The Jersey City City Council is on the path toward adopting a local law that would cap the number of marijuana dispensaries in the city at 55.
The number 55 was derived from the number of applications for dispensaries that have been submitted. The number is not set in stone and open for additional discussion, Business Administrator John Metro said during the October meeting when the ordinance was introduced.
Metro said the city has approved 23 applications so far with 19 of those applicants considered to be "diverse" in terms of the owner being a minority or woman. State law does not limit the number of dispensaries that can be opened in any municipality but only 37 can be open statewide until February. Currently, 28 are open.