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Cheshire approves zoning change to allow regulated indoor specialty growing with permanent‑structure and odour controls after contentious debate

Town of Cheshire Planning & Zoning Commission · February 10, 2026
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Summary

After debate over odor, security and enforcement, the commission approved a zone‑text amendment allowing regulated indoor specialty growing operations in certain zones, with a requirement that office, shipping/receiving and storage uses occur inside permanent structures and that facility-wide odour mitigation be demonstrated at special‑permit stage.

The Cheshire Planning & Zoning Commission voted on Feb. 9 to amend the zoning regulations to permit regulated indoor specialty growing operations (application by Hydroclonics LLC / Specialty Growers Realty LLC), adopting new safeguards after a contentious discussion about odour, security and enforcement.

The proposed text change revises sections of the use schedule and related definitions to allow indoor cultivation and associated commercial…

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