A referendum petition with almost 1,100 residents’ signatures opposing the expansion of the cannabis “green zone” to Albany Avenue has been submitted to the city clerk. The Press of Atlantic City reports the expansion to Albany Avenue on the edge of the Chelsea Heights residential neighborhood would run from west of the Albany Avenue bridge to the u-turn at the city’s high school. An ordinance expanding it passed at the March City Council meeting after heavy lobbying by Mayor Marty Small, Sr. Councilman Jesse O. Kurtz said, “We need to respect the wishes of Chelsea Heights residents who oppose having weed shops in their neighborhood and not abuse political power to force them to have it.”