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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF JANUARY 21, 1985 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in Room G-15, Town Offices, was called to order at 7:35 p.m., by the Chairman Mrs. Smith, with members Cripps, Flemings, Sorensen, Uhrig, and Planning Director Bowyer present. SUBDIVISION OF LAND 16. Pine Meadows Estates, Preliminary Plan: The Board reviewed a draft of a decision on the preliminary subdivision plan. Some editorial changes were made. On the motion of Mrs. Uhrig, seconded by Mrs. Flemings, it was voted unanimously to disapprove the preliminary plan for the proposed subdivision for the reasons set forth in the "Decision on Pine Meadows Estates Preliminary Subdivision Plan" as amended. Mrs. Smith commented that a development of this size should submit more information so that the impact of the development can be ascertained. ARTICLES FOR 1985 TOWN MEETING 17. Hearing Schedule: Mr. Bowyer reported that a provision of Chapter 40A requires that the Planning Board hold a hearing within 65 days from the time it is notified by the Board of Selectmen of receipt of a petition to amend the Zoning By -Law. That means the three hearings for South Lexington night, sched- uled for March 11, would violate that provision of the statute. It was agreed to ' hold those hearings on February 19. 18. Article D. Conversion of One -Family Dwelling: The Board agreed to a change in the wording in 5.3.2a 4) to insert the words floor area used for residential purposes to clarify that a building not used for residential purposes as of January 1, 1983 could not qualify for conversion. 19. Article B, Planned Residential Development: Jacquelyn Davison, Frank and Louise Kava, Marian Reilly and Alan Wade of the South Lexington Civic Association were present to request that the Planning Board prohibit the construction of nursing homes and congregate living facilities in single family residential districts by a special permit. They advocated that those types of developments should require a rezoning to be voted on by Town Meeting. They pointed out that two major developments were proposed on either side of Waltham Street near the Waltham City line. New developments of this type for senior citizens will be large structures that will look like apartment buildings or institutional build- ings. Their potential impact on single family neighborhoods means that they should be voted upon by the Town Meeting. Mrs. Smith responded that the Board was aware of that concern. In its proposed revision of the residential development regulations, it proposes to employ a density standard and have criteria about the appearance of those types of devel- opments so they would be complimentary to single family neighborhoods. In further discussion of the issue of flexible development standards and the use of "qualitative" criteria, a poll of the Board showed that four members favored greater use of qualitative criteria; Mr. Sorensen did not and thought the regula- tion should be based on numerical standards.