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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1934-02-07 H:,ETIiT OP "LANNING BOARD February 7, I954 A meeting of the i.exint,ton P18nnin, Boas d was held at the Town Office Building on `''ednesday evening,, February 7, I954, the following, being, present- Messrs. Duffy, Glynn, Scheib, Kimbell, and hooinson, also Mr.Cosgrove, Town Engineer. TO'N PLAN (Topographical Map) A discussion of the progress of the Town Map brought out that e large amount of material and notes have been assembled during, the last few weexe,much of it under C .^'.A appropriation. Mr Cosgrove stated that if, as announced, the C .7 A. should be terminated on February I5, the work would necessarily be pract- ically at a standstill, but it is hoped thatadditional funds may be available, and if so, ap_,roximatelyI'I5OO.00 of the total rlloted to the Town would be assigned to further engineering, services and thus mace it possible to continue one crew of four men, including a draftsman, on the Topographical survey until about May first. Meartime, three men from the regular force could work part time on the map, and also much data collected by Metcalf & Rddy in connection with their drainage studies would be available, and could be used toward the development of the map men Mr. Duffy asked of Mr. Cost,rove en estimate of the numoer of that could be effectively in the work on the map, if suffic- ient money were obtained from any source. He replied that two crews , each consisting, of an engineer, two field-men, and a draftsman, could work to advantage, and estimated that each crew in a year could complete about 25% of the map. On this basis , under the rates of wages paid to C. A. workers, the whole map would cost about ''1EOOO.00, en amount which Mr. Cosgrove thought would be difficult to obtain from the Town at the present time. Mr Duffy suggested that Mr Cosgrove p.. epare a detailed outline of the amount of work still needed for the completion of the Town Map, in such form as might be presented to the Regional Advisor in an attempt to obtain aid from the Federal Goverment. It was then VOT7D That Mr. Duffy and Mr. Cosgrove be requested to conffer with the Regional Advisor and make any suit- able arrangements which may provide means of completing the map, possibly by an additional alottment of C .^'.A. funds for hiring the sut,gesled two engineering, crews for the necessary time. PLEASANT STPJ=.T T D' `T'a,L )7M7 T. Mr. Cosgrove reminded the Board that a hearing on the mat- ter will be held by the County Commissioners , at East Cambridge, on February 20, and urged that as many of the Planning Board as possible attend the hearing,. 2 373I':ESS EBONY,G7S Mr Cosgrove informed the Board that he is preparing a sche- dule of frontages of all the existing, business areas in the Town, which will be available presently for use by the Board and the Building Inspector.t AAP OF BED1!O__D CT1?EI1T ARLAS Mr Cosgrove Asked the Board to look over a suggested dev- elopment of the areas on Bedford Street extending, from the Lex- ington Lumber Company to the North Lexington station, and east- ward to the railroad, particularly as it affects the Taylor property which is likely to be sub-divided in the near future. Adoption of a suitable layou., now may forestall a development which might be undesirable. BUD 7T i'OR I934 It was decided that an appropration of $250.00 would be asked of the Town for the year I934, made up as follows "r. inting, postage end Advertising $70.00 Mass Federation of Planning; Boards I5.00 Clerical Services . 40. 00 Professional Services I25.00 $250.00 ' Unpaid I933 Bills A A Shurcliff, II7,8b Mass F. P1 Bds I5.00 TT POS.y') AME?TDL 'NTS TO BY-LAW As a matter of formal record, the adoption of the follow- ing amendments was VOTE To substitute a new SECTION I0, NON-CONFORMING TTSES. The following draft prepared by Mr. Glynn was adopted. "EC`;'ION IO EXISTING BTTILDINGS Any use or building, non-conforming on May 2, I924, at tie time of adoption of the original Lexington Zoning By-Law, may be continued for the same purpose or for purposesnot sub- stantially diferent, any such building may be repaired orstruc- tually altered but shall not be rebuilt if destroyed tothe extent of 90> of its insurable value, no such use or building shall be extended or enlarged nor, if discontinued for a sub- stantial period of time, shall such use be resumed except sub- ,,ect to the provisions of Section 9. " SECTION 3, C I D"ST ICTS. That Section 3, C I Districts , Articles 17 and It , be amended by striking them out, and substituting therefor the following, " 17. Ton the northerly side if Massachusetts Avenue begining at Vine Brook and extending, westerly to the easterly line of Meriam Street, throughout its length extending northerly to the Railroad property. 3 "IE . T'pon the southerly side of Massachusetts Avenue beginning at the westerl line of '"ajlis Court and extending westerly to a point opposite the easterly line of Meriam Street, and of a deyjth of IO,) feet from the southerly line of Massachusetts Ave- nue, throughout " SECTION I6, BOARD DF A`'DTAL . To substitute a new Section 16, BOARD OF AP EALS as follows, "Section I6 There shall be a Board of Appeals of five members who shall be appointed by the Selectmen for terms of five years each, the term of one appointee to expil &. esch year. The terms of the members of the Board first appointed after the adoption of this oy-law shall expire in such order as the Selectmen shall designate The Selectmen shall also appoint annualy two associate members of the Board of Appeals , one or both of wnom may be des- ignated oy the Selectmen from time to time to take the place of a regular memoer or members of the Board of Appeals as to cases arising unuer this by-law in case of vacancy, inabiiity to act or interest. ( The following note is not a part of this Dy-law but is to be printed below this section, ) " Note Appeals from the ruling of the Building, Inspector in matters under this by-low are to be claimed , prosecuted, and heard in accordance with the statttes and the rules of the Board of Appeals printed in the appendix of this by-law. " It was also 1TOTn . To include in the 'arrant for the March, I934 Town Meeting the following proposed amendments That SI'CTION 4, C .I DISTRICTS , paragraph 2, be amended by adding, after the word "stores" , the word "salesrooms", so that the article .ill read "2 Retail stores salesrooms , and shops for custom work or the making only of articles to be sold at retail on the premises . " Also, in the same section, to delete article b (c) and to sub- stitute therefor the following- " (C ; nuolic ga_aoes , automible repair-sho_ s , storage- oattery service-stations , retail gasoline or oil stations , greasing sta- tions , or any of their appurtenances or accessory uses, Non of the foregoing, or any driveway for the entrance or exit of aut- omobiles in connection therewith, shall except as to the rear boundry thereof, be located so that any part thereof shall be less than fifty (50) feet from any residence district, or with- in three hundred (300) feet of the property used by any public or -private school, public library, church, hail of public assem- bly historical building, monument, or museum, playground, or institution for the sick, the aged or dependent, or for children under sixteen years of age. Every filling-station structure, pump, or greasing,-stand shall hereafter be set back not less tnan twentj (20) feet from the established street line, and no filling shall be done except to cars standing on the property of the filling-station. " Also , in the same Section, to amend Article 6 (e) by adding after the word "depots" the words "public stables " so that the same will read " (e) Detail dealers in ice, grain, fuel, lumber and structural materials, milk depots, public stables, and other commercial non-manufactoring uses not hereinbefore specified. " 4 SnCTI)N 17 AMENDM TT^ That Section I7 be amended by striking it out, and substi- tutinr thererof the followingr "Section I7. AMENDMENTS . Amendments to this by-law may be prop- osed by the Planning Board, by vote of the Town Meeting, or by a petition signed oy owners of b0% in valuatid of the property designated by the Planning Board as affected_by the proposed amendment, except that no proposed amendment which has been acted uion by vote of the Town Meeting shall be proposed again by petition in substantially the same form within one year of such action. The Planning Board shall hold a public hearing for consideration of each amendment so proposed, notice of which shall be published in a newspaper published in the town and mailed to such interested parties as the Board shal designate, fourteen days at least before the date fired for such hearing. No amendment shall be voted upon oy the Town until after the Planning Board has submitted a final, report thereon with recom- mendations to the Town Meeting. " It was further VOTED That notice of public hearing on these proposed amendments , except those relating to Section 3, Articles 17 and IE , be published in the Lexington Minuteman on February 15 and 2I, the hearing to be held at L p m on Thursday, March I. (1 public hearing on Section . , the proposed change of Zone of areas on Massachusetts Avenue in the neieihorhood of Cary Hall, was held 'Tovemoer I7, I933. ) DTTELIC SERVICE S IT^S The Board discussed a sub„estion made by Mr. Trask that the sites for proposed public-service buildings should be sub- ject to kaproval by the Planning Board, and also mentioned in suitable sections of the By-law Mr. Glynn stated that in his opinion the Planning Board has no authority in such matters , that they are always passed upon by the Board if Appeals, afterpuolic hearin6s at which the Chairman of the Planning Board should appear and report for his Board. He said that he would make sure that all notices of Board of Appeals hearings are hereafter sent to the Planning Board Chairman. ARLITd 1T1N M7AD177 A letter from Mr '7rightington relative to the possib- ility of undertaking any considerable development of the Meadow areas , in view of property rights of certain individuals and the water rights of the Town of Arlington. A caieful examination of old records pertaining to those matters would be required before he could render an opinion In view of this, the Board agreed that the matter should be postponed until later, after the Town Meeting, but that meanwhile a careful study of exist- ' ing plans should be made. 5 CITCTiv1 R`"_STIAL HT7-WA7 The Clerk was requested to write to the Metropolitan Planning Board and to the Massachusetts Department of Public '-oras , asking for any information that may be available as to pro6ress of plans for this new highwpy, and asking them to keep the Board informed of developments. The meeting was ad,journed at I0.59 o ' clock. Clerk I