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Minutes of the Lexinqton Zoninq Board of Appeals Selectmen's Meeting Room March 11, 2021 Board Members: Chair— Ralph D. Clifford, Jeanne K. Krieger, Nyles N. Barnert, Norman P. Cohen and Martha C. Wood Alternate Member: Beth Masterman Administrative Staff: Jennifer Gingras, Zoning Administrator and Sharon Coffey, Administrative Clerk Address: 2219 Massachusetts Avenue The petitioner is requesting a VARIANCE and SPECIAL PERMIT section(s) 135-9.2.2.2 to allow for 1,171 sq. ft. instead of the required 1,000 sq. ft. for an Accessory Apartment and section(s) 135-9.4 and 135-6.7.7 to allow modification to a special permit dated February 13, 2020 for an Accessory Structure Apartment. The petitioner submitted the following information with the application: Nature and Justification, Plot Plan, Elevations and Plans. Also submitted was Gross Floor Area Calculations, Historic District Commission approval letter and the original ZBA Decision. 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 Zoning Administrator, Conservation Administrator and the Historical Commission. Presenter: Daiva Veitas and Raymond Kobs, property owners of 2219 Massachusetts Avenue The Hearing was opened at: 7:00 PM. Mrs. Veitas presented the petition. She made a presentation stating the history of the structure, the plan, discussed windows, and stated the need for the larger accessory apartment is due to the 16" stone walls in the building. Chair, Ralph D. Clifford, questioned the windows (They cannot add windows because it is a historic building and would be difficult to punch through the stone walls structurally. There was a window near the street end of the structure that was closed in with stone and they plan to open it back up again). Mr. Clifford asked if cost was an issue for adding windows (They had structural concerns and it would cost a lot). Mr. Clifford questioned the measurement of the square footage (The gross floor area is measured form exterior to exterior. They lose square footage because of the stone walls). The Zoning Administrator stated the gross floor area is measured from horizontal areas of the building or the exterior face of exterior walls. It is not measured to the interior of the wall.