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BOARD OF APPEALS
<br />' September 30, 1976
<br />The Board of Appeals held a regular meeting on Thursday, September 30, 1976
<br />beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Office Building.
<br />Present were: George P. Wadsworth, Vice Chairman, acting'chairman;
<br />Woodruff M. Brodhead, regular member;
<br />Thomas G. Taylor, newly appointed regular member (appointed 9/27);
<br />Robert Cataldo, associate member;
<br />Robert Gary, associate member;
<br />Donald E. Nickerson retired as Chairman of the Board of Appeals on Sept. 15, 1976.
<br />Public hearings were held on the following petitions, notices having been
<br />mailed as required by statute and advertised in the newspaper.
<br />Mary J. Walsh Convalescent and Nursing Homes Trust, James N. Walsh, Trustee, and
<br />Thomas R. Walsh, Trustee - special permit under section 25.22 to build an addition
<br />to the Fairlawn Nursing Home at 265 Lowell Street. The bedroom addition will be
<br />39 feet 2 inches wide by 115 feet 4 inches long, and will have a dining/lounge
<br />area 36 feet 7 inches by 49 feet on one end. There will be two stories above the
<br />basement, having a total of 24 single patient rooms with private lavatories.
<br />Each floor will contain a common bath and utility room, a dining area and lounge,
<br />and service rooms. The basement will contain the following areas: physical
<br />' therapy, examination and consultation, storage, owner's suite, barber and hair-
<br />dresser, generator, laundry and general activity space. All floors will be linked
<br />by stairs and a new bed -size elevator. The addition will net the Fairlawn Nursing
<br />Home only 8 additional beds under license and will provide the Nursing Home with
<br />facilities for improving patient care, since interior renovations in the existing
<br />portion will convert patient rooms into other uses at a loss of 16 beds. The
<br />operating experience at the property indicates that an increase in the present
<br />parking capacity of 65 will not be necessary. When the addition is complete,
<br />there will be less than 10% of the property covered by building. This is a re-
<br />petition of a previous petition that was granted by the Board of Appeals unani-
<br />mously on January 8, 1974 but must now be resubmitted due to legal technicalities.
<br />Louis J. DiLuna - variances of the Lexington Zoning Bylaw to maintain 3 lots on
<br />Wellington Lane, adjacent to Cambridge Concord Highway, lots shown on a plan by
<br />Miller and Nylander, dated July 29, 1976, entitled, "A Compiled Plan of Land in
<br />Lexington, Mass." as 3 legal building lots as follows: Lot A-1 with area of
<br />17,050 sq. ft. and 110 ft. frontage; Lot B-1 with area of 17,190 sq. ft. and 95
<br />ft. frontage; and Lot 105A. These lots are identified as Lots 103A, 103B and
<br />105A on Town of Lexington Property Map 9. Lots 103A and 103B are shown on the
<br />Town Map with an easement. The easements are identified as Lots A-2 and B-2 on
<br />the July 29, 1976 Miller and Nylander plan. Lots A-2 and B-2, total area 5,180
<br />sq. ft., will be added to Lot 105A to provide access to the turnaround at the
<br />end of Wellington Lane. The house on Lot 105A, presently numbered 19 Wellington
<br />Lane, faces Route 2 with no access from this State highway. A plan by Miller
<br />and Nylander, showing these three lots, was approved by the Planning Board, Aug.
<br />' 1966, on a Form A, "Planning Board approval not required under the subdivision
<br />control law". This 1966 plan was a result of a state land taking for Route 2.
<br />Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library, Inc. - special permit for a free stand-
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