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In Connecticut, South Windsor, banned new warehouses for more than a half-year because of residents' objections, ready to lift moratorium

South Windsor officials pushed off adoption of marijuana regulations Tuesday after a local farmer asked for changes allowing him to grow recreational and medical marijuana on his family’s 150-year-old farm. “We are looking at this as another opportunity for another source of revenue to keep the farm open and pass it on to generations to come,” said Bruce Snow, of Well Flowers Farm on Strong Road. Snow hopes to wholesale to medical and recreational dispensaries.

The South Windsor Planning and Zoning Commission in a 4-3 vote Tuesday night rejected a zoning regulation change that would have allowed adding 165 units to the Tempo apartment complex at Evergreen Walk. The Buckland Gateway Development Zone general plan limits the area to 200 units of multifamily residences and requires one square foot of commercial space to be constructed for every two square feet of residential.

A 165-unit apartment complex is proposed for Evergreen Walk in South Windsor, while a Shake Shack restaurant and a new location for a nationwide private school were approved for the mixed use development near the Manchester border.

By Olivia Regen, Journal Inquirer The first major plan of development, which includes 125 luxury apartments known as Sullivan Avenue Plaza, has been filed for the Geissler’s supermarket area in South Windsor and if approved could bring $601,238 in additional tax revenue to the town, officials say. The Planning and Zoning Commission will consider the proposal and a request for a zone change from commercial to mixed-use development on April 13. Along with the apartments, the $30 million project includes renovation of 60,740 square feet of commercial space at the nearly deserted...