Weymouth Zoning Board Continues Station Street Condo Case, Approves Fennel Drive Gym

WEYMOUTH -- April 8, 2026, Weymouth's zoning appeals board continued a four-unit condominium application on Station and Somerset streets for the third time while unanimously approving a youth athletic training center on Fennel Drive. The board, operating with four members after a fifth was absent, found conflicting versions of Case 3549's application on file, one listing the proposed building as three stories, another as two and a half, and directed developer Kenneth Rider of Rider Development and his attorney Gregory Galvin to submit a single reconciled filing with a detailed height calculation before the April 29 continuation. Neighbors including attorney Mark Borbeau, representing Land Court plaintiffs Bill and Linda Mead of 28 Somerset Street, argued the project improperly includes private-way land in its floor-area-ratio calculation, inflating the usable lot area from a historically recorded 6,800 square feet to the surveyor's stated 10,179 square feet, and that the Somerset-facing units require drivers to back onto an unpaved private road residents personally maintain. In Case 3550, mark Wesley won unanimous approval to open a D1 Training franchise at 50 Fennel Drive, a 5,000-square-foot, appointment-only youth and adult athletic facility, conditioned on hours of 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, with the town's traffic engineer Jack Gill raising no concerns after multiple site visits.