HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-02-15BOARD OF APPEALS HEARINGS
February 15, 1972
' A regular meeting of the Lexington Board of Appeals was held on
Tuesday, February 15, 1972 at 7:30 p.m. in the selectmen's meeting room
of the Town Office building. Present were Chairman Nickerson, regular
members Abbott, Dawes, Sheldon and Wadsworth and a large audience of
town's people interested in the public hearings scheduled for this
evening.
Public hearings were held on the following petitions, notice having
been mailed to the petitioners and to the owners of all property deemed
by the Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most recent
local tax list, to town boards who will or might be affected by decisions
made, and also advertised in the Lexington Minute -man:
Wilson Farm, Inc. - permission to continue to operate a roadside stand at
10 Pleasant Street.
Oscar W. Carlson - permission to use the street line of the presently
laid out Grant Street rather than the street line of the old Grant Street
layout for 92 and 94 Grant Street, lots having sufficient area and frontage
on the old Grant Street.
Arnold and Amelia Falcione - permission to vary the zoning by-law in order
to build a garage on their property at 386 Marrett Road which will leave
a side yard of 8 ft. instead of the required 10 ft.
Miss Paulette Gomes and Mrs. Louis Gomes - permission to operate a nursery
school for no more than ten children in Mrs. Gomes' residence located at
10 Chadbourne Road.
Frank Bateman - variance to allow forthe maintenance of a store for the
sale of home decorating services and related goods at 703 Massachusetts
Avenue and to erect and maintain a sign approximately 2' x 26' on front of
the building. The applicant has entered an agreement to lease a portion
of the premises now occupied by the McGee Flooring Company.
W. R. Grace & Co., Industrial Chemicals Group - a finding and determination
concerning the proposed construction of a research laboratory building on
the property owned by W. R. Grace & Co. which fronts on Hayden Avenue and
the issuance of a special permit as specified in section 25 of the by-law.
Following the hearings the Board made the following decisions in open
meeting:
Wilson Farm, Inc. - granted, subject to 5 conditions as follows:
1. That the premises shall be kept in a neat and orderly condition.
2. That no cars shall be allowed to park on Pleasant Street.
3. That no flood lights shall be installed.
4. That the provisions of section 25.33 for roadside stands shall be com-
plied with as specified in the zoning by-law (August 1971).
5. That this permit shall expire March 1, 1974.
Oscar W. Carlson - granted.
Arnold and Amelia Falcione - granted.
February 15, 1972 hearings continued: -2
' Miss Paulette Gomes and Mrs. Louis Gomes - granted. Two 3 -hour sessions
will be permitted, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Hours
to be arranged as nearly as possible to avoid the neighborhood children
going to and from school and subject to the following conditions:
1. That the furnace be enclosed by masonry or asbestos to the satisfac-
tion of the fire department and it shall have a fire door.
2. An effort shall be made to have the children transported by car pool
instead of by individual cars whenever possible.
3. This permit expires August 31, 1973.
Frank Bateman - granted - to use the front section of the first floor of
the store at 703 Massachusetts Avenue and to erect and maintain the sign.
Permit subject to the following conditions:
1. The parking area shall be lined to make parking more orderly.
2. The sign permission shall be contingent on the Historic Districts
Commission's approval.
3. If a side entrance is constructed it will also be subject to approval
by the Historic Districts Commission.
W. R. Grace & Co., Industrial Chemicals Group - finding and determination
is hereby granted to construct a research laboratory building and parking
area on its property (approximately 25.8 acres) fronting on Hayden Avenue,
adjacent to the Kenne& ott property according to the provisions of section
25 of the zoning by-law, according to Plans 1-10 inclusive and specifica-
tions pages 1-85, inclusive, by the Austin Co., dated October 25, 1971,
' subject to the following conditions:
1. All twelve statements by Mr. Boughton as listed on page 2 of the permit
(hearing evidence) shall be part of the permission granted.
2. The recommendations of the Planning Board in its letters of February 1
and February 4 as follow are part of permission, to wit: a 100 ft.
reservation strip along the rear line is required; the plans must be
reviewed by Bureau of Air Use Management, Division of Environmental
Health, Mass. Dept. of Public Health in accordance with paragraph 2.1
of the Bureau's regulations and its impositions made effective; and
before the building permit is issued, the method of disposing of liquid
must be reviewed by the Bureau of Sanitary Engineering, Division of
Environmental Health, Mass. Dept. of Public Health (Mr. John C. Collins,
600 Washington St., Boston, 02111) and provisions made for separate
treatment of any chemical waste which may be harmful if permitted to
enter the sewer system.
3. All nine requirements of the letter of February 3 (appended to the permit)
from the Engineering Dept. must be followed.
Also: Before acting on this permit, it will be necessary to secure a build-
ing permit from the Building Inspector.
In accordance with State law, before this permit becomes effective, notice
that such a permit has been issued must be recorded at the Registry of Deeds
by the petitioner.
All pertinent material is on file under the name of each petitioner.
' The meeting adjourned at 10:30 p.m. f ti„ p C'_�
Evelyn F. Cole
Clerk