County planners to review cannabis growing business in Carlton, Dollar General in Albion

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 22 February 2026 at 8:55 am

Planning Board on Thursday also will review proposals for broadband tower installations

ALBION – The Orleans County Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday and will review the site plan for a new Dollar General in Albion and also will see an application for a special use permit for a cannabis growing operation in Carlton.

The meeting is in the legislative chambers of the Orleans County Administration Building on Route 31.

The Dollar General is located at 327 East Ave., across from the high school. The County Planning Board will make a recommendation to the Village of Albion Board on whether to accept the site plan. The county board also could suggestions to improve the site plan.

The County Planning Board also will review an application for a special use permit to grow cannabis in a storage building on an existing property in Carlton. The project is located on 13353 Kendrick Rd., Waterport.

There are three applications for special use permits and site plans for broadband tower installations. In Clarendon, a tower is proposed for the top of a grain silo at 5122 South Holley Rd.

In Ridgeway, the tower is proposed for 2490 Townline Rd. and another tower is proposed to be in Carlton at 961 Wilson Road, Waterport.

Planners also will review a proposal for a special use permit to build housing for seasonal H2A workers at 2162 Lyndonville Rd., Lyndonville.

There also is an application from the Town of Yates for a home business for repairing hydraulic cylinders, heavy equipment, and possible part sales at 11916 Roosevelt Hwy.