Weston Planning Board Continues JST Review, Approves Hubbard Road Fence

WESTON -- October 22, 2025, Weston Planning Board clashes internally over requirements sent to Josiah Smith Tavern restaurant applicant. At the October 22 meeting, Chair Leslie Glynn and member Timothy Shawn Lanier defended an October 7 letter requiring stamped floor plans, engineer certification of an experimental septic system's capacity, and detailed exterior mechanical equipment documentation from a prospective restaurateur proposing a 40 percent occupancy increase, from roughly 103 to 145 persons, and a jump from nine to 39 on-street parking spaces. Member Alex Selvig, who said he had not been copied on the letter, called the requirements "Byzantine" and charged that Glynn had exceeded her authority; member Jing Yu and member Adrienne Giske also said they had not received the letter, though Yu sided with the substance. "We do not have my buy-in on this letter," Selvig said. The board voted unanimously to continue site review for 828 Boston Post Road to November 5, closed the hearing for a pool project at 67 Bay State Road, and approved a fence at 49 Hubbard Road; a Bank of America bollard proposal for 458 Boston Post Road was deferred pending consultation with the town center and traffic committees.