07/24/2019 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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MASHPEE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS DECISION FOR A SPECIAL PERMIT (SP-2015-33) MODIFICATION Triple M Management Company, LLC, and Ronald Gangemi, Trustee of 81 Echo Road Realty Trust 29 & 41 Echo Road (Map 19 Parcel 3-9) (Map 19 Parcel 3-8) Mashpee, MA 02649 SP-2019-36 Attorney Kirrane provided a site plan that depicted the existing medical facility and was permitted by the Board in 2015. There is a vacant lot undeveloped next door which is the site of the new project, and the two lots will be combined with the existing lot and will be used essentially for parking, and access for traffic flow. The proposed building will be a 3,700 sq. ft. foot print added to the existing facility. The measures that were taken with the Town approved its host agreement, and considered by the ZBA with the Special Permit are essentially the same in some respects with the measures that were taken for an expansion of that use. The combined parcels will total 2,120 sq. ft. The site has over 460 ft. of frontage along Echo Rd, thereby becoming a conforming lot. The project will also include approximately seventy one (71) parking spaces including four (4) handicapped parking spaces. There will also be a queuing lane that can accommodate up to twenty five (25) vehicles. The building is a single story with a mezzanine and will occupy 1,800 sq. ft. There will be a finished section of the basement that will occupy 1,800 sq. ft. The first floor or ground floor will be used for the dispensing of marijuana products. The mezzanine will be used for the housing of security office equipment, and employee offices. The basement space will be used as storage and employees locker room. The facility will be equipped with state-of-the-art security and surveillance systems which exceeds State requirements. The proposal is to modify the existing Special Permit, expand the building and the use to include adult use marijuana products, and add additional spaces as described. Extraordinary steps have been taken to control the number of patrons on the site and to deal with issues relative to traffic. In this particular case, the medical patients are taken by appointment, and the proposal is to have anyone who wishes to purchase products will also be taken by appointment. The owners can regulate the number of patrons and traffic on the site at any given hour. The floor plan shows the separation between the medical marijuana uses and the recreational uses. There is a mechanism for expediting people to and from the site. A customer will be able to preorder products online, schedule an appointment to pick up their products, and will be guided to an expedited lane for either medical or recreational uses. Significant steps have been taken to accommodate people to and from the site. Other than the expedited entry lane, there will be separate entrances and exit points in separate areas of the building that is dedicated to recreational and medical uses. The facility expects to have 20 employees, and the proposed hours of operation will be 10:00 am to 8:00 pm, and those demand hours might be subject to change in the future. 2