HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-04-21BOARD Of APPEALS
April 21, 1977
' The Board of Appeals held a regular meeting on Thursday, April 21, 1977,
beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Office
Building.
Present: George P. Wadsworth, Chairman
Ruth Morey, Vice Chairman
Woodruff M. Brodhead
Thomas G. Taylor
Clarence D. Turner, Associate
Public hearings were held on the following petitions, notices of the hear-
ings having been mailed and hearings advertised in the Lexington Minute -Man as
required by statute.
Boston Urban Associates - site plan review under the provisions of Section 13
of the Zoning By-law of the Town of Lexington in accordance with a plan sub-
mitted to the Board of Appeals with application and made a part thereof entitled
"An Office Complex For: Boston Urban Associates, Lexington, Massachusetts"
dated 2/28/77, Symmes, Maini & McKee, Architects and Engineers; for a special
permit under the provisions of Section 12.2. Location of property: Northeasterly
side of Hayden Avenue running 706.62 feet in a Northeasterly direction from a
point near the intersection of Hardy's Brook (so-called) and Hayden Avenue. The
parcel of land contains 6.4672 acres and is shown as Parcel 19 on a certain plan
number 2802Z of the Land Court Registration Office a copy of which plan is marked
"B" attached to the application to the Board of Appeals and made a part thereof.
The petitioner seeks a special permit under the provisions of Sections 25.40,
25.41 and 24.42 of the Use Regulations Schedule of the Zoning By-law to permit
the erection of a multi -tenant office building to be owned and operated by the
petitioner.
The petitioner asks as a condition of said special permit that it be per-
mitted under the provisions.of Section 25.84 of the Zoning By-law to operate a
cafeteria, soda or dairy bar wholly within the same building to be conducted for
the convenience of the employees of said building.
The petitioner asks that the following variances be granted as conditions of
the special permit:
1. For a variance under Section 12.3; the right to vary Section 27 - Sched-
ule of Dimensional Controls of said by-law to provide a side and/or rear yard of
eighty (80) feet along the Northeasterly boundary of the property rather than a
side and rear yard adjacent to a residential district boundary.
2. For a variance under Section 12.3: the right to vary Section 32.2 -
Schedule of Dimensional Restrictions for Parking and Loading to locate parking
for nineteen (19) cars twenty-five (25) feet distant from the Northeasterly
boundary of the property rather than fifty (50) feet required adjacent to a
residential district boundary.
3. For a variance under Section 12.3: the right to vary Section 40 -
Parking Space to provide that the area for parking one motor vehicle have a
width of nine (9) feet and an area of one hundred eighty (180) feet rather than
a width of ten (10) feet and an area of not less than two hundred (200) square
feet and that said variance in width and area apply to all parking spaces shown
Board of Appeals (continued) Hearing date -April 21, 1977
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' on the site plan submitted by the petitioner.
Boston Urban Associates is a Massachusetts business trust under a Declara-
tion of Trust dated July 2, 1970 with a mailing address at 133 Federal Street,
Boston, Massachusetts 02110 and has an interest in said property by virtue of
a purchase and sale agreement in which it is the purchaser of the property from
the current owner of record Edward H. Hinds, Trustee of Area Realty Trust.
Michael Colangelo and Josephine Colangelo - special permit under the provisions
of Section 13 of the Zoning By-laws of the Town of Lexington and a finding and
determination that the proposed placement of buildings, major topographic
changes, provisions for waste disposal, surface and ground water drainage,
protection against flooding and inundation, prevention of water pollution and
environmental damage, erosion control, parking areas, loading areas, maneuver-
ing areas, driveways, and the location of intersections of driveways and
streets will constitute a suitable development and will not result in substan-
tial detriment to the neighborhood, all as shown on plans submitted to the
Board of Appeals. Said premises are now known as and numbered 20 Hartwell
Avenue, Lexington, Massachusetts.
DECISIONS
The Board made the following decisions, all in open meeting. See decisions
for more details, all in Board of Appeals' files and also filed with the Town
Clerk.
Boston Urban Associates - special permit and variances granted unanimously,
subject to certain conditions.
Colangelo - granted unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 10:30 p.m. after much discussion about zoning by-
laws and revisions, but no official action taken by the Board.
Respectfully submitted,
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Evelyn F. Cole, Administrative Clerk