would have also tweaked other sections of the rulebook, including extending the minimum distance from schools. See Related: West Orange May Make Changes To Its Law For Marijuana Businesses

The door was left open for a new ordinance that may revisit the issue in the future. Watch a video of the March 21 discussion and vote on the cannabis ordinance below.

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