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RECEIVED 2021 21 I11)ec,5:21 ppir n roWN CLERK Minutes of the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals UEMNGTON NAA Virtual, Via Zoom October 14, 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: James Kelly, Building Commissioner and Sharon Coffey, Administrative Clerk Address: 812 Massachusetts Avenue The petitioner is requesting a SPECIAL PERMIT in accordance with the Zoning By-Law (Chapter 135 of the Code of Lexington) section(s) 135-9.4.2, 135-8.0, 135-6.2, 135-6.2.2, 135- 6.2.7 and 135-4.1.1 Table 2, Schedule of Dimensional Controls to allow reconstruction of a non- conforming historically significant structure. The petitioner submitted the following information with the application: Nature and Justification, Plans plot plan, elevations and gross floor area calculations. Also submitted was a letter from the Historic District Commission and a letter from the applicant to the Building Department. 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 Historic District Commission and the Zoning Department. Presenter: William Erickson, Architect The Hearing was opened at 7:05 pm. Mr. Erickson presented the petition. He stated the barn is structurally compromised. The Historic District Commission gave them a certificate of appropriateness for the renovation of the house and received unanimous approval for the barn. The Historic District Commission does require the barn to be re-built in its current location. The street is an unaccepted street and is narrow but there is a fair amount of pavement between the street and barn. They are proposing to build it in the same location but to make it wider and shorter than the existing. It is an existing historical structure. To re-build a new barn is the safe way. A Board member, Jeanne K. Krieger, questioned if the elevation had changed (There is a 6 foot change from the barn to the house. They will be adding a stone retaining wall that will also be part of the foundation of the barn). A Board Member, Nyles N. Barnert, questioned the use for the second floor (General storage with pull down stairs). A Board member, Martha C. Wood, asked it the barn will be shared by the two house (Yes, there will be two deed parking spaces shared).