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Red Bank board asks cannabis applicant to appear again instead of ruling on extension

Red Bank Planning Board · March 12, 2026
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Summary

Board discussed a one-year extension request from the Garden At Red Bank cannabis applicant, noted the site plan approval is variance-free but the operation lacks a local license and is in litigation; the board declined to act tonight and asked the applicant to appear at the next meeting to make the case.

The Red Bank Planning Board paused action on a one-year extension request from The Garden At Red Bank, a developer who holds a variance-free site plan approval for the former Exxon station but is suing the borough for a cannabis license.

At a work-session discussion, a staff member explained that the site plan approval from 2024 remains valid unless the borough changes the zoning ordinance, but the applicants want an extension of a two-year zoning-protection window that guards…

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