Weston Conservation Commission closes hearings for two residential properties in one night

WESTON — September 9, 2025 — Weston Conservation Commission closed hearings for two residential properties and issued two certificates of compliance at its September 9 meeting. The commission voted 4-0 (with one abstention each) to close hearings and issue orders of conditions for 158 Hickory Road — a redevelopment project featuring a new tennis court, pickleball court, and a net reduction of roughly 800 square feet of impervious surface in the wetland buffer, with 32 new trees and 230 shrubs to be planted — and for 79 Sylvan Lane, a residential addition with a cantilevered deck inside the 25-foot no-disturb zone. For 35 Bemis Street, the commission issued a negative three determination under the Wetlands Protection Act but conditioned it on a pre-construction site visit, advance notice before driveway demolition, and use of confirmed clean fill only — reflecting lingering concern over a prior unauthorized work incident at the site. A partial certificate of compliance was issued for 57 Westcliff Road, where Japanese knotweed on an approximately 400-square-foot patch has been reduced from near-full to roughly 25 percent coverage after an initial herbicide treatment, with management required through at least 2026.