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PLANNING BOARD MEETING MEETING OF JANUARY 25, 1988 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room G-15, was called to order at 7:41 p.m. by the Chairman, Mrs. Uhrig, with members Klauminzer, Soren- sen, Williams, Planning Director Bowyer and Assistant Planner Rawski present. Mrs. Wood joined the meeting between items 30 and 31. 27. Annual Report: The Board reviewed a draft of the annual report and made a number of editing changes. On the motion of Mr. Sorensen, seconded by Mrs. Klauminzer, it was voted 4-0 to approve the annual report as amended. ******************** ADMINISTRATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS *********** SUBDIVISION OF LAND 28. Tracer Lane, Definitive Subdivision Plan: Mr. Bowyer reported that the Board had until February 25, 1988 to file its decision with the Town Clerk. Assuming the Board would act on the decision on February 22, it would have to hold the public hearing earlier. It was agreed that the public hearing would be February 17, and that the notice of the public hearing would refer to plans on file in the Planning Board office as of that date. The Board will not conduct the hearing on plans submitted at the last minute or at the hearing. Mr. Williams asked that all of the material recently received by the Cambridge ' Water Board be distributed in addition to the summary letter. He noted that the fire Chief had required that there be two means of access for the Raytheon devel- opment off Spring Street. His requirement caused Raytheon to apply to the Board of Appeals for permission to have an emergency access road out to Shade Street. Mr. Williams thought that was relevant to the Planning Board's requirement that there be two means of access to a property which is more than 650 feet from a through street. ********************* ARTICLES FOR 1988 TOWN MEETING ************************* 29. Zoning Amendments, Public Hearings: The Board agreed that it would hold public hearings on proposed zoning amendments as follows: Monday, February 22, 1988: The Conservation Commission's Minimum Develop- able Site Area, Accessory Apartments, and Middlesex Mall, CD Rezoning. Monday, February 29, 1988: Technical Corrections, Adjustments - Various Sections, and Nonconforming Situations. 30. Accessory Apartment Amendment: The Board continued its review of the pro- posed amendment dealing with accessory apartments, working from the draft dated 1/22/87. The four members present agreed the minimum floor area in a dwelling in a dwelling should be reduced to 2,000 sq. ft. The four members agreed to have the maximum size be 35% or 1,000 sq. ft. of floor area whichever is less. The members agreed that an addition could be constructed to bring a dwelling over the 2,000 sq. ft. threshold provided the lot conformed with the requirements for the district in which it was located and there were no other setback violations. For an accessory apartment to be constructed in an existing accessory structure, it was agreed the lot would have to conform to the requirements for the district