The council officially supports medical marijuana dispensaries coming to town after a discussion that brought former New York Giants wide receiver Amani Toomer out Thursday night.
Toomer is one of the applicants who is looking to open a medical marijuana facility and has his eyes on Fort Lee. "It's the gateway to the rest of New Jersey and has access to freeways and buses to the rest of northeast New Jersey," he said.
A local boat-maker is looking to get into the marijuana business.
City Council last week approved a resolution authorizing the preparation of a redevelopment plan for the Egg Harbor City Boat Co. building at Philadelphia Ave. and Duerer Street.
Council voted 7-1 to approve the resolution, with Councilwoman Carol Kienzle casting the lone negative vote.
It would be up to the Planning Board to develop suggestions on how those facilities would be regulated in the zones.
The council took the unusual step of holding a special public comment period for the resolution, during which it heard mostly supportive comments for the resolution.
The comment session as led off by state Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-17) who told the crowd about the months of hearings and other research he conducted prior to creating a bill modifying current medical marijuana law.
The state’s push to meet a growing demand for medical marijuana has thrust the town into an issue Mayor Phil Kramer was in no hurry to tackle: whether Franklin should allow alternative treatment centers in certain zones. TAP here for resolution.
“I’d have preferred to wait until the state passed a final law, but unfortunately that luxury has not been afforded us,” the mayor said in a Facebook post.
Residents will have their say on whether marijuana businesses should operate in Bridgeton if the state legalizes sales of the drug.
City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to put a public question on the November general election ballot polling voters on their desire to see marijuana retail facilities in Bridgeton.
The Maplewood Township Committee met on Wednesday and discussed a number of different items, some of which it will address at its next meeting on June 19 (see agenda attached below):
Medical marijuana dispensaries: Ahead of an anticipated vote by the New Jersey legislature to increase the number of permitted medical marijuana dispensaries (or “alternative treatment centers”), the TC voted to draft an ordinance to permit and regulate such facilities in the township.