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BOARD OF APPEALS HEARTNGS A regular meeting of the Lexington Board of Appeals was held on Tuesday, I March 23, 1971 at 7:30 p.m. in the selectmen's meeting room, The Bird Room, Cary Memorial Building. Present were Chairman Nickerson, regular members Dawes, Sheldon, Abbott and Wadsworth. The following petitions were heard: Mrs. Charles R. Gredler - permission to operate a reading school for 5k and 6k year olds in two rooms of her home at 119 Burlington Street. Norman I. Sebell - variance on the property located at 100 Burlington Street to permit the construction of an "in ground) swimming pool within five feet of the rear property line instead of the required 15 feet. Lexington Gardens Inc. - permission to replace a plastic greenhouse with a glass greenhouse, 31 ft. x 258 ft with a 29 ft. x 75 ft. jog and to construct a new steel and glass greenhouse, 31 ft. x 275 ft. on the premises at 93 Hancock Street. Arthur Gaklis - permission to have hours of the nursery at 1265 Massachusetts Avenue open to the public during the spring selling season (April, May and June) until 9:00 p.m. weekdays and until 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays and permission to use a 8' x 6' portable cashiers booth outside in the sales yard during the same spring selling season. Lexington Housing Authority - finding and determination that the 5 -acre proposed state -aided garden apartment housing for the elderly project located in an RM - multi -family dwelling district off Waltham Street between Vine Brook Road, Sherburne Road and Winthrop Road and to be known as Vine - brook Village constitutes a suitable development not detrimental to the neighborhood and the Town; the number of paved parking spaces to be at least 25 with space for 24 non-developed parking spaces within the project and permission to vary the Building By -Law of the Town of Lexington so as to allow for frame construction for the proposed state -aided housing for the elderly project described above and permission to vary the Zoning By -Law so as ;to allow 12 dwelling units in each of the buildings comprising the above project and permission to vary the Zoning By -Law so as to allow a 45 foot frontage on Waltham Street to provide access to the proposed state - aided housing for the elderly project. Following the hearings, an executive session was held during which the following decisions were reached: Mrs. Charles R. Gredler - granted with conditions listed on permit. Norman I. Sebell - denied. Lexington Gardens Inc. - granted with conditions. Arthur Gaklis - decision postponed until a later date. (Granted -8 p.m. -April 13) Lexington Housing Authority - decision postponed until a later date. Granted on April 13 - pending rezoning of Waltham Street lot. The meeting adjourned at 11:30 p.m. ,, R. Dean Johnson Clerk