Municipal Regulation of Marijuana: Guidance on Permitting, Licensing and Zoning for Medical and Recreational Uses
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will offer guidance to local government lawyers on regulating cannabis consumption for medical and recreational uses. The panel will discuss the patchwork of current regulatory efforts across the country and explore some of the most effective strategies for regulating in municipalities based on current case law and the interplay with state and federal regulation.
Outline
- Overview of state regulation
- Medical use
- Legal recreational use
- Decriminalized
- Municipal regulation
- Commercial concerns
- Zoning
- Permitting
- Licensing
- Inspection/enforcement
- Taxation and fee collection
- Non-commercial
- Ordinance drafting/revision
- Policing
- Resource allocation
- Commercial concerns
Benefits
The panel will review these and other high profile issues:
- Equitable allocation of departmental resources in licensing, zoning, permitting and enforcement for commercial stakeholders
- Structuring zoning buffers to limit access to other community components
- Land use classifications for cannabis businesses (growth, processing/manufacturing, dispensary)
Faculty

Jerome T. Levy
Partner
Duane Morris
Mr. Levy practices in the area of health law. He has conducted a wide range of administrative negotiations and civil... | Read More
Mr. Levy practices in the area of health law. He has conducted a wide range of administrative negotiations and civil litigation on behalf of health care providers with State and Federal regulatory authorities. Mr. Levy negotiates and prepares agreements and other documents related to mergers and acquisitions and other transfers of ownership and also handles licensure applications for new operators, professional discipline matters and new construction for all types of health care facilities, including regulatory approvals and financing.
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Samuel (Skip) Reale, Jr.
Of Counsel
Helmer Conley & Kasselman
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Reale was a partner with the Kearns, Reale & Kearns law firm in Willingboro, NJ.... | Read More
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Reale was a partner with the Kearns, Reale & Kearns law firm in Willingboro, NJ. Since January 2006, he has focused his practice on five areas: criminal law, complex corporate litigation, land use and development, municipal government law, and alcoholic beverage law.
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