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PLANNING BOARD MEETING May 131 1936 Present:- Messrs. Borden, Ferguson, Nickerson, Sellars and Kimball. A letter from Mr. B. T. Hartman, suggesting changes in height regulations was discussed. It was decided to defer action until the question of frontages and lot areas were under consideration. In view of the difficulties attendant in laying out side protection to the Concord Turnpike, it was considered advisable to suspend committee work on the Clarke Street - Muzzey Street connection and concentrate on the Tuenpike. To this end, Mr. Nickerson, Borden and Sellars will work on the Lincoln end while Mr. Ferguson, Ellis and Kimball will continue on the southerly end. A plot layout involving Mr. Canessa's property in East Lexington was received and it was voted: - "That the Planning Board approve the plot embraced by Blass. Avenue, Locust Avenue, Tower Street and Independence Avenue, as laid out by Town Engineer Cosgrove, in a map dated May 12, 1936. An informal petition was received from Daniel J. O'Connell to change the Zoning Law affecting the tract of land bounded by Woburn Street, Fletcher Avenue and the Boston and Maine Railroad Right of Way. It was voted that the area affected by this change is as follows, and the clerk was instructed to so notify Mr. O'Connell, together with a statement that the Board would arrange for the necessary hearing upon receipt of the formal petition and customary $20.00 fee: - Cottage Street, Woburn Street to Manley Court, Vine Street to land of Ahern & Pichette, Hayes Lane to Jefferson Union Co., Fletcher Avenue to Jefferson Union Company, Sherman Street, Mass. Avenue between Slocum Road and Grant Street, Hunt Road, Winthrop Road from Mass. Avenue to Highland Avenue, Wallis Court. The meeting adjourned at 9:35 P. 11. subject to call. Respectfully submitted, Clerk Canessa Property Danial J. O'Connell