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BOARD OF APPEALS HEARINGS ' June 19, 1975 A regular meeting of the Lexington Board of Appeals was held on Thursday, June 19, 1975 at 7:30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Office Building. Present were four regular and one associate members: Chairman D. E. Nickerson, Vice -Chairman G. Wadsworth, W. Brodhead and L. Clarke, and associate member Thomas G. Taylor. Also present were a room full of towns- people and a Minute -Man reporter in addition to petitioners or their attorneys. Public hearings were held on the following petitions, notice having been mailed as required by law to abutters, etc. and to town boards and officials. Notices were published in the Lexington Minute -Man newspaper as required. J. R. Sinek and Mary W. Sinek - special permit, pursuant to section 30, to rebuild a garage on the property at 8 Robbins Road with a rear yard of 10'4" instead of the required 15 ft. Russell's Texaco Station - special permit under section 25 to install a Kold- Draft ice cube merchandiser, model #38 single door model, directly adjacent to the Russell's Texaco Filling Station Building at 400 Lowell Street, corner of Woburn and Lowell streets at Countryside. The ice merchandiser will store bags of ice cubes that will be available to customers only during the hours that the filling station is open. D. M. Gill - variance of section 27 to maintain an existing dwelling and garage at 66 Spring Street with a 3.2 ft. more -or -less side yard instead of the required 15 ft. G. Ruth McCormack and Marvelene R. Dailey - special permit to erect and main- tain a free-standing sign on the premises at 1620 Massachusetts Avenue, said sign being approximately 3 ft. by 5 ft. and supported by two posts. Nishan Haroian and Elizabeth D. Haroian, 353 Concord Avenue - site plan review under section 13 of the zoning by-law for a special permit for a find- ing and determination that the newly proposed development of Minuteman Village, consisting of 86 units to be constructed and one existing unit to be retained will constitute a duitable development and will not result in substantial detriment to the neighborhood. The development is described in considerable detail in materials submitted to the Board of Appeals and complies in all res- pects with the requirements of the RM -Multi -family (garden apartment) district, except, that certain variances are requested from the provisions of section 27 of the zoning by-law (schedule of dimensional controls): to permit certain rear yards to be reduced below 40 ft. and to permit the existing house to remain on its present location, but having a front yard of less than 40 ft. The land involved in this petition consists of approximately 7.9 acres, is located off Concord Avenue and is presently known as 353 Concord Avenue. It is wholly owned by the Petitioners. The land involved has a zoning classifi- cation of RM -Multi -family (garden apartment) dwelling district, and the Peti- tioners propose to erect thereon 86 housing units, consisting of 10 one -bedroom units and 76 two-bedroom units together with a community center building, swim- ming pool, appurtenant structures, including garages, roads and parking spaces, all as appear on the plans submitted to the Board of Appeals. Following the hearings the Board made the following decisions, all in open public meeting: