Weston Planning Board approves two site amendments, eyes rules and regs overhaul

WESTON — June 7, 2023 — Weston Planning Board approves two site amendments and moves toward tripling its truck-traffic threshold for residential construction. The three-member quorum, chaired by Leslie Glynn, unanimously approved tree-removal mitigation at 46 River Road — two replacement red maples plus a meadow-restoration seed mix — and ratified an after-the-fact cabana approval at 8 Lawrence Road, where native plantings and a flowering dogwood were substituted for an earlier cherry-tree proposal. The bulk of the meeting focused on the board's ongoing rules and regulations consolidation, with civil engineer Dave Conway telling members the current 30-cubic-yard earth-removal trigger "seems low to me — that's three truckloads," and the board coalescing around a new 100-cubic-yard threshold pending a required public hearing. A resident identified as Diana urged the board to solicit developer input before finalizing the change, a suggestion Glynn called "a good idea." The board also previewed a packed long-range agenda through 2024, including potential senior and multi-family housing overlay districts tied to anticipated rezoning requests from large institutional landowners.