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BOA Meeting February 26, 2015 10 Minutes of the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals Selectmen’s Meeting Room December 11, 2014 Board Members Present: Chairman – Martha C. Wood, Jeanne Krieger, Leo P. McSweeney and Associate Members Laura Hussong and Ralph D. Clifford Also present at the hearing was Associate Member James A. Osten Administrative Staff: Dianne Cornaro, Administrative Clerk and David George, Zoning Administrator Address: 21 Washington Street, Map 40, Lot 87 The petitioner submitted the following information with the applications: nature and justification of request; plot plan; floor plans and elevations. Prior to the hearing, the petitions and supporting data were reviewed by the Building Commissioner, Conservation Administrator, Town Engineer, Board of Selectmen, the Zoning Administrator, the Planning Director, Economic Development; the Historic District Commission Clerk, Historical Commission and the Zoning Administrator. Comments were received from the Building Commissioner and the Zoning Administrator. The petitioner is requesting the following relief: 1) A VARIANCE from sections 135- 9.2.2.2 & 135-4.4, Table 2: Schedule of Dimensional Controls to allow a side-yard setback of 10.2 ft. instead of the required 15 ft. and 2) A SPECIAL PERMIT from sections 135-8.4.2 and 135-9.4 to allow modification (extension) of a non conforming structure. The Chairman opened the hearing at 10:01 pm by reading the legal notices and described information received from the petitioner. The homeowner Jeffrey Hrkach presented the petition with his Architect, Peter Daus- haberle explaining the proposed modifications to the non-conforming dwelling. At the hearing they presented the Board with pictures of the existing conditions. The Chairman commented they must abide to the By-Law to retain all the water run-off on the property and asked where the property line is in regards to the trees? (Slightly to the right of the trees in front.) She also asked if the trees were on the neighbor’s property (yes) and will they be keeping the shed? (No.) Another Board member asked if there was any way to make the garage a little narrower. (They may be able to make it a little smaller but 22 feet is the standard.) Ann Matteson of 40 Highland Avenue spoke with concerns regarding water run-off issues so close to wetlands, the size of the second floor over the garage and the impact of the roots of the hemlock trees. (Mr. Hrkach spoke to her concerns.)