Westport’s Planning & Zoning Commission gave thumb’s-up last night to 2 hotly debated proposals.
By a 5-2 vote, the board approved 9 housing units at 500 Main Street (the old Daybreak Nurseries 2.18-acre site near Merritt Parkway Exit 42).
In a scaled-down version of its original plan, Able Construction will be able to build 2 2-family homes, and 5 1-family homes. All will be restricted to owners 55 and over.
The Planning & Zoning Commission approved 9 housing units for this site.
Late in the evening, the P&Z voted 4-2 (1 abstention) to allow a medical marijuana dispensary at 1460 Post Road East. The spot — around the shopping center corner from the old Pier 1 Imports — was most recently occupied by Coco Spa.
The applicant — Bluepoint Wellness — must still be approved by Connecticut’s Department of Consumer Protection.
If approved by the state, this will be the site of Westport’s only medical marijuana dispensary.
The P&Z denied 4 other medical marijuana proposals, all on the Post Road: the former Bertucci’s restaurant; a site near the Southport border (Stanton Miles/Jennifer Furniture); the old DXL menswear/Blockbuster store, and the Academy of Dance building.
Reasons for those denials included safety, traffic, lack of parking and location relative to zoning regulations.