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z +, FETING OF PLANNING BOARDt °l October 20, 1933 � Are a a Lexington w regular meeting of the Planning Board of L i g on as held in the Town Office Building, on Friday, October 20,1933; the following members were present s Messrs. Duffy, Glynn, Milne, Kimball, and Robinson. Preliminary discussion developed that a number of matters required the immediate attention of the Board, relative to certain changes in the regulations of the Zoning By -lave. Among them were ; The re -zoning of the business area on Massachusetts Avenue from Wallis Court to Winthrop Road, also that on the opnosite side,from the Town Office Building to Fletcher Avenue. The establishment of definite restrictions on the location of gasoline filling -stations with respect to churches, schools, public buildings, etc. A provision for the operation of Tea Rooms and sim- ilar projects in other than business zones, subject to peoper limitations and safeguards. An article providing for the legal constitution of the Board of Appeals, which is not now clearly defined. The clarification of certain other regulations of - the Zoning By-law.,,; New regulations which may be desirable as a result of the survey of existing non -conforming uses now in -progress. A restriction of the number and frequency of appli- cations for amendments to the Zoning By-law with res- pect to any one project. ( Suggested that such petitions should not be repeated within one year of each other; and that all petitions for such amendments should be presented for action only at annual Toon Meetings, ,exarLf- perhaps'in,the case of actions initiated by the Board itself.) Mr. Duffy stated :that he had conferred with Mr. Hartman and had learned that it has been established that zones can be changed without liability of the Town for damages to affected property owners. With respect to the extent of areas allocated to business in a community, the statistical alloraance,based upon careful and extensive 'surveys, is normally � foot frontage per capita of populationr, in "self contained" municipalities. In Lexington, where a considerable_ portion of retail trade is diverted to Boston, the allowance might well be much leas. It aptieared that, after the _withdrawal of the Wallis Court - Winthrop Road and Town Hall - Fletcher Avenue tracts from the C-1 zone, there still retnains More than 1200 lineal feet frontage on Massachusetts Avenue and 'Naltham Street, in the center of the Town, in the business zone but as yet unoccupied for such purposes; this, based on a; reasonable allow- ance, would be sufficient for a possible increase in population of over 4000 persons, ,without consideration of pther outlying business districts which might reasonably be expected to be developed as a result of such growth.