Hollywood Cannabis Greenhouse
County Reviewing Application
A development review application filed on December 1st with Land Use & Growth Management shows plans for a cannabis grow facility in Hollywood, near the Center for Life Enrichment. The property, just over eighty-nine acres owned by Hollywood Industrial Partners LLC, is surrounded by residential properties. However, fifty-eight acres nearest to Route 235 are zoned Industrial, while the remaining land towards the back of the parcel is Rural Preservation District.
Concept plan documents list the buildout across three phases, more than 158K SF of building space at completion:
Phase One covers a 34,680 square foot industrial building dubbed “Head House”, the operational hub for the site where offices, packaging and more may occur; 29,376 SF of greenhouse space; 7,344 SF of common space between buildings; and 1,300 SF of parking composed of 73 regular spaces, three handicapped spaces, and one loading zone area.
Phase Two includes a 20,800 SF Head House, and another 29,376 SF of greenhouses.
Phase Three rounds out the development with two more greenhouses at 29,376 SF each, as well as a 7,344 shared space greenhouse between them.
Concept Site Plan
The site layout diagrams the infrastructure that will serve the buildings. Two wells will provide necessary water, drilled to an approved aquifer. Three 25,000 gallon water storage tanks are planned first, with four additional tanks added as the phases develop. The Health Department requested water disposal plans, noting in their review that any wastewater generated by the site cannot flow into the septic system. Capable of 600 gallons of use per day, the 2000 gallon septic tank will outflow to a 10,000 SF drainage area near a nearby stream.
Permits from the State Highway Administration are required for access to the site from Route 235 S, directly across from the Joy Lane median crossover. A review from SHA requests the intersections of 235/247 and 235/245 be included in the forthcoming traffic study. Proposed access is right in, right out, or across the median, making three lanes at the entrance of Bluestone Road. The road leads to gated entry closer to the greenhouses, which are surrounded by a chain link security fence.
Concept plan - dotted line shows 500ft buffer.
To grant approval, the project must meet requirements in the county’s comprehensive zoning ordinance, but it is also subject to the local cannabis ordinance. That ordinance mandates a 500 foot setback from any residential property. Plans display all buildings, parking, water storage tanks, and generators within the buffer’s boundary. However, the
Plans show the full buildout fits snugly within the boundary. However, the security fence crosses the buffer line in some places, as does a corner of the septic drainage area.
Conditional use approval must first be granted by the Board of Appeals. If that happens, then the concept site plan can go before the Planning Commission for approval.
Blue Marble LLC, which owns Dispensary Works in White Plains, and Simply Grown Green LLC are partners in the cannabis venture. A cannabis growers license was granted to Sharron Sample Enterprises LLC by the Maryland Cannabis Administration in 2025. Business records indicate that Sharron Sample Enterprises LLC’s business name was changed to Blue Marble LLC.
Records prepared by Stephen H. Scott show Hollywood Industrial Partners LLC acquired the property in June 2023 for $1.05M. Scott, the LLC’s attorney, is also the attorney for the Board of Appeals. According records on file with the State from 2022, Hollywood Industrial is owned by Sean Earley and Stephen Wathen.
From 1965 to 1978, the Southern Maryland Wood Treating was operated at the site. According to EPA records, “wood was pressure treated with creosote and pentachlorophenol, and the wastewater was discharged into six on-site, unlined lagoons.” Abandoned in 1980, the equipment was left behind. In the 1990s, the EPA provided funding to clean up the site, removing old equipment, installing a “sub-surface barrier wall” as well as water treatment systems to “remove contamination for stormwater and surface water while soil cleanup took place.” In total, 270,000 tons of soil was excavated from the site. By 2005, the site was deemed clean for “residential standards” with unrestricted use.
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