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' PLANNING BOARD REPORT <br />1954 <br />December 31,1954 <br />To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, <br />Lexington, Massachusetts <br />Gentlemen: - <br />As has been customary in the past, the Board's report for this year <br />again begins with a statistical record. <br />Regular and Special Meetings 47 <br />Conference re: Manges in Zoning 11 <br />With citizens 19 <br />TM consultants 10 <br />developers 52 <br />'.� other Boards 12 <br />Determinations of Planning Board juris- <br />diction (under Subdivision.Control Law) <br />No. of Applications Processed. 79 <br />Public Hearings - Subdivisions 9 <br />Zoning 2 <br />A comparison of these figures with those of last year perhaps may <br />give the impression that 1954 has seen a slackening in Planning Board ac- <br />tivities. Just the opposite is true, however. The actual total time neces- <br />sary in meetings to complete administrative work increased a little over 16 <br />percent from that of the previous year. <br />Some of this time can be attributed to the additional burden thrust <br />upon the Board this past year by the Middlesex Registry of Deeds which re- <br />quires that all recorded plans of land not constituting a subdivision must <br />have the endorsement of a planning board below the statement, "Approval not <br />required under Subdivision Control Law." Before writing such an endorse- <br />ment, the Board makes an examination of each plan which is filed with an <br />application for a determination of planning board jurisdiction and compares <br />the plan with adjacent properties and previously recorded plats. With a few <br />exceptim s most of the applications processed were not subdivisions as de- <br />fined by the State enabling legislation. <br />As the town has continued to grow at a rapid pace, the problems in <br />connection with each proposed new development have also increased, making <br />it necessary for the Board to spend much more time than in the past studying <br />the relationship of these new subdivisions to public utilities and other <br />elements of the town. This work demands considerable more time than the <br />members of the Board and appointed Town Officers are able to devote to <br />these matters without neglecting other duties. The Board was pleased, there- <br />fore, when the Town voted to appropriate funds for the hiring of a staff man <br />on a continuing basis to assist the Board in handling these technical matters <br />