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Minutes of the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals Virtual, Via Zoom October 26, 2023 Board Members: Chair – Ralph D. Clifford, Nyles N. Barnert, Norman P. Cohen, James A. Osten, and Martha C. Wood Alternate member: Patricia Nelson Administrative Staff: Julie Krakauer Moore, Zoning Administrator and Sharon Maguire Administrative Clerk Address: 28 Reed St The petitioner is requesting SPECIAL PERMIT in accordance with the Zoning By-Law (Chapter 135 of the Code of Lexington) section(s) 135-9.4 and 135-8.4.2 to allow modification to non- conforming structure. The petitioner submitted the following information with the application: Nature and Justification, Plot Plan, Elevations, Floor Plans, Gross Floor Area Calculations and an Abutter Letter. 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, Building Commissioner, Engineering Department and Conservation Director. The Hearing was opened at: 7:06 pm Presenter: Aidan Schlotman with Stamski and McNary at 1000 Main St Acton MA on behalf of Peter Jones Mr. Schlotman presented the petition. He stated the proposed project is to remove the existing garage and replace it with a new two car garage. It is an odd shaped lot. There are existing wetlands that extends onto the lot. They tried to stay away from the wetlands area as it has caused major flooding where the garage has had a foot of water in it. This causes major damage. They will be doing stormwater measures and re-grading. A Board Member, Nyles N. Barnert, asked if the Conservation Commission has ruled on this matter (They had no changes in terms of the location of the garage. The Commission wanted to transition the lawn area back to its natural vegetative state). Chair, Ralph D. Clifford, questioned how much higher the proposed garage is than the existing (They are raising it about a foot). Mr. Clifford questioned if they are comfortable that there will not be flooding going forward (They are doing two things to stop the flooding. Planting the wetlands species which will help suck up the water and raising the garage). There were no further questions from the Board. There were no questions or comments from the audience.