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Minutes of the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals Selectmen's Meeting Room, Lexington Town Hall December 13, 2007 and January 10, 2008 Board Members Present: Chairman — Arthur C. Smith, Nyles N. Barnert, John J. McWeeney, Judith J. Uhrig and Carolyn C. Wilson Staff present: David George, Zoning Administrator and Dianne Cornaro, Administrative Clerk. Petition Address: 7 Gould Road, Map and Lot: 0089000049 The relief sought is for two variances in accordance with section 135 -35, Table 2 Dimensional Controls of the Zoning By -law (Ch. 135 of the Code of the Town of Lexington) to allow a side yard set back of 12.9 feet instead of the required minimum 15 -foot side yard setback and a front yard setback of 22.8 feet instead of the required minimum 30 -foot front yard set back. This hearing had been postponed from December 13, 2007 due to bad weather. Chairman Arthur Smith and associate members Jill Hai and David Williams had met to postpone the hearing until January 10, 2008. The Chairman opened the hearing at 7:30 PM by reading the legal notices and described information received from the petitioner relative to the petitions. Prior to the hearing, the petition and supporting data were reviewed by the Building Commissioner, Conservation Administrator, Town Engineer, Health Agent, Board of Selectmen, Zoning Administrator, Planning Board and the Historic District Commission. Comments were received from the Zoning Administrator. Colin Smith, architect for the project, presented the petition for the owners of the property, Patricia Grasso and Sarah Beers. Mr. Smith explained the project would be to add a 2 -car garage and a potting shed. The application stated the proposed location of the garage is preferred due to existing topographical considerations affecting the lot and was chosen because the location minimizes impact on the vegetative and tree buffer. Mr. Smith presented to the Board aerial photographs of the property. The Board questioned the need for the garage to be located at the proposed location and what the hardship was. They discussed with Mr. Smith other options for a garage including moving the garage to be within the side set backs and whether the 12 -inch oak tree would need to be removed. The oak tree has already been removed. There were no questions from the audience. No one spoke in favor of the petition.