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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1924-05-09 May 9, 1924. PLANNING BARD MEETING. i ail 1111 The regu]ar' meeting of the Planning Board was held in the Selectmen s Room on Friday evening, IIay 9, at 7/45 o'clock; 1 there being present Messrs. Finery, Worthen, Duffy, L.S. and W.D. Brown. FOREST STREET 0 EXTENSION. Mr. Leroy Brown reports he has just seen Miss Powers who consents to give her land, provided no betterments are assessed and that the Planning Board will arrange with the Tuckers relative to the necessary adjustment of lots. The question is raised as to whether, even though the land is all given, and although the Board has as- sured the owners that if this were d©ne no betterments would in all probability be assessed, the Town can be pia properly asked to assume the entire coat of building the road. After quite some disoussion it is felt that the Board can properly report to the Selectmen the attitude of the owners and leave to them the matter of recommend- ations. I PARK LAND DEVELOPMENT. Mr. Griswold, Owner, with Mr. Bellamy, his Engineer, appeared before the Board with street lay-out of Section #4, which is a departure from that worked vat last year by Mr. Duffy, and which does not meet with the Board's approval. The Chairman states, however, the (Board' s desire to co-operate with the Owner as far as possible and be- speaks the Owner's co-operation as well. This, Mr. Gris- void agrees to, and Mr. Bellamy, Mr. fy and Town Eng- ineer French work over the plans, obtai ing a result which, while apparently satisfactory, i. volves the eon.. went of adjoining owners. A conference of all interested is sugz ested for next week and Mr. Griswold agrees to obtain th ' addresses of all these parties and give them to the Secretar7 that proper notices may be sent out. LUNDERGAN'S APPLICATION FOR TWO-FAMILY HOUSE ON SYLVIA STREET. IFrom information received from Mr. Finder t , it ap- pears that the location he has in mind for the Rrppesed two-family house is 20Q- ft. back from Mass. Ave . and on a lot 62' x 80' - just under the required 5000 1 eet. Mayr 9 ---2. Although the majority of the houses on the short stretch of Sylvia Street Tieing in Lexington are now two-family houses, and no great harm -would be done by the erection of another; and despite the opinion of some of the members that Sec. 18 of the By-Laws might be interpreted to permit of an exception being made in this ease; -nit is the feeling of all that we should be most careful at the outset that no precedents be estab. 11 lished tending to weaken our Zoning Ordinances. Mr. Worthen suggests that in this particular case the Selectmen might very properly ask Mr. Lnndergan to bring in a petition, signed by the necessary percentage of owners, asking that the street be transferred to the R2 zone. This done, it could be brought up in Town Meeting, be approved by the Planning Board, and properly put through in accordance with the Zoning By-Laws. It is left that the Chairman see Town Counsel Stone, and after conferring with him, put the matter up to the Selectmen. HIGHWAY LINES. Mr. Duffy brings up the great importance of establish.. ing Highway lines and reads copy of letter sent by him in p921, to the Beard of Selectmen, asking that petitions be sent the County Commissioners. The Secretary is instructed to communicate with the Se- leotmen, asking that the matter be reviewed and that def- inite action be taken. BLAKE DEVELOPMENT. Cr. Blake, while approving the proposed new street through the old *BroWnw property, does not feel he can fo follow out the proposed lot divisions; and having with- drawn his petition for a four-family house, submits a lay- out which will eventually provide 6-lots between the new street and Hancock Street as suggested, but which, instead of two lots in the rear, calls for a short court by which four may be obtained. This meets with the approval of all and as soon as Mr. Wadman can provide a proper and accurate blueprint, the Seco, rotary is instructed to write the Selectmen a supplementary letter, stating that the proposed lay-out has the Planning Board's approval and Recommending it be adopted. 11 WALTHAM STREET. No further word has been received from Mr. Aldrich. Meeting adjourned at 11/30. Willard D. Brown, Secretary.