WATERVILLE — The Planning Board on Monday is scheduled to consider an informal preapplication review for construction of a marijuana growing facility at 46 Industrial Road.

The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the Mid-Day Cafe at Mid-Maine Technical Center on Brooklyn Avenue.

Wildfire LLC is requesting that the board review the marijuana plans under the city’s site plan review and subdivision ordinance.

In May the city council approved licenses for Theory Wellness of Maine LLC, a marijuana cultivation, manufacturing and retail business, that planned to open in the former Keyes Fibre machine shop at 20 Industrial St.

Former Colby College student Brandon Pollock, president and chief executive officer of Theory Wellness, said his company started in Massachusetts and employs 220 people.

At that council meeting code enforcement officer Dan Bradstreet said there were 10 marijuana facilities in the city, not including those that applied recently. The city’s marijuana ordinance does not limit the number of marijuana facilities that may be in the city, he said.

Councilor Sydney Mayhew, R-Ward 4, who served on the city’s Marijuana Study Committee, said at that meeting that he was excited about the jobs that were being created and the tax revenue produced, adding that “this was the whole idea for drafting a marijuana ordinance.”

In other matters, the Planning Board will be asked to consider making a recommendation to the City Council about whether to revise ordinances to prohibit the parking of commercial vehicles on residential streets. The city received a complaint from a resident of High Street that flatbed wreckers create a traffic hazard and obstruct traffic flow, their diesel engines are loud and they come and go at all hours of the night.

The board on June 22 postponed considering the request to July 6, with members saying they needed more time to think about it.

In another matter, the board is scheduled to consider a request by Sara Sylvester to build a garage with living space above 52 Burleigh St. The request would be considered under the city’s shoreland zoning and zoning ordinances.

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