Planning Board minutes 1989-09-25

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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 25, 1989 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room G-15, Town Office Building, was called to order at 7:08 p.m. by the Chairman, Mrs. Wood, with members Klauminzer, Williams, Planning Director Bowyer, Secretary Peters, Planning Aide Kotval and Zoning Officer Marino present. Mrs. Uhrig and Mr. Sorensen arrived during Item 232. ****************** FALL SPECIAL TOWN MEETING ****************************** 232. Planning Board Annual Housing Report and Report on Affordable Housing: The Board reviewed a final draft, dated September 25, 1989. On the motion of Mrs. Klauminzer, seconded by Mrs. Uhrig, it was voted 5-0 to approve the report, as written. *********** ADMINISTRATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ***************** SUBDIVISION OF LAND 233. Royal Circle. Barry Caouette. Definitive Plan: The Board reviewed and corrected a draft Certificate of Action, dated September 27, 1989, approving the definitive plan. On the motion of Mr. Sorensen, seconded by Mrs. Klaumin- zer, it was voted 5-0 to approve the definitive plan, and the Certificate of Action, as amended. The Board will act on the Special Permit with Site Plan Review for the subdivision at its October 16, 1989 meeting. 234. PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETING. 170 Wood Street. Preliminary Plan: Mrs. Wood opened the informational meeting at 7:15 p.m. by asking that the persons presenting the plan introduce themselves. Mr. Robert L. Higgins, representing CLV Realty Trust, introduced the applicant, Joanne Vilasi, and Landscape Architect Gary Larson, of Larson Associates. Mr. Higgins referred to a letter dated March 9, 1988 from the Planning Director which discussed two points raised by the Board: 1) that endorsement of a Form A by the Board, that divided the original site into two lots, one containing three illegally built apartments, in no way legalized their existence; that all the endorsed Form A did was state the two lots had legal frontage on an accepted way, and sufficient lot area to conform to the requirements of the zoning district; and that the problem of the illegal apartments must be resolved before any sub- division can proceed, since the provisions of Section 6.2.5 of the Zoning By-Law require that "if land is subdivided, . . . no building or other permit shall be issued . . . until both the lot retained and the newly created lot(s) meet the requirements of this By-Law". 2) An applicant for approval of a cluster subdivision is not entitled to the maximum density which results from the calculations described in subsection 9.2.9 of the Zoning By-Law; rather, the number of dwelling units that may be included in cluster subdivision is the number the Planning Board approves after application of the criteria set forth in Iy