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PLANNING BOARD MEETING
Monday, December 27,195 .
Present: Adams, Hathaway, Irwin, Jaquith, Ripley - Show, Stevens, Burns.
Meeting opened at 7:50 o'clock.
Bills
Bills presented as follows: George Smith, artist supplies, $13.19.
Samuel P. Snow, postage and miscellaneous, $4.79. Unanimously voted the
bills be paid.
Short
Dr. Leonard Short appeared for informal discussion re: proposed change
of zone of land on Waltham Street abutting business zone in Waltham. Wished
to rezone from R-1 to C-i. The proper procedure for him to follow was out-
lined.
Spinelli
Mr. Spinelli appeared re: his plan ofCaryEstate. Since the plan
was not clear to the Board, he was told to discuss the matter with Mr. Burns
and to bring back a sketch showing further study for sewer connection.
Sun Valley
Mr. George DeVries appeared with Form C and all necessary require-
ments for definitive approval of Sun Valley, Section III, dated Dec. 21, 1954,
Kenneth B. Oates, C.M. Name of new street to be HFiske Street". There are
no abutters to this development other than DeVries Construction Co. Moved
by Mr. Hathaway, seconded by Mr. Irwin and unanimously
VOTED: Date for public hearing on Sun Valley, Section III, be set
for Monday, January 10, at 8 p.m.
Discussion followed on suggested studies for Master Plan.
Meeting adjourned at 11:05 o'clock.
Wilbur M. Jaquit ,
Clerk
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PLANNING BOARD REPORT
1954
December 31,1951.E
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Lexington, Massachusetts
Gentlemen.-
As has been customary in the past, the Board's report for this year
again begins with a statistical record.
Regular and Special Meetings 4?
Conference re Changes in Zoning 11
With citizens 19
" consultants 10
" developers 52
" other Boards 12
Determinations of Planning Board juris-
diction (under Subdivision. Control Law)
No. of Applications Processed 79
Public Hearings - Subdivisions 9
Zoning 2
A comparison of these figures with those of last year perhaps may
give the impression that 1954 has seen a slackening in Planning Board ac-
tivities. Just the opposite is true, however. The actual total time neces-
sary in meetings to complete administrative work increased a little over 16
percent from that of the previous year.
Some of this time can be attributed to the additional burden thrust
upon the Board this past year by the Middlesex Registry of Deeds which re-
quires that all recorded plans of land not constituting a subdivision must
have the endorsement of a planning board below the statement, "Approval not
required under Subdivision Control Law." Before writing such an endorse-
ment, the Board makes an examination of each plan which is filed with an
application for a determination of planning board jurisdiction and compares
the plan with adjacent properties and previously recorded plats. With a few
exceptions most of the applications processed were not subdivisions as de-
fined by the State enabling legislation.
As the town has continued to grow at a rapid pace, the problems in
connection with each proposed new development have also increased, making
it necessary for the Board to spend much more time than in the past studying
the relationship of these new subdivisions to public utilities and other
elements of the town. This work demands considerable more time than the
members of the Board and appointed Town Officers are able to devote to
III these matters without neglecting other duties. The Board was pleased, there-
fore, when the Town voted to appropriate funds for the hiring of a staff man
on a continuing basis to assist the Board in handling these technical matters
and in helping prepare an overall development plan for Lexington.
A staff man has been employed by the Board since the first of Sep-
tember and has enabled the Board to keep up-to-date with its increased
administrative work load, revise plans for an additional municipal park-
ing area, and prepare an outline for the study and preparation of a long-
range development plan for the Town. The Board is now examining this
outline in detail and is prepared to move forward in 1955 on a broad scale
planning program covering all phases of community development.
The Board wishes again to express its indebtedness and thanks to
the Town Counsel, Mr. Harold Stevens, and the Town Engineer and Superin-
tendent of Public Works, Mr. William Burns, for their continued interest
and support of the Board in its work. It is hoped that the citizens of
the Town will also maintain such fine co-operation with the Board, sup=
porting and assisting in carrying on its program.
LEXINGTON PLANNING BOARD
Alan G. Adams, Chairman
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