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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1924-03-07 r 4 March 7, 1924. MAJORITY GROUP MEETING ZONING CLOOrhat5008 COMMITTEE. The first meeting of the majority group of the zoning Confer. once Committee was held at Cary Sall on Friday, March 7, at 7/45 O'clock, there being present Messrs. EMery, L. S. and ` W. D. Brown, Duffy. Worthen, McIntosh, Cutler and Dr. Tilton. Mr. Kilgour calls up to say his group has decided:- BUSINESS. From Arlington line, en both sides of Mass. Ave. to about Oak Street. Thenoe to Harrods's store for dwellings. From Harrod's store, en both aides of Ave., to upper end of Cure St. for business. Remaining Business Districts as assigned by Planning Board, save that Na. Hancock St. diatriot is 4:tended to include lot of ad• joining owner an that street. Andsave also that a dlistriat for five stores is essigtaed, along by Breslin's, on Concard Hill. MAMUFACTURING. Along Easterly side of R. R. tracks, a strip 300 feet wide, from Arlington line to within 250 feet of Maple Street. A similar strip in North Kington on Easterly sidle of tracks froe Coal Yard to the Bedford lime. DWELLINGS. The remainder or the Town unrestricted for Owellinge of soy typo. It boeigg evident from the above that there is no possibility of an agreement, the members proceed to a consideration of the By Laws, creation br section. SECTION 1. 0. S. SECTION 2. (Si 0. K. (b omitted. (c becomes (b) to read. A WO FAMILY HOUSE is a detached dwelling intended and designed to be occupied b, two families. (d) becomes (e) (e) becomes (di) 1) USE REGULATIONS. SECTION 3. "R2, DOUBLE. DWELLINGS;" changed to HZ, TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS; 111 SECTION 4. 'R3, TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS;" omitted. 3. "public to read public buildi. ings. Mr Cutler suggests the possibility, as a measure, of 1 permitting 2ND. CLASS two family dwellings in Rl distriets. The sentiment of the Committee, however, is to ttiek to one fam•. 4y- dwellings. Mr. Worthen inquires as to the takingof boarders which it has been Claimed was not permitted. SECTIONS 5 & 6. Combined as Section 5 and to read;• SEC. 5. R2 Districts (Two family dwel• Tisa) 1. Two family dwellings. 2. Hotels & boarding houses. 3. Fire and police stations. SECTION 7. becomes Sec. 6, the designation R3 being emitted. SECTION d. becomes See. 7, the designation R3 being omitted sma the last two lines wand employing sot more than twenty employees, in any single and sae.gre- gated unit" being strieken out. HEIGHT EEGULATlONS. SECTION 9. becomes Sec. B. (a) Height limit Change& to 40 feet. (b) O. K. SECTION 10. omitted entirely, both (aC and (bu). To be taken oars of by the Building Ordinances. AREA REGULATIONS. SECTION 11. beaus See. 9 and changed to read;. In RI and R2 districts, land laid out after the adoption of this by-law shall provide a frontage Of not less than 50 feet and an area of not less than 5000 square feet per dwelling. Mr. McIntosh raises question as to determination of frontage on ming corner Tots and this is left to be worked out by Mr. Seery and Mr. Duffy. 41 SECTION 12. bees Seo. la and R3 designation e•• mitted. ACCESSORY USES. II SECTIONS 13, 14 & 15 become Seas. 11, 12 & 13. 1 Y SECTION 16. becomes deo. 14. The last clause "nor tem to cause & struotion of a highway" stricken out as coming properly mer polio* regulations. The quiestiom of eider and. other menufaatured products discussed 411 and left to be worm oat by Mr. Emery. SECTION 17. becomes See. 15. EXCEPTIONS. SECTION IS. hosanna See. 16; and the phrase in third fins reading "will tend to in.. jure the status of the neighborhood" amended to read. "will not tend to in. pair the status or the neighborhood." Also the following subrsection added. (d) Permit the manufacture of cement bloo3cs or other products from materials man- uflctured or obtained on the premises. dENERAL PROVISIONS. SECTION 19. becomes See. 17; all provisions omitted ' and obanged in accordance with previous decision and with the amendment of Nr. Clapp, so that the section will read;- $ro Sea. 17. NON CO, ING USES. Any building or part of a building which at the time of the adoption of this by-law is being put to a nonconforming use may continue to be used for the same purpose or one not substantially different, and. may be repaired, rebuilt or struetually alterot; but no such building shall be extended or enlarged except upon written approval of the planning board, a public hearing duly advertised, and a permit signed by the selectmen. SECTION 20 becomes Sec. 18. SECTION 21 becomes Sec. 1P and changed to read;- 41 Sec. 19. SET BACK. In residence dist., riots designated. as R1 and R2, a front yard of at least twenty feet in depth from street line to front line of porch IIorbmdldimg shall be provided etc. etc. Set backs also to be called for at the five business sones coming at street intersections. These to be worked out bR leery. y. j Provision to be made, possibly in this section, possibly in Sec- tion 2-(e), that present non-confor_ing buildings may not be re• built within building lines. 41, Although the Planning Board had previously withdrawn this section the opinion of all present seemed to be that it is wiser to retain it, that immediate protection may be had throughout the town. SECTIONS 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29 become respee- tieely Sees. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, M6 and 27. The lateness of the hour prevented a lengthy consideration of the Zoning Map. All present seemed to feel, however, that in fairness to the peep le who had built their homes on the East Lexington hills, the entire stretch of territory from the Arlington line proposed by the minority members for manufacturing purposes could not be agreed to; and all felt that a tract of land. 300 feet in width along the Easter- ly side of the tracks, from a point opposite Pottier Ave. and eaten.. ding to a point 2000 feet N. W. of the East Lexington station would for a long time to Dome afford suffioient territory in this section for manufactures. The termination of this territory is about 1000 feet back from Maple St. and at the beginning of the high land. The members bad no great objection to a manufacturing area in North Lexington as proposed by the minority members. As to the Business Sections in East Lexington no definite conclusions were reached. In North Lexington it appeared wise to allow a business strip ass the opposite side of Bedford St. from the Carbarns, to the Coal Yard; and also to extend the strip on the Easterly side to include all of the Burrill property. At Mr. Mclntosh's suggestion it was agreed to transfer his entire development, formerly a R2 zone, to the White Ri district. The assignment of additional R2 districts involves so many considerations of the character of the future growth of the various sections that the members seemed to feel unanimously that this had best be left to future determination by these sections when the n eed for such assignment becomes more apparent Meeting adjourned at 12/15. Willard D. Brown, Secretary. _- I