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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-01-30 PLANNING BOARD MEETING January 30, 1956 A regular meeting of the Planning Board was held in the Town Engineer's Room, Town Office Building, on Monday, January 30, 1956 at 7:40 P.Y. Chairman Adams, Messrs. Abbott, Grindle, Hathaway and Jaquith were pres- ent. Mr. Snow, Planning Director, and the secretary were also present. The Chairman read the following bills presented for payment: John L. McAdams, 3 reams of paper, $15.30; George Smith, artist' s materials, $6.18; John C. Lichtenberg, for revision of population map, $32.00; BILLS Anne H. Milliken, secretarial services, $5.00. It was moved by Mr. Grindle, seconded by Mr. Jaquith, and unanimously voted that the bills be approved as read. The following Form A applications were taken under consideration: FORMS A 1 #56-4, submitted on January 26, 1956 by Joseph E. Casey. This plan is identical to the one accompany- ing Application 55-50 and was submitted to the Board for signatures so that the plan might be filed in the land court. The plan was approved and endorsed on the same day by four members of the Board. #56-5, submitted on January 25, 1956 by Francis Keefe, attorney for John Donovan and Cora A. Donovan, plan entitled "Plan of Land in Letington, Mass.," Soale 1" : 20' , January, 1956, Jos. J. Sullivan C. E., 16 Gloucester St., Arlington, Mass. #56-6, submitted on January 27, 1956 by C. L. LaPorte, plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass. ," Scale 1!" : 40' , December 20, 1955, Miller & Nylander, C. E. ' s & Surveyors, Lexington, Mass. It was moved by Mr. Jaquith, seconded by Mr. Grindle and unanimously VOTED: that the plans accompanying Applications #56-5 and #56-6 be signed bearing the endorsement "Lexington Planning Board approval not required under subdivision control law". BOARD OF The Chairman read the Board of Appeals notices APPEALS for hearings to be held on February 16, 1956. No NOTICES action was taken on the petitions. The Chairman read a letter from the National NATIONAL Historic Sites Commission concerning a special HISTORIC meeting at the Federal Building on Monday, February SITES 6, 1956 at 2:00 P.M. It was moved by Mr. Abbott, COMMISSION seconded by Mr. Hathaway and unanimously voted that Mr. Jaquith attend the meeting and be empowered to speak for the Board. At 8:00 P.M. Messrs. Nylander, Robert C. Merriam BATTLE GREEN and Edward R. Thomas, attorney for Mrs. Eleanor Ross, SUBDIVISION met with the Board seeking an informal opinion con- EXTENSION cerning plans which they presented showing a further subdivision of Battle Green Village. The proposed subdivision of ten lots, all to be sewered, is to con- nect Constitution Road with Freemont and Harbell Streets. Speaking for the group, Mr. Nylander stated that there was the possibility that ledge may exist underground and, if it does, that there is some doubt as to the financial feasibility of the plan. However, the Board was asked to study the scheme particularly with regard to the grades of the proposed roads. Two sets of profiles were submitted, one at 10% and the other at 12%. Mr. Thomas said that it was intended to investigate the ledge situation and that in the mean- while it would be appreciated if the Board would send him a letter in regard to its decision. Messrs. Thomas, Merriam and Nylander left the meeting at 8:25 P.M. The Board next took up the matter of the Corrigan subdivision of former Burgoyne land. This plan was CORRIGAN submitted on January 6, 1956. Discussed were the pro- SUBDIVISION posed 20-foot set back of the existing house, the FORMER length of the dead-end street, its lack of a leveling BURGOYNE LAND area at the North Hancock Street intersection, the pro- posed widening of North Hancock Street, the proposed road' s 12% grade up the hili and 11% down on the other side to the end of the cul-de-sac, the question of pub- lic safety in getting out over the hill during hazardous conditions, etc. Mr. Snow prepared a plan showing a proposed modi- fication of the Corrigan plan suggesting use of a strip of adjacent land owned by Mrs. Morey and access to Ballard Terrace across property of Messrs. Hofheimer and Taisey. At the request of the Board the abutters, Mr. Richard Taisey and Mrs. Ruth Morey, met with the Board at 8:50 P.M. to discuss this plan and various alternatives. They left the meeting at 9:20 P.M. In view of the fact that the Corrigan plan did not conform to the Lexington Subdivision Rules and Regulations in a number of specifications, it was moved by Mr. Hathaway, seconded by Mr. Grindle and unanimously VOTED: that the preliminary subdivision plan submitted on January 6, 1956 by Ernest J. Corrigan be disapproved for the reasons that the lot having an existing house does not have sufficient set-back from the pro- posed road as required by the Lexington Zoning By-Law and that said road does not comply with the Lexington Subdivision Rules and Regulations in regard to the length of the dead-end streets, grades, and leveling area. The Board next took under consideration the latest draft of proposed Historic Districts legis- HISTORIC lation for Lexington. There being no further need DISTRICTS for the secretary' s services, she was excused at LEGISLATION 9:)40 P.M. The meeting adjourned at 11:00 P.M. Charles T. Abbott Clerk