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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF JANUARY 9, 2013 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room, Town Office Building was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chairman Richard Canale with members Charles Hornig, and Michelle Ciccolo, Greg Zurlo and planning staff Maryann McCall- Taylor, Aaron Henry, and Lori Kaufman present. Ms. Manz joined the meeting in session. **********************ZONING BYLAWS (ZBL) REWRITE ************************ Public workshop: Zoning Bylaw: Mr. Canale said there will be a public hearing on February 13, 2013 in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room at 7:30 p.m. The reason for the Zoning Bylaw rewrite was to resolve possible conflict with state and case law, address the internal inconsistencies, and recodify and streamline to improve the readability. Mr. Hornig explained that the general changes to the Zoning Bylaw was to reorganize and simplify to make it easier to find the parts the reader needs and included the following changes:  Unnecessary content removed such as explanations, repetitive items, and state laws;  Detailed procedural rules delegated to the officials or boards involved;  All definitions moved to section ten in a definition section; and  Some of the text rewritten to simplify and provide clarity for people to use in real life. Mr. Mark Bobrowski said the chief reforms in recodification on bylaws included the following:  Changes to non-conforming houses and uses;  As of right (conventional) subdivisions could not be put on special permit anymore;  The bylaw changed to chapter format with charts and graphs that would help readers; and  Dates could no longer be used to determine how grandfathered lots were treated. Audience Comments: