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BOARD OF APPEALS HEARINGS June 18, 1974 A regular meeting of the Lexington Board of Appeals was held on Tuesday, June 18, 1974 at 7;30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Office Building. Present were five regular members; Donald E. Nickerson, Chairman; George P. Wadsworth, Vice Chairman; Ruth Morey, Woodruff M. Brodhead and new regular member, Logan Clarke, Jr. Also present were; a Minute -Man reporter, LWV Observer and an audience of townspeople who overflowed the room. Public hearings were held on the following petitions, notice having been mailed to those who should legally receive them and to town boards and offi- cials who will or might be affected by decisions made and also advertised in the Lexington Minute -Man newspaper. William L. Shaw and Janice M. Hardy - pursuant to Section 12.3, for a vari- ance of Section 27 to maintain the existing dwelling at 6 Revere Street with a side yard of 13.9 ft. instead of the required 15 ft. Scottish Rite Masonic Library and Museum Inc. and The Supreme Council - special permit to install signs consisting of cast bronze letters on the brick walls flanking the entrance gate on Marrett Road. The signs are for identification and are to be installed on either side of the entrance gate to enable visitors approaching from either direction of Marrett Road to identify the complex. Robert T. Dunham, Robert T. Dunham Jr., Paul Shea and Barbara F. Shea pur- suant to Section 12.3, for a variance from the provisions of Sections 26 and 27 of the Zoning By-law and other applicable sections so as to allow for the consolidation of three lots on Leonard Road into two lots having 30,143 sq. ft. and 30,063 sq. ft., respectively, as shown on "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass." dated 3/25/74, David W. Perley, Civil Engineer, and to allow for con- struction of single family residences on said two lots, said lots having frontage on the unaccepted section of Leonard Road. The applicants are the owners of the property involved. Martin Bernard, as Trustee of Burlington Arcade Associates;- (a) variance from Section 25 of the Lexington Zoning By-law (i) to permit the Premises on Lowell Street, consisting of approximately 5 acres more or less, and shown on the proposed site plan attached to the petition hereto (the "Premises"), to be used for a banking business with parking for customers of the bank and the adjoining Burlington Arcade Shopping Center, and (ii) to permit a road on the Premises to allow access to the bank and to the adjoining Burlington Arcade Shopping Center, (b) To confirm under Article XXIX of the General By-laws of the Town of Lexington the action previously taken by Petitioner in moving soil from the Lexington portion of Petitioner's Land (designated herein as the Premises) to the Burlington portion of Petitioner's land in connection with Petitioner's construction of the Burlington Arcade Shopping Center. The Premises include the property on Lowell Street (shown as Lot #11A on Assessors' Map X675) owned by petitioner and the easement for slope and round- ing purposes over a portion of the adjacent property on Lowell Street (shown as Lot X15 on Assessors' Map X675), all as shown on the proposed site plan. The owner of said adjacent property has agreed to grant said easement to the Petitioner. (Withdrawn by letter at the hearing.)