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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF JANUARY 11, 1988 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room G-15, Town Office Building, was called to order at 7:38 p.m. by the Chairman, Mrs. Uhrig, with members Klauminzer, Sorensen, Williams, Wood, Planning Director Bowyer, Assistant Planner Rawski, and Secretary Peters present. 10. Review of Minutes: The Board reviewed and corrected the minutes for the meeting of December 21, 1987. On the motion of Mr. Sorensen, seconded by Mrs. Wood, it was voted 4-0-1 (Mrs. Klauminzer abstained since she did not attend the meeting) to approve the minutes as corrected. ****************************** REPORTS *********************************** 11. Planning Director a. Massachusetts Housing Partnership: It is expected Lexington's application for designation as a Partnership Community will be acted on this week. b. Rezoning, Middlesex Mall, Northland: They have filed today, the information required for the petition, to rezone a portion of their property off Lowell Street from RO to CD. c. 14-16 Hartwell Avenue: Michael Colangelo met again with Mr. Bow- yer. Mr. Colangelo wished to learn what recommendations the Planning Board would be making to the Board of Appeals before he filed an appli- cation. The Board agreed it would not conduct any review or take any position until the application had been filed with the Board of Ap- peals. The Board may want to have a presentation by the developer but only after a full application had been filed. ******************** ARTICLES FOR 1988 TOWN MEETING ********************** 12. Article C, Nonconforming Situations: The Board began their review of a draft dated 1-1-88. They discussed the difference between non -conforming and non -complying situations, and reviewed the changes to the existing Section 6 of the Zoning By -Law. 13. Article B, Adjustments: The Board continued their discussion of the draft dated 12-17-87. They agreed more work was needed on Sections A, dealing with outdoor off-street parking of commercial vehicles, and Section C, dealing with subsection 9.2.9, Density, of the Zoning By -Law. The Board also agreed to delete Section B, dealing with 9.2.1, Minimum Area of Tract to be Developed, and Section D, dealing with documentation required to determine maximum density in a Planned Residential Development. 14. Article E. Incentives for Affordable Housing: In response to a ques- tion from Mrs. Uhrig, Mr. Bowyer said the purpose of the article was to pro- vide a mechanism to allow a density bonus to developers who build affordable housing. Mr. Sorensen thought it would be difficult to guarantee, even with deed restrictions, that the affordable housing would keep its status as af- fordable housing. They also discussed allowing it in the RO district only.