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BOARD OF APPEALS HEARINGS ' July 11, 1972 A regular meeting of the Lexington Board of Appeals was held on Tuesday, July 11, 1972 at 7:30 p.m. in the selectmen's meeting room of the Town Office Building. Present were Chairman Nickerson, regular members Dawes, Wadsworth and Mrs. Morey and associate member Logan Clarke, Jr. 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: Norman C. and Marjorie Fletcher - petition for variances of the Lexington Zon- ing By -Law in order to build an addition to an existing dwelling at 36 Moon Hill Road and to add a third floor to part of the present building. The new addition will have a sideyard of 7 ft. 7' in. instead of the required 15 ft. and the new third floor will have a sideyard of 5 ft. instead of the required 15 ft. Arthur N. Landry, Jr. - petition for permission to build a house on Lot 145 which has an area of 90,187 sq. ft. and is located between house numbers 3 and 5 on Minute Man Lane with a 40 ft. frontage instead of the required 150 ft. 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory - petition for special permission under Section 30 of the Zoning By -Law of the Town of Lex- ington in order to erect on its premises at 238 Wood Street an experimental antenna tower located according to drawings submitted. It will consist of a round (10k ft. diameter) steel tower with a spherical dome (26� ft. diameter) housing the antenna. Total height to top of dome will be 80 ft. The tower will be set back about 800 ft. from Wood Street. Ralph D. Cataldo - petition for a variance in order to create a separate lot of part of property at 61 Bow Street with a frontage of 105 ft. instead of the required 15,500 sq. ft. for the purpose of building a single family house according to plans submitted. Ambassador Tuxedos, Inc. - petition for a variance from the zoning by-law to allow for the maintenance of a store for the sale and rental of formal wear and related goods on the first floor of the building at 703 Massachusetts Avenue and for permission to change the lettering on the existing sign on the front of the building from "McGee Flooring" to "Ambassador Tuxedo's". The petitioner has an option to lease the front portion of the first floor of the building (approximately 1,200 sq. ft.) at 703 Massachusetts Avenue. The 115 Kendall Corporation - petition for (1) site plan review and approval for a special permit pursuant to Section 13 and related subsections of the Zoning By -Law of the Town of Lexington, and to make a finding and determina- tion that the proposed placement of buildings, major topographic changes, pro- visions for waste disposal, surface and ground water drainage, erosion control, parking areas, loading areas, maneuvering areas, driveways, and the location of intersections of driveways and streets will constitute a suitable development and will not result in substantial detriment to the neighborhood; and (2)