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r BOARD OF APPEALS HEARINGS ' October 17, 1972 A regular meeting of the Lexington Board of Appeals was held on Tuesday, October 17, 1972 at 7:30 p.m. in the selectmen's meeting room of the Town Office Building. Present were Chairman Donald E. Nickerson, regular members Howard -H. Dawes and George P. Wadsworth and associate members Haskell W. Reed and Robert Cataldo, as well as several interested townspeople. 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: Cabot, Cabot & Forbes by Thomas P. Hutchinson - petition for a Special Permit (Sec. 12.2) covering the construction in the use proposed by Honeywell Radia- tion Center as shown on preliminary site plan and for a Finding and Determina- tion that a proposed 81,066 sq. ft. (2 -story building) located on a 15.2 acre. lot, southwesterly side of Forbes Road in the Cabot, Cabot & Forbes Minuteman Research Park, all as shown on plans submitted, will constitute a suitable development and will not result in substantial detriment to the neighborhood, in accordance with Section 13 of the Town of Lexington By -Laws. Also, unless the Building Inspector determines the same to be unnecessary, a petition for a Variance from Article 10 of the Lexington Building By -Law and other applic- able provision thereof so as to permit construction and use of a 2 -story build- ing on this lot of second-class construction with an area between firewalls not exceeding 40,533 sq. ft., the area limit now being 16,667 sq. ft. when certain sprinklers and exterior fire fighting space are installed and provided as set forth in the Article. The address is 2 Forbes Road (later changed to 3 Forbes Road). The owners are Trustees of Lexington Office Center Trust, Boston, Mass. (Cabot, Cabot & Forbes). The plans are for Honeywell Radiation Center, Minute- man Research Park. Peking Garden, Lexington Enterprises, Inc., Chester C.K. Chi, Treasurer,- peti- tion for permission to erect a third sign to be located on the side of the building at the entrance of the Peking Garden Restaurant at 27 Waltham Street. This sign will consist of stainless steel letters for the word "Cocktails" (size to be 6" x 1" x 1"). Permission has been granted by the Historic Districts Commission subject to Board of Appeals approval. Lawrence Trebino - petition for a variance of the Lexington Zoning By -Law in order to maintain the present dwelling at 33 Blake Road with a setback of 25 ft. instead of the required 30 ft. and to build an addition (approximately 1,144 sq. ft.) which will leave a setback of 21.5 ft. from Blake Road instead of 30 ft. and a side yard of approximately 19.5 ft. instead of the required 20 ft. Frank R., Jr. and Joan A. Denton - petition to vary the provisions of the Town of Lexington Zoning By -Laws to permit the existing dwelling located at 10 Lee ' Street to have a sideyard of 8.5 feet instead of the required 10 feet and a front yard of 29.2 feet instead of the required 30 feet; and (2) for a variance from the provisions of the Town of Lexington Zoning By -Laws for permission to construct a carport having a front yard setback of 20 feet instead of the re- quired 30 feet.