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Zoning board approves Lighthouse Keepers Pantry move to 425 Main Street with conditions
Summary
The Dennis Zoning Board of Appeals granted a special permit Oct. 28, 2024 to allow Lighthouse Keepers Pantry to change use at 425 Main Street from general merchandise retail to light industry/warehousing with packaging and shipping, subject to conditions limiting processing, requiring conservation/board-of-health approvals, and restricting nuisance impacts.
Rick Fanucchio of ClearPath Advisors represented owner Gregory Bilzikian and asked the board to allow a change of use at 425 Main Street to accommodate Lighthouse Keepers Pantry’s packaging, storage and shipping operations.
Fanucchio said the building (three parcels totaling about 2.3 acres) would see no exterior footprint changes, would keep 84 existing parking spaces (the new use requires 28), and employ up to four people. He described the operation as ‘‘back of house’’ packaging and shipping of jams, jellies, dressings, a salt line and an assembled chocolate product that is not manufactured on site.
Several neighbors raised concerns about traffic turning onto Route 28, the potential for future expansion into food processing and the risk of new odors or noise. Chris Lowe told the board that the nearby Elbermar Road exit is ‘‘an absolute freaking nightmare’’ in summer and worried that what is now packaging could become a heavier processing use.
Fanucchio and Lisa Medlin, the company’s general manager, replied that the proposal is limited to packaging and distribution; trucks would be small vans, FedEx and UPS vehicles rather than 18-wheelers, and typical hours would be roughly 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Friday. They said refrigeration and rooftop HVAC would be reconfigured as needed and that any future signage would require separate permitting.
Town staff and members noted that the site lies within areas where the board of health and conservation commission have jurisdiction. Foley said the Health Director had flagged the property as environmentally sensitive and that the applicants should seek any necessary board-of-health variances; the board required compliance with conservation and health conditions in the approval.
Board member Chamberlain moved to grant the special permit, citing applicable bylaw provisions and conditions 1–6 proposed in the staff report. The board voted unanimously to approve the permit and attached conditions that: limit the permitted activity to packaging/warehousing (not commercial kitchen operations); require the applicant to return for review if a commercial kitchen or expanded processing is proposed; and require adherence to conservation-commission and board-of-health approvals and standard nuisance controls for light, noise, odor and litter.
The approval is subject to the listed conditions and enforcement through the building commissioner and board-of-health processes. The board recorded the permit as running with the property, so future owners must meet the same conditions.
The board moved to the next agenda item after the vote.
