HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Board Minutes 1992-03-23 PLANNING BOARD MINUTES
MEETING OF MARCH 23, 1992
The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room G-15, Town Office
Building, was called to order at 7 07 p m by the Chairman, Mr Williams, with
members, Davison, Grant, Wood, Planning Director Bowyer, Assistant Planner
Marino and Secretary Tap present. Mr Domnitz arrived during Item 52
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49. Planning Director Mr Bowyer reported that he had been contacted by a
developer and that a subdivision proposal for 160-170 Wood Street will be
filed in the near future
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50 Article 22 . Dimensional Controls. Institutional Uses Several members
reported that they had received calls from people expressing concern over this
article The Selectmen are concerned because Cary Library has plans to
expand and it faces a residential zone on the Clarke Street side The Board
determined that since the expansion would not be in this direction that the
amended By-Law would not apply Mr. Domnitz thought that the existing parking
requirements would be more of a problem for the Library.
51 Article 23, Adjustments, Signs It was agreed that there is a need for
another meeting of those concerned with this proposed amendment, in particular
those who attended the February public hearing. The design guidelines
requested by affected groups should be written by April 29, after which the
article will be considered by Town Meeting. Mrs Davison felt that the Dixon
Associates document could be edited to serve this purpose, and the sign
application itself, which is very small, could be revised to be more helpful
to the applicant and the SPGA
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52 Town Engineer Frank Fields described the services that the Engi-
neering Department provides to citizens and to the Planning Board, particular-
ly subdivisions He said that Engineering provided about $75,000 worth of
services on subdivisions in the 1990 Fiscal Year and about $20,000 in the 1991
Fiscal Year Due to reductions in staff this service may not be delivered as
quickly as in the past but it will continue to be made available. Mr.
Williams asked about fees charged for their services. Mr. Fields explained
that Engineering does not charge fees directly. Mr. Williams thought that
with their records, that prove costs of services, they could justify fees
Mr. Bowyer reported that the Planning Board, as an elected body, can set its
own fees He recommended it consider higher fees to cover the cost of inspec-
tion services that Engineering provides. The Board will support the Engineer-
ing
Department at Town Meeting.
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53. Meeting Schedule for remainder of March April The Board agreed to
cancel the meeting scheduled for March 30. There will be meetings on April 6
and April 13 at 7 30 p.m. and April 29 at 7 00 p.m. The April 13 meeting will
be for those concerned with the sign amendment. Board members should bring
their ideas for the revised sign amendment to the April 6 meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 7 48 p ma-42
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Edmund C. Grant, Cleric
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