HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-12-18 BOARD OF APPEALS HEARINGS
December 18, 1973
A regular meeting of the Lexington Board of Appeals was held on Tuesday,
December 18, 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 and R Morey, associate member Robert M Gary, a
Minute-man Publications' reporter, a League of Women Voters' observer and an
audience of townspeople
At the beginning of this meeting a photograph was taken for the Annual
Town Report
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
Follen Church Society - permission, as required under section 25 34 of the
Lexington zoning by-law, to sell Christmas trees on the premises at 764 Massa-
chusetts Avenue
Sun Valley Farms, John and Rosina Busa - permission, as required under section
25 34 of the Lexington zoning by-law, to sell Christmas trees and wreaths on
the premises at 52 Lowell Street
Emilio Lyons - variance from the Lexington zoning by-law to build a pool 20 ft
by 40 ft which will have a front yard setback of 21 ft instead of the required
30 ft The easement going through the yard on this property at 4 Hickory Street
does not allow for placement of the pool in any other direction The small
house which is behind the proposed pool is on a foundation and has flagstone
patios around it
Middlesex Hellenic Orthodox Association (St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church) -
1 permission to build an addition to the existing non-conforming building at 17
Meriam Street which will have insufficient side yard
Trustees of Lexington Office Center Trust, Boston, Mass (Cabot, Cabot, & Forbes)
- reference is made to Petition of the undersigned dated September 15, 1972 and
Board of Appeals' Permit and Finding and Determination granted October 17, 1972
and Petition of the undersigned for Variance from the Lexington Building By-Law
and Board of Appeals Permit therefor granted November 28, 1972, said Finding
and Determination and said Permits having been granted after hearings duly held
and persons entitled to notice properly notified, except certain abutters to
abutters of the premises in favor of which said Permits and Finding and Deter-
mination were granted as required by General Laws, Chapter 40A, Section 17
Accordingly, in order to afford such parties proper notice, the undersigned
hereby repetitions the Lexington Board of Appeals appointed under the General
Laws, Chapter 40A, Section 13 to 19 as amended, for the followingiPermits and
Variance as previously granted (a) a Special Permit (Sec 12 2 of the Lexing-
ton Zoning By-Laws) permitting the construction and use by Honeywell Radiation
Center of the premises shown on the Site Plan enclosed, (b) a Finding and Deter-
mination that the 18,070 square foot (2-story Building) located on a 15 2 acre
December 18, 1973 (continued) Page 2
lot, southwesterly side of Forbes Road in the Cabot, Cabot & Forbes Minuteman
Research Park, all as shown on plans submitted herewith, constitutes a suitable
development and will not result in substantial detriment to the neighborhood,
in accordance with Section 13 of said Zoning By-Laws, and (c) for a variance
from Article 10 of the Lexington Building By-Law and other applicable provisions
thereof, to permit construction and use on said lot of said 2-story building of
Second-Class construction with an area between firewalls not exceeding 40,533
sq ft , the area limit now being 16,667 sq ft when certain sprinklers and
exterior fire fighting space are installed and provided as set forth in said
Article
Following the hearings the Board made the following decisions, all in
public meeting
Follen Church Society - Granted unanimously for December 1973 and December 1974
Sun Valley Farms, John and Rosina Busa - Granted unanimously for December 1973
and December 1974
Emilio Lyons - Granted unanimously
Middlesex Hellenic Orthodox Association - Granted unanimously
Trustees of Lexington Office Center Trust, Boston, Mass - Granted unanimously
All pertinent material is on file under the name of each petitioner in the
Board of Appeal's office
The meeting adjourned at 11 p m
Evelyn F Cole
Clerk
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December 20,1971
Obituaries
Lexington and the Aleppo Temple
of the Mystic Shrine in Boston.
Active in the field of electronics,
he was a life member of the IEEE
1 and chairman of NEREM in 1948
and 1958.
Mr Dawes is survived by his
wife,Mildred(Salmon)Dawes and
• a daughter, Priscilla, both of Lex-
'; ington, a son,David C.Dawes and
three grandchildren of Pepperell,
, a brother, Chester L. Dawes, of
,, Winchester; and five sisters,Ethel
' Smeaton, of Quincy, Maria n
1 ,^ Roberts of Plymouth,Hazel Price
of Andover; Ruth Dawes and
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Dorothy Dawes of Lexington=
pr,
Howard H,Dawes(1950 Photo)
I " Howard Dawes,
' Active in Town,
Affairs, at 72
Memorial services for Howard
H. Dawes, 72, former service
• manager of the General Radio
Company of Concord until his
" retirement in 1986, were held on
▪ Monday,December 17,at the First
• Parish Church. Rev Robert
Zoerheide officiated.
Mr Dawes,who lived at 10 Ber-
1 nerd st. had resided in Lexington
for 32 years. A graduate of
Arlington High School, he was a
• member of M.I.T.Class of 1923 and
attended Boston University College
of lksiness Administration. A
member of the First Paris h
Church, he had served as its
treasurer and finance chairman.
He was active in town affairs,
having served as Community Fund
chairman in 1930,Chairman of the
Hiatt of Public Welfare (1960'
1988), presldent of Ho lexhigton
{ Visiting Nurse Assgciiition ({gbl-
1982), a , 093
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