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BOA Meeting December 13, 2012 8 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: 38 Adams Street, Map 63, Lot 106 The petitioner submitted the following information with the application: nature and justification of request, topographic map, plot plan, elevations, floor plans, photographs and a petition of support signed by 18 abutters. 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 Historic Districts Clerk and the Zoning Administrator. The Chairman opened the hearing at 8:59 pm by reading the legal notice and described information received from the petitioner. The applicant is requesting a SPECIAL PERMITin accordance with the Zoning By- Law (Chapter 135 of the Code of Lexington) section 135-9 F(1) to reside in an existing single family dwelling temporarily while a new single family dwelling is built. Howard Raley, Architect for the projected, presented the petition for the owners of the property, Ricardo and Jane Fulop. The Chairwoman commented that there usually is a condition that the original house will be demolished within 30 days of the certificate of use being issued. The applicant explained they will be taking down a barn and a shed to make room for the new house and would like to convert the existing house into a barn. The Chairwoman referred to David George, the Zoning Administrator, as to whether this can be done. One of the Board members stated that the Board has been burned before with this type situation. She would like to see house plans that would show how it will be converted. The Chairwoman asked if they had thought of taking the existing house down and putting up another barn. They thought that would be environmentally a waste.