The Hoboken City Council unanimously passed a sweeping medical marijuana ordinance Wednesday, opening the door for two dispensaries near the PATH Station.
It also passed the county’s first resolution opposing NJ Transit’s proposed power plant in Kearny.
The marijuana ordinance expands and amends previous legislation to establish a Medical Cannabis Review Board and a 2% medical marijuana city tax. It also eliminates a previous rule preventing more than one dispensary per city zone.
That means multiple companies that have shown interest in opening dispensaries near the PATH station could potentially end up there, council members said. However, there can only be three dispensaries total in the city, according to the ordinance.
“I think that we have the need for this,” Councilman Phil Cohen said during the virtual council meeting. “Demand is there. We should go forward with this. We’re going to have the review board to be able to regulate it, the planning board is going to be able to regulate it.”