Planning Board minutes 1989-06-19

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----i - TO: Lexington Planning Board FROM: A Group of Owners of Property on Hunt Road Subject: A Statement of our position with respect to the possible paving of a portion of Hunt Road under the Planning Boards Policy of June 28, 1987 Date: June 1Q, JQ8Q WHEREAS, John J. and Judith B. Schumacher are the owners of Lot E-1 and E-2 fronting on Hunt Road on a plot plan dated March 14, 1980 and recorded as Plan No. 837 of 1980 in Book 14014, Page 455 and want to build a residence on this lot or sell it to a willing buyer as a buildable lot, and WHEREAS, The Lexington Planning Board under its current "Policy on Construction Standards for Unaccepted Streets Relative to Building Lots" of June 29, 1987, may require the Schumachers to pave up to 300 feet of the Road and install drainage structures, bituminous curb or berms and bituminous sidewalks, and WHEREAS, Hunt Road has been in existence since 1929, has water and sewer already installed and is a graveled road and is regularly and daily traveled by the owners of the lots fronting the Road and, saving the lot(s) owned by the Schumachers, Is fully built up, and WHEREAS, the road as existant has not been an impediment to the provision of emergency services, including police, fire and emergency vehicles and receives only snow plowing service during the winter months, being presently maintained by the efforts of the abutting property owners, and WHEREAS, the abutting owners do not want to have the road improved along the lines required by the Planning Board should the vacant lot be , developed and wish, rather, that the pleasant, neighborhood character of the gravel road be maintained, as the abutting owners have relied upon this particular characteristic of the road in the purchase and development of their respective homes, and