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Minutes of the Lexinqton Zoninq Board of Appeals Selectmen's Meeting Room June 27, 2019 Board Members: Chair— Ralph D. Clifford Jeanne K. Krieger, Martha C. Wood, David G. Williams, and Associate Member Nyles N. Barnert Alternate Sitting: William P. Kennedy Administrative Staff: Jennifer Gingras, Zoning Administrator and Sharon Coffey, Administrative Clerk Address: 14 Sherman Street The petitioner is requesting a SPECIAL PERMIT, in accordance with the Zoning By-Law (Chapter 135 of the Code of Lexington) sections 135-9.4 and 135-8.4.2 to allow an alteration to a non-conforming two-family residential structure in a single-family residential zone. The petitioner submitted the following information with the application: Nature and justification, plot plan, elevations, and floor plans. Also received was abutter letters in support a letter from the Historical Commission. 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, Zoning Administrator, Historical Commission and Conservation Administrator. Presenter: Nick Earls, Property Owner, and Mark Sangola, architect The hearing opened at 7:10 PM Mr. Earls stated unit one will be 2,097 square feet and unit two will be 2,030 square feet of living area. Sun studies have been done to show they will not be generating any shadow on the neighbors. They have placed their HVAC units at the furthest possible point from the neighbor's lots. There is an existing non-conformity that they will be remedying. It is an 8.1 ft. setback from the neighbor on Sherman Street and they will be making it conforming at 13.2 ft. Additionally they already went through Historical Commission and an agreement was made to restore several historical features. A Board member, David G. Williams, asked if they could address some of conservations comments (Mr. Sangola stated the first sentences of the comments stated, "That although it is not required this is what I would like", we did have a civil engineer re-do drainage calculations and make enhancements to the plan). Mr. Williams asked if conservation has seen those plans and then read the five comments conservation made (Mr. Sangola responded no, but those were addressed).