HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-07-08BOARD OF APPEALS
July 8, 1976
The Board of Appeals held a regular meeting on Thursday, July 8, 1976, begin-
ning at 7:30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Office Building.
Present were: Chairman Nickerson, Ruth Morey and Irving H. Mabee, regular members
and Associate members: Natalie H. Riffin and Robert Cataldo. Also present were
the usual room full of spectators.
Public hearings were held on the following petitions, notices having been
mailed to the proper persons and notices having been advertised as required by law.
Donald W. Thomas - special permit, pursuant to section 30.3, to build an addition
to the rear of the existing dwelling at 10 Parker Street. The present house, built
around 1900, has a setback of 5 feet rather than the 30 feet required by current
zoning. The proposed addition will be a single room to be used as a kitchen and
play area. An open deck, extending off this room is also proposed.
Lexington Coal & Oil Inc. - permission to keep rental automobiles, trailers and
vans on premises for the purpose of leasing. The number of units to be approxi-
mately twenty depending upon the demand, some of these to be kept inside the garage
at rear of parking lot. The request is in conjunction with our present fuel oil
wholesale operation, tanker trailers and school bus operation.
Lexington Gardens, Inc. (E.Lee Schneider, President) - special permit, under Sec-
tion 25.31 (commercial greenhouses) to erect 5,040 square feet of gabled green-
houses to replace 2,600 square feet of growing hotbeds at 93 Hancock Street.
' Greenhouses would be constructed of galvanized steel and covered with polyethylene.
Each greenhouse would measure 17'6" by 72' and would be connected to one another
forming an area under cover 70' x 72'. From ground level to height of gutter
would measure 9', and from gutter to peak of structure would be approximately 4'6"
for an overall height of about 1316". Proposed structure is approximately 420'
from Hancock Street, in excess of 220' from southern property line, and in excess
of 225' from eastern property line. Proposed structure would replace existing
hotbeds in this 70' x 72' area.
Clifford D. Fleming and Eleanor F. Fleming - permission to vary the zoning bylaw of
the Town so as to erect a single family dwelling upon a 10,000 sq. ft. parcel of
land comprised of lots 45, 46 and 47, Map 72, Assessor's Map of the Town, having
100 ft, of frontage on Earl Street, an unaccepted way, all as shown on plan sub-
mitted with the petition for a hearing.
The Board made the following decisions, all in open meeting with spectators.
See permits and denials for details.
Thomas - granted unanimously.
Lexington Coal and Oil - denied (1, Chairman in favor; 1 abstaining, R.Cataldo;
3 opposed: R. Morey, I. Mabee, N. Riffin.
Lexington Gardens, Inc. - petition withdrawn by petitioner.
Fleming - granted unanimously.
All pertinent material is on file in Board office. Meeting adjourned at 10:10
p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Evelyn F. Cole, Administrative Clerk