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Minutes of the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals Selectmen’s Meeting Room April 24, 2014 Board Members Present: Chairman – Martha C. Wood, Jeanne K. Krieger, Edward D. McCarthy, Leo P. McSweeney and David G. Williams Associate Member: Frederick S. Johnson Administrative Staff: Dianne Cornaro, Administrative Clerk and David George, Zoning Administrator Address: 15 Williams Road, Map 78, Lot 151 Postponed from April 10, 2014 The petitioner submitted the following information with the applications: nature and justification of request; plot plan; elevations; floor plans and a letter from Anthony Frausto, Project representative, dated February 14, 2014. A new plot plan and new building plans were received since the postponed hearing of April 10, 2014. Prior to the hearing, the petitions and supporting data were reviewed by the Acting Building Commissioner, Conservation Administrator, Town Engineer, Board of Selectmen, the Zoning Administrator, the Planning Director, Economic Development; the Historic District Commission Clerk and the Zoning Administrator Comments were received from the Zoning Administrator. The Chairman opened the hearing at 7:35 pm by reading the legal notices and described information received from the petitioner. The petitioner is requesting a SPECIAL PERMIT from Sections 135-8.4.2 and 135- 9.4.2 to allow an increase of a nonconforming structure. Anthony Frausto from Morehouse MacDonald and Associates. Architect for the project, presented the petition for the owners of the property, Mr. and Mrs. Pei Chen. At the hearing Mr. Frausto explained the project and the changes that were made since the application was processed. The Chairwoman questioned the applicant as to what has been done to address water issues they had in the past. (Part of the work being done with this project is to address this issue and the previous owners had installed a sump pump.) A Board member asked what part of the dimensions are nonconforming and are the new plans submitted making the nonconformment larger or smaller. (Nonforming to the front and rear yard setbacks. Side yard setback needs to be 20 ft, the new proposed would be 15.4 ft.)