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BOA Meeting November 10, 2016 7 Ms. Krieger stated that they were given a list of the gross floor area of the abutters and of the 24 they were shown, 4 of them exceed the gross floor area but none of them exceed it as much as the petition presented tonight. Mr. Williams stated they need to send a clear message to others that follow that they need to follow the rules. Ms. Abdu stated that there wouldn't be much of a visible change since they would be altering the crawl space. Ms. Krieger stated that they don't have control over that. An audience member, Mr. Joel Adler of Precinct 1, stated that he feels that there may be an extreme circumstance as to why the applicant isn't here and the Board shouldn't make a decision without knowing why the applicant is absent. Mr. Clifford stated that normally he would agree with that but there is no reason to approve the Special Permit based on the application. There were no further questions from the Board. There were no further comments from the audience. The Chairwoman closed the meeting at 8:31 pm. On a motion by Martha C. Wood and seconded by Nyles N. Barnert, the Board voted 0 -5 to grant a SPECIAL PERMIT in accordance with the Zoning By -Law (Chapter 135 of the Code of Lexington) Article 41, subsection 135 -4.4.2 adopted by Town Meeting on March 30, 2016 and section 135 -9.4 to allow a building with gross floor area of 11,078.6 sq. ft. instead of the maximum allowed gross floor area of 9,847.6 sq. ft. A 4- 1 vote was needed so the motion was denied.