Planning Board members decried a “shameful” situation at a June 29 meeting after finding out a Route 6 cannabis cultivation project was already given the go-ahead by another government body — ten days before failing for the second time at Town Meeting.
Maine-based cannabis grower Casco Botanical had been granted a use variance by the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals on June 10.
The variance will allow the company to operate a cultivation and manufacturing facility in the Dartmouth Indoor Tennis property at 757 State Road — provided it completes a Planning Board site plan review and obtains licenses from both the town and the state.
At full capacity the operation could generate an estimated $450-500,000 per year in revenue for the town, according to Casco representatives.
A bylaw change proposed by the Select Board would have allowed cannabis cultivation and manufacturing in the entire general business district along Route 6 had it not failed by a majority at Town Meeting on June 20, just ten days after the variance was granted
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