Planning Board Minutes, 1991-02-25

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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 25, 1991 it The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room G-15, Town Office Building, was called to order at 7 30 p m by the Chairman, Mrs. Wood, with members Klauminzer, Grant, Williams, Planning Director Bowyer, Acting Assis- tant Planner Marino and Secretary Peters present. Mr. Domnitz arrived during Public Participation. 41 Review of Minutes The Board reviewed the minutes for the meeting of December 17, 1990. On the motion of Mr. Williams, seconded by Mrs. Klaum- inzer, it was voted 4-0 to approve the minutes, as written. The Board reviewed and corrected the minutes for the meeting of January 7, 1991. On the motion of Mrs. Klauminzer, seconded by Mr. Williams, it was voted 4-0 to approve the minutes, as amended. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Mr. Julian Bussgang, 2 Forest Street, presented more information on why the new home being constructed at the corner of Waltham Street and Park Drive should not be granted a special permit by the Board of Appeals to allow it to form a common driveway with Park Drive, rather than exiting directly on to Waltham Street. He asked that the Planning Board change its recommendation from "no comment", made at its meeting of February 14, 1991, to recommend the special permit not be granted. An extended discussion followed with Mr. and Mrs. Bussgang and Mrs. Merilyn Rutishauser, 6 Forest Street, of the legal status of Park Drive On the motion of Mr. Williams, seconded by Mrs. Klauminzer, it was voted 5-0 to send a revised recommendation to the Board of Appeals on the following application, as follows 165 Waltham Street, LexHAB, SP, for a common driveway to provide a means of access for vehicles to a single-family dwelling from Park Drive. The Board will point out to the Board of Appeals that at its meeting of February 25, Julian Bussgang raised a number of questions relating to the status of the adjoining Park Drive land -- 1 ) whether it is park land or dedicated to some other public use, 2) whether the paved roadway is a "street", as that term is defined in the Zoning By-Law, or a driveway, 3) whether the strip of land between the building lot and the roadway is park land, and can it be crossed by the driveway if it is park land and The Board will recommend that the Board of Appeals take no action on this application until these three issues are resolved. Mr. Williams left the meeting prior to Item 42 ************** ADMINISTRATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ************** SUBDIVISION OF LAND 42. Holderness Court Robert Phelan Acceptance of Corrected Covenant Mr \ Marino reported that after the Board approved the covenant on January 7, it was discovered that one of the two signature pages was missing from the