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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1939-04-21 1 BOARD OP APPEALS RECORD April 21, 1939 A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building, at 8:00 P. M. Acting Chairman Glynn and Messrs. Robbins, Kimball, and Locke were present. The Secretary was also present. At 8:00 hearing was declared open upon the applica- tion of the Lexington Golf Club for permission to enlarge the locker room of the club house located at 55 Hill Street, Lexington. The notice of the hearing was read by Clerk Robbins. Mr. Walter E. Sands, President, represented the Lexington Golf Club. He presented plans of the old ground area and the proposed addition. He said it was planned to enlarge the locker room by 14' 6" toward Hill Street, and that the addition would be on a cement foundation. The Chairman asked if the extension came only to the 20' set-back line, and Lr -lands answered in the affirmative. He said that the distance had been checked by the town engineering department. The Chairman asked if the addition would be the same type of construction, and Mr. Sands said that it would. The Chairman stated that this petition came before the Board of Appeals because the club house was a non- conforming use. Mr. Sands retired. Upon motion of Mr. Kimball, seconded by Mr. Locke, it was unanimously voted to grant the petition in the follow- ing form (Mr Ferguson wishing to be recorded in favor) : BOARD OF APPEALS PERI.".IT The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chapter 40, Sec 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by the Lexington Golf Club, a copy of which is hereto annexed, held a public hearing thereon of which notice was mailed to the petitioner and to the owners of all property deemed by the Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most recent local tax list and also advertised in the Lexington Minute-Man, a news- paper published in ]Lexington, which hearing was held in 2 rad the Selectmen' s Room, in the Town Office Building on the 21st day of April, 1939. One Associate and three members of the Board of Appeals were present at the hearing. A certificate of notice is hereto annexed. At this hearing evi- dence was offered on behalf of the petitioner tending to show: That it was desired to extend the men' s locker room in a straight line toward Hill Street to the limit allowed by the 20' set-back line, said to be a distance of 14' 6"; That there would be no change in the type of construction and no other outer alterations. Nobody appeared in opposition. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session on April 21st gave consideration to the subject of the petition and voted unanimously in favor of the following findings : 1. That in its judgment the public convenience and welfare will be substantially served by the making of the exception requested. 2. That the exception requested will not tent to impair the status of the neighborhood. 3. That the exception requested will be in har- mony with the general purposes and intent of the regu- lations in the Lexington Zoning By-law. 4. That owing to conditions especially affecting the said parcel but not affecting generally the Zoning district in which it is located, a literal enforcement of the provisions of the Lexington Zoning By-law as to the locus in question would involve substantial hard- ship to the petitioner and that desirable relief may be granted without substantially derogating from the intent or purpose of such Lexington Zoning Bir-law. rursuant to the said findings, the Board hereby unan- imously decides that the application of the said Lex- ington Zoning By-law is hereby varied so far as may be necessary to permit the Lexington Golf Club to alter their club house located at 55 Hill Street, Lexington by extending the men' s locker room a distance of 1416" toward Hill Street, with the condition that such ex- tension shall not bring the structure beyond the 20' set-back line from Hill Street, in accordance with blue- prints attached dated April 21, ;939, showing the exist- ing ground area of the building and the new area as pro- posed. 3 The Board hereby makes a detailed record of all its proceedings relative to such petition and hereby sets forth that the reasons for its decision are its findings hereinbefore set forth and the testimony presented at the said hearing, including that herein summarized, and immediatelyfollowing that this record this de- cision shall be filed in the office of the Town Clerk of Lexington and shall be open to public inspection and that notice of this decision shall be mailed forthwith to each party in interest. 3OARD OF APPEALS OF LEXINGTON (Appointed under G.L . Ch.4C, Sec. 27) C EDWARD GLYNN ER.ROL H . LOCKE EDWARD W. KIb:;BALL HOWARD W. ROBBINS CHARLES E. FERGUSON I, Howard W. Robbins, Clerk of the Board of Appeals of Lexington, appointed under General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 27, hereby certify that I sent by postage certi- ficate of mailing on the 10th day of April, 1939, to Sherman K. and Vera B. Hardy, Matilda Tewksbury et al, Paul and Ruth A Hanson, John F and Ida F Cranston, Jemina S . Haynes and W . E . Sands, and also advertised in the Lexington Minute-Man on April 6, 1939, a notice of which the following is a true copy. HOWARD W. ROBBINS Clerk, Board of Appeals. April 6, 1939 Lexington Board of Zoning Appeals Town Office Building Lexington, Lass . Gentlemen: The undersigned hereby petition the Lexington Board of Appeals, appointed under General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 27, to vary the arplication of section 9 ( a) of the Lexington Zoning By-Law with respect to the premises at No. 55 Hill Street, owned by the Lexington Golf Club 1 4 cop of Lexington, by permitting the following: To enlarge the locker room. W. E Sands, President (Signature ) 103 Merriam Street (Address) Lexington N OTICE Lexington, Kass. April 6, 1939 The Board of Appeals will hold a hearing on the matter of varying the application of the Zoning Law by permitting on the premises s owmed by the Lexington Golf Club and located at 55 Hill Street, Lexington, the en- largement of the locker room, under the Lexington Zoning Law or in accordance with Chapter 40, Section 27A of the General Laws and amendments . The hearing will be held on April 21st, 1939, at 8:00 P. L . in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building, Lexington, Mass. Arthur N. Maddison Chairman, Board of Appeals . The records of the meeting held on April 7th were declared approved. The meeting adjourned at 8:30 P. M A true record, Attest : 11/ Clerk I