HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-12-30BOARD OF APPEALS
December 30, 1976
The Board of Appeals held a regular meeting on Thursday, December 30, 1976
in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Office Building at 7:30 p.m.
Present were: George P. Wadsworth, Chairman
Ruth Morey, Vice Chairman
Woodruff M. Brodhead
Irving H. Mabee
Thomas G. Taylor
Public hearings were held on the following petitions, notices having been
mailed as required by statute and hearings advertised in the newspaper.
Jann Patrice Swanson - variance so as to maintain on the property at 21 Ellison
Road an existing dwelling house with an enclosed porch attached thereto, 13.66'
from the southerly side line instead of the required 15'.
Wilfrid B. and Mary Veldkamp - variance to maintain an existing garage on the
premises at 7 Bird Hill Road (formerly numbered 6 Rockville Avenue), with a
rear yard setback 19.2 feet from Bird Hill Road instead of the required 20 feet.
Joseph G. Sakey and Shirley A. Sakey, d/b/a Cain's Seafoods - special permit,
pursuant to Section 25.69, to serve food at Cain's Seafoods, 321A Woburn Street.
The business is presently set up as a take-out service. The business is owned
and operated by Joseph and Shirley Sakey, 60 Forest St. The store is leased
from Countryside, Inc., 295 Woburn St.
Trustees of Drummer Boy Trust - special permit pursuant to Section 38.2 for the
development of eighty (80) dwelling units comprising the second phase of Drummer
Boy Green approved at Town Meeting on May 6, 1974 and located on Bedford and
Winter Streets as shown on plan submitted to Board of Appeals. Variances are
requested from the provisions of Section 27 (Schedule of Dimensional Controls)
to permit the minimum distance between buildings to be reduced below thirty (30)
feet at certain locations as indicated on plan SP -6 dated October 27, 1976 accomp-
anying the petition to the Board of Appeals, to permit front, side and rear yards
to be reduced below forty (40) feet at certain locations as indicated on plan SP -6
and to permit the minimum lot area of each of the seven cluster lots to be reduced
below ten (10) acres as indicated on the plans accompanying said Petition.
The Board made the following decisions, all in open meeting. See decisions
for details, all in Board of Appeals' files and also filed with the Town Clerk.
Swanson - granted, unanimously.
Veld - No decision. No one was present to represent the Petitioners.
Sakey -'denied, two voting in favor, three in opposition. (Woodruff M. Brodhead
and Thomas G. Taylor voting in favor).
Drummer Boy -- by unanimous vote, decision postponed to January 6, 1977.
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The Board signed the Lexington Garden's special permit as submitted.
The subject of restaurants was discussed, especially in regard to Sesame Restau-
rant, next door to Cain's (see above). The selectmen had written a letter that
they mujot come to the Board of Appeals for a special permit under 25.69.
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The Restaurant By-law Section 25.69 took effect when Article 81 of the
1972 Town Warrant passed Town Meeting. Confusion in regard to this by-law
persists.
It was noted that the final submission date for Warrant Articles is today.
The meeting adjourned at 11:40 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Evelyn F. Cole
Administrative Clerk
BOARD OF APPEALS
Please'see January 6, 1977 for Board's decision in regard to Drummer Boy.
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