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BOARD OF APPEALS HEARINGS November 13, 1975 ' A regular meeting of the Lexington Board of Appeals was held on Thursday, November 13, 1975 at 7:30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Office Building. Present were four regular members and one associate member: Chairman Donald E. Nickerson, vice-chairman George P. Wadsworth, Ruth Morey, Woodruff M. Brodhead and associate Natalie H. Riffin. Also present in addition to petitioners and/or their attorneys, were a Lexington Minute -Man reporter, two representatives from the League of Women Voters, and a room full of townspeople. Public open 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. See copies of the permits and denials which were issued for these hearings for more details. Robert and Dorothy Little - variances to maintain existing buildings at 18 Whipple Road with insufficient setback as follows: (1) garage - 27.7 ft. instead of 30 ft. (2) house - 29.7 ft. instead of required 30 ft. Betty P. Pious - special permit, pursuant to Section 25.15 (dwelling conversion to two-family). The address of the property is 255 Bedford Street. The property formerly contained the office of Dr. Pious (by special permit of the Board of Appeals) and also part of the property was used as a residence. Harry B. Dunn - variance from the provisions of Sections 26 and 27 of the Lexing- ton Zoning By-law, and other applicable provisions, so as to allow for the con- struction of a single family house on a lot containing 30,143 sq. ft., more or less, said lot being located at the end of Leonard Road; said lot not having the frontage on an accepted street as required by the provisions of the By-law. George W. Pauff - variances of Section 27 with respect to property at 7 Boulder Road; the land being parcels 57 and 58 with a frontage of 60 ft. and area of 5,770 sq. ft. Hearings were not held in the order they appear here. The attorney represent- ing the petitioners whose hearing was scheduled for 7:30 did not arrive on time. If it is important that the scheduling be noted, they were held in the following order: Dunn, Pious, Pauff, Little. No hearing was held before the time scheduled. The Board made the following decisions, all in open public meeting: Little - granted unanimously. Dunn - granted unanimously subject to certain conditions: (1) The house shall be set back at least 50 ft. from Leonard Road so that, if another "taking" is made and Leonard Rd. is completed as an accepted street, it will have more than the required 30 ft. setback. (2) The construction of the house shall be started within one year from date. (3) Water and sewer extensions from Leonard Road shall be at the petitioner's expense. Pious - denied unanimously. Pauff - denied unanimously. All pertinent material is on file in the Board of Appeals' office. The meet- ing adjourned at 10:35 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Evelyn F. Cole, Administrative Clerk