The first recreational cannabis applicant to be approved for the city of Hoboken is now seeing that approval reversed for being too close to a school.
The community group Hoboken for Responsible Cannabis filed the successful challenge against the proposed dispensary, Blue Violets, owned by Lauren Chang Thompson and her husband Max.
Billing themselves as a non-profit corporation dedicated to proper implementation and regulation of Hoboken’s cannabis industry, Hoboken for Responsible Cannabis Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the City of Hoboken Planning Board and Blue Violets LLC in Hudson County Superior Court.
The complaint alleges that the Planning Board had no jurisdiction to review the application for the Blue Violets dispensary and that the body violated Hoboken local ordinances by approving the application.