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<br />PLANNING BOARD MINUTES <br />MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 <br /> <br />A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room, was <br />called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Chairman Charles Hornig with members Richard Canale, Greg <br />Zurlo, Michelle Ciccolo, and Nancy Corcoran-Ronchetti and planning staff Maryann McCall- <br />Taylor, Aaron Henry, and Lori Kaufman present. <br /> <br />***************************ZONING BYLAW ADMINISTRATION****************** <br />PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING <br />Ms. McCall-Taylor gave a power point presentation on the Medical Marijuana zoning <br />amendment. Town Meeting passed a moratorium on use until July 1, 2014, to allow time for the <br />Planning Board to recommend an appropriate location for use and the Board of Selectmen and <br />Board of Health to determine if the State’s Department of Health regulations were sufficient or <br />additional ones would be needed. What was presented tonight was a strawman proposal and <br />based on feedback from the public the Board would draw up an actual proposed zoning change. <br />Audience Comments: <br /> <br /> <br /> Could all three elements be split between Towns? Yes, but all three elements must be <br />permitted within each municipality. <br /> <br /> This use should be allowed anywhere a pharmacy would be permitted there were more <br />dangerous elements out there then this. <br /> <br /> The CB district should be excluded, based on the State’s buffering regulations. Each <br />municipality could provide its own regulations or use the State’s. <br /> <br /> The evolution of zoning and licensing for operational details should be kept as open as <br />practical and the Planning Board should recommend the location based on the operational <br />details. <br /> <br /> The School Committee has not met regarding this proposal; what would be the timeline? <br />This would be going forward at the Spring Town Meeting. <br /> <br /> Why couldn’t the Town ban this use? Other Towns have tried to ban the use, which was <br />vetoed by the Attorney General’s Office. The State would decide which municipality <br />would get the license and there would be no local opt out allowed. <br /> <br /> Manny Ferro, Captain of Operations for the Lexington Police Department, reached out to <br />other police departments in the west and mid west states that currently allowed this use <br />and said there were lots of issues with assaults, vandalism and rips offs. There were rip <br /> <br />