The commission passed its decision July 15.
Bed and breakfasts are not allowed to operate in residential zones under the current code, but eight do. Many owners have city business licenses and pay city taxes. Bethel Planning Commission chair Kathy Hanson said that the situation developed from the city finance department issuing licenses and collecting taxes without consulting zoning codes. Now the city wants to bring those residential bed and breakfasts into compliance and create a consistent standard for new businesses.
“Our codes do not match what the operations are. So instead of just letting people operate outside the law, we said, Let’s figure this out and organize it and give some structure to it, and then it’ll be clearer for everyone, ” Hanson said.
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The commission passed the conditional use permit on July 15. The proposed store, called Good Vibes, would be located along Chief Eddie Hoffman Highway, across the street from the fire department. Two men from Bethel would own the store: Brian Glasheen and Alex Waserski. Waserski serves on the planning commission and recused himself from voting on the permit.
The marijuana store would be located in a residential neighborhood, though its location along the highway is zoned general use. The application states that the property would have a 6-foot tall, chain-link fence with green slats around three sides of the property. The fence would serve to separate the store from the neighborhood and would require pedestrians to approach the store using the highway entrance, rather than cutting through neighboring lots.
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