76 Ashland Avenue Blue Violet Grow LLC West Orange Planner Report

August 19, 2025 Page 2 of 16 PB-25-04 76 Ashland Avenue – Blue Violet Grow, LLC Block 62, Lot 22.01 105 Grove Street, Suite 3, Montclair, NJ 07042 • Phone: (973) 954-2677 • www.NishuaneGroup.com • Township of West Orange Site Plan / Subdivision Checklist: PB-25-04, 76 Ashland Avenue - Blue Violet Grow, LLC • Township of West Orange Planning Board Resolution – PB 24-05 – 76-82 Ashland Avenue & 10 Park Avenue - Yerrr Canna, LLC, Application for Conditional Use, C(2) Variance and Minor Site Plan Approval, decided on April 3, 2024, memorialized April 17, 2024. Project Overview On property located in the Township’s I (Industry) District, the applicant, Blue Violet Grow, LLC, proposes to operate a cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility on the subject site. The Applicant has obtained a Conditional License dated July 13, 2022 from the State of New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) as a Class 2 Cannabis Manufacturer and a Conditional License elated July 29, 2022 for a Class 1 Cannabis Cultivator. Further, on December 10, 2024, the West Orange Township Council adopted Resolution 357-24 declaring its local support for the Applicant's facility as required by the CRC regulation, N.J.A.C. 17:30-5. l(g). Licensed Cannabis Entities are permitted as a conditional use in the I-District within the Township. This means that in order to be permitted in the I-District, the proposed facility must meet specific conditional use requirements. The applicant is seeking conditional use approval as well as minor site plan approval for the proposed facility. Pursuant to the Township of West Orange Code, Chapter 5, Article VII-Cannabis Licenses, Section 5-34.2 – Definitions, the following words and phrases shall be defined as follows: LICENSED CANNABIS ENTITY - Shall mean either a Licensed Cannabis Establishment or a Licensed Medical Marijuana Facility as defined in this section. LICENSED CANNABIS ESTABLISHMENT - Shall mean a duly licensed Cannabis Cultivator, a Cannabis Manufacturer, a Cannabis Wholesaler, or a Cannabis Retailer licensed under the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act, N.J.S.A. 24:6I-31, et. seq. CANNABIS CULTIVATOR - Means any licensed person or entity who holds a Class 1 Cannabis Cultivator license that grows, cultivates, or produces cannabis in this State, and sells, and may transport, this cannabis

CULTIVATOR - Means any licensed person or entity who holds a Class 1 Cannabis Cultivator license that grows, cultivates, or produces cannabis in this State, and sells, and may transport, this cannabis to other cannabis cultivators, or usable cannabis to cannabis manufacturers, cannabis wholesalers, or cannabis retailers, but not to consumers or as otherwise defined under the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act, N.J.S.A. 24:6I-31, et. seq.