HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-02-23BOARD OF APPEALS HEARINGS
' A regular meeting of the Lexington Board of Appeals was held on Tuesday,
February 23, 1971 at 7:30 p.m. in the selectmen's meeting room, The Bird Room,
Cary Memorial Building. Present were Chairman pro tem Sheldon, regular members
Dawes and Wadsworth and associate members Clarke and Brodhead.
The following petitions were heard:
Wagon Wheel Nursery - special permit under subsection 12.2 and 24.5 of
the Zoning By -Law to store and sell, in conjunction with the operation of a
nursery at 927 Waltham Street all of the supplementary items specified in
subsection 24.5.
Raytheon Company - permission to continue the use and extend for three
years, beginning March 30, 1971, the premises known as lot 11, 16 Hazel Road,
as the site of microwave transmitting equipment, including specifically a
long-range calibration unit.
Ke*neth H. and Evelyn M. Messinger - variance to permit the conveyance
of a portion of lot A, located at 3 Valley Road to the adjoining lot B which
would reduce the area of said lot A from 11,370 square feet to 10,328 square
feet and add this amount to lot B which would increase the area of lot B
from 7,680 square feet to 8,722 square feet and maintain the existing
dwelling on lot B.
' Lexington Chalet Inc. - Richard S. Kraska - finding and determination
that the proposed restaurant building at 440 Bedford Street will constitute
a suitable development and will not result in detriment to the area and
a special permit on two signs for a Denny's restaurant. The first sign is
red lettering 3 ft. 6 in. x 13 ft. set on a yellow background which is an
integral part of the building. The main sign is free standing with the
same color scheme at a height of 25 ft. and an average width of 18 ft. by
an average height of 8 ft. and total area of 129.44 square feet. The sign
on the building shall be approximately 220 feet set back from the street
and the free standing sign shall be set approximately 100 ft. from the
street and 50 feet from the southeasterly lot line and a variance for a
40 ft. side yard instead of the required 50 ft.
George W. and Marjorie S. Emery - variance to subdivide Lot A-1, a
vacant legal building lot in a RS - one family zoning district, situated
on Meriam Street immediately southwesterly of the lot at the southwesterly
corner of Meriam Street and Somerset Road, by removing from the northwesterly
or rear end of said Lot A-1 an area of about 1,283 square feet, to be known
as lot A -1c, for the purpose of adding it to the adjoining lot B-1, fronting
on Somerset Road, on which the petitioners' home is situated, and reducing
the area of the remainder of said Lot A-1 to about 12,533 square feet, and
to permit such remainder of said Lot A-1, to be known as Lot A -lb, to
continue to be a legal building lot.
Schumacher Realty Trust - variance to construct a single family dwelling
on a parcel of land situated on Paul Revere Road between the premises presently
known and numbered as 2685 Massachusetts Avenue and 4 Paul Revere Road, said
parcel containing 1.7 acres of land, more or less, but having insufficient
frontage.
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Following the hearings, an executive session was held during which the
' following decisions were reached:
Wagon Wheel Nursery - granted.
Raytheon Company - granted.
Kenneth H. and Evelyn M. Messinger - granted.
Lexington Chalet Inc. - Richard S. Kraska - granted.
George W. and Marjorie S. Emery - granted.
Schumacher Realty Trust - granted.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:30/p.m.
R. Dean Johnson
Clerk
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