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The Planning Board approved a Sweet Kiwi Yogurt shop on Central Street and heard a proposal for a possible medical marijuana facility at its last meeting.
At the board's first public hearing on the proposed medical marijuana bylaw, Jodie McCarthy, 53, Town Farm Road, told the board his company, a registered non-profit called Ipswich Pharmaceutical Associates, wants to supply marijuana to qualified individuals under the state marijuana regulation. He said he has found in a location in Ipswich that would meet the requirements under the proposed bylaw.
McCarthy told the board he had already met with the town planner, the Board of Selectmen, the building inspector, the police chief and the health inspector.
"It is an emotional issue," McCarthy said, whose mother, father and sister all had been over whelmed by cancer.
During their illness, McCarthy said in a post-meeting interview, medical marijuana was not legally available in Massachusetts, and his family, law-abiding citizens, would not take the drug to ease the disease's effects.
McCarthy said he felt a serious obligation to "give back to the community." He has lived in Ipswich for 17 years and grew up in South Boston.
McCarthy said he was in the process of submitting his first-round application to the state Board of Health to set up a facility for the cultivation and sale of medical marijuana to state approved patients.
It's an expensive business to start up, he said, requiring a $500,000 guarantee in funding. It costs $1,500 to submit the application and $30,000 for the second phase.
McCarthy said those who want more information should e-mail him at jodiem1955@gmail.com.
Town Planner Glenn Gibbs said he had talked to McCarthy, but would not comment on his proposal.
At the hearing, Juniper Street resident Linda Alexson suggested that the minimum age for facility workers be 18 years.
The new medical marijuana bylaw to be voted on at Fall Town Meeting was drafted after the state voted to legalize medical marijuana. The bylaw would regulate by special permit where and under what circumstances the facilities would be permitted.
The bylaw says that facilities must be located in the Planned Commercial and Limited Industrial Districts, which run along Route I.
A facility cannot be located within the same building as a doctor's office or residential unit. Furthermore, it can't be within 1,000 feet of a childcare center, a school, rehabilitation or correctional facility, a playground or athletic fields.
The next Planning Board hearings will convene Aug. 22 and Sept. 12. Town Meeting is on Oct. 15.
About a month after Subway received a special permit from the Planning Board to locate at 32 Central St., Sweet Kiwi Yogurt, has been given the go ahead to locate in the same building at 36-38 Central St.
The Planning Board issued a special permit to Juan Nguyen from Tewksbury to set up a fast-food shop selling frozen yogurt.
The franchise has stores in Chelmsford, Westford and Lowell and in Hudson and Manchester, New Hampshire.
Sweet Kiwi Yogurt complies with the town's 1999 bylaw on fast food passed by Town Meeting. Fast food restaurants, defined as having standard menus, uniforms, are only allowed in the Central Business District including Market Street, Central Street, Hammatt and Saltonstall streets and parts of Union Street. The restaurants must be pedestrian oriented with no drive through windows and have at least 16 seats.
Nobody spoke about the proposal at the public hearing.
Sweet Kiwi Yogurt will be 1,600 square feet, will seat 16 customers, will hire three employees a shift and will recycle.
Nguyen hopes to open in the fall.
Once the shop opens, the block from the corner of Central and Hammatt streets toward Market Street, will include Good Taste, Chinese Food; Chicks Roast Beef and Subs; Sweet Kiwi Yogurt and Subway. Central Street also has five other restaurants: Ipswich House of Pizza, Zabaglionis, Five Corners Deli, Marty's Donuts, and Mama Luisa's.
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Source: wickedlocal.com
Author: Sally Kuhn
Contact: Ipswich Chronicle Contact Us
Website: Medical marijuana dispensary proposed for Ipswich - Ipswich, MA - Ipswich Chronicle
At the board's first public hearing on the proposed medical marijuana bylaw, Jodie McCarthy, 53, Town Farm Road, told the board his company, a registered non-profit called Ipswich Pharmaceutical Associates, wants to supply marijuana to qualified individuals under the state marijuana regulation. He said he has found in a location in Ipswich that would meet the requirements under the proposed bylaw.
McCarthy told the board he had already met with the town planner, the Board of Selectmen, the building inspector, the police chief and the health inspector.
"It is an emotional issue," McCarthy said, whose mother, father and sister all had been over whelmed by cancer.
During their illness, McCarthy said in a post-meeting interview, medical marijuana was not legally available in Massachusetts, and his family, law-abiding citizens, would not take the drug to ease the disease's effects.
McCarthy said he felt a serious obligation to "give back to the community." He has lived in Ipswich for 17 years and grew up in South Boston.
McCarthy said he was in the process of submitting his first-round application to the state Board of Health to set up a facility for the cultivation and sale of medical marijuana to state approved patients.
It's an expensive business to start up, he said, requiring a $500,000 guarantee in funding. It costs $1,500 to submit the application and $30,000 for the second phase.
McCarthy said those who want more information should e-mail him at jodiem1955@gmail.com.
Town Planner Glenn Gibbs said he had talked to McCarthy, but would not comment on his proposal.
At the hearing, Juniper Street resident Linda Alexson suggested that the minimum age for facility workers be 18 years.
The new medical marijuana bylaw to be voted on at Fall Town Meeting was drafted after the state voted to legalize medical marijuana. The bylaw would regulate by special permit where and under what circumstances the facilities would be permitted.
The bylaw says that facilities must be located in the Planned Commercial and Limited Industrial Districts, which run along Route I.
A facility cannot be located within the same building as a doctor's office or residential unit. Furthermore, it can't be within 1,000 feet of a childcare center, a school, rehabilitation or correctional facility, a playground or athletic fields.
The next Planning Board hearings will convene Aug. 22 and Sept. 12. Town Meeting is on Oct. 15.
About a month after Subway received a special permit from the Planning Board to locate at 32 Central St., Sweet Kiwi Yogurt, has been given the go ahead to locate in the same building at 36-38 Central St.
The Planning Board issued a special permit to Juan Nguyen from Tewksbury to set up a fast-food shop selling frozen yogurt.
The franchise has stores in Chelmsford, Westford and Lowell and in Hudson and Manchester, New Hampshire.
Sweet Kiwi Yogurt complies with the town's 1999 bylaw on fast food passed by Town Meeting. Fast food restaurants, defined as having standard menus, uniforms, are only allowed in the Central Business District including Market Street, Central Street, Hammatt and Saltonstall streets and parts of Union Street. The restaurants must be pedestrian oriented with no drive through windows and have at least 16 seats.
Nobody spoke about the proposal at the public hearing.
Sweet Kiwi Yogurt will be 1,600 square feet, will seat 16 customers, will hire three employees a shift and will recycle.
Nguyen hopes to open in the fall.
Once the shop opens, the block from the corner of Central and Hammatt streets toward Market Street, will include Good Taste, Chinese Food; Chicks Roast Beef and Subs; Sweet Kiwi Yogurt and Subway. Central Street also has five other restaurants: Ipswich House of Pizza, Zabaglionis, Five Corners Deli, Marty's Donuts, and Mama Luisa's.
News Hawk- Truth Seeker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Source: wickedlocal.com
Author: Sally Kuhn
Contact: Ipswich Chronicle Contact Us
Website: Medical marijuana dispensary proposed for Ipswich - Ipswich, MA - Ipswich Chronicle
