Approval for Walmart's move to West Wareham is "probably at 95% completion," said Michael Martin, vice chair of the Zoning Board of Appeals.

Walmart has been meeting with the Zoning Board for more than a year to discuss a move from the store's East Wareham location on Cranberry Highway to a 152,000 square-foot store at the corner of Tobey Road and Cranberry Highway in West Wareham.

Zoning Board members approved Walmart's move last month, but stipulated that Walmart satisfy various conditions regarding lighting, parking, signage, and other considerations.

Board members spent their meeting on Wednesday, August 22, finalizing a draft of those conditions. The draft will most likely be completed by the board's September 12 meeting, Martin said.

The conditions were written in order "to eliminate to the maximum extent possible the appearance of a big-box store with a big-box parking lot," according to the draft of the conditions.

"We want it to be a Walmart that doesn't look like a Walmart," said Martin. "We're trying to accomplish an upscale, ... pleasant look that all the people of Wareham can be proud of."

Board members discussed prohibiting advertisements outside the store, installing comfortable lighting without glare in the parking lot, access to the store by public transportation, and even ensuring that cart corrals are on level ground so that carts do not roll out and smash into nearby cars.

Martin said that he believed the back-and-forth process with Walmart over the months has helped achieve a pleasant look.

"The original plan was a big-box store with a big-box parking lot. This is a long way from that," he said.

Traffic on Cranberry Highway has also been an hotly debated issue during public hearings on Walmart's move. Martin said that the board will have to rely on the word of project engineers that traffic on Cranberry Highway will flow smoothly.

He added: "We had a lot of concerns about Wareham Crossing" and increased traffic when it was first built, "but those concerns did not materialize."

Before Walmart can begin building its new store, its plans will need to be OK'd by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the Department of Environmental Protection.