Crean said she could not say whether these three businesses are involved with recreational cannabis operations because of confidentiality.
The township owns as many as 50 lots within the business park with an average size of between 3 to 5 acres, Crean said.
Besides the industrial business park, the township passed a resolution that also allowed the establishment of cannabis-related businesses in the highway commercial, design commercial and agricultural forest zones, said Hamilton Township Deputy Mayor Carl Pitale.
The municipality had had tremendous interest in its business park and throughout the township, Hamilton Township Mayor Charles Cain said.
“We have been fielding inquiries from border to border,” Cain said. “We average four to six inquiries a week.”
The inquiries started immediately after New Jersey voters on Nov. 3 of last year issued a mandate to provide the infrastructure of legalization of cannabis in the state and its passage by the State Legislature.
“However, we have seen a substantial increase (in inquiries) since the township approved it. I would estimate they have a little more than doubled,” Cain said.
The five-person Township Committee unanimously voted to allow cannabis businesses to operate in the municipality because they felt it was the right thing to do for Hamilton residents and taxpayers, Cain said.
