Millis Planning Board Approves Four Permits, Settles Wagabrew Landscaping Dispute

Planning Board · Meeting of July 14, 2026

Millis Planning Board approves four permits and strikes a tree-planting compromise at its July meeting. The board unanimously granted a juice bar special permit for Milliston Commons, Inc. at 16 Milliston Road, two temporary tent structure permits for separate wedding vendors at Windy Knob Farm on Causeway Street, and a site plan waiver for a barbershop at 917 Main Street for applicant D'Aliya Mohamed. The longest discussion involved Wagabrew, a new Main Street dog daycare operated by David Lapp, whose request to eliminate five approved street trees prompted Chair Richard Nichols to invoke a fairness standard set by a prior McDonald's donation: "We can't go ahead and say we're going to do it for this guy and something different for the other." The board approved a compromise requiring one new tree, three boxwood shrubs, and a donation to the town tree fund — the specific value to be calculated by the town's consulting engineer.

The board also continued an accessory dwelling unit application for 47 Walnut Street to August 4 after finding the submitted plan showed an ADU of 900 square feet when the primary dwelling's size of 1,680 square feet limits the unit to 840 square feet, and drainage documentation for a septic field relocation was missing.

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Source: the Planning Board meeting of July 14, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.