
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Township of Washing NJ, a state Superior Court judge has overturned the Twp of Washington’s Planning Board 2018 denial of a site plan for a proposed smoke and vape shop at Washington Town Center. The judge gave the board 45 days to grant all necessary approvals.
On Oct. 30, state Superior Court Judge Christine Farrington agreed with plaintiff Alexander DiChiara, whose family owns Washington Town Center, that the Planning Board acted “in an arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable manner” in denying the site plan.
Since the legal skirmish began there have been some significant changes in public opinion as well, as the legal standing of vaping. It is currently unclear whether the applicant, Township resident, Eddie Marji, still wants to open his Cedar Smoke Shop. The outlet would be his fifth, after locations in Dobbs Ferry, New York and in Lodi, Belleville, and New Rochelle.
Cedar Smoke offers itself up as a great collection of one of a kind hand-blown glass pieces, hookahs, vaporizers, metal pipes, smoking accessories and much more.