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BOARD Of APPEALS April 21, 1977 ' The Board of Appeals held a regular meeting on Thursday, April 21, 1977, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Office Building. Present: George P. Wadsworth, Chairman Ruth Morey, Vice Chairman Woodruff M. Brodhead Thomas G. Taylor Clarence D. Turner, Associate Public hearings were held on the following petitions, notices of the hear- ings having been mailed and hearings advertised in the Lexington Minute -Man as required by statute. Boston Urban Associates - site plan review under the provisions of Section 13 of the Zoning By-law of the Town of Lexington in accordance with a plan sub- mitted to the Board of Appeals with application and made a part thereof entitled "An Office Complex For: Boston Urban Associates, Lexington, Massachusetts" dated 2/28/77, Symmes, Maini & McKee, Architects and Engineers; for a special permit under the provisions of Section 12.2. Location of property: Northeasterly side of Hayden Avenue running 706.62 feet in a Northeasterly direction from a point near the intersection of Hardy's Brook (so-called) and Hayden Avenue. The parcel of land contains 6.4672 acres and is shown as Parcel 19 on a certain plan number 2802Z of the Land Court Registration Office a copy of which plan is marked "B" attached to the application to the Board of Appeals and made a part thereof. The petitioner seeks a special permit under the provisions of Sections 25.40, 25.41 and 24.42 of the Use Regulations Schedule of the Zoning By-law to permit the erection of a multi -tenant office building to be owned and operated by the petitioner. The petitioner asks as a condition of said special permit that it be per- mitted under the provisions.of Section 25.84 of the Zoning By-law to operate a cafeteria, soda or dairy bar wholly within the same building to be conducted for the convenience of the employees of said building. The petitioner asks that the following variances be granted as conditions of the special permit: 1. For a variance under Section 12.3; the right to vary Section 27 - Sched- ule of Dimensional Controls of said by-law to provide a side and/or rear yard of eighty (80) feet along the Northeasterly boundary of the property rather than a side and rear yard adjacent to a residential district boundary. 2. For a variance under Section 12.3: the right to vary Section 32.2 - Schedule of Dimensional Restrictions for Parking and Loading to locate parking for nineteen (19) cars twenty-five (25) feet distant from the Northeasterly boundary of the property rather than fifty (50) feet required adjacent to a residential district boundary. 3. For a variance under Section 12.3: the right to vary Section 40 - Parking Space to provide that the area for parking one motor vehicle have a width of nine (9) feet and an area of one hundred eighty (180) feet rather than a width of ten (10) feet and an area of not less than two hundred (200) square feet and that said variance in width and area apply to all parking spaces shown