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BOA Meeting August 11, 2016 6 Minutes of the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals Selectmen’s Meeting Room August 11, 2016 Board Members Present: Chairwoman, Jeanne K. Krieger, David G. Williams, Martha C. Wood, and Associate Members F. David Wells and James A. Osten Also present at the hearing was Alternate William P. Kennedy Administrative Staff: Jennifer Gingras, Administrative Clerk and David George, Zoning Administrator Address: 25 Bridge Street The petitioner submitted the following information with the application: Nature and Justification, Topographic Plan, Plot Plan, and Floor Plans. Also received was a petition in support of the application with forty-one (41) signatures and six (6) letters of support for the application. 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 Building Commissioner, Engineering Department, Planning Director, and Zoning Administrator. The petitioner is requesting SEVEN (7) VARIANCES AND ONE (1) SPECIAL PERMIT to allow: Lot 148, Vacant Lot Bridge Street: Four (4) Variances in accordance with the Zoning By-Law (Chapter 135 of the Code of Lexington) sections 135-4.4.1, Table 2 (Schedule of Dimensional Controls) to allow: a. Minimum lot area of 8,500 sqft instead of the required 30,000 sqft; b. Minimum lot frontage of 50 ft instead of the require 150 ft.; c. Minimum right side yard set back to be 10.2 ft instead of the required 15 ft; d. Minimum left side yard set back to be 10.2 ft instead of the required 15 ft. Lot 147, Bridge Street (Existing Home): Three (3) Variances in accordance with the Zoning By-Law (Chapter 135 of the Code of Lexington) Sections 135-4.4.1, Table 2 (Schedule of Dimensional Controls) to allow: a. Minimum lot area of 6,000 sqft instead of the required 30,000 sqft; b. Minimum lot frontage of 50 ft instead of the require 150 ft.; c. Minimum side yard set back to be 7.8 ft instead of the required 15 ft. and one (1) Special Permit in accordance with the Zoning By-Law (Chapter 135 of the Code of Lexington) Section 135-5.1.11(1) to allow a driveway to be 0 ft from the lot line instead of the required 5 ft. The Chairwoman opened the hearing at 8:30 pm by reading the legal notices and described information received from the petitioner. Mr. Fenn presented the application. The owners at 25 Bridge Street have decided to live apart but would like to continue to raise their children together by living next door