HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-10-24 BOARD OF APPEALS HEARINGS
October 24, 1974
A regular meeting of the Lexington Board of Appeals was held on Thursday,
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October 24, 1974 at 7:30 p m in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Office
Building Present were Chairman, Donald E Nickerson; Vice Chairman, George
Wadsworth; regular members Ruth Morey and Woodruff M Brodhead; and associate
member, Natalie Rif fin As usual a Minute-Man reporter was present, the Chair-
man of the Planning Board, Eric T Clarke, and a room full of townspeople
Public hearings were held on the following petitions, notice having been
mailed to those who should legally receive them and to town boards and officials
who will or might be affected by decisions made and also advertised in the Lex-
ington Minute-Man newspaper
Sun Valley Association - pursuant to Section 25 24, for approval to build 3 tennis
courts on the parcel of land at 14 Fairlawn Lane owned by Sun Valley Associates
Auto Engineering, Inc , Kenneth J Fullerton, President and Trustee of 436 Marrett
Road Trust - special permit pursuant to Section 30 3 to enlarge a rear portion of
the existing building (CG District) by adding a second story and also to build a
new two story addition to the existing building at 436 Marrett Road (Section
25 53) This new addition will conform with the rear yard requirements This
addition will be used exclusively for parts storage in the existing building and
will enable us to install three additional lifts for servicing automobiles
Area Realty Trust, Edward H Hinds, Trustee - special permit under the provisions
of Section 12 2, Special Permits of the zoning by-laws of the town in accordance
with a plan entitled "United States Postal Service, Northeast Region-Boston Area
Facilities Office, Site Study Plan I M C Northwest Facility, Hayden Avenue,
Lexington, Mass " dated Sept 25, 1974 Location of Property: northeasterly side
of Hayden Avenue running 617 34 ft in a northeasterly direction from the intersec-
tion of Hardy's Brook and Hayden Avenue The parcel contains 6 4672 acres The
land is parcel 19 on a plan number 2802Z of the Middlesex Land Registration Office,
a copy of which is marked "B", attached to the petition and made a part hereof,
and on file in the Board of Appeals' office The petitioner seeks a special permit
under the provisions of Section 25 23 of the Use Regulation Schedule of the zoning
by-law of the Town of Lexington to permit the erection of an Incoming Mail Center
(I M.0 ) to be owned and operated by the U S Postal Service providing mail service
to nine (9) postal offices including Lexington Initially this building will be a
mail handling center to service 212 carrier routes U S Postal Service vehicles
will be based at this facility The land is in a CR-zone The petitioner seeks as
a condition of the special permit that it be permitted to vary Section 27 Scedule
of Dimensional Controls of the Zoning By-law to provide a side yard of 50 ft on
the northeasterly boundary of the property rather than the side yard of 100 ft
required as a minimum yard adjacent to other district
Spring Street Trust - finding and determination and special permits under Sections
13, 25.41, 25 42 and 25 84 to construct an office building with employees' cafeteria
containing 25,300 sq ft of floor area plus a 19,940 sq ft covered parking area
and a 7,290 sq ft deck parking area on Lot 19 (Assessor's Plan 17) Hayden Avenue
in accordance with plans submitted The petitioner also requests variances from
Sections 17 and 25 (Use Requirements) to construct the above described building
partly in an RO district, and from Section 27 (Schedule of Dimensional Controls) to
reduce dimensional requirements as follows (1) minimum lot area from 5 acres to
1 87 acres, (2) frontage from 300 ft to 294 58 ft , (3) front yard from 100 ft to
40 ft , (4) rear yard from 50 ft to 30 ft , (5) side yard adjacent to a district
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boundary from 100 ft to 0 ft , and (6) rear yard adjacent to a district boundary
from 100 ft to 30 ft ; also variances from Sec 32 2 (Schedule of Restrictions
for Parking and Loading) to reduce the required distance from the parking area to
the street line from 50 ft to 40 ft and to reduce the required distances from
the parking area to district boundary lines from 50 ft to 0 ft and 30 ft
Following the hearings the Board gave further consideration to the subject
of all petitions, the evidence presented by the petitioners and others and the
reports and letters received, including the letters from other town boards and
officials and made the following decisions, all in public open meeting:
Sun Valley Association - granted unanimously
Auto Engineering, Inc - granted unanimously
Area Realty Trust - decision deferred, adjourned meeting to be held Sat , 10/26/74
Spring Street Trust - decision deferred, " 11
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A11 pertinent material is on file in the Board of Appeals' office
The meeting adjourned at 11:45 to be continued Saturday, October 26, 8:30 a m
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Evelyn F Cole, Clerk
October 26, 1974 304 Yn
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On Saturday, October 26, 1974, in open public meeting, notice having been
posted with the Town Clerk, the Board gave further consideration to the subject
of the Area Realty Trust petition, the evidence presented by the Petitioner and
others at the hearing and the reports and letters received, including the letters
from other town boards and officials and voted 4 to 1 to deny the petition, the
Chairman voting in favor One reason was given for the denial The use pro-
posed by the Petitioner is not in keeping with the existing uses in the CR zone
along Hayden Avenue
Also, the Board gave considerable consideration to the subject of the Spring
Street Trust petition, deliberating on all matters, and voted 3 to 2 in favor of
the following findings The Board finds that the area is too small for the build-
ing and the number and size of the variances requested are prohibitive Mr Brod-
head made the motion to grant the petition and Mrs Rif fin seconded the motion
The motion did not carry, two voting in favor, three in opposition
In Favor Mr Brodhead and Mr Nickerson
In Opposition Mrs Rif fin, Mrs Morey and Dr Wadsworth
The meeting adjourned at 11 a m \'X'
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Evelyn F Cole, Clerk
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