The fate of the first medical marijuana dispensary at the Jersey Shore is up in the air until November.
Six new New Jersey medical marijuana dispensaries will receive state licenses, doubling the number of existing locations. Mike Davis
The zoning board on Wednesday declined to take a vote on the plan by Jersey Shore Therapeutic Health Care to convert the former OceanFirst Bank on Adamston Road into a dispensary, scheduling another hearing for Nov. 19.
It puts the planned dispensary into a unique situation, as it requires both zoning approval and a license by the state Department of Health. The state licenses — there are only six — are expected to be announced on Nov. 1, meaning the hearing could eventually become moot.
Over 100 companies applied for the licenses, but only six licenses are being issued.