HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-11-20 BOARD OF APPEALS HEARINGS
November 20, 1973
A regular meeting of the Lexington Board of Appeals was held on Tuesday,
November 20, 1973 at 7 30 p m in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town
Office Building Present were Chairman Nickerson, Vice-chairman Sheldon,
regular members W Brodhead, R Morey and G Wadsworth, a Minute-man Publica-
tions' reporter, a League of Women Voters' observer and an audience of towns-
people
Public hearings were held on the following petitions, notice having been
mailed to the petitioners, to the owners of all property abutting the petition-
er's land and to all abutters of the abutters 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 newspaper
Viola T Norlin - continue the operation of the Manor Nursery School at 118
Burlington Street
Carol H Wood - variance from Lexington zoning by-law to maintain existing
dwelling at 22 Spring Street with a side yard of 6 4 ft instead of the re-
quired 30 ft and to build an extension to the existing garage and house form-
ing a new family room with side yard of 6 4 ft instead of the required 7 5
ft
Paul J McCormack and G Ruth McCormack Trustees of Suburban Realty Trust -
permission to use the land and building at 789 Massachusetts Avenue for the
types of office specifically enumerated in the zoning by-law of the town of
Lexington, sections 25 40, 25 41 and 25 42 and not limited to professional use
specified in the permit granted to them on September 22, 1959
The Dunfey Family Corporation John P Dunfey, President - site plan review
for a proposed addition to the Sheraton Lexington Motor Inn on the property at
727 Marrett Road under Section 13 and a finding and determination that the
proposed placement of buildings, topographic changes, provisions for waste
disposal, surface and ground water drainage, erosion control, parking areas,
loading areas, maneuvering areas and driveways will constitute a suitable
development and will not result in substantial detriment to the neighborhood
Following the hearings the Board made the following decisions, all in
public meeting
Norlin - Granted unanimously for two years
Wood - Granted unanimously
McCormack - Granted unanimously
Dunfey - Granted unanimously subject to certain conditions
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