(A) All cannabis establishment operations, including cultivation, manufacturing, wholesale packaging and retail, shall be conducted within a building. No operations shall be conducted outside.
(B) Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 and Class 4 shall have a minimum lot area of five acres.
(C) No cannabis establishments shall be located within 500 feet of a house of worship or the boundaries of the Medium Density Residential (MDR), Rural Residential (RR), R-10 Residential, Senior Housing (SH), and Cluster Residential (CR) Zoning Districts.
(D) Parking. The following parking schedule shall be used to calculate the required number of off-street parking spaces per use. Where the calculation results in a fraction of a space, the required number of parking spaces shall be rounded to the nearest whole number.
(1) Cannabis cultivator - one per every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or one per two employees at maximum shift.
(2) Cannabis delivery service - one per every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus one parking space for every delivery driver or fleet vehicle.
(3) Cannabis distributor - one per every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
(4) Cannabis manufacturer - one per every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or one per two employees at maximum shift.
(5) Cannabis retailer - one per every 300 square feet of gross floor area.
(6) Cannabis wholesaler - one per every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
(F) No cannabis establishment shall be located within 1,000 feet of a day-care facility, school or playground that is within a publicly owned park. For purposes of this division, a PUBLIC PLAYGROUND shall mean only that improved area within a public park and not the public park itself designed, equipped and set aside by the Township for play of six or more children under the age of 18; which is not intended for use as an athletic playing field or athletic court; and shall include any play equipment such as swings, slides, and sand boxes whether or not fenced in or surrounded by other physical barriers. For purposes of this division, a SCHOOL shall mean an educational facility in which 50% or more of the building is utilized strictly for classroom instruction for students ages 18 and under.
(G) The buffer standards in divisions (C) and (F) above shall not apply to lots on the opposite side of a four-lane divided highway from the cannabis establishment.
(H) For the Town Center (TC) Zoning District, the buffer standards of divisions (C) and (F) herein shall be applied from the perimeter of the cannabis establishment; for interpretative purposes the cannabis establishment shall be defined as the dispensary building and its related site improvements, including parking lot area, and entrance driveway. The applicant shall submit a written certification from a New Jersey licensed civil engineer that the property in the TC Zone is compliant to the buffer requirements of divisions (C) and (F) herein.
(Ord. 386-21, passed 8-9-21; Am. Ord. 394-21, passed 12-29-21; Am. Ord. 397-22, passed 3-14-22)