Planning Board Minutes, 1993-02-08

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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF FEBRUARY 8, 1993 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Cary Hall was called to order at 7 45 p.m. by Chairman Williams, with members Davison, Domnitz, Grant, Wood, Planning Director Bowyer, and Secretary Tap present Richard Canale and James Nicoloro, candidates for the Planning Board, were present *********************** ARTICLES FOR 1993 TOWN MEETING *********************** 14. PUBLIC HEARING. Article 26. Minor Revision Procedure Mr. Williams opened the hearing at 7 45 p.m. and briefly outlined the procedure the Board follows for conducting public hearings. Twelve people were present Mrs. Davison explained the article's purpose and then asked for questions. Ephraim Weiss commented that it would control the expansion of a development and thought that was a good thing. James Nicoloro thought that it was too constricting to the developer Karsten Sorenson wondered why a developer had to have any "wiggle room." He could build a percent for expansion into the design presented to Town Meeting Mrs. Uhrig wondered why the board was considering changing the percent of change allowed. Did they foresee many requests and a heavy workload? Mrs. Davison responded that 10 percent was too generous and said the amendment would help the Board of Appeals and the Building Commissioner deal with requests from developers Mr Williams wondered what happened to the time limit approach to the problem. The hearing was closed at 8 00 p.m 15. PUBLIC HEARING. Article 27. Disabled Persons Mr. Williams opened the hearing at 8 01 p.m. Sixteen people attended. Mr. Grant read the proposed wording as well as the current wording in the Zoning By-Law and presented the reasons the change in the definition is being proposed. Mr Weiss asked about the wording of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. Mr Sorenson voiced concern that the definition of disabled in the federal law is so open-ended There is the question of who gets to change the guidelines. He thinks that the definition should not be changed in the Definitions section of the Zoning By-Law because the Building Commissioner must then make a judgement call. The hearing was closed at 8 12 p.m 16. PUBLIC HEARING, Article 25. Jumbo House Setbacks Mr Williams opened the hearing at 8 13 p m Eighteen people were present. Mr. Domnitz read the proposed amendment and explained its purpose Frank Sandy and Mary Kathryn Wolf questioned what areas of a house were to he counted in the square footage named in the article Joel Adler thought the amendment should be limited to the footprint of a house The visual impact should be considered as well. 00£