HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-11-10BOARD OF APPEALS
' November 10, 1977
The Board of Appeals held a regular meeting on Thursday, November 10, 1977,
beginning at 7:30 p.m., in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building.
Present: George P. Wadsworth, Chairman
Ruth Morey, Vice Chairman
Woodruff M. Brodhead
Thomas G. Taylor
Robert M. Gary, Associate
Public hearings were held on the following petitions, notices of the hearings
having been mailed and hearings advertised in the Lexington Minute -Man newspaper
as required by statute.
Francis A. Drake - special permit to affix a directional sign (3' x 12 1/2') to
building at 401 Lowell Street, to direct customers to cabinet showroom and office.
Location of sign to be on side of building facing Woburn Street and Lowell Street;
or permission to install approximately 4' from end of driveway, a free standing
sign (3' x 5') and approximately 9' from ground to bottom edge of sign; or some
other sign which would meet the Board's approval for identification or directional
Taftoses.
David E. Gompers - special permit, pursuant to Section 13 of Lexington Zoning By-
laws, to construct a building (approximately 113,000 sq. ft.) at the property des-
cribed herein: Land in Lexington, Mass. shown as Lot #1 and Lot #2 on a plan in
Lexington, filed in the Land Registration Office for the Southern District of
Middlesex County with Certificate #139005 in Book #785, Page #45. The premises
are further described in Certificate of Title #134333 recorded in said Registry
in Book #801, Page 183, and also shown on Lexington Property Map 80, Lot 4.
Petitioner has an option to purchase said land.
SMM Realty Corporation — special permit (12.2) to build and use two office and
research buildings, each two stories in height and each 30,000 sq. ft. on its
5.45 acre site at 1-5 Forbes Road, pursuant to Sections 13, 25.40, 25.41, 25.42
and 25.71 of Lexington Zoning By-law. Also requested are variances (12.3) to
allow: (a) the construction of the buildings to have front yards of less than 100
feet abutting Forbes Road (building A, 75 feet and building B, 60 feet) and to
allow building B to have a rear yard of 58 feet from an RO district instead of the
required 100 feet, which conditions vary from Section 27 (Dimensional Controls)
and Section 26; (2) the use of 29 parking spaces servicing the buildings which
are located within 50 feet of an RO District and 12 feet of a side lot line, 25
feet being required, in variance with Section 32.2 (Parking & Loading); and (c)
the use of Parking Spaces having a 9 foot width and 18 foot length in variance
with Section 40.
Margery H. Howard and Robert R. Howard, Jr. - use variance on their property at
82 Waltham Street. They propose the following:
1. To rent the first floor to Casco Real Estate, Inc. for use as a real
estate sales office.
' 2. To rent the second floor of the subject dwelling to a private individual
as a residence only.
3. To remove the existing sheds and barn and grade their present location
as a gravel surfaced parking lot for the use of the tenants as above and
their clients and company only.
Board of Appeals (continued) - Hearings November 10, 1977 -2
' DECISIONS: The Board made the following decisions, all in open meeting. See
decisions filed with the Town Clerk and in Board of Appeals' files for more
details.
Drake - granted, a free standing sign, subject to certain conditions, unanimously.
Gompers - withdrawn by Petitioner.
SMM Realty - withdrawn by Petitioner.
Howard - granted, 4 to 1, Robert M. Gary voting in opposition. Permit for Vari-
ance is subject to certain conditions.
Other discussion: The Board was reminded that the Board of Appeals' report to
the Annual Town Report committee was due.
The meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m.
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Respectfully submitted,
Evelyn F. Cole, Administrative Clerk