OLD SAYBROOK – A scaled back proposal for a retail marijuana store on the Boston Post Road did not resolve opposition the company has faced from nearby business owners who continue to oppose the proposal before the Zoning Commission.
After its plans for a store at 233 Boston Post Road on the east end of town were rejected by a 3-2 vote in October – with the commission citing concerns that there was not enough parking and the site was too small for the size of store the company proposes – Fine Fettle returned with plans for a smaller store with fewer employees.
Fine Fettle’s new plans use only the part of the building that was approved for a medical marijuana dispensary in 2018, with the rest left for storage. And it reduced the number of registers proposed so that eight employees would be on site, instead of the 15-23 employees proposed in its earlier application.
“We did give a great deal of thought to the motions and reasons for denial were, looked at what our options were to address those items, and really tried to work through and develop a plan we thought would be a good fit for the community,” Fine Fettle attorney Amy Souchuns told the commission on Wednesday.
Fine Fettle’s sales would be entirely online pre-orders, and Souchuns said the company would allow no more than five appointments in every 10 minute window – a maximum of 30 customers an hour. The property has 27 parking spaces, leaving 19 for customers, Souchuns said.
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