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ZBA approves small-scale food manufacturing use at 146 Hancock Street with pest-control condition
Summary
The board granted a variance and finding to allow L & L International to manufacture scallion pancakes and rice noodles at 146 Hancock St.; the approval includes a lease requirement for pest-control service and limits on deliveries and waste handling described at the hearing.
Attorney Rob Fleming and applicant Alex Lau told the Zoning Board of Appeals on Sept. 9 that L & L International seeks a variance and a finding to manufacture and process scallion pancakes (with later expansion to rice noodles) at 146 Hancock Street, a roughly 4,200-square-foot building in a Business Y (commercial) zoning district.
The applicant said operations initially would be limited — ingredient deliveries by a small box truck two to three times per week, outbound deliveries to wholesalers and restaurants in a minivan and a small box truck once or twice per day — and anticipated six to seven employees. Lau said product would be prepared and frozen on site for delivery to restaurants.
Board members asked about parking, overnight vehicle storage, dumpster placement and pest control. Lau said trucks and a minivan would be parked on site and that a dumpster would be placed on the side of the building with operational plans to roll it out for pickup. The applicant said mechanical equipment is “very, very quiet” and that lighting would not spill into neighboring residential areas; DPW offered no objection in its communication.
The board voted to approve the variance/finding with the condition that the lease requires a pest-control contract; members said they were persuaded that the business would mainly supply local restaurants, would renovate a fire-damaged building and would improve the property’s exterior appearance.
There were no letters in opposition or in favor in the record; board members noted the applicant’s plans to repave and landscape the front parking area and to repair interior damage before occupancy.
