Twelve-foot-high fences topped with barbed wire, electronically coded steel doors and biometric access controls.
The would-be owner of a proposed marijuana growing operation in empty warehouse space at 722 Wethersfield Ave. in Hartford is promising tight security in a permit request to the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission.
The applicant, 722 Wethersfield Avenue LLC, owns the 74-year-old warehouse in a commercial and industrial area near Brainard Airport. The applicant’s principal is Rita Castrucci, of Cromwell. Castrucci is also president of Metro Auto Body & Towing Inc., at the same Wethersfield address.
Castrucci’s application for a special permit as a cannabis micro cultivator said the entire property will be enclosed and accessed through a 12-foot-tall gate on Ledyard Street with an electronic passcode. The facility would have video surveillance and intrusion alarms at all access points and be accessed using a combination of “smart” fobs, pin pads, mobile devices and biometrics, according to the application.
The growing space would go into a vacant warehouse previously used for an automotive business.
The application also outlines plans for “total odor blocking,” high-absorption, carbon air filtration using charcoal.
Cannabis waste would also be controlled, with a secured dumpster for cannabis contaminated waste, serviced by a state-approved hauler. All plant and dirt waste would be composted for reuse.
Castrucci’s application is on the Planning and Zoning Commission’s Aug. 23 meeting agenda.
