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July 12, 2007 Minutes 11 Minutes of the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals July 12, 2007 Board Members Present: Chairman — Arthur C. Smith, Nyles N. Barnert, John J. McWeeney, Judy J. Uhrig and Associate Leo P. McSweeney. Staff present: David George, Zoning Administrator and Dianne Cornaro, Administrative Clerk. Petition Address: 12 Larchmont Lane The relief sought is in accordance with section 135 -35, Table 2 - Dimensional Control of the Code of the Town of Lexington to allow a side setback of 6.8 -feet instead of the 15 -feet required and a front yard setback of 12.4 -feet instead of the 30 -feet required. The Chairman opened the hearing at 9:13 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, Board of Selectmen, Zoning Administrator, Planning Board and the Historic District Commission. Comments were received from the Zoning Administrator. Letters of support were received from numbers 6, 7, 8, 14, 15 and 18 Larchmont Lane. Matthew Iverson, owner of the property, presented the petition. He is requesting to construct a garage within the same footprint where there had been a carport that had been brought down by a snowstorm this past winter. They are adding a second story to the garage to be able to go into the house from the garage. They consider the soil condition, a rocky ledge slopes from the road and an unusual front with an easement 12 -feet from the street. The carport/garage is twice the distance from the road because of the easement. There were no Board questions. No questions from the audience. No one spoke in favor or in opposition of this petition. The hearing closed at 9:17 pm.