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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES
<br />MEETING OF MAY 10, 2000
<br />Chairman Davies called the meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in the Guard Room in the Police
<br />Station, to order at 7:35 p.m., with members Bridge - Denzak, Colman, Galaitsis, Director of Comprehensive
<br />Planning Bowyer, Planning Director Garber and Assistant PIanner McCall- Taylor present. Mr. Merrill was
<br />absent.
<br />* * * * * * * * * * ** ADMINISTRATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS * * * * * * * * * * * **
<br />PLANS NOT REQUIRING APPROVAL UNDER THE SUBDIVISION CONTROL LAW
<br />Form A/00 -2, 1113/115 Concord Avenue The Board reviewed an Approval Not Required Plan for land at
<br />1131115 Concord Avenue. On the motion of Mr. Colman, seconded by Mr. GaIaitsis, the Board voted
<br />unanimously to endorse the plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, MA (Middlesex County)" dated April
<br />27, 2000, prepared and certified by James R. Keenan, Registered Land Surveyor, Winchester, MA, with
<br />Form A /00 -2, submitted by George and Anahid Kazazian, applicants, as it does not require full subdivision
<br />approval under the Subdivision Control Law.
<br />SUBDIVISION OF LAND
<br />Grandview Avenue Definitive Conventional Subdivision Plan, Continuation of Public Hearing Mr. Davies
<br />opened the hearing at 7:45 p.m. Present for this item were David Burns, DEBCO Properties, the applicant,
<br />Edmund Grant his attorney, Michael Weinmayr, landscape architect, Douglas Mill, engineer, and Gary
<br />Johnson, architect. There were 30 people in the audience. Mr. Grant. gave a brief chronology of the progress
<br />of Mr. Burns' application for approval of the three -lot Grandview Avenue Subdivision.
<br />Mr. Johnson told the Board that the scale of the houses and market considerations were the prime factors in
<br />their design. He described his efforts to reduce the height of the structures. Mr. Weinmayr commented that
<br />drainage considerations affected how high the dwellings need to be. He also noted that the landscape plan is
<br />aimed at preserving wooded areas that will ameliorate the perceived height of the dwellings.
<br />The Board commented favorably on the architecture but expressed concern about the height of the dwellings
<br />based on finished floor elevations and the amount of landscaped buffer to be provided. Their questions had
<br />to do with proposed plantings and possible waivers for the road construction.
<br />The hearing was closed at 9:35 p.m.
<br />Ha es Lane Definitive Subdivision Plan Peter Johnson Request to Withdraw Application: Present for this
<br />item was Gary Larson, landscape architect, Larson Associates. Mr. Larson informed the Board that Mr.
<br />Johnson, the applicant wishes to withdraw his definitive subdivision plan for 35 Hayes Lane, filed on March
<br />6, 2000. On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board voted 4 -0 to approve the withdrawal of the
<br />definitive subdivision plan for 35 Hayes Lane.
<br />Cotton Farm Sketch Cluster Subdivision Plan, Todd Cataldo, revised sketch plan Present for this item were
<br />Todd Cataldo, applicant and Gary Larson, landscape architect. Mr. Larson explained the changes in this
<br />plan, dated June 28, 2000, from the sketch plan, dated May 8, 2000, filed earlier. The plan shows 12 houses.
<br />The previous plan showed 10 houses.
<br />Comments from the Board had to do with the 650 -foot limit on the length of dead -end roads, access to the
<br />Town -owned land contiguous to the site, and the number and size of the houses. They all spoke of the
<br />importance of retaining the rural character of the site along Marrett Road.
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