HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-09-10BOARD OF APPEALS HEARINGS
' September 10, 1974
A regular meeting of the Lexington Board of Appeals was held on Tuesday,
September 10, 1974 at 7:30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town
Office Building. Present were four regular members and one associate member
as follows: Chairman,Donald E. Nickerson; Vice Chairman, George P. Wadsworth;
regular members: Ruth Morey and Woodruff M. Brodhead; and associate member
Thomas G. Taylor. Also present were: a Minute -Man reporter, LWV Observer and
a room full of townspeople.
Before any hearings were held, a representative of Spring Street Trust
withdrew the petition which follows, it having been advertised in the Lexing-
ton Minute -Man and notices having been mailed to all who should legally re-
ceive notices.
LEGAL NOTICE
August 22 and 29, 1974
The Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on the petition of SPRING
STREET TRUST for a special permit and for a finding and determination that the
construction of a 22,500 square foot office building and a 7,850 square foot
parking structure on LOT 19 ON HAYDEN AVENUE, all as shown on plans submitted,
will constitute a suitable development and will not result in substantial detri-
ment to the neighborhood in accordance with Sections 13 and 25 of the Town of
Lexington Zoning By-law.
Also the petitioner requests a variance from Section 27 to reduce the mini-
mum lot area from five (5) acres to 1.9 acres since this is the amount of land
enclosed by Route 2 and its ramp system and Hayden Avenue; and to reduce the
required front yard (Hayden Avenue) of 100 feet to 40 feet and the rear yard
(Route 2) from 50 feet to 30 feet.
ADDRESS: HAYDEN AVENUE, LEXINGTON, MA (LOT 19)
OWNER: TRUSTEES OF SPRING STREET TRUST, BOSTON, MA
(CABOT, CABOT & FORBES CO.)
The hearing will be held in the TOWN OFFICE BUILDING on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER
10, 1974 at 7:35 P.M.
Donald E. Nickerson, Chairman
Board of Appeals
Aug. 22, 29
The fact that the petition was withdrawn was brought to the attention of
all present,again,at 7:35 p.m. and also after the first hearing was concluded.
Public hearings were held on the following petitions, notice having been
mailed to those who should legally receive them and to town boards and offi-
cials who will or might be affected by decisions made and also advertised in
the Lexington Minute -Man newspaper
Tennis Club Guarantors Trust, Eldred L. Field and Walter Levison, Trustees
for permission to the present owners, their successors and assigns to:
' 1. (a) add gutter to roof on front of building facing the street over the
patio located at 475 Bedford Street, Lexington.
(b) add awning to front of building length of patio. (same address).
(c) add brick planter under each set of windows on present patio.
September 10, 1974 (continued) -2
' 2. add new entryway and canopy at rear of building located at 475 Bedford
Street, all as shown on plans submitted.
All subject to the existing conditions established by the Board of Appeals
on previous petitions of Lexington Indoor Tennis Club Corp. and/or The
Middlesex Tennis & Swim Club and/or Thomas R. Aldrich, Jr.
Spring Street Trust - withdrawn.
Rodney W. Poling, D.V.M. - pursuant to Section 12.3, a variance from Section
25.69 to erect and maintain a building to be used as a hospital for the prac-
tice of veterinary medicine adjoining the dwelling at 519 Lowell Street which
is to be used for his residence and for a variance of Section 27 to maintain
an existing dwelling at 519 Lowell Street which has a front yard setback on
Lowell Street of approximately 20 ft. instead of the required 30 ft. and a
side yard of approximately 7 ft. instead of the required 15 ft. and for per-
mission to subdivide the premises at 519 Lowell Street in such a manner so
as to create two legal building lots, one of which will have an area of
19,200 square feet more or less instead of the required 30,000 square feet
6f land.
William H. Hamilton and Marilyn H. Hamilton, Trustees of Volunteer Associates
Realty Trust - variance to permit the construction of a single family dwell-
ing on a lot of land shown as Parcel "B" on Plan Filed, which has sufficient
area of 5 acres, more or less, with insufficient frontage on Concord Avenue,
Lexington. Said parcel of land is located between the dwellings at 303 and 311
Concord Avenue and extends to the rear of the property at said 311 Concord
Avenue.
Following the hearings the Board made the following decisions, all in
public open meeting:
Tennis Club - granted unanimously.
Spring Street Trust - withdrawn.
Rodney W. Poling, D.V.M. - denied unanimously.
Hamilton - granted unanimously, subject to the condition that a driveway to the
back land of Parcel "B" over the 50 ft. passageway shall not come closer than
25 feet of the land of the abutters, Joseph L. and Marion C. Hyatt.
A vote to appeal the "turned -over" decision by the Department of Community
Affairs on the St. Brigid's low and moderate income housing (Planning Office
for Urban Affairs) passed 4 to 0. (Mr. Taylor,abstaining)
Copies of the decisions made in regard to hearings are on file in the
Board of Appeals' office. Originals are filed with the Town Clerk.
The meeting adjourned at 11:20 p.m.
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Evelyn F. Cole, Clerk