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I PLANNING BOARD MEETING November 17,1958 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in the office of the Planning Board, Town Office Building, on Monday, November 171 1958 at 7:15 p.m. Present were Chairman Grindle, Mem- bers Abbott and Jaquith, and Planning Director Snow. Town Counsel Stevens was present from 9:30 to 10:00 p.m. Mr. Snow reported that during the previous week at an informal meeting of the Selectmen held SUBDIVISION to discuss a capital expenditures program, his CONTROL attention was called to the construction of roads LAW and houses in the so-called Colonial Heights area - of town. He said that he investigated the matter ZONING and judged it to be so important that he had made BY-LAW an appointment for the Planning Board to discuss the situation with the Selectmen that evening. After an exploratory discussion of the problems involved, the Board then adjourned to the Select- men's meeting to discuss with them what steps might be taken to prevent the further development ' of paper streets in this and similar areas through- out the Town. It was noted that in a number of areas in town where no streets actually exist on the ground but show on plans recorded prior to the passage of the subdivision control law, the Town's department of public works had been approving plans for the extension of water mains, gravel roads without drains were being constructed, and building permits were being issued in what appeared to be violations of the zoning by-law and the subdivision control law. After a discussion of the situation, it was decided that all further applications for water main extensions were to be referred to the Select- men for acti6n. (See the Selectmen's minutes of its November 108 1958 meeting for additional de- tails of the discussion and action taken.) At 9:05 the Planning Board returned to its own meeting. Approved were the minutes of the Board's MINUTES June 23 and November 10, 1958 meetings.