Grasshopper Farms NJ, LLC has the next 180 days to convince the Township Committee to change its designation from conditional redeveloper to redeveloper of a proposed indoor cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility at a farm on South Cologne Avenue.
The five-member Township Committee voted unanimously during its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday to approve a resolution that appointed Grasshopper Farms NJ, LLC as a conditional redeveloper and authorized the execution of a memorandum of understanding.
"This is the first step of a lengthy process," Mayor Anthony J. Coppola Jr. said.
Township Committee members Tom Bassford and RJ Amato III did not attend Tuesday's meeting.
Grasshopper Farms was originally interested in outdoor cannabis cultivation and manufacturing, but the company withdrew its application after receiving feedback from the Township Committee that it would not approve outdoor marijuana growing.