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Board Members: Chair— Ralph D. Clifford, Jeanne K. Krieger, Nyles N. Barnert, Norman P. Cohen and David G. Williams Alternate Member: Hank Manz Administrative Staff: Jennifer Gingras, Zoning Administrator and Sharon Coffey, Administrative Clerk Address: 3 Eldred Street The petitioner is requesting a SPECIAL PERMIT in accordance with the Zoning By-Law (Chapter 135 of the Code of Lexington) section(s) 135-9.4 and 135-8.4.2 to allow modification to a non-conforming structure. The petitioner submitted the following information with the application: Nature and Justification, Plot Plan and Plans. 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 Engineering Department, the Building Commissioner and the Zoning Administrator. Presenter: Richard Kumpel, contractor, Vikas Goel, homeowner, and Shayane Rangel, designer The Hearing was opened at: 8:02 PM. Vikas Goel presented the petition. He stated they have a 2 bedroom house with one bathroom and they use the third bedroom as a pantry. Their mom lives with them as well. They were hoping for an expansion so they can continue to live in the neighborhood. Shayane Rangel stated they are proposing to add three bedrooms on the second floor and a basement of minimum 8 feet below grade. They did have an engineer looked at the water level. She then explained the layout of the plans. Richard Kumpel stated the applicants have a small space for their family and need more. They are looking to add a basement, a second floor and attic space. A Board Member, David G. Williams, asked about the basement (Mr. Goel stated there is a crawl space now under two thirds of the house. An addition was done at some point which is on a slab. The plan is to excavate the basement where the crawl space is and not where the slab is). Mr. Williams then asked if the attic will be a walk up attic (Ms. Rangel stated yes it is a walk up attic. Right now it will be just for storage but they wanted enough height to make it a play room for his kids in the future). Mr. Williams stated the rooms look roughed out on the third floor and asked if it puts them over the allowable square footage (Ms. Rangel stated they are going to keep it below the 49 percent of livable space).