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Minutes for the Meeting of September 1, 2004 Direction to the Applicant Come back with a plan that is similar but which: incorporates further improvements to the drainage system, per engineer Lawrence Hayes' comments; ■ shows corrected calculations for the number of residents the dwelling units will likely generate; ■ provides a homeowners operation and maintenance plan for the drainage system; and 2 spells out what improvements will be made to the intervening section of Hazel Road and the waivers being requested Mr. Dryden disagreed with the concept of applying for waivers for the pre - existing conditions on the offsite portion of Hazel Road, At 9:30, Mr. Harden continued the hearing to Wednesday, September 21, 2004 at 7:45. Johnson Farm Joseph Gelormini Minor Revision Re uest: Mr. Joseph Gelormini, the developer of the Johnson Farm cluster subdivision off Bedford Street, was present to ask the Board to approve changes in three units as a minor revision to the special permit. In the dwelling that contains units 2 and 3, the lot line goes through one of the bedrooms. Mr. Gelormini said that to redesign the unit to compensate for it would be possible, and noted that the resulting additional square feet of living space would still be below the impact measure. Mr. Galaitsis said that the Board had recently turned someone else down when they wanted to change a special permit for a cluster and he would have a problem in granting this one as a result. He asked the applicant to leave the square footage of each unit the same. Mr. Davies commented that if the units were sold as condominiums, without individual lots, this would not be a problem. Mr. Johnson also wanted to change the unit on lot 14. The approved plan shows 21 -foot freestanding chimney with two gables behind. He wanted to move the chimney and switch the location of the family room and kitchen. This would result in increasing the square footage approximately 47 square feet. Mr. Harden agreed that the square footage in clusters should be within the limits, but that there should be some range to allow for tweaking a development as the design progressed. Mr. Davies said that 300 square feet seems a big discrepancy and asked if unit two couldn't be made smaller. He also made the point that this was an unbuilt and unsold unit, which was not the same as coming back seeking changes in a built unit. Mr. Garber pointed out that the development, even with the changes, would be well below the maximum development impact measures. Mr. Harden agreed they were minor but did not want to open Pandora's box. Mr. Davies indicated that he could allow the changes in units 2 and 3 as they were the result of an architect's error, but not the change in 14. Ms. Manz said she did not see that allowing only one change versus two would avoid setting a precedent. Mr. Garber said that the Zoning Bylaw does not state a number. Mr. Davies made a motion, seconded by Ms. Manz to allow the changes requested in units 2 and 3 as minor and to allow reworking of unit 14, staying within the current parameters. The vote was 3 to 1, with Mr. Galaitsis voting in the negative. * x x x x * * ** x ** x* x * * * * *x * ** REPORTS Town Meeting Article 9 Mr. Garber reported that the Attorney General's office is reviewing the Town Meeting vote on Brookhaven. The petition did not contain the words "to amend the code of Lexington" so the Attorney General is pondering whether or not this is a zoning change. If is it not, it would not come under the Attorney General's purview. On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn the meeting at 10:20 p.m 4 Wendy Mar z,),Clerk