HIGHLANDS –
Both the borough’s Land Use Attorney and the representatives of Bridge City Collective requested that their scheduled hearings before the Land Use Board set for last night be cancelled.
Board secretary Nancy Tran said as a result, the meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. last night was carried until its next meeting on Feb. 9. With no other business scheduled to come before it last night, the meeting was cancelled at 3:03, just short of four hours before the meeting.
Tran also noted in announcing the applications are continued until Feb. 9 that there will be no further notice for the rescheduled applications.
Bridge City Collective LLC
The application from Bridge City Collective LLC is for a minor site plan and conditional use approval for the company seeking to open a cannabis retail store at 132 Bay Ave, the two story building with apartments above on the corner of Cornall St. and Bay Avenue. Bridge City Collection Highlands, whose address is Pittsfield, Massachusetts, but with a Highlands zip code on the application, is represented by attorney Brian Tipton. The application includes the conditional retail business approval for the 132 Bay Avenue address granted by the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission which expires March 31.
Borough Property
The application from the borough of Highlands was for bulk variance for a major subdivision of Block 101, Lot 3, to divide the property into four lots, one of which the borough plans on retaining for future decision, and the other three to offer to adjacent property owners on Matthew St. where one of the three encroaches on the borough-owned land. The borough acquired the land last year on the owner’s failure to pay taxes. Prior to that the owner, Navesink Park Taxpayers Association had leased the land with the encroachment to the borough for ten years. That lease expired in 2021.
Also on the agenda for last night was the reorganization of the board, action which will also presumably be taken at the Feb. 9 meeting
