The Raritan Borough Council passed an ordinance permitting medical cannabis alternative treatment centers (ATCs) to operate as an expanded ATC dispensary—allowing ATCs such as Valley Wellness to sell recreational cannabis.
The next step for Valley Wellness includes appearing before the planning board for additional site plan approval since their current site plan only applies to medical marijuana use. Brian Tipton, the attorney representing Valley Wellness, said back in October that will likely happen months from now into the new year.
The only issue is that the planning board disapproved of the parking amendment in the ordinance, which reduced the number of required parking spaces despite recreational use allowing anyone over 21 to buy marijuana. Valley Wellness will need to obtain a parking variance from the planning board.