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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1964-05-19 BOARD OF APPEALS HEARINGS May 19, 1964 A regular meeting of the Lexington Board of Appeals was held on Tuesday, May 19, 1964, at 7 30 p m. in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building. Present were Chairman Nickerson and regular members Hoyt, Abbott, Ripley and Wadsworth The following petitions were heard John L. Meaney for permission to erect a dwelling at 49 Ward St. which would have an 8 ft side yard instead of the required 10 ft John H Devine for permission to divide existing lot at 19 Slocum Rd into three lots, each of which would have the required area but one would have only a 15 ft frontage William A. Oliver for permission to erect a garage at 106 School St which would result in a 2 ft. side yard instead of the required 10 ft Joseph F Hill, Jr for permission to build and conduct a nursing home at 178 Lowell St. of class two construction conforming to the re- quirements of Chap. 277, Acts of 1964 II/ Charles H. Drake for permission to maintain a porch at 33 Wachu- setts Dr which has a 9 ft side yard instead of the required 12 ft At the close of the hearings an Executive Session was held dur- ing which the above requests were discussed, and the following deci- sions reached John L Meaney - granted John H Devine - denied William A Oliver - denied Joseph F. Hill, Jr - granted Charles H. Drake - granted All pertinent material with regard to the above petitions is on file under the name of each petitioner The meeting adjourned at 10.30 p m. tea, /2i Louise M. Macomber, Clerk JOSEPH F. HILL, JR May 19,1964 Mr William Madden for Joseph F. Hill, Jr., presented a set of drawings, plot plan, basement, 1 and 2 floor plans, shown located on the lot with setback of several hundred feet from Lowell St. and a building to be used in connection with the home. Plans were drawn by Lester H Lechter & Associates, Architects. Mr. Madden I have three copies of survey which had been prepared by Mr Hill and which goes into the thing quite fully and gives what we really think are all the material aspects of the proposal In addition to that I have also petitions which have been signed by 93 residents in the imme- diate area who wish to be recorded in favor. I thought also it was material to point out to guide your Board the identity, background, and experience of the petitioner in this field. (See exhibit in folder.) Ripley I assume there is a sewer connection? Hill. There is a sewer which can be connected from Pearl St Nickerson. You seem to have given study to the economic phase and have no fear of being able to fill up 100 bed capacity. I have heard from the Fairlawn people that they have not yet filled their addition DO you think you will fill your beds on account of lower rates? Hill. We are doing our projection at $70-$90 rate. These are average figures. Nickerson. uo you go into how many patients per nurse? Hill. Our projection is one nurse for every five patients. This will be the new standard that will be enforced throughout the Commonwealth anyway Nickerson. Do you go into how many patients per nurse? Hill We haven't broken it down in that way. If you have two floors with 50 patients on the floor, on a normal day you would have five R.N. on a floor If we are going on the basis of five, half would be R.N. Nickerson. That is a lot of nurses Wadsworth. How many people do you contemplate would be visiting on a week-end? Hill Visiting is unfortunately not a major problem in a home of this type. The visiting is not what you and I might expect. It is a light traffic sort of situation. Nickerson. Are you aware of the fact that this Board has given a permis- sion to a nursing home in Lexington of approximately 50 beds? Hill We have discussed this point very carefully with a number of people, including people in the State When this amount of money is involved you