Christine Long, chairwoman of the Framingham Planning Board, told day care owner Holly Rejouis last month that the shop is allowed by right in the district, and the board has no grounds to deny it under a minor site plan review.

FRAMINGHAM — For 39 years, Holly Rejouis has operated a day care and preschool out of her home on Tower Street.

Now she claims to have been blindsided by news that a recreational marijuana shop will open next door in a former Papa Gino’s restaurant on Rte. 9. Its owner, Nova Farms, has agreed to build an 8-foot-high fence but Rejouis is worried about increased traffic and the shop’s proximity to her 7 Tower St. home.

“I don’t want to worry about someone throwing something over my fence,” she said in a telephone interview Tuesday afternoon.

The former Papa Gino’s is included in the city’s Marijuana Retail Establishment Overlay District, approved by the City Council on Sept. 25. According to the city’s zoning ordinances, marijuana retailers cannot be located within 500 feet of K-12 schools.

“I’ve lived here for 41 years and I feel like the town failed me,” Rejouis said. “I’ve been sitting here for two months trying to figure out what to do. I’m still trying to figure it out.”

The day care is registered through the state Department of Early Education and Care.

The Planning Board will continue its public hearing for a minor site plan review at 1137 Worcester Road on July 25.

Board Chairwoman Christine Long told Rejouis last month that the shop is allowed by right in the district and the board has no grounds to deny it.

Attleboro-based Nova Farms originally planned to buy 1151 Worcester Road, home of Nick’s Rug, but moved to the former Papa Gino’s after hearing from residents of Ellis Street.

The switch was brought to the city’s Marijuana Advisory Team on May 1.

“It was put all on me,” Rejouis said, noting enrollment for her program is down.

“I’ve had interviews with two people and one mentioned it and one didn’t mention it,” she said of the shop.

She also worries about snow removal, flooding and lighting.

Statewide regulations for medical marijuana previously required dispensaries to have a buffer of 500 feet from schools, day care centers or any facility in which children commonly congregate, but that was never the case for adult use.

State law now only requires 500 feet from K-12 for both medical and adult marijuana uses.

Nova Farms co-owner Blair Fish told the Planning Board during a meeting on June 27 that people will buy the products and leave. None will be consumed on the property, which will include security cameras and parking lot attendants.

Construction on the 3,279-square-foot building is set to start in August and will take approximately six months. Work there will include new lighting, landscaping and parking lot paving, according to the application.

“We worked with the community collaboratively and moved over to the Papa Gino’s location,” Fish told the board.

Nova Farms received final approval from the state’s Cannabis Control Commission to grow marijuana plants outdoors at a farm in Sheffield. The company initially planned to grow its crop indoors in Attleboro, but changed direction to focus on outdoor cultivation. It purchased a 90-acre farm at 136 Kellogg Road in Sheffield, where it will cultivate marijuana on about 3.5 acres.

The company, which is backed by investors in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, plans to run a retail-only shop at the Rte. 9 site. It was one of six dispensary operators approved by the city’s review team to sign host community agreements with the mayor earlier this year.

The company will also open a shop in Attleboro.

The Framingham shop is expected to be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week.

Rejouis said she remains skeptical, but hopes to continue her business.

“This is my main income,” she told the Planning Board. “This is not good for me.”

Jonathan Phelps writes about business, development and real estate for the Daily News. He can be reached at 508-626-4338 or jphelps@wickedlocal.com. Follow him on Twitter @JPhelps_MW.