The Newington Plan and Zoning Commission has withdrawn its application for a proposed cap on the number of retail and micro-cultivator cannabis establishments.
A hearing on the proposed cap had been scheduled for July 27. Town Planner Renata Bertotti said commissioners decided to wait on imposing any cap on the number of permits until after the state begins issuing licenses for retail cannabis businesses.
Newington’s cap was proposed after the state eliminated regulations limiting retail and micro-cultivator units in towns to one per 25,000 people.
The Newington Plan and Zoning Commission will host a hearing later this month on a proposed cap on the number of retail and micro-cultivator cannabis establishments following a recent change to state regulations.
The state had originally limited by density the number of retail and micro-cultivator units in towns to one per 25,000 people.
Town Planner Renata Bertotti said Newington’s proposal would limit the number of establishments to two, and it was triggered by the recent signing of Public Act 22-103 that eliminated the per-density cap for towns.
A Pennsylvania company wants to build an apartment complex in Newington with 225 units spread across five buildings.
The A.R. Building Co. of Seven Fields, Pa., proposed the development for 26 acres at 258 Deming St., and 35, 67 and 69 Culver St. The property is owned by RD Three LLC, whose principals are Russell Drachenberg of Bristol, Ronald Drachenberg of Prescott Valley, Az., and Robert DiNello of Lummi Island, Wa.
The five apartment buildings would each have four stories.