Despite failing to gain a license in the recent first round of expansion of New Jersey’s medical marijuana program, a Brick company will still seek zoning approval to operate a dispensary and construct a 48,000 square foot grow house.
The Brick Township Board of Adjustment is scheduled to resume hearing a proposal for a medical marijuana dispensary on Jan. 9.
The hearing is set for 7 p.m. at Civic Plaza, 270 Chambers Bridge Road in Brick, zoning board secretary Pamela O'Neill confirmed. Jersey Shore Therapeutic Health Care is seeking permission to turn the former Ocean First bank on Adamston Road into a medical marijuana dispensary.
The Mile Square City is set to get together Monday evening to figure out what will be going in and where if and when New Jersey lawmakers move ahead with recreational marijuana legalization.
Mayor Ravi Bhalla's current plan calls for three establishments, whether they be a retail store, dispensary or a cultivation facility, in the more industrial parts of town. They would be prohibited from going in any residential zones.