Despite loud comments from the public, a potential, conditional-use permit was handed to the operator of a proposed marijuana cultivation facility on Whitten Road.
A public hearing was held Wednesday night at a meeting of the Hallowell Planning Board. Multiple citizens and local business owners said it may devalue their properties and create an unpleasant smell. After the hour-long hearing, the board deliberated the conditional-use standards and eventually voted 5-2, with one abstention, to approve the project’s conditional-use permit. Lisa Rigoulot and Judy Feinstein voted no.
The approval was given under the conditions that the project be held to the strictest odor mitigation standards available from the state.
The project’s operator, David Vickers, would still need further permitting and licensing from the city and state to move forward with the operation he laid out in his application.
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