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April 27, 2006 Minutes 6 DRAFT MINUTES of the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals April 27, 2006 Present: Chairman — Judith J. Uhrig, John J. McWeeney, Maura L. Sheehan, Arthur C. Smith and Daniel A. Lucas Petition Address: 2 Hunt Road The relief sought is for a variance from By -Law Section 135 -35, Table 2, Dimensional Control to allow front set back of 28.8' instead of the required 30 -feet to construct second floor window overhang. The Chairman opened the hearing at 8:21 PM by reading the legal notice and described information received from the petitioner relative to the petition. Prior to the hearing, the petition and supporting data were reviewed by the Building Commissioner, Conservation Administrator, Town Engineer, Health Director, Zoning Enforcement Officer, Planning Board and the Design Advisory Committee. Comment was received from the Building Commissioner stating the applicant was allowed to proceed at his own risk. Overhang can be removed if variance denied. The applicant will be coming before the Historic District Commission on May 4 No other comments were received from any board or commission. Contractor Bruce Hughes presented the petition for the owner of the property, Stephen Lamoretti. Mr. Hughes explained they had been before the Board for a special permit previously but are now asking for a variance for a bump out on the second story front window. The set back would be 28.8 -feet instead of the required 30 -feet. Mr. Hughes presented three letters of support from numbers 1, 4 and 11 Hunt Road. One of the Board members questioned if it was the window over the garage that needed the variance. There were no other questions. There were no questions from the audience. No one spoke in favor or in opposition. The hearing was closed at 8:25 pm. Decision: On a motion by John McWeeney and seconded by Maura Sheehan, the Board voted 5 to 0 to approved the variance to allow front set back of 28.8 -feet instead of the required 30 -feet.