Cannabis, health and hybrids: Morristown’s council has a busy night

If all goes as planned, it will be a hybrid affair, with an option for residents to continue participating via Zoom.

Dispensaries cannot be within 1,000 feet of schools or each other, or within 200 feet of houses of worship.

But Armington, Councilman Robert Iannaccone and town Attorney David Minchello emphasized that the town’s ordinance pertains strictly to zoning.

Armington, council liaison to the planning board, said success was unlikely.

Parking may pose the biggest nuisance around cannabis dispensaries, so Morristown is mandating that they provide all their parking onsite.

If the law passes muster, the council will vote for its adoption on Dec.

COVID-19, she added, has exposed the folly of curbing health spending.

Morristown is one of only four Morris County towns still conducting meetings remotely, according to a survey by town Clerk Margot Kaye.

The public microphone will be shielded with disposable covers, and it will stand farther from the council dais than in pre-pandemic times.

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