Planning Board minutes 09-18-1995

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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 18, 1995 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, was called to order at 7.40 p.m. by Chairman Davison, with members Canale, Davies, Merrill, Planning Director Bowyer, and Assistant Planner Marino present. Mr. Grant arrived during Item 140 *************************** PLANNING DIRECTOR'S REPORT ************************** 139 Recent Activity a. Munroe Village Subdivision: Mr. Bowyer reported that as construction on the Munroe Village subdivisions started, he noticed there is no path to connect the end of the Munroe Village subdivision street to property the Town will acquire in a land swap approved by the 1995 Town Meeting. The definitive subdivision plan was approved before the land swap was voted and does not include the connection. He said he has alerted the Conservation Administrator who will ask David Williams, former chairman of the Conservation Commission and the principal facilitator of the land swap, to look into the issue. b. New House Construction on Charles and Bowker Street: Mr. Bowyer said he received an inquiry from a Mr. Bowker concerning a house being built at Charles and Bowker Street. Mr. Bowker wanted to know how such a large house could be built on a small lot. Mr. Bowyer responded that the lot in question is probably a grandfathered building lot. c. Day Care Center on Marrett Road: Mr. Bowyer reported there is a proposal for a day care center at 410 Marrett Road. He said that some abutters have expressed concern about locating the center there, citing traffic safety concerns. After a recent change in the State Law, the Zoning By-Law permits day care centers by right in the RO and RS zones. d. 915-917 Massachusetts Avenue. Sketch Preliminary Subdivision Plan. Rollout: Mr. Bowyer rolled out a sketch preliminary plan for the development of land at 915-917 Massachusetts Avenue. It was submitted by Philip Saunders, Jr., Trustee, for Ronald A. Laing, on September 15, 1995 The staff has not yet reviewed the plan in detail. The time for action on this plan expires on October 24, 1995 ************ ADMINISTRATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ************* SUBDIVISION OF LAND 140 PUBLIC HEARING, Winship Common, Mark Moore Homes: Mrs. Davison opened the hearing at 7:52 p.m. Present were Mark Moore and Frank Camey of Mark Moore Homes,the applicant; Ronald Wood, landscape architect, of Guidelines, Inc., Malcolm McDowell, engineer and surveyor, of Noonan and McDowell;William Hubner, architect, of Moore Designs; and Fred Conroy, attorney, of Conroy and Coughlin. Also present was Mark Newman, attorney for the Monahan family, sellers of the property, and Gail Kiley and Max Johnson who will move and restore the Winship-Reed farmhouse. Mr. Carney gave a brief history of the planning of this project thus far, and of the changes made in their approach to developing the site. He described the plans and highlighted the notable features of the design. He noted that this is a proposal based on the two plans the Board reviewed at the sketch plan stage in the spring. The 51 Lowell Street property has a total of about 4 75 acres. Four single family house lots,that have frontage on Summer Street and Lowell Street, have already been created by the endorsement of the Approval Not Required plan. Those lots are not part of the cluster subdivision plan and are separate building lots that do not need approval by the Planning Board. This plan involves moving the existing