NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WINSLOW, COUNTY OF CAMDEN,

AND STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING TO ESTABLISH ARTICLE I, CHAPTER 296-3.C “DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED; PROHIBITED USES” TO PROHIBIT “DATA CENTER”, AMENDING ARTICLE I, CHAPTER 296-7  “DEFINITIONS” TO DEFINE THE TERM “DATA CENTER”AND AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING TO ESTABLISH, ARTICLE I, CHAPTER 296-9.9.A(18) “CANNABIS ESTABLISHMENTS AS CONDITIONAL USE” TO PROHIBIT MICRO-CANNABIS BUSINESSES WITHIN PINELANDS AREAS OF WINSLOW TOWNSHIP

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            WHEREAS, the Mayor and Township Committee of the Township of Winslow, County of Camden, and State of New Jersey (the "Township"), desires to update and amend the Township Code, to define the term “Data Center” and prohibit such use, and to amend Chapter 296-9.9A “Cannabis establishments as conditional use” to prohibit micro-cannabis cultivation facilities within Pinelands Areas of Winslow Township; and

             WHEREAS, such land use zoning ordinance amendments have been referred to the Planning Board of Winslow Township for review and recommendations, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-26, and have been found to be substantially consistent with the Winslow Township Master Plan;

            NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Township Committee of Township of Winslow, County of Camden and State of New Jersey that:

Section 1.        Article I, Chapter 296-3 is amended and supplemented with Subsection C as follows:

                        C.        Data Center shall be a prohibited use in all Pinelands Areas of Winslow Township.

Section 2.        Article II, Chapter 296-7 “Definitions” shall define the term “Data Center” for zoning within Pinelands Areas as follows:

                              DATA CENTER

A building or buildings which are occupied primarily by computers and/or telecommunications equipment and related equipment where digital information is processed, transferred and/or stored, primarily to and from offsite locations.  This use does not include computers or telecommunications related equipment that is secondarily and customarily incidental to an otherwise permitted use on the property, such as servers associated with an office building.  This use shall also include cryptocurrency mining, blockchain transaction processing, and server farms.  

Section 3.        Article I, Chapter 296-9.9(18) for “Cannabis establishments as conditional use” is amended and supplemented as follows:

                   (18) Class 1, 2, 3, and 4 licensed “micro-cannabis businesses” as defined by the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission shall be prohibited within Pinelands Areas of Winslow Township.

Section 4.  It is hereby found and determined that this Land Use Zoning Amendment Ordinance conforms to the Master Plan of the Township of Winslow.

Section 5.  This Ordinance shall take effect upon final passage and publication in accordance with law.

Notice is hereby given that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced and passed upon first reading at a regular meeting of the Mayor and Township Committee of the Township of Winslow on the   14th day of  April, 2026 , at 7:00 P.M., and the same was then ordered published according to law; and the same ordinance will be further considered for final passage during a meeting of the Mayor and  Township Committee of the Township of Winslow to be held in the Mayor Dominic Maiese Municipal Complex, 125 S. Route 73, Braddock, New Jersey on May 26, 2026, commencing at 7:00 P.M., prevailing time, or at any time and place to which such meeting from time to time may be adjourned. All persons interested will be given an opportunity during said time to be heard concerning such Ordinance by order of the Mayor and Township Committee. 

LISA L. DORITY, RMC
MUNICIPAL CLERK