Planning Board Minutes, 1994-06-20

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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF JUNE 20, 1994 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room G-15, Town Office Building,was called to order at 7.45 p.m. by Chairman Domnitz,with members Canale, Grant, Merrill, Planning Director Bowyer, and Assistant Planner Marino present. Mrs. Davison arrived during Item 131. *************************** PLANNING DIRECTOR'S REPORT **************************** 129 Recent Activity a. Summer Street. Subdivision: Mr. Bowyer reported that the definitive plan for 10 Summer Street was filed on June 17 b. Items of Interest: Mr. Bowyer distributed a copy of an article about pre-existing, nonconforming structures, prepared by attorney James Whalen, Palmer and Dodge, for a continuing legal education program. ************** ADMINISTRATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ************* SUBDIVISION OF LAND 130. Schoolhouse Lane Subdivision. Definitive Plan: PUBLIC HEARING: Mr Domnitz opened the hearing at 7.48 p.m. Landscape architect Gary Larson, of Larson Associates, presented the plan. Present were the applicant, Richard Perry, Woodhaven Associates, Richard Waitt, civil engineer, Meridian Engineering Collaborative, Inc., and attorney Alan Wrigley,who are members of the development team. Mr Larson noted that a ridge with a slope greater than 15% bisects the site. The definitive plan has changed hardly at all since the preliminary plan the Board had approved. It is a three-lot conventional subdivision. There is a forty foot right of way in which the street is 20 feet wide. There is a hammerhead turnaround. Storm water drainage will be collected in a detention area on the f site near Concord Avenue. Mrs. Davison joined the meeting. Mr. Canale raised questions about the slope of the driveways. Mr. Domnitz raised questions about the catch basin system and the drainage. Irwin Spivak, 396 Concord Avenue, inquired about construction staging and how the use of Concord Avenue will be disrupted. He was not opposed to the subdivision but wanted to understand the schedule. Five residents were present. The hearing was closed at 8:05 p.m. Later in the meeting, after other business, the Board returned to discussion of the subdivision. The staff had prepared a draft of a decision on the subdivision plan and the special permit with site plan review as the applicants had not requested any waivers and the engineering division found that the proposal complied with the Town standards and had no other comment. On the motion of Mrs. Davison, seconded by Mr. Grant, the Board voted unanimously to: 1) approve the definitive subdivision plan, entitled "Schoolhouse Lane, a Planned Residential Development, Lexington, Massachusetts", dated June 16, 1994; 2) approve the certificate of action, dated June 20, 1994; { 3) grant a special permit with site plan review (SPS) for a planned residential development/conventional subdivision;