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Limington planning board approves home medical-marijuana grow at 75 Christian Hill Road
Summary
The Limington Planning Board approved a conditional-use permit for EMTT Naylor to operate a small, indoor medical-marijuana cultivation at his home, citing indoor controls and mitigation for odor and waste; the board will mail a written notice of decision within 10 days.
The Limington Planning Board voted June 1 to approve a conditional-use permit allowing EMTT Naylor to operate a small, indoor medical-marijuana cultivation at 75 Christian Hill Road.
Naylor, the applicant, told the board and neighbors he would grow exclusively indoors and use carbon filtration and HVAC filtration to control mold and odor. "My goal is really just so I can work at home. . . and just kind of offer a clean, healthy product that can serve its purposes for medical purposes on the market," he said.
During public comment, neighbor Bonnie Lord Laughlin asked whether medical marijuana is ever grown outdoors and whether odor would affect the neighborhood. Naylor responded that he chose indoor cultivation for greater environmental control and that "with the carbon filters that I have inside that facility, nothing would really come out of there" except possibly brief odor during harvest.
Another neighbor, Gloria Colby, asked about limits on plant counts and property values; Naylor said the state uses canopy-size licensing and that his cultivation area is about 250 square feet, contained inside his building. The board also accepted a written letter of support from Samantha Bellivant, a nearby property owner, which said the grow "has never caused a nuisance" and that the applicant is a "courteous neighbor."
At the meeting the board reviewed the town ordinance standards for conditional uses (items A–L), discussed waste-handling (Naylor said he would compost plant material), water and fire protection, and odor mitigation. After a motion and second, the board approved the permit by voice vote; the transcript records the motion and that the board voted "all in favor," but does not include a roll-call tally.
The board chair said a written notice of decision will be prepared and mailed to the applicant and the select board within 10 days. The applicant may contact town staff for follow-up or to receive the notice.
What happens next: the decision will be documented in a formal notice of decision and placed in town files; any conditions the board added will appear in that notice.
