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MMETING OF PLANNING BOARD May i6, 1933 A meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held at the Town Office Building on Tuesday evening, May l6, 1933 at 7:45 o'clock. Messrs. Duffy, Glynn, Kimball, Milne and Robinson were present; also the secretary. INNIS - DAVIS ICE COMPANY PETITION A formal petition from Mr. r. L. Innis was in hand, asking for a change to an M-1 District of the property of the Davis Ice Company on Grant Street; the petition also bearing the signatures of the owners of 50% in valuation of the property within the area designated by the Board on May 2. These property owners had not been certified by the Board of Assessors, and the secretary was instructed to obtain their certificate. The change is asked, in order that an ice -manufacturing plant may be permitted at that location, which is now in a 0-1 Zone. LIMITED -APARTMENT BUILDINGS Mr. W. Roger Greeley and Mr. Kraetzer came before the Board for a further discussion of the proposed Amendment providing for the oon- struction of Limited -Apartment buildings outside the business zone. Mr. Greeley questioned with respect to that part of Section 7 (b) of the proposed amendment, relative to the specified width of driveways from the frontage street to the building. The Board had written this to read "not less than 20 feet in width of traveled way from the street to the entrance of the building", having in mind adequate access par- ticularly for fire apparatus. Mr. Greeley stated that his project had planned a driveway width of only 15 feet, for the reason that a greater width would encourage the parking of cars along the driveway. He had agreed to this with Mr. Hadley, owner of the property adjoining the entrance on Clark Street The Board decided that 15 feet seemed a