The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission has approved a smaller version of the proposed new gas station on Middlebury Road shown in this artist’s rendering of the view from the east. (Submitted rendering)
The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) on June 4 approved construction of a smaller version of a new gas station intended to replace the current Shell station at 520 Middlebury Road in Middlebury. The approved version will have three double-sided pumps that will serve a total of six cars at a time compared to the five double-sided pumps serving 10 cars at a time that the property owner submitted for approval.
This was the third public hearing on the proposal, which elicited strong opposition from some 40 residents. After hearing public comments for an hour and a half, the commission voted 4 to 1 to approve the project with changes. The latest changes were a reduction in the number of fuel pumps to six pumps from 10 and a reduction in the number of parking spaces to 27 spaces from 34. A sign for the new station will be addressed separately.
In the voting, Chairman Terry Smith and members Erika Carrington, Bill Stowell and Paul Babarik voted for approval, and the commission’s newest member, Joe Drauss, voted against it. Commissioner Matthew Robison was absent.
A detailed report of the public hearing will follow later today.
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