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Applicant proposes allowing three medical cannabis shops to convert to adult-use; Planning Board delays hearing to gather more information
Summary
Joel Pepin, owner and applicant, told the Wells Planning Board he wants to let the town’s three existing medical dispensaries choose to operate under adult‑use licenses without increasing the number of retail stores; the board voted to continue the workshop 30 days to gather police input and parking data.
Joel Pepin, the owner and applicant, told the Wells Planning Board on Aug. 19 that his company is asking the town to let the three businesses already approved as medical cannabis dispensaries choose whether to operate under medical or adult‑use licenses, “so it'd be either or,” he said.
The Planning Board received the land‑use change application and held an extended discussion with Pepin and board members about zoning, parking, public safety and enforcement. Pepin said the proposal would not increase the number of retail stores the town has already approved and that his company would continue to serve medical patients if the procedural…
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