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Minutes of the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals Selectmen’s Meeting Room June 22, 2017 Board Members Present: Chairwoman, Jeanne K. Krieger, Edward D. McCarthy, David G. Williams, Martha C. Wood, and Ralph D. Clifford Alternate Present: Nyles N. Barnert Administrative Staff: Jennifer Gingras, Administrative Clerk and David George, Zoning Administrator Address: 5 Pleasant Street The petitioner submitted the following information with the application: Nature and Justification, Topographic Plan, Plot Plan, Elevations, and Floor Plans. Also received were three (3) letters of support from abutters. Prior to the meeting, the petitions and supporting data were reviewed by the Building Commissioner, Conservation Administrator, Town Engineer, Board of Selectmen, the Planning Director, the Historic District Commission Clerk, Historical Commission, Economic Development, and the Zoning Administrator. Comments were received from the Building Commissioner, Historical Commission, and Zoning Administrator. The petitioner is requesting a VARIANCE AND AN EXTENSION OF A SPECIAL PERMIT in accordance with the Zoning By-Law (Chapter 135 of the Code of Lexington) sections 135-4.1.1, Table 2 (Schedule of Dimensional Controls) and 135- 9.2.2.2 to allow a side yard setback of 12.4 ft. instead of the required 20 ft; and 135- 9.4.6 to allow an extension of a Special Permit granted March 25, 2016. The Chairwoman opened the hearing at 7:32 pm. The applicant, Mr. Jeffrey Millett, presented the petition. They are not changing the design that they had previously applied and received a Variance and Special Permit for on February 25, 2016. By the time they were able to start construction, the variance had expired. The shed is the same shed previously proposed. The property is large but narrow and putting the shed in another location would put it in a drainage swale. Due to the nature and topography, the floor of the shed will be 5 ft below the adjacent Pleasant Street and the peak is 5.9 ft above Bridle Path. The 3 abutters on Bridle Path are supportive of his project. A Board Member, Mr. Ralph D. Clifford, asked what the dotted line is around the property shown on the plot plan (the applicant said that is the lawn and it’s a heavily landscaped property). Mr. Clifford asked why the shed can’t be moved towards the center of the property (because of the shape of the property the center is a drainage swale. With the way the contour lines are curved, the middle of the yard is where the drainage runs thru the property). The applicant showed on the map where the water runs down the property and stated that the middle of the yard is the wettest part. Also, 1