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Minutes of the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals Selectmen’s Meeting Room June 8, 2017 Board Members Present: Chairwoman, Jeanne K. Krieger, David G. Williams, Ralph D. Clifford and Associate Member Nyles N. Barnert and William P. Kennedy Administrative Staff: Jennifer Gingras, Administrative Clerk and David George, Zoning Administrator Address: 27-31 Massachusetts Avenue The petitioner submitted the following information with the application: Nature and Justification and Site Plan. Also received was a Special Permit, dated January 12, 2017 and a letter from William Nardone, Landscape Contractor, dated April 28, 2017. 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 Building Commissioner, Conservation Administrator, Economic Development, and Zoning Administrator. The petitioner is requesting a RENEWAL OF SPECIAL PERMIT, DATED JANUARY 12, 2017 in accordance with the Zoning By-Law (Chapter 135 of the Code of Lexington) section 135-9.4 to allow continued operation of the car wash). The Chairwoman opened the hearing at 7:30 pm. Attorney Ed Grant presented the petition on behalf of the applicant. The special permit for the car wash was renewed by the Board on with a deadline of August 1, 2017 to have a landscape plan. The applicants have met with Karen Mullins, the Conservation Administrator and John Livsey, the Town Engineer, to talk about the landscaping. The landscaping plan they came up with is shown on the site plan distributed to the Board. The applicants also met and reviewed the landscape plans with David George, the Zoning Administrator and Fred Lonardo, the Building Commissioner, who requested that there be continued maintenance of the landscape plan. Based on all the above, the applicants request that the special permit be renewed, with condition 3 of the decision removed and inserting the landscape plan and maintenance plan. They would also like to request that it be renewed without limitation. If not, they ask they impose a limitation of 7 years. A Board Member, Mr. Nyles N. Barnert, asked if the contract with the landscape contractor is for a specific time (the applicant, Ron Thompson, responded that the contractor will maintain the landscaping once a month and currently the contract is for a year. The employees of the car wash will also keep up with the landscape care as needed). 1