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PLANNING BOARD MINUTES
MEETING OF MARCH 6, 2013
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board, held in Room 137 of Clarke Middle School,
was called to order at 9:03 p.m. by Chairman Richard Canale with members Charles Hornig and
Nancy Corcoran-Ronchetti and planning staff Maryann McCall-Taylor present.
The newly elected member Nancy Corcoran-Ronchetti was welcomed to the Board.
Ms. McCall-Taylor presented a brief overview of the draft Zoning Bylaw, indicating that the
changes discussed at the last meeting and by the working group of Mr. Canale, Mr. Hornig, the
Building Commissioner Mr. Garry Rhodes and planning staff were incorporated into the
document. She recommended that it be brought forward to Town meeting for adoption. On a
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motion duly made and seconded, the Board, by a vote of 3 to 0, voted to accept the March 6
draft of the Zoning Bylaw as the motion to bring forward to Town Meeting, and to recommend
its adoption. Since it was not a vote of the entire Board, it will be put on a future agenda to allow
the other members to vote as well.
There was a discussion of the documents that would be used at Town Meeting. In addition to the
Board’s report there will be available a summary of the changes. Due to the size to the bylaw, the
Town Meeting Members will be asked to review it on-line, although copies will be made
available to those who wish them.
**********************ZONING BYLAWS (ZBL) REWRITE ************************
With all the activity around Town Meeting, the Board felt it was important to have the Planning
Board represented on the Community Preservation Committee and wanted an immediate
replacement for Ms. Manz who had so ably represented the Board until the end of her term. The
Board, on a motion duly made and seconded, voted to name Richard Canale as the temporary
Planning Board representative to the Community Preservation Committee, to serve until replaced.
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*************************PLANNING BOARD SCHEDULE************************
The Board will be meeting prior to Town Meeting at 6:00 p.m. on March 18 and March 20. It is
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expected that the zoning article will before Town Meeting on the 20. Mr. Canale, Mr. Hornig
and Attorney Bobrowski will be the presenters.
On a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn the meeting at 9:15 p.m.
The following documents used at the meeting can be found on file with the Planning Department:
Final proposed draft of the Zoning Bylaw (110 pages).
Charles Hornig, Acting Clerk