SANDISFIELD â A cannabis grower seeking to operate a greenhouse and manufacturing business has given town officials additional information they had requested to inform their vote Monday on whether to grant a special permit for the project.
The company, Sama Productions LLC, provided details on the potential for noise, pollution, and proof that the company can operate its proposed business on property it owns near the state forest.
The deed attached to the company s three lots totaling 60 acres, however, has a restriction placed on it by the property s seller that Jesse Belcher-Timme, an attorney for a group of residents, says should, in part, disqualify the company from receiving the permit. That restriction says only single-family homes can be built there.
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A parcel of land on Town Hill Road in Sandisfield is at the center of a debate between neighbors and Sama Productions, LLC, a company that is looking to build a marijuana greenhouse and manufacturing plant in the area. On Thursday, the townâs Planning Board will hold a public hearing on a draft of cannabis bylaws. EAGLE FILE PHOTO
SANDISFIELD â As several cannabis firms vie for permits to operate here, the Planning Board will present a draft of its first set of proposed regulations for the industry at a public hearing Thursday.
The hearing will be held by phone and videoconference at 6 p.m. to propose a final set of bylaws to be voted on at annual town meeting, the date of which has not yet been set.
SANDISFIELD â A company under contract for land to grow and manufacture wholesale cannabis clinched a financial agreement Monday with the town â should officials eventually grant it permission to build and operate.
But, the proposal by Sama Productions LLC off Abby and Town Hill Roads concerns residents worried that the townâs bucolic atmosphere might be sullied by cannabis commerce, harming property values. Residents also say that the project feels predatory, since the town does not yet have cannabis bylaws.
It prompted residents to ask the Select Board a number of questions Monday and to seek a six-month moratorium to prevent the pot outfits from coming to town until local cannabis regulations are on the books.
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