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Cannabis delivery operator asks Norton Planning Board for guidance on moving to new address
Summary
Lucky Green Ladies owner Alyssa told the Norton Planning Board she plans to move her cannabis home-delivery operation from 394 Old Colony Road to 408 Old Colony Road and sought guidance on whether the change needs a new site plan and public hearing because it involves a different address and a new Cannabis Control Commission license.
A cannabis business owner told the Norton Planning Board on June 16 that she intends to move her delivery operation a short distance and needs the board’s help sorting out how to proceed.
“For those who don’t know me, my name’s Alyssa. I’m the owner of Lucky Green Ladies,” she said, adding that she operates a home-delivery service from 394 Old Colony Road and is opening a retail dispensary nearby at 408 Old Colony Road. She said moving the delivery operation to 408 Old Colony will require a different Cannabis Control Commission license because the two addresses are not identical.
Alyssa told the board she is not changing hours, traffic patterns or the building footprint and asked whether the relocation could be handled as a site-plan modification or would require a new site plan, special permit and public hearing. A board member responded that because the move involves a different address — and potentially different abutters — it likely cannot be treated as a simple modification and would need full public notice and review.
Board members and staff discussed options to reduce delay. One member said the board could waive the bylaw requirement that applicants hold a provisional license before appearing, and staff said they would try to expedite noticing if paperwork is delivered quickly. The board identified upcoming meeting dates (July 7 and Aug. 4) as potential opportunities for formal review and encouraged Alyssa to submit application materials to Brian, the staff contact, as soon as possible.
Alyssa said she expects the retail location to be ready in roughly a month or two and that delivery licensing could take longer; she told the board she hoped to coordinate opening both the retail storefront and delivery function simultaneously to avoid duplicative purchases of fixtures and inventory.
The Planning Board did not make a formal decision at the meeting; it advised the owner to prepare application materials, offered conditional procedural flexibility (waiving the provisional-license requirement as a possible condition of approval), and signaled it would schedule a public hearing if the new address requires one.
