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Planning board gives conditional sign-off to Spot City Cannabis parking changes pending sidewalk, drainage and screening plans
Summary
Spot City Cannabis proposed seven additional paved parking spaces at its 75 Bridal/Weibel dispensary site. The board asked the applicant to remove a space that encroached on adjacent property, submit stormwater calculations, pave and stripe the new area, add a connecting sidewalk to the adjoining commercial sidewalk, and screen dumpsters and visible parking with landscaping before the special use permit is finalized.
Owner Josh Silver (doing business as Silver Cannabis Company / Spot City Cannabis) returned to the Planning Board to resolve a site-plan issue at his operating dispensary on Bridal/Weibel (75). The board reviewed existing parking, a gravel area the owner had installed without final site-plan approval and a proposed revision to pave and add seven spaces.
Staff and board members worked through parking math under the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO): minimum parking for the combined uses was calculated by staff at one space per 300 square feet and the board noted a tension between maximum and practical demand. The applicant presented a parking occupancy survey showing peak use of 18 spaces (which the applicant said included six employees) and said a typical busy day can reach more than 300 customers on occasion. The board observed that existing on-site spaces numbered more than the minimum required and that one proposed parking stall encroached on National Grid property; the applicant agreed to remove the encroaching space and correct the plan.
The board set a series of conditions before converting the temporary special use permit into a permanent approval: the applicant must (1) remove the parking space that encroaches on adjacent property (C7), (2) provide a paving plan and stormwater calculations for the new paved area (and adjust hammerhead/turning radii for safe vehicle movements), (3) install or fund a short sidewalk segment to complete a continuous pedestrian connection between the nearby Tractor Supply/Price Chopper sidewalk and his building, (4) screen dumpsters and the new parking area from the street with landscaping or a fenced enclosure, and (5) submit the corrected site plan and calculations within the board’s 90-day window so the special use permit may be finalized upon satisfactory review.
The board agreed to hold the applicant’s special use permit open while the site-plan revisions are submitted and reviewed; staff confirmed a 90‑day submission window would be acceptable. The applicant acknowledged the changes and offered to coordinate construction and plans with staff.
