Planning Board continues water tank zoning hearing to March 5

WESTON — February 26, 2025 — Weston Planning Board punts water tank zoning to March 5 ahead of Special Town Meeting. The board voted unanimously to continue its public hearing on a citizen-petitioned bylaw that would allow municipal water tanks to exceed residential height limits by right, after town planner Imai Aiu unveiled three late amendments — defining "appurtenances," naming the three tank parcels, and confirming buildability after a conservation-land swap. Lead petitioner Allen Day backed planning-board amendments; Select Board member Lori Bent told the board a variance pathway "would slow the process down by two or three years." Town Moderator Rip Lougee urged maximum advance notice. Separately, the board heard a 2-to-1 replanting plan — 52 native trees for 26 removed — at 7 Prescott Lane, where Chair Leslie Glynn called the unauthorized cutting "a crying shame," and continued a 96 Love Lane perimeter-fence request to April 2 to involve the Historical Commission.