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1 I PLANNING BOARD MEETING September 15a 1958 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in the Planning Board office, Town Office'Building, on Monday, September 15, 1958 at 7:30 p.m. Present were Chairman Grindle, Members Abbott, Burnell, Jaquith and Soule, and Planning Director Snow. The Board approved the minutes of its September 8 and 11, 1958 meetines. It also approved drafts of reports on amendments to the Lexington Zoning Bq -law as proposed by Articles 8, 9a and 10 on the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting to be held later the same evening, said reports being dated September 12, September 13 and September 12, 1958, respectively. (See addenda.) The meeting was adjourned at 7:55 p.m. to attend said special town meeting. _ichard H. Soule Clerk Report of the Planning Board on the Amendment to the Zoning By-law Proposed by Article 8 MINUTES On September 11, 1958 at 7:45 p.m. the Planning Board held a public hearing on the proposal to amend the Lexington Zoning By-law set forth in Article 8 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting on September 15, 1958. Approximately 105 persons attended the hear- ing due notice of which was given according to law. At the close of the hearing a consensus of opinion by those present showed 34 persons in favor of and 2 opposed to the amendment as presented. Thie proposal represents a change in technical procedure. ander Section 5 (g) of the zoning by-law, the authority to approve plans and designs on an application for a garden apartment or a hotel Is placed in the hands of the Planning Board. The proposed amendment transfers this approving authority from the Planning Board to the Board of Appeals. The proposal is derived from studies made in connection with the zoning proposal presented last Spring for the Filene's Shopping Center. That