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1 1 1 PLANNING BOARD MEETING May 14 1956 A closed meeting of the Planning Board was held in the Town Engineer's Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, May 14, 1956 at 7:30 P.M. Present were Chairman Adams, Members Abbott, Burnell, Grindle, Hathaway and Jaquith, Planning Director Snow and the Secretary. Town Counsel Stevens was also present from 9:50 to 10:10 p.m. The Board took under consideration first the notices of BOARD OF hearings to be held by the Board of Appeals on May 15 and 24, APPEALS 1956. It was decided to take no action on the petitions to be heard with the exception of the Lexington Medical Center, Dr. Short, and the Hodgson petitions. In regard to the Lexington Medical Center's petition for permission to erect on the old Raymond property on Clark Street a building to be used as offices for physicians, it was decided to write a letter to the Board of Appeals stating that in view of the fact that no building or site plan had been filed with the petition and that consequently there had been no opportunity to review any plans, the Planning Board wished to be placed on record as opposed to the granting of said petition. Regarding Dr. Short's petition to use his residence for physicians' and dentists' offices, the plan accompanying said petition was viewed by the Board and found to be lacking details as to a driveway, parking lot, and other essential items. It was decided to include th the aforesaid letter an additional paragraph concerning the Short petition stating that the Plan- ning Board found that the sketch of the proposed building and the plan accompanying said petition were incomplete and that un- til such time as adequate plans for this proposal were presented, the Planning Board also wished to be placed on record as being opposed to the granting of said petition. In considering the petition of Mary A. Hodgson to sub- divide a parcel of land numbered 789 Massachusetts Avenue so that the new subdivided lot would have frontage on Barnes place, it was decided to send a letter to the Board of Appeals notifying it of the enactment into law on April 27, 1956 emergency Legis- lation in regard to the definition of a subdivision as indi- cated under the 1956 Act of the General Court, Chapter 282, and to further notify the Board of Appeals that in accordance with the definition of a subdivision as forth in the amended law, the Planning Board believes Barnes Place does not have sufficient width or adequate construction to provide for the needs of addi- tional vehicular traffic in relation with the proposed use of land served thereby, and that the Planning Board believes, there- fore, that the proposal of Mary A. Hodgson constitutes a subdi- vision. LEXINGTON MEDICAL CENTER DR. SHORT MARY HODGSON