Mezitt v. Department of Public Utilities

The petitioners, Weston Nurseries, Inc. and three individuals, being the owners of the land in Hopkinton on which the nursery business is conducted, appeal under G. L. c. 25, § 5, as amended, from a decision of the Department granting an exemption pursuant to G. L. c. 40A, § 10, from the Hopkinton zoning by-law for a parcel of land adjacent to the nursery land, owned by the Tennessee Gas Transmission Company (Tennessee Gas).

The Department’s decision, dated December 8, 1965, determined that the construction by Tennessee Gas of a plant for liquefying natural gas and storing it in below ground…