Weston Planning Board Continues Two Key Site Reviews, Reopens Legacy Trail Debate

WESTON — April 24, 2019 — Weston's Planning Board continued two major site reviews and reopened a debate over a proposed break in the historic Hen's Tooth Wall along the Legacy Trail corridor at the Case Estates. Resident Nina Danforth and a board member identified as Steve told the board they had personally walked an alternative 100-year-old carriage road behind the Woodland School that could serve as emergency vehicle access, potentially eliminating the need for an 18-to-20-foot opening in the wall. The board directed staff to write to the Legacy Trail Committee asking for a status report and requesting the alternative route be reconsidered, with a member warning the proposed access road would require "quite a bit of fill" and would "very much change the landscape." A new house proposed at 47 Ash Street — reduced from roughly 9,300 to 7,600 square feet since the last cycle — was continued to May 1 pending a secondary review of hydrology calculations, while a contentious hearing over a Church Street home's compliance with jointly developed design guidelines was also continued a week after a board member disclosed the applicant had never received or reviewed his Easter-weekend design sketches. The 441 Glen Road driveway relocation was cleared for a draft decision on May 15.