Route 31

The Borough Council introduced an ordinance Monday that limited the places where cannabis businesses can open in the county seat.

If it passes after a public hearing March 27, the shops will not be allowed to open downtown or in the Stangl Road area.

The shops will only be allowed on state highways or county roads, the ordinance says.

The Hopewell Township Committee has passed resolutions supporting applications by four retail cannabis stores in the Township, three of them near the traffic circle on Route 31 and another at the vacant Pennytown site.

The Committee approved three of the resolutions at a meeting this week after presentations from the applicants Floro Hopewell and Icon Canna, and an earlier presentation by Jersey Meds Management. The Committee in April approved a resolution supporting an application by Pure Blossom.