Planning Board Minutes, 1991-08-07

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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF AUGUST 7, 1991 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room G-15, Town Office Building, was called to order at 7 32 p m. by the Chairman Mr. Williams, with members Davison, Domnitz, Grant, Wood, Planning Director Bowyer and Assistant Planner Marino present **************** ADMINISTRATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ************ PLANS NOT REQUIRING APPROVAL UNDER THE SUBDIVISION CONTROL LAW 161 Form A/91-7. Concord Avenue. Lot A-3, Parcel B-3 The Board reviewed a plan showing the transfer of parcel B-3 from the property of Robert Forsberg, 411 Concord Avenue (Lot A-3) , to the property of Norman A Turnquist, leaving the frontage of both lots unchanged, and Lot A-3 containing more than the required lot area for the zoning district. On the motion of Mrs. Wood, seconded by Mr Williams, it was voted 5-0 to endorse the plan entitled "Compiled Subdivision Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass (Middlesex County)", dated July 18, 1991, by Noonan & McDowell, Inc , certified by Malcolm P. McDowell, Professional Land Surveyor, with Application Form A/91-7 by Norman A. Turnquist, appli- cant, as it does not require approval under the Subdivision Control Law ******************** PLANNING DIRECTOR'S REPORT *************************** 162. Planning Director a. Pheasant Brook II . Zoning Freeze Mr. Bowyer reported on his discussion with Town Counsel about the questions the Board had raised at its last meeting. According to Town Counsel, it appears that the developer is fully entitled to freeze the 1984 zoning for any land included in the Pheasant Brook I subdivision, and that freeze will be in effect until 1992, thus exempting them from the jumbo house and the impervious surface ratio provisions of today's Zoning By-Law. Mr Bowyer noted that the Monroe Village subdivision was also part of Pheasant Brook I , and that in 1990 the developer had filed plans for approval of a cluster subdivision plan Under the 1984 Zoning By-Law, a cluster plan would have had to be filed with the Board of Appeals under a different set of regulations. The Building Comissioner pointed this out to the developer, who said he now plans to file a conventional plan with the Planning Board. Mr. Bowyer added that although the 650 ft. maximum permitted length of a dead end street was not part of the 1984 Zoning By-law, it has been part of the Planning Board's Subdivision Rules and Regulations since the seventies. He added that only the "record owner of the land" could waive his rights to freeze a plan under the 1984 zoning b. Brent Road. Mark Moore Mr. Bowyer reported that Mark Moore has taken an option on land off Brent Road for a two or three lot subdivi- sion. Nothing has been filed.