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Neighbors raise odor and traffic concerns; board asks applicant for odor-control plan and DOT traffic data
Summary
A neighbor's written opposition and board questions about odors and vehicle traffic led the Lyman Planning Board to require an odor-control plan with cut sheets and state DOT traffic data before final action on the 1354 Alfred Road dispensary application.
A letter read into the record at the Aug. 5 meeting expressed opposition to a proposed marijuana distribution at 1354 Alfred Road, citing traffic concerns. Chair read the letter from Cecile Belletier, who said she received notice and objected to a dispensary next door.
Applicant Greg Craig told the board he plans to control odors with enclosed cultivation and carbon filtration scrubbers and that he intends to monitor and change filters frequently. The board described the ordinance's odor-control plan requirements—identifying sources and mitigation measures, providing engineering controls and cut sheets—and said the town may require peer review or escrow to evaluate the plan. Chair also asked the applicant to obtain DOT traffic counts for the stretch of Route 11 and submit that data; the board said those numbers often satisfy traffic-study requirements.
"The scrubbers would be monitored by me. And I will be changing these out so often," Greg Craig said when explaining how odor will be controlled. The board emphasized that an acceptable odor-control submittal and the DOT traffic data are conditions for further consideration of final approval.
