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PLANNING BOARD 11EETING February 11, 1938 ' Present:- Full Board except Mr. Kraetzer'. 1ti1r. Steiner, a student of the M. I. T. Graduate School of City and Town planning, exhibited his thesis`maps of Lexington ,. covering Land Uses, Streets, Water, Soil and Drainage. It was voted to employ bir. Steiner (subject to release by 1V1* I. T.) '0 to prepare a drainage chart suitable for use on the "Town 14eet- ing Display" map. Upon Yr. Steiner's retirement, the Board opened considera- tion of lot areas and frontages. 11r. Greeley reported that Mr. Kraetzer wished to be recorded in favor of one hundred foot frontage rather than seventy-five. Discussion again turned to area size and the merits of a flat increase to 10,000 square feet throughout the Town, with the hope that the "Chapter 211" section be adopted, together with the possibility of later again opening the subject for further increases was considered. It was the general feeling that the aims of the Board would be met satisfactorily by proposing 12,500 and 25,000 square foot areas with a standard 100 foot frontage for both at the coming Town Meeting. After minor changes in phraseology, it was voted to present the following proposed amendment and to make the necessary arrangements for a public hearing to be held March 4th at 8:00 P. M. Proposed Amendment; - To substitute under Area Regulations, Section 6, a new section 6 to read as follows: - Section 6. (a) In,R.l and R.2 Districts no dwelling shall be erected within the areas hereinafter defined, except upon a lot having a street frontage of not less than 100 feet, an area of not less than 12,500 square feet, and having no other dwelling thereon. The first of said areas shall be bounded by the center line or intersection of center lines, of Summer Street commencing at the Arlington Line and continuing to Lowell Street thence in a straight line to the Brown's Brook Culvert under the railroad right of way, thence along the railroad right of way to 'Noburn Street, along Woburn Street to Laconia Street, along Laconia Street to kidge Road, thence in a straight line to the junction of Vine Street and Manley Court extended, thence in a straight line to the intersection of Hayes Lane and Grant Street, thence along Grant Street to Old Colony Road, along Old Colony Road to Woodland Road, along Woodland Road to Adams Street, along Adams Street to Hancock Street, along Hancock Street to Hancock Avenue, along Hancock Avenue to the railroad right of way, along the railroad right of way to Revere Street, along Revere Street to Hancock Street, along Hancock Street to Burlington Street, along Burlington Street to Grove Street, ' along Grove Street to Eaton Road extended, thence along Eaton Road to Bertwell Road, along Bertwell Road to Williams Road, along Williams Road to Bedford Street, along Bedford Street as Engineer- ing Lot Areas Frontages