East Brunswick, NJ Cannabis Regulations: Dispensary Zoning (2026)

Section 228-229.4 of the East Brunswick Township Code, titled Prohibited uses, was added 2-10-2020 by Ord. No. 20-04 and amended 7-12-2021 by Ord. No. 21-16. It begins: the following are prohibited in all zones within the Township of East Brunswick. Subsection C names six license classes: cannabis cultivators, cannabis delivery services, cannabis distributors, cannabis manufacturers, cannabis retailers and cannabis wholesalers. The text ties the prohibition to Section 31b of the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (P.L. 2021, c. 16).

The six terms take their meaning from § 228-3, Definitions and word usage. A cannabis retailer is a purchaser or obtainer of usable cannabis and cannabis items who sells to consumers for either medical or recreational use from a retail store. A cannabis delivery service is a provider of courier services for consumer purchases of cannabis items fulfilled by a cannabis retailer, and includes a licensed retailer's use of a third-party technology platform. A cannabis distributor is a transporter of cannabis items in bulk, intrastate, from one licensed cannabis establishment to another. A cultivator is a grower, cultivator or producer of cannabis; a manufacturer is a processor of cannabis items; a wholesaler obtains, stores, sells or transfers cannabis items for resale to another wholesaler or a retailer, but not to consumers.

Subsections A and B of the same section sit beside the cannabis ban. Subsection A prohibits an alternative treatment center, as defined in § 228-3, other than as provided in § 228-209C. Subsection B prohibits a retail electronic smoking device establishment, other than as provided in § 228-209D. Because the language reads all zones, no zoning district in East Brunswick Township, residential, commercial or industrial, lists any of the six cannabis classes as a permitted use.