HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-05-16 PLANNING BOARD MEETING
May, May 16, 1955
Present: Adams - Abbott, Grindley Hathaway, Irwin, Jaquith - Snow, Stevens
Meeting opened at 705 o'clock. Record of the previous meeting
read and approved.
Bills
James J. Carroll, Polling list book, 11..00; Foto-Beam, Inc., poei-
tive and negative prints, $21.00 (to cape frdn perking lot fund); Adams
Press, Inc., legal advertising, $5.0O. Unanimously voted the bills be
paid, Mk'. Adams not voting.
Form A, #55-40, submitted by John F. Cahill. Plan entitled, "Flan
of Land in Lexington, Bass.," scale 1" - 4U", April 30, 1955, Lester N.
Lechter & Assoc., 739 Boylston St., Boston,.Mass. -
Form A, #55-41, submitted Mey 16, 1955 by Donald C, and Loretta M.
Rana an, plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, ,H "aas., scale 4Uw to an
tic ,dated May 9, 1955, Robert H. Denning, Surveying & Drafting, 2-Dow
Ave., Arlington.
' Form A #55-42, submitted May 16, 1955 by Frank D. walker, plan
entitled anpiled Plan of Land in Lexington, Maas.,. scale 1". - 100',
May 16, 1955, Miller & Nylander, C.E.'s and Lexington. -
Moved by Mr. Hathaway, seconded by Mr. Grindle and unanimously
VOTED: above plans be signed bearing the endorsement "Lexington
Planning Board approval not required under subdivision
control law."
A letter from the Board of Selectmen dated May 10 was read advising
that the following streets were scheduled for the next town meeting war-
rant: School St. frau Barrett Rd. at Lincoln St. approximately 2400 ft. to
Mass. Ave. and a proposed street running southwesterly frau Bedford St. to
Mass. Ave. approximately 1930 ft. It was moved by Mr. Irwin. and seconded
by Mr. Grindle and unanimously
VOTED: that School St. and proposed street be and hereby are
approved.
It was suggested that an article be inserted in the town warrant
which would include all the streets to be renamed which are sim1iar in
sound.
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Hearing - Sanitary Sewer
A public hearing was held at 8:00 o'clock in Eatabrook Hall in re-
gard to a proposal to see if the Town will vote to amend the Lexington Zoe-
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ing By-law by adding in Section 2 - Definitions, the following: (P) Sani-
tary Sewer. A public Sanitary Sewer of the Town of Lexington.
No citizens were present and there were no questions nor discussion.
Hearing closed at 8:05 o'clock.
Hearing - Leonard V. Short
A public hearing was held at 8:30 o'clock in Estatrook Hall on pe-
tition of Leonard V. Short and others to amend the Lexington Zoning By.1law
by changing a certain area from an R-1 district to a C-1 district, land on
easterly side of Waltham St. adjacent to the Waltham City line containing
by estimation about 7 acrres.
Dr. Leonard Short present as petitioner and ten other citizens. Dr.
Short stated that this area has changed in character, it now abuts a boar
ness district and is next to a liquor store; it is low land and not good for
residential purposes. Be feels that the area would be benefited by the
change.
Mr. Chester Duval of Waltham St. asked several questions as to pur-
pose for whiclr it would be used, the locationand if it would not increase
the traffic problem. The uses of a C-1 district were explained, and it was
stated that plans for widening Waltham St. are already on record.
There was no further discussion and no-one wished to be recorded as
for or against the petition. Hearing closed at 8:1.45 o'clock.
A joint meeting was held with the Selectmen re: the municipal park-
ing plan. It was agreed that the plans as previously drawn were to serve
as a basis upon which Mr. Burns was to proceed to make a survey of all the
properties involved and prepare engineering plans for the town meeting to
be held on June 20th.
Seinelli
Form C, application for approval of definitive plan for Cary
Realty Trust, extension of Fairbanks Road subdivision, was submitted by Mr.
Spinelli. It was agreed by the Board to set the date for public hearing
for Monday, June 6, •1955, 8:00 p.m. in the Engineer's office.
Tracings of the subdivision plan for Robinson Hill Section II,
approved by the Planning Board on April 25th, were endorsed by the Board.
Lidberg
It was moved by Mr. Hathaway, seconded by Mr. Irwin, that Fora B,
subdivision plan submitted by Chester Lidberg, ^Plan of Land in Lexington,
Mass., dated April 18, 1955, owned by Chester and Adella. Lidberg and sub-
mitted April 18, 1955 be disapproved on the basis that there were insuf-
ficient means of access to adjacent properties.
Meeting adjourned at 11 o'clock.
lmb sP. Abbotz,Clerk