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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Board Minutes, 1991-03-18 PLANNING BOARD MINUTES ' MINUTES OF MARCH 18, 1991 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. Wood, with members, Davison, Domnitz, Grant, Williams, Planning Director Bowyer, Assis- tant Planner Marino and Secretary Peters present. 63. Review of Minutes The Board reviewed the minutes for the meeting of January 14, 1991 On the motion of Mr. Williams, seconded by Mr Domnitz, it was voted 4-0-1 (Mrs. Davison abstained as she was not a member of the Board at that meeting) to approve the minutes, as written The Board reviewed and edited the minutes for the meetings of February 4, and February 11, 1991. On the motion of Mr. Grant, seconded by Mr. Domnitz, it was voted 3-0-1 (Mrs. Davison abstained as she was not a member of the Board at that meeting, and Mr Williams was out of the room when the vote was taken) to approve the minutes, as amended ************************* REPORTS ********:k*:k*****************************:k** 64. Planning Director a. Anuointment of Assistant Planner Mr. Bowyer announced the Town Manager has appointed Joseph Marino to the position of Assistant Planner for the Planning Department b. Wright Street/James Street The Board reviewed, prior to staff review, a rollout of plans for a proposed two lot subdivision on what will be an extension of Wright Street *************** ADMINISTRATION OF LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ************ PLANS NOT REQUIRING APPROVAL UNDER THE SUBDIVISION CONTROL LAW 65 Form A/91-3 Carriage Drive The Board reviewed a plan showing the combination of two lots into one lot with more than the required frontage and lot area for the zoning district. On the motion of Mr. Grant, seconded by Mr Domnitz, it was voted 5-0 to endorse the plan entitled "Plan of Land Located in Lexington, Mass- achusetts", dated February 25, 1991, by Meridian Engineering Collabora- tive, certified by Donald E. Bowen, Jr. , Professional Land Surveyor, by applicants Ervin F. and Thelma F Lyon, with Form A/91-3, as it does not require approval under the Subdivision Control Law, and to authorize the Planning Director to sign the plan on behalf of the Board. **************** PLANNING BOARD ORGANIZATION ********************************* 66. Election of Officers Mrs Wood announced the election of the entire slate of officers is scheduled for the Planning Board annual election in June. She asked for nominations for vice-chairman, to fill the vacancy that occurred when Mrs Klauminzer's term on the Board expired. Mrs Wood nominated Mr Domnitz for vice-chairman. There were no other Minutes for the Meeting of March 18, 1991 2 nominations, and the Board voted unanimously to elect Mr. Domnitz, vice- chairman ********************** ARTICLES FOR THE 1991 TOWN MEETING ******************* 67. PUBLIC HEARING Article 33. Day Care Center Mrs. Wood opened the hearing at 8 01 p.m. , by reading the legal notice. She explained that this hearing on the proposed amendments was necessitated by recent legislation, passed by the state, requiring revision to the amendments as they appeared in the Warrant. She added that the purposes of the amendments are still to bring the Zoning By-Law into compliance with the provisions of state statute, and to encourage day care in Lexington Mrs. Davison noted, and the Board agreed, that the use should not be limited to an accessory use, since that would allow only 25% of the residence to be used for day care In actual practice, various rooms throughout the residence would be used at different times during the day. She added that she hoped the town would want to encourage day care in Lexington, while ensuring the safety of the children to the greatest degree possible Mr Domnitz had questions about what would happen if the state broadened the statute more than the town wished it to be broadened. He also thought that the Town should implement some sort of inspection process. Mr. Williams said the Town should encourage day care centers to be licensed. There were no questions or comments from the audience, and Mrs. Wood declared the hearing closed at 8 23 p m. 68 Article 29. Technical Corrections The Board reviewed the final draft of the amendments, as of 3/8/91. On the motion of Mrs. Wood, seconded by Mr Domnitz, it was voted 5-0 to recommend the Town Meeting approve the proposed amendments, and to approve the report, as written. 69. Article 31. Parkina Factors The Board discussed the Building Commis- sioner's memo of 3/14/91 updating his analysis of parking requirements for The Food Emporium on Massachusetts Avenue in Lexington Center Mr. Domnitz proposed that, to simplify determinations made by the Building Commissioner in the CB district, the parking factor for take-out be set at 1/200, the same as for restaurants and fast foods Mr. Domnitz moved, and Mrs. Davison seconded to amend Part C to allow a parking factor of 1/200 for take out food service. The motion failed by a vote of 2-3-0 (Mrs. Wood, Mr. Grant and Mr Williams voted in the negative) The Board also discussed a memo, dated March 14, 1991, from the Planning Director, proposing a new Part D or E to the amendment as follows D or E In subsection 1 3 AMENDMENTS, by adding a new third sentence, as follows "Any building permit or special permit, which was properly issued prior to April 1, 1991, and which might otherwise be subject to the amendments dealing with off-street parking requirements, which were approved by Article 31 of the 1991 Annual Town Meeting, shall comply with the Zoning By-Law as it was in effect in Decem- ber, 1990. " Minutes for the Meeting of March 18, 1991 3 Mr. Williams moved, and Mrs Wood seconded, to delete Part C of Article 31. The motion failed by a vote of 1-4-0 (Mrs Wood, Mr. Domnitz, Mr. Grant and Mrs Davison voted in the negative) . On the motion of Mrs Wood, seconded by Mr Grant, it was voted 3-2-0 (Mr. Domnitz and Mr Williams voted in the negative) to add Part E as written above. On the motion of Mrs Wood, seconded by Mr. Grant, it was voted 4-1-0 (Mr Williams voted in the negative) to recommend the Town Meeting approve the proposed amendment, and to approve the report, as amended. 70 Article 33. Dav Care Centers On the motion of Mrs Davison, seconded by Mr. Grant, it was voted 5-0 to delete the words "as an accessory use" in the new line 2 13 to be inserted in Section 4, TABLE 1, PERMITTED USES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS in the motion. On the motion of Mr Williams, seconded by Mr Grant, it was voted 5-0 to recommend the Town Meeting approve the proposed amendments, as amended, and to approve the report, as amended. 71 Signature of Planning Board Reports Previously Approved The Board signed the reports for Articles 30, 32, 34 and 35. 72. Rehearsal for Presentations of the Planning Board Articles Board members read and critiqued each other's presentations for Town Meeting. Mrs. Wood noted that the moderator has said that no presentation should be more than five minutes. **************************** REPORTS ************************************* 73. Planning Board. Subcommittees a. Moderator's Meeting Mrs Wood reported there will be a meeting called by the Moderator this Thursday evening to review the procedures for presentation of articles at the Town Meeting sessions b Lexington Center Committee Mrs. Wood announced that the next meeting of the committee will be held this Thursday, at noon Mr Bowyer will attend and explain the Planning Board's zoning amend- ments. 9*--) 61...agoth/( The meeting was adjourned at 10 36 p.m. David G Williams, Clerk