HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-03-05 PLANNING BOARD MEETING
March 5, 1956
A regular meeting of the Planning Board was held
in the Town Engineerts Room, Town Office Building, on
Monday, March 5, 1956 at 7- O P.K. Present were Chair-
man Adams, Messrs. Grindle, Hathaway, Irwin and Jaquith,
the Planning Director, and the secretary.
The following bills were presented for payment : BILLS
Adams Press, Inc. , for advertising -- :3.75; Anne H.
Milliken, for secretarial services -- 6.25; Samuel P.
Snow, reimbursement for car mileage from January 3
through March 3, 1956, postage and miscellaneous
office supplies -- f13.00.
It was moved, seconded and voted that the bills
be paid, Mr. Adams not voting.
The following Form A applications were taken
under consideration for Planning Board jurisdiction: FORMS A
#56-14, submitted on February 27, 1956 by Melvin
A. & Maria Marda H. Osborne, plan entitled "Plan of Land
in Lexington, Mass.", Scale 1 = 40', dated June 9, 1954,
Miller and Nylander, C. E. ts & Surveyors, Lexington,
Mass.
#56-19, submitted on March 1, 1956 for Chisholm
Construction Co. by Joseph E. Chisholm, Treas.t plan
entitled "Plan of Land in LexingtonMass.", Scale
1" = 200 , dated February 2, 1956, Miller and Nylander,
C. E. ts & Surveyors, Lexington, Mess.
It was moved, seconded and unanimously
VOTED: that the plans accompanying Applications
#56-14 and #56-19 be signed bearing the
endorsement "Lexington Planning Board
approval not required under subdivision
control law".
The Chairman read the Board of Appeals notices BOARD OF
for hearings to be held on March 20, 1956. The peti- APPEALS
tion of Albert F. Douglass for a Funeral Hage at 16
Clarke Street was taken under consideration. Before
deciding to take any action in regard to this petition
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it was thought advisable to determine how many cars
were able to be parked in the rear of the property,
Clarke Street being so narrow and already congested
by parked cars of people using the library.
From Mrs. Kieran J. Lowry, Jr., 16 Independence
Road, Lexington, the Board received a March 1, 1956
MRS. LOWRY'S letter in which she expressed the feeling that there
LETTER RE is need for more ice skating areas and suggested
SKATING AREAS that the Town consider purchasing land on the other
side of the brook adjacent to the present skating
area at the Adams School. It was suggested that a
reply be written to Mrs. Lowry stating that her
letter was appreciated and that the Board will look
into the matter.
At the request of the Selectmen, Mr. Snow left
the meeting at 8:00 P.M. to attend their meeting.
The Chairman stated that Mr. Frank Tobin had
ZONING CHANGE telephoned saying that he would like the business
REQUEST zone extended to Worthen Road and that the Chair-
man had requested him to write a letter to the Board
to that effect.
Mr. Snow returned to the meeting at 8:30 to re-
MIDDLE RIDGE port that the Selectmen wished to know of any further
SUBDIVISION discussions which the Planning Board had with rep,
SEWER resentatives of Techbuilt, Inc. in regard to con-
structing a sewer in the corporation_'e Middle Ridge
development. To this Mr. Snow replied that to his
knowledge there had been no discussions since rep-
resentatives of Techbuilt, Inc. had met with the
Planning Board on February 6, 1956. The Selectmen
had stated that while there would eventually be in
the area 165 lots, none of which will be severed,
there is no need of a town sewer now. They noted
further that to make a connection between the de-
velopment and the town sewer system, there would
have to be laid about 15,200 feet of trunk sewer.
The Planning board felt that When there are
areas in town which need a sewer system it is a
poor policy to construct trunk sewers to connect
new subdivisions which do not need sewers. It was
also stated that such a policy would defeat the
whole purpose for which the outer areas of the
town which could not have sewers easily were zoned
for 30,000 sq. ft. residential lots.
It was reported that Mr. Antonio Busa was will-
ing to sell some of his land for recreation area but
that he will not suggest a price for said land.
It was also reported that Mr. Gayer and Mr. Snow
were going to visit the site and examine the Board's
proposal for the subdivision of Busa land.
The meeting adjourned at 9:00 P.M.
es T. Abbott
Clerk
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