HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-07-08 BOARD OF APPEALS
July 8, 1976
The Board of Appeals held a regular meeting on Thursday, July 8, 1976, begin-
ning at 7 30 p m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Office Building
Present were Chairman Nickerson, Ruth Morey and Irving H Mabee, regular members
and Associate members Natalie H Riff in and Robert Cataldo Also present were
the usual room full of spectators
Public hearings were held on the following petitions, notices having been
mailed to the proper persons and notices having been advertised as required by law
Donald W Thomas - special permit, pursuant to section 30 3, to build an addition
to the rear of the existing dwelling at 10 Parker Street The present house, built
around 1900, has a setback of 5 feet rather than the 30 feet required by current
zoning The proposed addition will be a single room to be used as a kitchen and
play area. An open deck, extending off this room is also proposed
Lexington Coal & Oil Inc - permission to keep rental automobiles, trailers and
vans on premises for the purpose of leasing The number of units to be approxi-
mately twenty depending upon the demand, some of these to be kept inside the garage
at rear of parking lot The request is in conjunction with our present fuel oil
wholesale operation, tanker trailers and school bus operation
Lexington Gardens, Inc (E Lee Schneider, President) - special permit, under Sec-
tion 25 31 (commercial greenhouses) to erect 5,040 square feet of gabled green-
houses to replace 2,600 square feet of growing hotbeds at 93 Hancock Street
Greenhouses would be constructed of galvanized steel and covered with polyethylene
Each greenhouse would measure 17'6" by 72' and would be connected to one another
forming an area under cover 70' x 72' From ground level to height of gutter
would measure 9' , and from gutter to peak of structure would be approximately 4'6"
for an overall height of about 13'6" Proposed structure is approximately 420'
from Hancock Street, in excess of 220' from southern property line, and in excess
of 225' from eastern property line Proposed structure would replace existing
hotbeds in this 70' x 72' area
Clifford D Fleming and Eleanor F Fleming - permission to vary the zoning bylaw of
the Town so as to erect a single family dwelling upon a 10,000 sq ft parcel of
land comprised of lots 45, 46 and 47, Map 72, Assessor's Map of the Town, having
100 ft of frontage on Earl Street, an unaccepted way, all as shown on plan sub-
mitted with the petition for a hearing
The Board made the following decisions, all in open meeting with spectators
See permits and denials for details
Thomas - granted unanimously
Lexington Coal and Oil - denied (1, Chairman in favor; 1 abstaining, R.Cataldo;
3 opposed R Morey, I Mabee, N Rif fin
Lexington Gardens, Inc - petition withdrawn by petitioner
Fleming. - granted unanimously
All pertinent material is on file in Board office Meeting adjourned at 10 10
p m.
Respectfully submitted,
Evelyn F Cole, Administrative Clerk