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BOA Meeting December 13, 2012 4 Minutes of the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals Selectmen’s Meeting Room December 13, 2012 Board Members Present: Chairman – Carolyn C. Wilson, Jeanne K. Krieger, Leo P. McSweeney, Martha C. Wood and Associate Member William P. Kennedy Staff Present: Dianne Cornaro, Administrative Clerk and David George, Zoning Administrator Address: 48 School Street, Map 57, Lot 33 The petitioner submitted the following information with the application: nature and justification of request, a plot plan, a copy of the 1955 Special Permit decision and a sheet indicating surrounding home sizes. Prior to the hearing, the petition and supporting data were reviewed by the Building Commissioner, Conservation Administrator, Town Engineer, Board of Selectmen, the Zoning Administrator, the Planning Director and the Historic Districts Commission Clerk. Comments were received the Zoning Administrator. The Chairman opened the hearing at 8:38 pm by reading the legal notice and described information received from the petitioner. MODIFICATION OF A SPECIAL PERMIT The applicant is requesting a granted in 1955 in accordance with the Zoning By-Law (Chapter 135 of the Code of Lexington) to allow a new dwelling with a side yard setback of 9 ft. 6 inches. Attorney John Farrington, presented the application for the owners of the property, Mable Allan and Bob Berlanger. The Chairwoman asked what the square footage of the house was and did he have a stamped plot plan and plans for the new house. Attorney Farrington presented the Board with copies of the plot plan and the plans for the house. A Board members were looking for the plans for the house to have been submitted with the application and questioned the location of the garage and how much higher the new house would be. Alan Smith of 44 School Street, Louis Krigovski of 50 School Street and Lars Fiedler of 54 Chase Avenue questioned the size of the new house; why they hadn’t heard anything about the proposed new house until they received the card notice for the ZBA meeting and what was the hardship that would justify this relief. The Chairwoman told the audience the petitioner was requesting a modification of a special permit and not a Variance which would require a hardship.