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Minutes of the Lexinqton Zoninq Board of Appeals Virtual, via Zoom June 24, 2021 Board Members: Chair— Ralph D. Clifford, Jeanne K. Krieger, Nyles N. Barnert, Norman P. Cohen and Martha C. Wood Alternate Member: William Kennedy Administrative Staff: Jennifer Gingras, Zoning Administrator and Sharon Coffey, Administrative Clerk Address: 36 Moon Hill Road The petitioner is requesting a VARIANCE in accordance with the Zoning By-Law (Chapter 135 of the Code of Lexington) section(s) 135-9.2.2.2 and 135-4.1.1 (Table 2: Schedule of Dimensional Controls) to allow a front yard setback of 20.6 feet instead of the required 30 feet. The petitioner submitted the following information with the application: Nature and Justification, Plot Plan, Plans, topographic map, Gross floor area calculations and abutter letters. Prior to the meeting, the petitions and supporting data were reviewed by the Building Commissioner, Conservation Administrator, Town Engineer, Board of Selectmen, the Planning Director, the Historic District Commission Clerk, Historical Commission, Economic Development, and the Zoning Administrator. Comments were received from the Zoning Administrator, the Planning Department and the Historical Commission. Presenter: Tim Techler on behalf of Victoria Moule and Ignacio Martinez The Hearing was opened at: 7:00 PM. Mr. Techler presented the petition. He stated the request is for an attached two car garage and mudroom with suite above. The proposed garage would be fully complaint with all other regulations. It is a trapezoidal lot. The house is built across the body of the lot and this is the only available space. The front yard setback curves with the cul de sac. He showed a plan for a fully complaint garage. The compliant garage would cover 18 feet of the Historic residence. There are three rock outcropping's on the property and it would be more difficult to build on. It is thought that chiseling away near the existing structure would create damage. With the topography there is no way to get to the backyard around the current building. In 2013 the Zoning Board of Appeals approved another garage variance which was allowed to be 5 feet from side yard setback and deemed to be too small by the homeowner and they did not build it. The front yard setback would be 20.6 feet. The adjacent garage at 30 Moon Hill Road is 28 feet from the front yard setback. The Historical Commission has approved this proposal and the Moon Hill Planning Board has approved the proposal. A Board Member, Norman P. Cohen, questioned the Moon Hill Planning Board (It is a historic neighborhood of 29 mid-century modern homes. The Board was created by the members of the community to review new proposals).