HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-08-14BOARD OF APPEALS HEARINGS
August 14, 1973
A regular meeting of the Lexington Board of Appeals was held on Tuesday,
August 14, 1973 at 7.30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Office
Building. Present were Chairman Nickerson, regular members, G. Sheldon, R.
Morey, W. Brodhead and G. Wadsworth, a Minute -man Publications' reporter and
an audience of townspeople.
Public hearings were held on the following petitions, notice having been
mailed to the petitioners, to the owners of all property deemed by the Board
to be affected thereby as they appear on the most recent local tax list, to
town boards and officials who will or might be affected by decisions made, and
also advertised in the Lexington Minute -man.
William Z. Lemnios - variance of section 27 of the Lexington zoning by-law in
order to build a one car garage on property located at 36 Independence Avenue,
which garage will have a setback of 20 ft. instead of the required 30 ft.
John G. Crowe - variance from section 27 of the Lexington zoning by-law to
build an addition, approximately 3 ft. by 14 ft. to the front yard of the
existing dwelling at 43 Woodcliffe Road, which addition will have a front yard
setback of 27 ft. instead of the required 30 ft.
William J. Hartery - for relief from the order of the Building Inspector of
the town of Lexington to vacate the premises and by granting a special permit
for such storage. Said permit to apply for a period of one year. It is not
requested that business be conducted on the premises. Said inventory consists
of approximately twenty-five (25) small plastic boats of nominal eight (8)
feet to twelve (12) ft. size.
The 115 Kendall Corporation - variance from the Lexington zoning by-law to
reduce the size of the lots from five acres to the following: Lot 1, 427 acres,
280ft. on Bedford St., 82.8 ft. on Hartwell Avenue; Lot 2, 3.15 acres, 360 ft.
on Hartwell Avenue; Lot 3, 3.01 acres, 440 ft. on Hartwell Avenue; Lot 4, 3.20
acres, 240 ft. on Mico Road, a proposed street; all as shown on plans submitted.
The land is at the corner of Bedford Street and Hartwell Avenue.
Following the hearings the Board made the following decisions, all in
public meeting:
Lemnios - Granted, unanimously, with certain conditions.
Crowe - Granted, unanimously, with certain conditions.
Hartery - Denied, unanimously.
The
115 Kendall Corp. - Granted, unanimously
with the following conditions:
1.
The site design must respect the 233 -foot setback required by Section 27
Footnote (j) of the zoning by-law and be
able to meet dimensional restric-
tions for parking given in Section 32.2 when Bedford St. is widened.
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3.
Each lot must be confined to office and research park use only.
Parking shall be provided at the rate of 1 parking space for 200 s.f. of
gross floor area of the building on each
lot.
4.
No more than 65% of the area of each lot
may be covered by buildings,
driveways, parking or street surfaces.
5.
There shall be no direct passage through
the development between Hartwell
Avenue and Bedford Street.
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All pertinent material is on file under the name of each petitioner in
the Board of Appeal's office.
The meeting adjourned at 10:30 p.m.
Evelyn F. Cole
Clerk
P.S. The Board has been threatened with suits on the Lemnios variance granted
and the Hartery denial.
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