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The Hudson County View reports
The Hoboken City Council voted down an ordinance that would’ve allow cannabis dispensaries to open within 600 feet of schools at last night’s meeting.
That provision was briefly allowed in the Mile Square City, but that changed after the governing body adopted “common sense” cannabis regulations in April 2022.
With no one appointed to succeed late 6th Ward Councilwoman Jen Giattino, the vote failed 4-4. 3rd Ward Councilman Mike Russo, 5th Ward Councilman Phil Cohen, Councilman-at-Large Joe Quintero, and Councilwoman-at-Large Emily Jabbour voted yes, while Acting Council President Jim Doyle, 1st Ward Councilman Paul Presinzano, and 2nd Ward Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher, and 4th Ward Councilman Ruben Ramos voted no.
“That ordinance fails introduction,” Hoboken City Clerk Jimmy Farina said.
Doyle, the council vice president who has presided over their meetings since Giattino’s passing, explained that since the ordinance was voted down on first reading, one related ordinance and one related resolution didn’t require a vote.
“There was a resolution that would have allowed you all to speak, but that was pulled. We didn’t get to speak, and that sucks,” Max Thompson, a co-owner of Blue Violets dispensary, said during public comment.
He noted they approved a cannabis ordinance in 2021 that zoned cannabis dispensaries.
“It sent a signal that Hoboken was open for cannabis business, and that invitation stayed open for over 6 six months … This council changed the laws. The time of application law is a state law that says towns shouldn’t change rules on businesses after they apply. If the appellate court rules against us, Hoboken will have figured out a creative loophole at that time of application.”
He also said the council’s actions delayed their state Cannabis Review Board application, which he called “a pretty clever trick.”
He said Village Hoboken dispensary is in a similar situation by being too close to a school and Blue Violets remains embroiled in civil litigation.
Rev. Elaine Thomas, a rector at the All Saints Episcopal Parish, said the rules around cannabis dispensaries should be more clear and transparent.
“I don’t how to trust this council and the process if you can come and put an amendment what your intent was but you never put it in an official ordinance,” she said.
Thomas was critical of the fact that Hoboken was considering going out of their way to accomodate dispenaries, drawing some outcries from the pro-cannabis members of the audience.
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