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Home My WebLink About1936-11-19PLA'uNII`'G 30r'sFtDI^ARIT?G Sarah A. Cutler November 19, 1936 Plannin;T 3oard hearing was held in the Selectmen's boom of the Town Office Building, Lexington, Thursday, November 19, 7.936, at 7:30 P. P:I. upon the petition of pairs. Sarah A. Cutler. Lessrs. Borden, I'imball, Ferguson, and Ellis were present. '_'he petition was to amend the Zoning ByHLaw and Yap bar changing from an I=-.1 TD!stri_ct to a C.1 District the area bounded and described as follows: - "On the easi;erl7 side of I'leasant Street be- ginning at a point 100 feet north of the Concord Turnpilo:e and extending northerly along Pleasant Street for a distance of 150 feet, from there run- ning easterly for about 400 feet to a point on the Concord Turnpike 100 feet east of where Clematis Brook goes under the Concord 'Turnpike, and bounded on the south b7 the Concord Turnpike and Clematis Brook." prir. Borden declared the hearing open and Lir. Kimball read the notice of hearing which had been published in the iovember 4th issue of the Lexington Idinuteman and sent to property o•:•rners affected by the petition. i,:"ro. Cutler stated that she had nothing; to say except that she had changed the area in the petition and that she did not have her lariyer representing her this time. She did not think he ad been treated fairly at the last Town Leeting •-� s it was ten minutes of twelve when her article in' the !'Iarrant ,vas brought up, and man,= of the Town p,ieeting iaembers had gone home. She felt that the small tract of land named in the -oetition is undesirable for house lots and is only asiring for vlri�.at she thinks is fair as she owns nine acres a_lon7 t':�e ne;°r roar. i,:rs. t utler also stated that: slie ould not afrree to a building that ,°rould be detrimental to the 'Town and feels that, she is taking the attitude Irir. Cutler !^✓ould have ta'ren. She felt t'l at a asoline station was needed es several; people i ave cone to her house for gasoline. She could not understand vrhv the Planning Board was so opposed but thoi. 'Frht tl-cre was a limit, and felt that she was justified in asking the Toren to grant this change. i.r. ��ord.en asked if there were others who wished to sneak either in favor or in opposition and there were none. Te then asked I;:.rs. Cutler if she would be willing to have her petition changed from a C.l to a T.1 District. This, he exola_ned, i.,:ould m�:an that the land would be restricted to the sale of sasollne, oil and automobile accessories. h!rs. cutler replied that she would be willing to change to a T.1 Listrict as she was petitioning for the sale of gasoline ohhr. ane also asked if a T.1 District could be changed baclr to an 11.1 District and Lr. Borden answered that it could. C -tler 11earing -2- November 19,1936 i -r. Kimball stated that Lir. ';irightington advised that it Would be better to let the petitions stand as C.1 Districts, rather than mace the change on the Town Meeting floor, because if the To,,en does accept it, it does not become a law for quite son -I t i re and_ then the change would be made. i.r. jorden asked I;irs. Cutler if sbe would be willing to make this chane from a G.1 to a T.1 District, at a later date, if her petition was granted, and Mrs. Cutler replied that sl^.e would. As there were no others who wished to speak, Lir. Borden declared the hearing closed at 7:50 F. M. and advised the petitioner that the matter would be taken under advisement. Respectfully submitted, Clerk l t PLA""'ING I30AEL liL''ARIP.G ^rne st DeVincent November 19,1936 A Planning Board hearing !^ras held in the Selectmen's Room of the Town Office Building, Lexington, Thursday, November 19, 19361 at 8:15 P. _J. upon the petition of Ernest DeVincent. I`essrs. Borden, Kinball, Perguson, and E113_s were present. The petition was to amend. the ;Toning By-1,aw and h:ap by chang- ing from an R.1 c%istrlct to a C.1 District the area bounded and. described as follows:- "Be.inninr; at a point at the southwesterly inter- section of "rleasant Street and the Cambridge -Concord I pi'Te and rizn ting alonr? said turnpike and in a general vresterly direction 320 feet, thence turning and running due south 140 feet, thence turning and running*, eastern; on a line parallel to the Cambridge- concord '-L'urnpi -ce 130 feet to Pleasant Dtreet, thence turning and running in a northeasterl',T direction along Pleasant Stre-t 210 feet to the point of beginning." Yr. Borden declared the hearing open and Idr. Kimball read the notice of hearing Ihich had been published in the 'dover�ber 4th issue of the Lexington Iainuteman and sent to nropert,r owners affected bz. the petition. Judie Pierre ITorthrup, representing Mr. DeVincent, stated that i:r. DeVincent bought the land in question twenty years a,;o for farming bi_r-ooses, but now he could not use it for farm- Ino; because the ner:, road cuts through leaving two triangles. At the time this was done, 17.r. DeVincent remarked that the road being constructed through his land was spoiling his farm and the State Engineers told him he would have a good site for business. fie further explained that Irir. DeVincent ' s petition �ras one of the first to be presented along this hi�'rtr,a-r and the? did. not rresent it the second time because t"P'' IanteC! to COO"r?erate ',:'i.tb the i'la.nning board who were r^a'r_n- a. st,130- of this road&t that time. He said they a•,_) -eared before the Hoard, explained that Lr. DeVincent Tras a man fl_nanclall-T su_bstanti_al, pointed out the location where t'iore no hills or intersections and that the petitioner granted t'r)e fillin station--! so his two sone could operate it. Iie a' -so said t_-iat this „ as long before i,ir. Childs had obtained ".is ontion on the '!iatch property. The site asked for before, on 111,e northeast corner of Pleasant Street, was on the same side of t'ne road as that of i:':r. Childs. he stated that the `.n:Ineering Department had advised that this was the proper si t, for a filling station, and this was also confirmed by the t'lsenninu i3oard Report. Because hir. Childs' filling station is to be located on the same side of the road as r. 1'), -Vi aske ? for previously, they have changed to the ornosite side at the corner of Pleasant Street. This »rorosec' filling station ilas no exit on the turnpike and the autorobiles cor^inF, fror Concord will turn in and the exit 7. -!ill be on 1leasant Street far enough from the traffic lights so t":ere rill be no friction. The land at this point is low and it rril.l cost quite a bit of honey to fill it but it is 'rl annin Ana' grin r -2- ovember 19, 1936 quite lour. Lr. R'o?pert L. hsrder asked how near the Sealer's 1775 house .gas from, tris site and I,_r. 17orthrup stated that the proposed filling- station is on the opposite corner and will not conflict * r ith I r . .;ood-T' s dr.1vevra- as he has his parking space in the rear. .r. 3orden asked Judge ;orthrup if his petitioner would be rri llinf? at a later nate, if the T.1 District is established, to change his nronerty from an h.l Listrict to a T.1 and Judge Uort:hrup replied that they would be willing to make this agree - Ment. I,.r. r_obert L. '.yder stated that he had been authorized to speak for i;[r. Loody who is opposed to having a filling station at t?ie r3easant Street intersection but would not onnose . it if ',:r . ?;e Vincent would put it at the other end of bis land .ie also said he could not agree with 1r. Northtup's statement regarding the traffic on Pleasant Street. He said foody 1,°lould not oppose it if it was 600 or 700 feet from t'te intersection but feels that it would depreciate the value of his investment if it were at the intersection. Judge 'L':ort'^.ru- s;;ated that he did not think Er. Moody had a monopoly of the business on the Concord Highway. He also felt that this proposed filling station would be an asset to the Iioodv development, as there are going to be no large si.mns, and no visible numns. :.r. F.-�der stated that I,:r. T•Ioody had not seen the plan of the pronosed fil:' ing station and it was possible that he minht change his mind, but he had authorized him to make the stater,ent that he had no objection to a filling station at the other end of the De Vincent's land.. tie felt that P;r. I,,Ioody had a richt to protect his development. !:r. 3orden asl-ec if there were others who wished to spealr, and as there were no others, the hearing was declared closed at 8:45. The petitioner was advised that the matter would be taken under advisement. Respectfully,* submitted, C lerk 1 LII 1 PLANNING BOARD'MEETING November 19, 1936 Present:- Messrs, Borden, Ellis, Ferguson and Kimball. A meeting of the Board was held following the hearings on Cutler, Peterson and DeVincent petitions for changes from R.1 to C.1 Districts. Mr. R. L. Ryder met, upon invitation, with the Board to discuss the layout in connection with the proposed street. He stated that he had complied with Mr. Raymond's suggestion to increase the width of the street from 40 to 50 feet and was waiting approval of the layout shown on the tracing dated August, 1936, submitted. He said the matter has been delayed to the point where weather conditions would not permit actual work before spring and also remarked that he had a prospective customer for one of the lots on the south side of this street, who would not'purehase before the lay- out was made a Board of Survey Street. He agreed that the blueprint prepared by Barnes & Beal dated June, 1936, did not take cognizance of the terrain, that it appeared to be a "drafting board" layout and could not be used as a basis for consideration of this area. It is recognized that a satisfactory layout cannot be made before a definite decision Is reached in the location and treatment of Vine Brook. The Board will discuss the matter with Mrs Raymond next Tuesday. Mr. Ryder retired after a general discussion of approach highways.' Mr. Borden presented the draft of a letter addressed to the Lexington Minuteman discussing the proposed "Through- way Zone"; which was approved for release in next week's paper, It was voted to approve Mr. Hartman's bill for con- sulting services. The meeting'adjourned at 9:20 P. M. until November 24th at 7:30 P, Me Respectfully submitted, C lerk Ryder Road