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Supporting Documentation · Dec 3, 2025

PB 25 04 Application and Plans

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7) Any signage for a Licensed Cannabis Entity shall be subject to the approval from either the Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment under the guidelines and standards governing commercial signs as set forth in the Township Municipal Code. 8) A Licensed Cannabis Entity shall meet the required security measures as set forth in Chapter 5, Section 34 of the Township of West Orange Municipal Code. 9) Cannabis Consumption Areas, as defined in the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act, N.J.S.A. 24:61-31, et seq. shali be prohibited from all Licensed Cannabis Entities. Ms. Gary-Adams further advised that she reviewed the Applicant’s submissions in support of a request for a resolution of local support. Based on that review, she concluded the following: Subject to Blue Violet Grow LLC’s ability to obtain both a license from the Commission and a local license from the Township, including compliance with the required security measures under the Township Municipal Code and approval for any signage from one of the Township’s land use boards, the operation of the proposed Cannabis Entity is in compliance with the zoning requirements for the I zone. Ms. Gary-Adams clarified that her letter does not constitute a declaration or promise that the Applicant “shall receive any required approvals from any of the Township’s land use boards, but the Blue Violet Grow LLC shall be required to proceed with any such application and approval process as needed.” The Applicant seeks a conditional use approval, which is defined in the Municipal Land Use Law as a use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon a showing that such use and specified location will comply with the conditions and standards for a location or operation of such use contained in the zoning ordinance, and upon the issuance of an authorization therefore by the Planning Board. N.J.S.A. 40:55D-3. Therefore, the obligation on the part of the Applicant in this instance is to demonstrate that the conditions set forth in the ordinance for this use are satisfied. If the Board finds compliance with these conditions, the Board is required to approve the application. At the hearing on this application, the Applicant will present testimony that the conditions set forth in Chapter 25 Section 24.2(b)(2)(o) are met or will be satisfied as a condition

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the application. At the hearing on this application, the Applicant will present testimony that the conditions set forth in Chapter 25 Section 24.2(b)(2)(o) are met or will be satisfied as a condition of approval, as follows: 1) As acondition of approval, the Applicant will obtain a local license; 2) The property in question is not within 500 feet from the property line of any property with any school building; 3) The property in question is not within 500 feet from the property line of any property with the House of Worship; 4) The proposed facility will employ a maximum of 10 employees. Under Ordinance 2852-24, the Applicant must provide one space for every 1000 square feet of gross 4907-6252-3658, v. 1

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5) 6) 2) 8) 9) floor area. In this instance, that means that the Applicant must provide nineteen (19) parking spaces for its use. Combined with the twenty (20) spaces required for the Yerr Canna use described below, the proposed site uses generate a total demand of thirty- nine (39) spaces. The Applicant is providing a total of 41 parking spaces on the site. In connection with its approval of Application PB 24-05, Yerrr Canna, LLC by Resolution adopted April 17, 2024, this Board found that the total demand for parking for this site is fifty-two (52) spaces. That calculation included an assignment of thirty-two (32) parking spaces for the 76 Ashland Avenue building that is the subject of this application, based on the assumption of a warehouse/ light industrial use. Because the building will be used instead for a cannabis cultivation and manufacturing use with a parking demand of nineteen (19) spaces, the property overall will now be in compliance with the parking regulations and a parking variance is not required. The facility will not be housed in a vehicle or any movable or mobile structure The facility will not operate as a home occupation. Any signage for the facility will comply with the zoning ordinance sign requirements or an application for a variance will be filed with this Board The security plan for the facility will meet or exceed the requirements of the CRC regulations and, as a condition of approval, the Applicant will meet with the Chief of Police and the Fire Chief and address any comments to their satisfaction. On-site consumption will be prohibited. The Applicant also seeks minor site plan approval. In its Resolution for the Yerrr Canna application, this Board granted minor site plan approval and other relief to that applicant for the same tax lot. The Board’s approval included a number of conditions requiring amendments to the submitted site plan. To date, Yerrr Canna has not submitted revised plans to comply with that condition. In order to advance the Blue Violet Grow LLC project, the site plan provided with this application includes all of the plan amendments identified by the Board engineer as compliance items for the Yerr Canna application, as well as a limited number of items related to this application specifically. 4907-6252-3658, v. 1

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Blue Violet Grow LLC. 76 Ashland Avenue List of Contiguous or Adjacent Property Owned by the Applicant or Owner. Pursuant to the request made in Section C of the Planning Board application form, be advised that the Applicant does not own any property contiguous or adjacent to the property that is the subject of the application. The owner, Ashland Properties LLC, also owns Block 62, Lot 20, which is contiguous to the property that is the Subject of the application. 4917-3670-5856, v. 1

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CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP OF APPLICANT Listed below are names and addresses of all owners of ten (10%) percent or more of the interest in the undersigned applicant limited liability company. Royce Associates, LLG- UY py:£Zy | K 4888-8889-7769, v. 1

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CANNABIS CULTIVATION AND MANUFACTURING FACILITY BUILDING RENOVATION 76 ASHLAND AVENUE WEST ORANGE, NJ 07052 GENERAL CONDITIONS LOCATION MAP PROJECT CODE ANALYSIS DRAWING LIST PROJECT DIRECTORY u.onapeewaupst SYMBOLS — bomen tcton ) PRORET CATION [CANNABIS CULTIVATIO! BUILDING RENOVATION 76 Ashland Avenue West Orange, NJ BREET TE COVER SHEET, GENERAL NOTES pRouecTWO. 172000 Some 75 NOTED

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