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April 27, 2006 Minutes 7 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: Metropolitan Parkway Relief sought is for the renewal of the Variance granted to the Applicant by the Town of Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals on October 14, 2004, which was filed with the Office of the Town Clerk on November 23, 2004, was recorded with the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds on December 15, 2004 in Book 44300, Page 153, was extended until May 23, 2006 by the Board on November 10, 2005, and is related to parking and access for a three hundred eighty -seven unit multifamily housing development on approximately 22.51 acres of the Metropolitan State Hospital, located primarily in Lexington, Massachusetts, and rezoned RD under Article 13 of the 2004 Annual Town Meeting. The Applicant submitted the following materials in connection with the original application for the hearing (the "Original Variance Hearing ") associated with the granting of the Variance: (i) a Definitive Site Development and Use Plan (the "DSDUP "); and (ii) a certified copy of the Revised and Restated Preliminary Site Development and Use Plan dated March 22, 2004, as amended by a letter from Edmund C. Grant dated May 12, 2004 (as so amended, the "PSDUP "). The Board received and reviewed the following prior to the Original Variance Hearing: (i) a Letter from the Planning Department dated October 12, 2004; and (ii) a Letter from the Design Advisory Committee dated October 8, 2004. Prior to the Variance Renewal Hearing, the petition for the renewal of the Variance, and all supporting data, were reviewed by the Building Commissioner, Conservation, Engineering, Health Department, Planning Board and Zoning Enforcement Officer. The following individuals were present at the Variance Renewal Hearing: Attorney Steven Schwartz and David Kelley of Kelly Engineering Group. Attorney Steven Schwartz made the presentation. No one spoke in opposition. No written comments were received from abutters. The Applicant seeks the renewal of the Variance from Section 135 -67 B of the Code of the Town of Lexington (the `By- Law "), which Variance permits any parking space, driveway and maneuvering aisle at the Site to be set back: (a) from any street line by a distance of six (6) feet; (b) from all other lot lines by a distance of zero (0) feet, and (c) from the wall of a principal building by a distance of zero (0) feet.