SANDISFIELD Nearly two months after the town granted Sama Productions LLC a permit for a marijuana growing and manufacturing operation near Town Hill and Abbey roads over the
Amid opposition, the Sandisfield Select Board Monday approved a commercial cannabis greenhouse grow and processing operation. EAGLE FILE PHOTO
SANDISFIELD â A company s long battle for a permit to grow and process cannabis in the Berkshires advanced Monday when the Select Board approved the plan, and set a number of conditions.
Those include control of odors and noise, as well as security, hours of operation and use of 100 percent renewable energy. A surety bond to force restoration of potential damage to roads could face legal hurdles, said board chairman Brian O Rourke, but Sama Productions LLC is planning to take photos of the road before and after and to restore it to its initial state.
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.