MIDDLEBURY—A lawsuit to stop a warehouse development off Straits Turnpike has been dismissed by a judge. Superior Court Judge John Louis Cordani ruled last week that the Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission followed local land-use regulations in granting approval for a site plan and a special exception for excavation as part of an application to build a 171,000 square-foot warehouse on 20 acres at 1535 Straits Turnpike. In his ruling, Cordani wrote that the commission had repeatedly approved warehousing activity in so-called “LI-80” districts without the presence of a manufacturing facility on site. The judge also noted that the approvals were consistent with longtime practices that spanned many planning and zoning commissions.
Developer wins court fight to build warehouse on Timex property in Middlebury
