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BOA Meeting April 12, 2012 10 Minutes of the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals Selectmen’s Meeting Room, Lexington Town Hall April 12, 2012 Board Members Present: Chairman – Carolyn C. Wilson, Leo P. McSweeney, David G. Williams, Martha C. Wood and Associate Member William Kennedy. Staff Present: Dianne Cornaro, Administrative Clerk and David George, Zoning Administrator Petition Address: Hazel Road, Map 88, Lot 36/37 Petitioner submitted the following information with the application: nature and justification, topographic plan, site plan and photographs. Prior to the hearing, the petition and supporting data were reviewed by the Building Commissioner, Conservation Administrator, Town Engineer, Health Director, Board of Selectmen, the Zoning Administrator, the Planning Director and the Historic Districts Commission Clerk. Comments were received from the Building Commissioner, the Conservation Administrator, the Engineering Department and the Zoning Administrator. The Chairman opened the hearing at 9:03 pm by reading the legal notice and described information from the petitioner relative to the petition submitted. The applicant is requesting a permit for removal or placement of soil in accordance with the Zoning By-Law (Chapter 135 of the Code of Lexington) section 135-11 and Chapter 43, section 1 to allow placement of fill on a house lot across a private road. George Johannesen of Allied Engineering presented the petition for the property owner, Ashok Patel. At the hearing Mr. Johannesen presented the Board with updated plans of the site and described the proposed project. Board Members asked for a clarification of what the Board was being asked to approve; if the fill was from the building of the house and questioned the contours of where the fill was going. Other Board members asked why not truck the fill off the site; why so many trees were cut down and asked if there was a planting landscape plan to see. There was a discussion to clarify where the driveways would be and the damage done to Hazel Street by construction vehicles.