April 26, 2023 Special Meeting Minutes

APPLICATIONS ¢ PB-23-02 Dogwood Green, LLC 5 Central Avenue Block: 10 Lot: 1.01 Zone: I — Industry The applicant is proposing to renovate the interior of the building for a cannabis dispensary. PRESENTATION The attorney Mr. Schkolnick entered on the record. He started his testimony by mentioning the two major concerns that the board had in regards the signage, in which the board wanted the applicant to remove the word cannabis and also the marijuana leaf, the applicant will comply with that request and also the pick-up window will be removed from the application. Th attorney recalled the architect Mr. Ron Elkins and he stated that the sign on the west side of the building has been updated, the word cannabis has been removed as well as the graphic marijuana leaf and it will only have DWG standing for Dogwood Green and the word dispensary has been added. The site is in an industrial zone which has very minimal signage allowed and the purpose of the industrial zone is basically manufacturing industrial very little customer exposure to these buildings. Although retail is allowed in an industrial zone and cannabis is just a subset of that retail, it would be conditional use and the applicant is applying for signage similar to a retail zone. The applicant is proposing to replace the signage on the South, which is the front facade as well as replacing the existing projecting sign at the corner and the addition of the new sign on the West side, since the main purpose of that is to basically identify the building to the public not so much as an advertisement for the building, but just more as wayfinding because they are concerned that if the building were had been reduced back to the signage requirements for the industrial zone allowances that can cause blocking of traffic on the street and they feel is actually beneficial in the building, beneficial of the neighborhood and beneficial to the customers to identify where the building is and minimize the back of potential traffic. The signage on the front basically is almost 3 feet by 8 feet similar in scale to the large rectangle that's there, although since it's Oval in shape, it's less square footage. The dimensions of the sign on the West side of the building are approximately 14 feet by 2 feet. BOARD QUESTIONS Chairman Bagoff asked if the three signs will be illuminated. Mr. Elkins answered in the

dimensions of the sign on the West side of the building are approximately 14 feet by 2 feet. BOARD QUESTIONS Chairman Bagoff asked if the three signs will be illuminated. Mr. Elkins answered in the affirmative. Chairman Bagoff asked if they signs will go off at certain hours or will they be illuminated 24 hours. Mr. Elkins said that the signs will have a timer. Chairman Bagoff asked if it is going to be lit when the business is open and off when it's closed. Mr. Elkins said they haven't discussed in detail and the applicant Ms. Grado may be able to speak to that in more detail, but he says that the signs will be lighted during most of the time of the operating hours and they won't necessarily need to be illuminated during the evening hours. NO PROFESSIONAL QUESTIONS NO PUBLIC ADVOCATE QUESTIONS NO PUBLIC QUESTION NO PUBLIC COMMENT*