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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF FEBRUARY 13, 2013 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room, Town Office Building was called to order at 7:37 p.m. by Chairman Richard Canale with members Charles Hornig, Michelle Ciccolo, and Wendy Manz and planning staff Maryann McCall-Taylor, Aaron Henry, and Lori Kaufman present. Greg Zurlo was absent. ****************************ZONING BYLAW REWRITE************************* PUBLIC HEARING Zoning Bylaw Rewrite: Mr. Canale called the public hearing to order at 7:38 p.m. There were 15 people in the audience. Mr. Canale read the public notice and explained the reasons for the proposed changes. The draft Zoning Bylaw dated December 19, 2012, was used with a summary of changes for the public hearing. There were 34 changes that were made to provide clarity and consistency, resolve irregularities with State and Case Law, and improve readability. Mr. Hornig explained that the Zoning Bylaw was reorganized and simplified and then went through the ten sections, their changes, and why they needed to be made. Some of the changes included the following:  Definitions were moved to section ten;  The removal of the special permit requirement for Conventional Subdivisions of two or more lots;  Eight RM zones are being rezoned to either RS or RO Zones;  The removal of date-based criteria for the treatment of pre-existing nonconforming lots; and  Section Eight was totally rewritten regarding non-conforming lots with some substantive changes but offers more flexibility. Mr. Bobrowski was present and gave a summary of major legal reasons for the changes that needed to be made to the Lexington Zoning Bylaws to remain compliant with State and Case Law, but carry on in the spirit of practices used in Lexington.