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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF FEBRUARY 12, 2014 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room, was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chairman Charles Hornig, with members Richard Canale, Greg Zurlo, and Michelle Ciccolo and planning staff Maryann McCall-Taylor, Aaron Henry, and Lori Kaufman present. Nancy Corcoran-Ronchetti was absent. ************************DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION********************* 111 and 119 Laconia Street, sketch plan 2: Bill Eycleshymer and Michael Walsh, applicants, Rick Waitt, Mike Novak, project manager and Jeff Thoma, landscape architect, were present at the meeting. Michael Novak said that some options that could be considered for this site could be either two tear downs and rebuilds or a conventional subdivision plan. Both proposals would create two large houses that would not fit in with the character of the neighborhood. Mr. Novak explained based on suggestions from the Planning Board at the last meeting the team concentrated on moving forward with four dwellings and new layouts that would fit in with the neighborhood. The current Laconia Street setbacks were 34.5 from the street and an average of 37.5 feet from dwelling to dwelling. Two options were presented tonight were as follows; Option A would have 65 foot setback from the property line to the dwelling; Option B would be 35 foot setback from the property line to the dwelling; and both options would have 35 foot setbacks from the street. Mr. Toma said a balanced Housing Development (BHD) would be the best option for this site. Option A would have four dwellings with the driveways outside the units relocating units three and four further from the abutters and 65 feet away from property lines, reduced the curb cuts from three to two, and move all units to create more useable open space. Option B would have four units with shared driveways in between the dwellings and the 4100 square foot units would be moved to the back with the garages included within the footprints. The smaller units would be 35 feet from the property line and also created more useable open space.