Late last year, an application was filed with Jersey City’s planning department to convert a garage in a perimeter section of The Heights into a cannabis dispensary. The request was submitted by a local company dubbed Blossom Dispensary and they would open at 746-748 Tonnelle Avenue.
The potential dispensary would occupy the current building’s 2,780-square feet of space and the business would include 14 parking spaces for cars at the property. The application is seeking a conditional use variance “to accommodate a class 5 cannabis retail license,” which is the legal designation that has been given to New Jersey’s upcoming recreational marijuana licenses.
While Jersey City enacted new zoning laws following New Jersey’s 2020 referendum vote to legalize recreational marijuana use, the legislature has yet to pass licensing regulations for recreational cannabis sales at the state level. Lawmakers had set a February 22 deadline for enacting the licensing regulations, but Governor Phil Murphy recently told NJ Advance Media that their goal might not be met.