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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1921-01-14P 1 1921 PLANNING BOARD J. Odin Tilton Christopher 3. Ryan William R. Greeley Henry L. Wadsworth William H. Ballard Frederic R. Galloupe 1 r PLANNING BOARD MEETING January 14, 1921 Messrs. Greeley and Wadsworth present . At this meeting it was stated that the matter of specify- ing a plan for future road construction in Lexington would be taken up. Er. Blodgett, the former chairman of the Finance Committee, appeared before the Board and stated as his idea that the Planning Board should take an active part in seeing that definiteplans for road construction be carried out from year to year and that this Board urge each year the necessity of a definite appropriation being made for specified road work instead of allowing the appropriation to be made generally. After report from the Town Engineer as to the road mileage in the town and the number of miles of each kind of construction, and the further discussion of the eneral subject of road g building, the meeting adjourned. DEFINITIONS FOR STREET NAMES tL ALLEY. A narrow service street . Any short street thirty feet or less in width. AVENUE Originally meant access to a house or building. Private drive- way. More recently applied to a broad public street . BOULEVARD . A broad avenue decoratively laid out, especially with park space in the center. CIRCLE. Circular junction of highways or circular end of a single highway. COURT. Rectangular pocket off a highway. CRy'SCENT. Sime-circular pocket or short street. EMBANKMENT. A built up bank or terrace on the edge of a body of water. ESPLANADE. A flat wide area - any clear level space especially for public walks or drives . LANE Narrow open byway or passageway of any length. MALL Wide level shaded walk. PARK PATHApplied to public reservations only but not to highways. A public foot-way. PLACE Similar to "Court" . May also be applied to junction of a number of highways. .UgDRANGLE An open square surrounded by buildings. ROAD A highway connecting one settlement, neighborhood, village, town or municipality with another, generally bearing the name of the locality. Highway from place to place . ROW A short street or passage . SQUARE Rectangular junction of highways. STREET Originally a paved way. A highway forty feet wide or more which is or has been part of a subdivision of land for building pur- poses . A main highway of a settled portion of a town or city may be so named. A highway in a settled place . TERRACE A court or short street occupying with its adjacent lots a small plateau. TURNPIKE Originally turnstiel or turnpike, that is a toll road, a road connecting distant points and passing through several communities. WALK Similar to "Path" . "'AY — A highway less than forty feet wide and not exceeding one-quarter mile in length. See "Lane ." . WIND:- A narrow lane .