The board also offered support for the latest in a series of cannabis projects in the works for Atlantic City, this one a proposal for a 10,000-square-foot dispensary and lounge within the Claridge Hotel at Park Place and Pacific Avenue.
That plan is from High Rollers Dispensary LLC, which will still need a license from the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission. The commission is also in the process of establishing the rules for consumption lounges, where customers over 21 will be able to imbibe. In most instances, visitors will not be allowed to smoke in hotel rooms or other accommodations, whether tobacco or cannabis.
There have already been multiple applications for Atlantic City cannabis businesses before the board. In this case, the application did not require a use variance because it falls within the Green Zone, a district in the city created to allow cannabis businesses, with an eye toward drawing jobs and investment.