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Minutes for the Meeting of October 13, 2004 2 that she was looking for comments on the underlying concepts more than on the specific figures. Accessory Apartments - Mr. Kastorf said that he had pushed for this but had questions. He wondered what the effect would be on a tenant if an owner should violate the requirement that one unit be owner occupied, would the tenant be evicted? Mr. Harden said the owner occupancy was required so the dwelling did not become a two - family dwelling. Ms. McCall- Taylor said that an accessory apartment had to be accessory to something such as the owner's unit. Mr. Kastorf said that the Board needed to go forward with this. Ms. McCall - Taylor said that the Board might consider lowering the minimum lot size of 10,000 square feet in order to make more units eligible. Adaptive Reus — Mr. Harden explained that this is much like an RD rezoning but would allow it on smaller parcels. Ms. McCall- Taylor asked if there might be some value in an adaptive reuse overlay so each project would not have to go through Town Meeting. Mr. Kastorf said the idea was to provide affordable housing and preserve and reuse structure at the same time. It is not clear to him that this is the principle purpose of this article. Center Parkl — Both Mr. Harden and Mr. Davies expressed a desire to go forward with some initiative on parking in the center business district. Mr. Kastorf said that there might not be agreement within the Lexington Center Committee as to whether it should go forward. He will try to meet with the Meriam and Belfry neighborhoods. The planning staff will see if they can get access to the Michelsons' library on the center and develop a bibliography. Ms. Manz will work with Mr. Howard Levine of the Center Committee and try to have a proposal for next week. REPORTS Staff - Ms. McCall - Taylor and Ms. Manz reported on a meeting with neighbors of the National Historical Park. The group will continue to meet informally about once a month to discuss issues affecting the national park and its environment. Planning Board - Mr. Harden said that he had been to the chairmen's breakfast meeting that morning. The Board of Selectman reported on their goals and included a review of commercial FAR fairly high on their list. The planning board members felt that they would put the Selectmen on an agenda to discuss it if the Selectman approached them but would not pursue this issue at this time. On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn the meeting at 9:20 p.m. .f� Wendy Manz, erk