Residents living on Charlotte Furnace Road took a good two hours at Monday night’s Planning Board meeting to express their displeasure with a proposed industrial building that abuts their properties.

Master Millwork, Inc., of Bourne, owned by Jesse Kirby, is seeking approval from the Planning Board to purchase a parcel of industrial land from current owner A.D. Makepeace, the country’s largest cranberry grower and Massachusetts' largest land owner. The company wants to build one 20,000-square foot building on the site, but does plan to expand with a further two buildings, if the project goes through. Its current staffing projection for the project is between 10 and 16 people. However, the piece of land abuts a large residential area, and residents are concerned about “building creep”, as well as the potential noise the company could make.

Master Millwork is a construction firm that specializes in “interior finish carpentry services” for residential buildings, like apartments and hotels, as well as “architectural millwork packages” for service buildings, like restaurants and night clubs.

Engineer Timothy Bennett presented a modified plan to the Board, as per the Board’s request from last month’s meeting, in which the main building would be set back 50 feet from the road, in order to make less traffic, and less associated noise. As it currently stands in the plans proposed Monday night, the main building is now 250 feet from the nearest residence.

“We have provided an updated traffic study,” Bennett said. “It addresses the addition of the two potential additional buildings, and we asked about potential buildout and what that means.”

Bennett also presented the Board with two additional buildings the company may build on the site in the future. One building is 100 feet by 200 feet, and the other is 80 feet by 200 feet, and are each 15,000 – 20,000 square feet each.

“The traffic study indicates that the current proposal would be a 2 percent increase in traffic volume, and buildout would increase by 8 percent, both of which fall within the 10 percent daily fluctuation in traffic,” Bennett said.

One question reportedly raised at last month’s meeting was why such large buildings were required, if, of those spaces, only between 6 percent and 25 percent of the provided space would be used. Bennett said this was for the company’s future plans.

“In the future, should Master Millwork contemplate adding buildings on the site, they would meet zoning requirements,” Bennett said. “It would also allow them to store raw materials.”

Bennett also said they had checked with the Wareham Police Department, and had been informed there are no “inherent safety concerns with the projected traffic,” and that the building would not only be far from the closest residence

Despite all this, residents lived in the abutting area still voiced their concerns about the basic fact they would be living next to an industrial zone, which would, they said, lower their quality of living.

Resident Monica Montgomery asked a series of questions about the appearance of the main building, including its height and color. She also inquired about the company’s proposed hours of operation, and if there would be any restrictions on times packages and supplies could be dropped off.

“Here it is, 6 o’clock in the morning, and they leave the motor running – it’s not too nice for the neighbors,” Montgomery said.

Resident Kurt Reynolds said he was concerned about “building creep,” because of all the buildings he said he sees going up around town. He also chastised the Board for what he called “crickets” from the Board, when it came to matters of residential wellness.

“You talk for over a half hour about lighting issues, but not once was the safety and the lack of street lights on Charlotte Furnace raised as an issue,” Reynolds said.

Reynolds said he was also upset, because of a Planning Board meeting he said he attended 10 years ago, in which he had been told the streets around Charlotte Furnace Road would not become part of an industrial park, if A.D. Makepeace decided to build industrial buildings. Instead, the Selectman who addressed him 10 years ago, he said, assured him there would be roads cut out away from the residential area.

“Not one of you seem to show any concern that you are turning a residential neighborhood into an industrial zone,” Reynolds said. “With six acres of land, there is absolutely no reason that should have to build that facility right there, on Charlotte Furnace Road.”

Master Millwork is not affiliated with A.D. Makepeace – they are just interested in purchasing the land from them.

Neither A.D. Makepeace nor Kirby responded to request for comment.