1997-03-03-TE-Warrant-and-1997-03-24-ATM-Warrant

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DESCRIPTION: Sections of the By-Law would be amended or clarified to provide for protection of additional wetland areas that are not currently protected under the By-Law; and to add categories to the interests where proposed work may have significant adverse impacts. Changes and additions will reduce the cost of the application and review procedures to the Town by requiring the applicant to notify abutters and pay for additional expert consulting sometimes required for a comprehensive review of a project. Information for the applicant will be clarified with the addition of definitions for terms of the permits issued by the Conservation Comission. ARTICLE 26 NOTICE OF INTENT FEES To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of administering the Wetlands Protection Act; determine whether the money shall be transferred from available funds; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted at the request of the Conservation Commission) FUNDS REQUESTED: $2,820 DESCRIPTION: Under the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act G.L. c. 131, S.40, there is a requirement that a notice of intent be filed for any activities affecting areas subject to protection under that law. The Town's share of the filing fee is deposited in a Reserve for Appropriation for Wetlands Protection Fund account. Monies in this Fund are available for appropriation by Town Meeting only for the use of the Conservation Commission in carrying out its duties under the Wetlands Protection Act. Examples of appropriate expenditures from the fund would be the cost of engaging consultants and technical assistance for project reviews and issuing and defending regulatory decisions. The balance in the fund at press time was $2,820. ARTICLE 27 ZONING BY-LAW, CRO TO CD 55 HAYDEN AVENUE To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law of the Town of Lexington by changing the zoning district designation of the land described below from the CRO, Regional Office zoning district, to CD, Planned Commercial district, said property being#55 Hayden Avenue, on the northerly side of Route 2, commonly known as the W.R. Grace property, to allow construction of an office building or an addition to an existing office building. The land to be rezoned consists of an approximately 37± acre site now located in a CRO, Regional Office zoning district and bounded northerly by conservation land owned by the Town of Lexington, easterly by land now or formerly of Hayden Office Trust, southerly by Hayden Avenue and westerly by land now or formerly of Ledgemont Research Park Associates, said property being more fully described in metes and bounds by a plan of the land entitled "Proposed 22