City Council has approved plans for a medical marijuana dispensary to be built at the former site of The Press of Atlantic City.
During the same Monday meeting at which council approved redevelopment of 11 Devins Lane, it passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of recreational marijuana throughout the city.
James DiNatale, owner of RGC3 LLC, purchased the old Press building on Devins Lane in December. Superior Grow Lab will operate the medicinal marijuana operation on the site.
“When he (DiNatale) proposed the idea to us, all our mouths dropped,” said Mayor Jesse L. Tweedle Sr. during the meeting. “It took a long time for our mouths to close.”
Tweedle and council wanted to make sure residents knew the business is for medical marijuana only.