07/24/2019 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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MASHPEE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING MINUTES DULY 24,2019 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 system 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 space 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. Customers will be able to preorder products online, and schedule an appointment to pick up their products.There will an expedited lane for medical and recreational uses.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. Upon a grant of a Special Permit,this use is allowed in the I-1 Zoning District and the lot conforms to current zoning.The building as proposed will also conform to zoning.It meets and exceeds the current 75 ft. setback from the front yard,the 30 ft. from the side yard,and 50 ft. from the rear yard setback. The maximum building coverage allowed is 25%, the proposed building will occupy only 8%of the site, and it is essentially a one story building which is well within the height requirements of the zoning bylaw. Apart from the specific criteria that is set forth under Section.174-25 J,the applicant must also demonstrate that they conform to the requirements under 174-24 C which is essentially a demonstration that the proposed project will not pose a threat to the public,ground water, air quality,wild life habitat,estuarine systems,and neighboring properties. It's a relatively passive use, and has been designed to minimize impacts relative to neighboring properties - and the Town.The host agreement with the Town calls for the installation of a traffic signal at Echo Road and Rte. 130 to be installed by the year 2020. There are other provisions of the host agreement that the Board is familiar with relative to the payment fees, and percentage of gross revenues of the site to be paid to the Town which is spelled out in the host agreement and has no bearing under zoning aspects of the project. 2