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BOARD OF APPEALS HEARINGS May 23, 1972 A regular meeting of the Lexington Board of Appeals was held on Tuesday, May 23, 1972 at 7:30 p.m. in the selectmen's meeting room of the town office building. Present were Chairman Nickerson, regular members Dawes, Sheldon and Wadsworth and associate member Haskell W. Reed. Public hearings were held on the following petitions, notice having been mailed to the petitioners, to the owners of all property deemed by the Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most recent local tax list, to town boards who will or might be affected by decisions made, and also adver- tised in the Lexington Minute -man: Robert J. Neal - special permission under zoning by-law, section 25, subsec- tion 25.94, for use of temporary structure, box trailer, for storage on prop- erty at 421 Lowell Street (CC -business zone), not to exceed 6 months from date of granting of special permit. "I am in the process of making plans to erect a permanent structure at the above property as soon as bank gives me the approval. I have the plans (rough drawings)of what I plan to do. Also, I have moved the trailer to a location on the property where it is not noticeable." Victoria N. O'Connell - variance of the Lexington zoning by-laws to allow the subdivision of a parcel of land numbered 11 Lowell Street, Lexington, Mass., into two separate lots shown as Lot A and Lot B on a plan entitled "Plot Plan of Land in Lexington, Massachusetts," dated March 21, 1972, Albert A. Miller and Wilbur C. Nylander, Civil Engineers and Surveyors, on file in the office of the Lexington Board of Appeals, such Lot B having an area of 18,500 square feet of land and a frontage on Lowell Street of 86 feet and a frontage on Westminster Avenue of 113 feet, and such Lot A having an area of 10,000 square feet of land and a frontage on Lowell Street of 120 feet and a front- age on Westminster Avenue of 64 feet, and to maintain the existing dwelling on Lot B and to erect a single family dwelling on Lot A after the existing barn on Lot A is removed. H. Stuart and Elizabeth H. Muench - variance of the Lexington zoning by-law in order to build a garage with a basement under on the property located at 24 Dewey Road which will be set back 20 ft. from the road instead of the required 30 ft. to enable us to have a reasonably level driveway. There is presently a purchase and sales agreement between the present owners Gerald and Margaret Shirley and ourselves. Final papers will be passed May 15th. Varian Associates - a finding and determination that the proposed construction of a building to house offices, research laboratory, and light manufacturing facilities for high vacuum equipment on property on 121 Hartwell Avenue, con- stitutes a suitable development and will not result in substantial detriment to the neighborhood, and the issuance of a special permit, all in accordance with the provisions of Sections 13 and 25 of the Lexington Zoning By -Law, and a variance of Article X, Area Limitations Within Building, Building and Sign By -Laws of the Town of Lexington dated 1958. No application for a sign is included in this petition. The petitioner, Varian Associates, is the buyer named in a purchase and sale agreement covering the premises.