1987-02-17 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

u 1 PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF FEBRUARY 17, 1987 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room G-15, Town Office Build- ing, was called to order at 7:20 p.m. by the Chairman, Mrs. Uhrig, with members Cripps, Klauminzer, Sorensen, Wood, Planning Director Bowyer and Assistant Planner Rawski present. 48. 191 Spring Street, Boston Properties, Preliminary Plan: Mr. Bowyer explained the section of the Zoning Act pertaining to a zoning freeze resulting from approv- al of a subdivision plan. He explained the difference between a definitive plan and a preliminary plan submission, adding that Boston Properties hoped to freeze existing zoning by filing a preliminary plan because they anticipated the revi- sions proposed for this year's Town Meeting by the Planning Board would affect their property. He noted the portion of the Development Regulations revision, completed last September, concentrated on residential development, and the revision of the sect- ion regulating commercial subdivisions has not been completed. He added that a commercial subdivision can be submitted without making a specific building devel- opment proposal, because the Board of Appeals, through the SPS process, reviews the details of a particular building development proposal. Frederick DeAngelis, attorney for Boston Properties, introduced the development team: BSC, Symmes, Maini, McKee & Associates, and the Trustees of the 191 Spring Street Trust. Mr. DeAngelis crated the reasons for the submission were to: 1) freeze the zoning at the 1986 By -Law, 2) facilitate the ability to mortgage finance the parcels and 3) resolve the issue of frontage non -conformity. Richard Cook, BSC Engineering, presented the subdivision plans, describing the locus and the location of the zoning district boundaries. He said the plan will create a local street, a collector street, two residential lots and two commercial lots. He reviewed the existing conditions and the modifications which will up- grade all of the utilities. He described the 650 foot deadend street bylaw, and how the residential road was designed to avoid that restriction. In response to a question from Mr. Sorensen, as to the developers' plans for the two residential lots, Mr. Linde, of the 191 Spring Street Trust, commented that it was unlikely they will develop them; that their prime concern was the development of the commercial property, and he hoped there would be no need for the resi- dential lots to be developed. Concerns by residents in attendance were expressed: 1) whether there was suffi- cient space between the two streets; 2) about the view from across the road because of proposed grade cuts required and 3) whether the Planning Board was the permit granting authority for the proposed subdivision, given the property was developed originally under a special permit.