HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-12-04 BOARD OF APPEALS HEARINGS
December 4, 1973
A regular meeting of the Lexington Board of Appeals was held on Tuesday,
December 4, 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
Paul R Shea and Carol H Shea - variance of the Lexington zoning by-law to
build an addition (14 ft by 12 ft ) to an existing dwelling at 2 Larchmont
Lane The addition will be 132 ft from the rear lot line instead of the
required 15 ft
W R Grace & Company by Van T Boughton, Assistant Vice President - permission
to erect a 4 ft 8 in by 11 ft externally illuminated free-standing, brick
wall sign with stud-mounted, white painted aluminum letters (ranging from 2 to
12 inches) attached to each side with copy to read as per drawings submitted to
the Board of Appeals This sign will be located at 55 Hayden Avenue, 24 ft 8
in in from curb and 39 ft west of the existing driveway on the W R Grace &
Co property as shown on the plot plan submitted
Trustees of Hartwell Lexington Trust (Cabot, Cabot & Forbes) by Robert Agler -
special permit and for a finding and determination that the construction of a
22,888 sq ft addition to the 24,500 sq ft existing building, at 32 Hartwell
Avenue occupied by Hewlett Packard and the construction of 81 additional parking
spaces to the existing 99 spaces, all as shown on plans submitted, will consti-
tute a suitable development and will not result in substantial detriment to the
neighborhood in accordance with section 13 and 25 of the town of Lexington zon-
ing by-law The additions will be used to continue the business already conducted
in the present quarters which contain offices and related areas Total employment
will be initially 140 and projected over five years will grow to approximately 250
The Lexington Center Realty Trust, Robert L Lyon, Manager - permission to main-
tain a temporary storage trailer for Colonial Pharmacy for a period of 45 days,
in the parking lot at the rear of 1754 Massachusetts Avenue
Following the hearings the Board made the following decisions, all in
public meeting
Shea - Granted unanimously
Grace - Granted unanimously with certain conditions
Hewlett Packard - Granted unanimously with certain conditions
Lexington Center Realty Trust - Denied unanimously
All pertinent material is on file under the name of each petitioner in
the Board of Appeal's office
Mrs Morey's proposed "write-up" for the Annual Town Report was approved
unanimously for transmittal to the Board of Selectmen ,
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441 u°''p 3" Evelyn F Cole, Clerk