Norwood zoning board approves amended permit for adult-use cannabis operation on Astor Avenue with police review conditions

The Norwood Zoning Board of Appeals approved an amended special-permit application to allow an adult-use marijuana operation at a property on Astor Avenue, voting to grant the application with conditions that require Norwood Police review of delivery and false-identification procedures and return to the board if the Host Community Agreement is materially changed.

The vote followed a public hearing at which counsel for the applicant, Philip Silverman of Vicente LLP, and the court-appointed receiver for the company described safety, delivery and ownership safeguards the project would adopt. The board approved the motion after discussion and public comment.

Silverman told the board the applicant had supplied a traffic study and that the study’s conclusion was that the development would have “minimal impact” — he read a line aloud, saying, “1 additional trip is what it said.” He said the company would not allow deliveries into Norwood and requested permission only to make deliveries outside town…