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<br /> <br />Minutes of the Lexington Planning Board <br />Held on Monday, April 3, 2023 <br />Parker Room, Town Office Building 1625 Mass Ave. Lexington <br /> Meeting at 6:00 pm <br /> <br />Planning Board members present: Robert Peters, Chair; Michael Schanbacher, Vice-Chair; Melanie <br />Thompson, Clerk; Robert Creech, Charles Hornig, and Associate Member Michael Leon. <br />Also present was Abby McCabe, Planning Director, Sheila Page, Assistant Director, Mina Makarious, Town <br />Counsel. <br />Robert Peters, Chair of the Planning Board, called to order the meeting of the Lexington Planning Board <br />on Monday, April 10, 2023, at 6:00 pm. <br />Chair Peters informed everyone that the agenda topic tonight is to review any amendments that have <br />come in for Annual Town Meeting warrant articles because floor amendments were due this evening at <br />5:00 pm. The meeting was filmed by LexMedia. <br />Ms. McCabe noted that two floor amendments were submitted for Article 34 and two for Article 33. <br />Article 34 – Floor Amendments: <br />Chair Peters asked the floor amendment sponsors summarize their proposed amendments. Ms. McKenna <br />summarized the proposal to clarify some of the zone names in the purpose section, remove some overlay <br />districts from the including the CB (Center Business) district, add in a height buffer, and require special <br />permits in the East Lexington and Bedford Street/Reed Street areas. <br />Mr. Burger summarized his amendment to article 34 was to change the housing use in the center to be by <br />special permit to have the article be more widely supported. Also, to have an upper floor step-back. <br />Board Discussion: <br />Board members thought the Center was an ideal place to have the upper story housing and were not <br />supportive of removing the multi-family housing use in the center. <br />Article 40 – review revised motion for residential gross floor area <br />Mr. Creech suggested additional zoning changes the Board could incorporate into a future zoning <br />amendment to better address the community’s concern such as by remove the basements and covered <br />porches from the gross floor area calculation. Dimensional controls could also be reviewed such as <br />lowering the maximum height. <br />Article 33 – Amendments <br />The Board will continue this discussion to next week after the special permit residential ad hoc committee <br />can meet. <br />Minutes: <br />On a motion made by Mr. Schanbacher, seconded by Ms. Thompson, the Board voted 5-0 to approve the <br />minutes from March 29, 2023 <br />