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PLANNING BOARD MEETING May 159 1967 A regular meeting eting of the Lexington Planning Board was held on Monday, May 15, 1967 in its office, Town office Building. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Greeley at 7:30 p.m. with members Fowle, Riffin and Worrell, and Plan- ning Director Zaleski present. The Board then adjourned to the office of the Selectmen to attend a public hearing on Emerson Rd. layout between Adams St. and Castoldi subdivision. The Planning Board vas recorded as being in favor of laying out this portion of Emerson Rd. At 8:00 p.m. the Planning Board adjourned to Estabrook Hall to hold a duly advertised public hearing on the Birch Hill Estates definitive subdivision plan, submitted by Joseph and Rosins. Buss. The chairman read the notice of public hear- ing. Atty. Conroy described the proposed subdivision. The chairman read Town Engineer's comments which were of technical nature, and pertained to grading of the circle in the cul-de- sac. Mr. Broderick asked about vehicular connection to Barry- meade Dr. and was told by the chairman that there were none. No one spoke in opposition and the chairman declared the hear- ing closed at 8:15 p.m. EMERSON RD. HEARING BIRCH HILL ESTATES HEARING BUSA Resuming meeting in its office, the Board approved MINUTES minutes of the meeting of May 8, 1967 as amended. Proceeding to discussion of the Birch Hill subdivi- sion, the Board decided to request the applicant to provide a pedestrian easement to Barrymeade Dr. It was decided to in- form the applicants that the Board is prepared to approve the subdivision plan upon compliance with the recommendations of the Town Engineer and execution of necessary instruments to the satisfaction of the Town Counsel. Mr. Robert Carrig met with the Board to recommend the exemption from the small lot consolidation of any recorded lot on a public or improved street. A discussion followed of the different ways to modify the small lot consolidation article. The consensus was to present the original article and to mention the possibility of further liberalization of the article by exempting single vacant lots, by exempting lots of 100 or more feet frontage and 12,500 sq.ft. area and by giv- ing greater latitude to Board of Appeals. BIRCH HILL ESTATES BUSA SMALL LOT CONSOLIDATION Tentative schedule of summer meetings was approved SUMMER SCHEDULE (see Addendum). Modifications of wording of articles for the June 12, TOWN MEETING 1967 town meeting by the Town Counsel were reviewed and ARTICLES approved, including the variant 1. of the junked cars article.