The Brentwood Planning Board continued a public hearing on a resubmitted site plan for 1 Smith Road and its associated waiver requests to the board's February 5 meeting, saying the application needs clearer limits on what will be stored and stronger measures to protect neighbors.

Ryan Lavelle of Lavelle Associates, the surveying firm for the applicant, told the board the filing is intended to "formalize and permit" a long‑standing commercial/industrial work yard and that the operation is primarily delivery based. He said the application seeks a reduced landscape buffer of 25 feet on the parcel’s sides to reflect the site's commercial character and existing plantings.

Board members pressed for specifics about the rear, leased portion of the lot. Lavelle said a dashed line on the plan denotes a leased area used historically by utility contractors and by a business identified in the application as Western Sales Company Inc., and that the applicant will add more detail to plan notes. "What I don't want to happen — what the board doesn't want to happen — is him to do something that's not permitted on the site plan and end up back in front of you guys," Lavelle said.

Because the rear use remains unclear, the board asked the applicant to: provide an explicit list of materials and equipment that will be on the leased area; show a parking/detail plan for crews who meet on the site; add dust‑control measures; and supply a landscape contractor estimate to support a plant‑establishment bond for the proposed evergreen screening. The board said whatever is recorded on the approved plan will set the limits of allowed use.

Chair closed discussion by saying the board would prefer a February 5 continuance rather than delay the overall agenda. After a motion and voice vote, the hearing and waiver requests were continued to Feb. 5 to allow the applicant to work with the town planner, address Glenn’s (town consultant) comments, and return with the revised plan set.

The board gave the applicant specific requests to resolve before the continuance: an itemized list of allowed rear‑lot storage activities, a revised planting and buffer note, a quote for a bond to ensure plant establishment, and clarification on any activity on an adjacent parcel that may require separate permitting.