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Home My WebLink About1935-07-02 PLA. ING BOARD L:EET'II•:G July 2, 1935 A meeting o �' the Planning Board was held in the Conference r' t' eL. July 00 of , 1. Town Tice_'i'ic., Building, Lexington, or. Tuesday, 2, 1935,. et 7 :30 P . i, . lessrs . Duffy, Greeley, Ellis, himball, cellars and i'obinson --re present . The clerk was also present. The reading of th records of the previous meeting were dispensed with. T1-e melter of s'-ripping loam was taken up and proposed amendments to the Zoninm 1.3jr-Law drawn up by hr. John Lyons and Town l,ounsel were discussed. 'Lir. Lyons felt that unless the loam stripping had to do with construction of buildings or farm uses, it must go to the Board of Appeals. The stripping of loam over large areas, as in the case of the Bean property, is not a normal farm operation and could not be allowed except with approval of the Board of Appeals. hr. Greeley suggested changing John Lyons' draft to read 'except wen incidental to and in connection with normal farm uses ." hr. Duffy felt that it would be permissible for a man to regrade his property or construct a golf course transferring loam from one loca4-ion to another but a person should not be alio' 'ed to buy property for the purpose of stripping the loam for sale . Iir. reelev stated that the proposed amendment would not stop srall contractors from taking off a few loads of loam be- cause that vou_ld be incidental to a farm use . 1._r. Greeley- also moved that the necessary steps be taken to insert in the next issue of the Town paper a notice of hear- Top ing to be held in the Town Office building July 19th, at 7 30 Soil P . h. on the following amendment to the Lexington Zoning By- Law proposed b.r the Planning; Boards- Voted :- That the Lexington Zoning By-Law be amended by adding to rection 4, r .1 Districts, Paragraph 6, the following parasr•aph: - e . Excavation and removal from the premises of any sod, loam, sand, gravel, clay or quarried or crushed stone , except when incidental to and in connection with the construction of a building for which a per- mit has been issued in accordance with the Building By-Laws, and except when incidental to and in con- nection v,ith the normal and lawful development of the propert- concerned. The motion was seconded by I._r. Ellis and it was unanimous- ly voted . At the suggestion of hr. Greeley, the meeting was turned over to the discussion of the various petitions for business I areas aloe, tie new Concord Highway. He presented informal Concord petitions fro-r the -utchinson Brothers, i..rs. Cutler, Fannie Highway Hutchinson and formal petitions from Henry S. i_oody and DeVir_cent . July 2, 1ao5 r. -obi_ son s'-atef thrs t if the boar was Going to desig- not- us ;n' ss re, s a.lon, tie ne Concord 1ti- Limar, he would su -es{- one t, ti- int-:rser. 1 ion of Pleasant .,truet takiuf in t ,e foni corn us a_ anotii,T at the inters• ction of the Old ,o cord e1 e n'e ai.d tre n-7 ,oncord V fn- ay r r. .,uffv st es' d t_iat inasmuch as the ioody property is i n' e-10 f'_1 fro vonc ,rd i—V "h. aTr, a separate nearing snould be ��e1. 3 , but f' It that tree other petitions should be " la ' be-once -it 1 '- , leoislssture acts upon the bill now i.T' u-it 7 1 3fnr t en--' c r i 1 set cd s. I''- as roved hat ti o n.ce s ary steps be to -en toward >bl ; c r n^ in tie Toi 'n Office Buildinrr, Friday, ,u1-- 1 at iI , t 00 J- 1 . , o_i tno petition of henry S. Doody to m Jd ` to L 'l i 1 ton %oil i By-Lay's end Fan by changing from a 0, r21L i 1 ( strict to ) business district the area bounded e- d foss, ihed a follo'- s : - Henry locater at o . 100 P' e^sant street , East S. noody L--ri ,r'to �, i. r : r . , hi i fro•1ta-e of about one nun- dred fif-H (150 ) feet on Pleasant street and running bIc1- a 1/stance of about two hundred (200) feet , as s}7orm on plan accompanying petition. `i_Te notion was seconded and so voted. It was move( arr' seconded , and unanimously voted that t-le area for the i- ood-- netit-ion be set as follows : - Eiossor Street from Allen Street to Concord Avenue, ,"oncorJ Avenue from V alnut Street to Belmont Line, Pleasant street from atertovn St . to Concord Ave . , atertovrl St . from Pleasant St. to Belmont Line , le,. Concord dighr"ray from Blossom St . to Arlington Town Line, of li n^ton Lane `hrour-hhout, gar e �T ue throu' flout, t•Ti _-yard ;.,venue t IrouC)..out , Hanson Avenue throw fhou t, Lale Street .,hroughout, 1.c ado'"brook_ 4,17-enue tnrc11ghout . s_ cr•etar-r 'pas instructed to ' rite Fr. Foody to this effect. otion as ma.,'e and seconded that the areas affected by DeVincent the DeVincent , Cutler arc an le _utchi_lson petitions be desig- Cutler noted as the sore as that- affected b,- the ioody petition, and Hutchinson it 'as co voted . e area as cif fected by the Hutchinson Brothers ' petition as r -sl ma ted as follows - :.1nssor 51-re,.t thro'inhout, L,ot 1. sides. of a11r•n St, frog^ blossom St . to Franklin School pronort-, So L h s t d es of new "oncord IE-h:'rav from ','daltham Street Hutchinson to Pleasant Street , 3oth sid s of aithan street fro- Stedman Rd. to (,oncord :lye . including all of the business district at the intersection of althorn Ut . and 6oncord Ave . both sides of Concord Ave . from Pleasant st. to ;althorn Street. -3- 1 ellingtnn Lane throughout, ' Barden avenue throughout, Vine-,ard avenue throughout, Janson ..venue t ir•oughout, hale Street throughout, endo^rbroo_: Av_nue throughout. Ir. Greele- re d a letter from the Circumferential High- vra}- Committee as_:inrg for a donation and the reappointment of the present representative or a new appointment. hr . ,_iriball moved that the Planning Board contribute CircuT-1 5.00 to the co lrittee and tna.t I r . Duffy be reinstated as ferentia] renresentative of the Lexington Planning- Board. It was un- Highway animousl,; voted . The meeting was adjourned at 10 45 P . I, . Respectfully submitted, ( s) Roland B. Greeley Clerk