Tag: Hopewell Township Planning Board
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Hopewell Township ordinance keeps cannabis retail applications before Planning Board
The Hopewell Township Committee has limited conditional use standards for cannabis retailers through an adoption of a new ordinance. The ordinance, which was first introduced on Nov. 14 and adopted on Dec. 19, moves multiple conditional use requirements to development standards for cannabis retailers, which will help keep the applicants before the Planning Board. “The…
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Hopewell Township’s public hearing on amended cannabis ordinance moved to December
Hopewell Township has delayed a public hearing to amend an ordinance that moves some conditional requirements to development standards for cannabis retailers. The Township Committee was set to hold the public hearing on Nov. 28, but the hearing was moved to Dec. 19, after the Planning Board cancelled its Nov. 17 meeting and could not…
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Hopewell Township to revise conditional requirements to keep cannabis applications before Planning Board
Hopewell Township seeks to move conditional requirements such as traffic and odor control to standards for cannabis retailers to keep applications before the Planning Board. If those requirements such as traffic and odor control remained as conditional uses instead of standards, the applicant would have to go before the Zoning Board for a use variance,…
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Township Committee to hold public hearing on allowing retail cannabis establishments in April
An ordinance allowing cannabis retail businesses in Hopewell Township is now heading back to the Township Committee for a final hearing and vote following a review from the Planning Board. The Township Committee will now hold the second reading and public hearing on April 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the municipal building. At the Planning…
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Township Committee adopts redevelopment plan for a portion of former BMS site
The Hopewell Township Committee, through an ordinance, has adopted a redevelopment plan for the redevelopment of the former Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) site. When the Township Committee convened earlier this month on Oct. 4, members of the governing body voted in favor of the measure to establish a redevelopment plan focused on the existing developed portion…
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Hopewell Township will consider allowing the manufacturing and cultivation of recreational cannabis
An ordinance that would allow the manufacturing and cultivation of recreational cannabis within Hopewell Township will have a public hearing when the Hopewell Township Committee reconvenes on Sept. 13. Hopewell Township would allow two of the six business class licenses if the ordinance were to be adopted at the meeting. The ordinance was determined to…
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Hopewell Township Planning Board approves latest major subdivision residential project
Plans constructing 379 residential units for The Collection at Hopewell are moving forward after the Hopewell Township Planning Board approved the project in late August. For the proposed project, 29 three-story buildings will be built for the residential units at a property located on Washington Crossing-Pennington Road near the Route 31 Pennington circle. The buildings…
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Planning board asked to determine if Reed Road property is an area in need of redevelopment
The Hopewell Township Committee has approved a resolution directing the planning board to determine if the property site adjacent to the Zaitz Tract properties qualifies as an area in need redevelopment. The property site location is at 1646 Reed Road and is near the intersection of Reed and Diverty Roads. The properties the make up…