Planning Board Minutes, 1994-04-11

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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF APRIL 11, 1994 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room G-15, Town Office Building, was called to order at 7 15 p.m. by Chairman Domnitz, with members Canale, Davison, Merrill, Planning Director Bowyer, and Assistant Planner Marino present. Mr. Grant was absent 69. Review of Minutes The Board reviewed and corrected the minutes for the meeting of February 28, 1994. On the motion of Mr Canale, seconded by Mrs Davison, it was voted 4-0 to approve the minutes, as amended. ************************ PLANNING DIRECTOR'S REPORT *********************** 70 Staff Renorts a. Architectural, Design Considerations Mr. Domnitz commented on Item 45 in the minutes of February 28, 1994 that referred to a computer word search of the Zoning By-Law for the words 'architectural' and 'character ' Mr. Marino had completed the search, identifying the sections that contain those phrases Mr Domnitz thought the list should be developed further to extract the wording in addition to the section references Mrs Davison said those citations would be very helpful to the Design Advisory Committee b. Nishan's Wav Subdivision Plan, Staff Analysis Mr. Bowyer distributed a copy of the staff analysis of the Nishan's Way definitive subdivision plan on which a public hearing will be held on Wednesday, April 13. He noted that the Board has the responsibility to select the name of the subdivision street. If the Board does not like a name suggested by the applicant, it can exercise its responsibility and choose an appropriate name He asked that the Board review the waivers that are requested by the applicant, weigh the balance of benefits to the developer and those to the Town, and use conditions included in the approval to guarantee that the development contains features that are in the public interest. ***************** ADMINISTRATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ************ SUBDIVISION OF LAND 71 Dana Court, Definitive Subdivision Plan The Board reviewed a draft of a certificate of action and decision on the special permit as prepared by the staff. There were no changes made to the draft of either decision; they were approved as written On the motion of Mr Canale seconded by Mrs Davison, the Board voted 4-0, with Mr. Grant absent, to 1) approve the definitive subdivision plan, entitled "Dana Court, Lexington, MA", dated January 20, 1994; 2) approve the certificate of action, dated April 12, 1994; 3) grant a special permit with site plan review (SPS) for a planned residential development/conventional subdivision; and grant other special permits as cited in the decision; 4) approve the decision, dated April 12, 1994, granting the special permit with site plan review (SPS) , and other special permits as cited in the decision as amended. 72. Dias Drive. Preliminary Subdivision Plan Mrs Davison reported she had talked with Larry Whipple, local historian, about the name for the subdivision street. She suggested it be named Schoolhouse Way because Whipple says that