WILTON — The Planning Board on Thursday approved an application for a Massachusetts upholstery business to set up shop in the Bass-Wilton building at 284 Main St.

LeBaron Bonney Co. owner Scott Holbrook said he plans to hire 11 to 15 people for his automotive upholstery plant and begin operations May 1. It will be “primarily a cut-and-sew operation,” he said.

The company’s products are shipped all over the world, Holbrook said.

In other matters, the board discussed where to allow marijuana operations in town. Code Enforcement Officer Charles Lavin separated marijuana-related operations into four categories: retail, cultivation, manufacturing and testing.

All four will have the same location restrictions and be allowed only in commercial, farm and forest, and industrial zones.

Members agreed not to allow social clubs, essentially a public place to use or consume marijuana legally, at all. Also, no marijuana-related business can be within 1,000 feet of churches, schools and libraries.

They also agreed that no on-site consumption would be allowed; but for establishments that manufacture or produce, on-site testing is being considered.

Lavin will present the restrictions to selectmen at their meeting Feb. 20.

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Scott Holbrook, owner of LeBaron Bonney Co. of Amesbury, Mass., attends Thursday evening’s Wilton Planning Board meeting to discuss moving into the Bass-Wilson building on 284 Main St. The board approved his request. (Liz Marquis/Sun Journal)

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