GUILDERLAND — The owner of a Long Island cannabis dispensary is looking to open another outpost in the Capital Region, in the former Side Door Café on Western Avenue. 

Yesorno, an LLC that owns and operates Happy Days Dispensary in Farmingdale, Nassau County, is seeking permission to open a dispensary at 1656 Western Ave., across Route 20 from the Tru by Hilton hotel. 

The request comes a month after the Guilderland Zoning Board of Appeals, which is also the lead agency for the Happy Days application, approved a dispensary at 2028 Western Ave., once home to an ice-cream shop, the Cone Zone. 

Happy Days bills itself as an “education-focused cannabis dispensary that provides support for the local community through philanthropic initiatives, health and wellness, and education.” 

The site itself sits on approximately four-tenths of an acre in a district zoned for local business and, similar to 2028 Western Ave., backs onto a residential neighborhood. 

Happy Days’ application to the town says the dispensary would have eight to 10 employees on a typical day, and operate from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and from noon to 7 p.m., on Sunday. 

The proposal was recently before the town’s planning board for site-plan feedback, where the board’s issues with the project revolved largely around parking.

For the 25 parking spots being provided, Planning Board Chairman Stephen Feeney said on June 11, “it seemed like the calculation was a little off, but that’s going to be the building department’s calculation as to what the required parking is.”

The existing parking arrangement necessitates vehicles backing out directly onto Alton Road, a configuration considered unsafe — especially considering its proximity to the intersection with Western Avenue — and one that would not be approved under current standards. 

“I think we need to have a conversation with the town highway superintendent,” Feeney said. “I talked to Ken [Kovalchik], our town planner, briefly. What is [Highway Superintendent Bob Haver] going to permit? Is he going to permit you to basically use the town roadway as parking?”

Given its questions about parking and wanting to consult Haver about the issues, the board decided to table the application until its next meeting, currently set for June 25.