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BOA Meeting May 14, 2015 13 Sean Gray, works for Lexington Toyota, the dump truck was not from the dealership but was from a town contractor working on a project sealing the drains. The dealership does not own a dump truck. Attorney Tom Fenn representing Barbara Elia 443A Massachusetts Avenue gave the Board a handout with aerial pictures of the facility. He spoke of the zoning of the area. He spoke of the care of the property Ms. Elia has taken. Problem with the special permit is the creeping in. She bought in residential zone and is worried now of the commercial zoning taking over. A Board member asked if Attorney Fenn’s client go to the HDC to do the work that she did on her home. (Yes she did.) After further discussion Attorney Farrington asked the Chairwoman for an informal straw vote as to how the Board is heading towards the Special Permit. Three members of the Board said they would vote no with two members would vote yes. Attorney Farrington requested to withdraw without prejudice the request for the special permit to allow use of the paved lot 21/10, 443B Massachusetts Avenue for temporary equipment/car/truck storage on the left side of the Lexington Toyota Dealership. Attorney Fenn confirmed that Lexington Toyota are not to park commercial vehicles in the residential lot. Attorney Farrington spoke to say that his client is agreeable to the service operating house of 7:00 am to 6:30 pm, Monday through Friday and Saturday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The Chairwoman closed the hearing at 10:52 pm. On a motion by Leo P. McSweeney and seconded by Edward D. McCarthy, the Board voted 5-0 to approve a modification to a VARIANCE (granted January 21, 1988), in accordance with Ch. 135 of the Code of the Town of Lexington (Zoning By-Law) §135- 9.2.2.2., to allow modifications to the parking plan, subject to the following conditions: 1. Parking and related vehicle storage shall be laid out according to the following plan entitled, “Lexington Toyota Parking Layout Plan,” prepared by Gary Larson, RLA, ASLA, revised 5/13/15-- such plan to replace the previously approved Scheme D plan granted as part of the January 21, 1988 variance; and 2. The spaces marked as employee or customer spaces, as shown on the above listed plan, may be used for either employee or customer use, except that the number of spaces listed for all three parking categories (customer, employee, and inventory) shall represent maximum values which cannot be exceeded.