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BOA Meeting January 23, 2014 3 Minutes of the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals Selectmen’s Meeting Room January 23, 2014 Board Members Present: Chairman – Martha C. Wood, Jeanne K. Krieger, Edward D. McCarthy, Leo P. McSweeney and Associate Member Carolyn C. Wilson Staff Present: Dianne Cornaro, Administrative Clerk and David George, Zoning Administrator Address: 0 Moreland Avenue, Map 15, Lot 5 - and 30 Moreland Avenue, Map 15, Lot 4 At the request of the petitioner and with the approval of the Board the applications for 0 Moreland and 30 Moreland were heard together. The Chairwoman opened the hearing by reading the legal notices and described information received from the petitioner for both parcels. The petitioner submitted the following information with the applications: nature and justification of request; topographic plan; plot plan; elevations; state from Maria E. Frattura, copy of tax bills for both parcels, quick deed; assessor’s plan, summary analysis of new construction in the neighborhood; petition of support signed by 27 abutters and an e-mail from Attorney Edmund Grant dated January 22, 2014 regarding agreement with Harold and Sandra Miller-Jacobs and contractor Joel Werrick; letter from Attorney Grant responding to a letter from the Planning Board in opposition.. Prior to the hearing, the petitions and supporting data were reviewed by the Acting Building Commissioner, Conservation Administrator, Town Engineer, Board of Selectmen, the Zoning Administrator, the Planning Director, the Economic Development Administrator and the Historic Districts Commission Clerk. Comments were received from the Planning Board and the Zoning Administrator. A letter of concern was received from Diane Rubin of 23 Moreland Avenue. The petitioner is requesting the following variances in accordance with the Zoning By- Law (Chapter 135 of the Code of Lexington) section 135-4.5, Table 2, Schedule of Dimensional Controls for the following relief: For 0 Moreland Avenue: 2 Variances to allow 1) A lot size of 10, 200 sq. ft. instead of the required 15,500 sq ft.; and 2) A frontage of 60 ft. instead of the required 125 ft. frontage. For 30 Moreland Avenue: 4 Variances to allow 1) A lot size of 11,746 sq. ft. instead of the required 15,500 sq. ft; 2) Frontage of 91.8 ft. instead of the required 125 ft.; 3 & 4) 2-side yard setbacks of 12 ft. instead of the rqeuired 15 ft. side yard setbacks.