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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF MARCH 17, 2010 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room, Town Office Building, and called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Chairman Zurlo with members Canale, Hornig and Manz, planning staff Henry and McCall-Taylor present. Mr. Galaitsis was absent. *********************************MINUTES****************************************** The Board reviewed the minutes for the executive session of March 3, 2010. On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 3-0-1, (Mr. Hornig abstained) to approve the minutes. *************************TOWN MEETING WARRANT********************************* Article 43, RD-5 rezoning amendment; Countryside Manor, Woburn Street: The Board deliberated on their recommendation to Town Meeting. They wanted to make sure that the rental units remain as rentals in perpetuity. This had been added to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Were the affordable constraints properly captured? The Board wanted the conditions there for the length of the special permit or in perpetuity. Mr. Henry said the deed rider for a LIP also ensures perpetuity. On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 4-0, to recommend approval of Article 43 to amend RD-5 Countryside Manor. On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 4-0, to endorse the report on Article 43 as amended. Article 37, Food Related Uses: The motion originally did not have a “Y*” for takeout service in the CB District as the intention was to deal with the other districts that the recent Town Meeting had not addressed. Town Meeting had just changed the use to “Y” in the CB. However, it didn’t seem to make sense to allow takeout at all hours in the center and restrict it to a special permit use between the hours of 11 pm and 7 am everywhere else. On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to add an “*” to the “Y” in line 9.13 under the CB district. On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 4-0, to support the 3/5/10 draft. Article 41, Center Zoning: While major changes had been made from the original motion, the final form of the motion was still uncertain. Board members were inclined to withhold their recommendation until a final motion was put forward. On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted, 4-0, to endorse the report on Article 41 without a recommendation. The Board will vote on a recommendation once the Center Committee has finalized the article and then give an oral recommendation to Town Meeting.