Planning Board minutes 1989-08-14

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Minutes for the Meeting of August 14, 1989 3 meeting with all the residents. He thought this was an extraordinary achieve- ment because a potentially messy situation has been diffused by staff effort to the point that there have been practically no phone calls or letters to elected officials. 204. Turnburry Hill, Otis Brown: The Board discussed a letter, dated August 10, 1989, from the Robinson Hill Association to the Board, stating that the developer has "flagrantly ignored and violated the General Conditions issued by the Planning Board" by beginning construction of the dwellings before the binder course had been installed on the roadway. They asked that a stop work order be issued by the Board because building permits had been issued to begin this work, in violation of the General Conditions. As a result of this, Mr. Bowyer reported there had been a meeting at the site with Otis Brown, the Town Manager, the Assistant Planner, Engineering Assis- tant Maria Bililies, Zoning Officer, Joe Marino, and himself. It was general- ly agreed that building permits should not have been issued for the work going on prior to the completion of the binder coat on the roadway. It was also agreed that Mr. Brown would be allowed to make the existing building weather- tight, and that no more construction on other houses would be done until the binder course is in. The Town Manager will prepare a letter stating all this, and the Board agreed to support this solution. PLANS NOT REQUIRING APPROVAL UNDER THE SUBDIVISION CONTROL LAW 205. Form A/89-6, Forest Street and Clarke Street, Richard Perry: The Board reviewed a plan showing the transfer of some back land (Lot B) from Lot C to Lot A with no change in the frontages of either lot, and both lots having more than the required lot area for the zoning district. On the motion of Mr. Sorensen, seconded by Mrs. Uhrig, it was voted 4-0: to endorse the plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass. for Richard Perry", dated July 24, 1989, by T & M Engineering Associates , Inc. , certified by Erland E. Townsend, Jr., Professional Land Surveyor, with application Form A/89-6 by Richard Perry, applicant, as it does not require approval under the Subdivision Control Law. Mr. Sorensen noted the word "contiguous" shown on the plan should be changed to "continuous". RECOMMENDATIONS ON APPLICATIONS TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS 206. Hearings Scheduled for August 24, 1989: Mr. Sorensen gave an oral review of the following hearings scheduled to be heard by the Board of Appeals : 57 Bedford Street, Lumberyard Realty Trust, variances, to allow office use on a street level floor, office space to occupy a total of more than 50% of the floor area in a building, and to remove the 2,500 sq.ft. floor area limit one company may occupy for offices in a commercial building. Mr. Bowyer and Mr. Marino reported that the building permit, to construct the shell only, was issued January 8, 1986, and the shell of the office building was essentially completed prior to the 1987 comprehensive commercial revisions to the Zoning By-Law.