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Home My WebLink About1956-03-12' PLANNING BOARD. MEETING March 12, 1956 A regular meeting or the Planning Board was held in the Town Engineer's Room, Town Office Build- ing, on Monday March 12, 1956 at 7:50 P.M. Present were Chairman Adams, Messrs. Abbott, Burnell, Grindle, Hathaway and Jaquith, Mr, Snow, Planning Director and the secretary. The Board organized for the current year. It was moved, seconded and unanimously voted that Mr. Adams be made Chairman.. It was moved, seconded and unani- mously voted that Mr. Burnell be made Clerk. BOARD ORGANIZATIO1 BILLS ADAMS ESTATES SEC, 2 PUBLIC HEARING The f ollowinC bills were presented for payment: Fgto Beam Inc., office supplies -- $2.85; A. B. Dick Products Co., one quire stencils -- $3.06; Anne H. Milliken, secretarial services -- $15.00„ Helen E. ,Blodgett, mimeographing and mimeographing supplies -- $79.75. It was moved, seconded and unanimously Voted that the bills be paid as presented. At 8:10 P.M. the Board held a public hearing on the application of Louis M. Nystrom for approval of a definitive subdivision plan entitled "Adams Estates, Section Two". The Chairman read the he4r- Ing notice which had been duly advertised and sent to the abuttors of the subdivision under considera- tion and then explained the procedure in conducting the hearing. Mr. Mario DiCarlo, introduced himself as the representative of the developer and described the work to be done and the plans which had been ap- proved by the Town Engineer. It was noted that no town sewer was available to service the lots. It was also pointed out that the performance guarantee for the work tq be done was to be in the form of a conditional approval contract. Mr. Fogg of 79 North Street wished to know if there were a chance of changing the definitive plan at a later date'after it was approved by the Board. He was concerned about the possibility of Suzanne Road being connected with North Street through a parcel of land owned by the developer and situated between numbers 79 and 85 of said way. In reply, 1 BOARD ORGANIZATIO1 BILLS ADAMS ESTATES SEC, 2 PUBLIC HEARING it was stated that once approved the plan could ' not be changed without a new plan being submitted and accompanied by an application for approval. Mr. Obermayer of 4 Millbrook Road wished to know if the dead-end streets were to be left as shown on the plan or if they were to be extended to adjacent Verity property. It was stated that there were no tentative plans for extending the streets but that they had been located so that this could be done at a later date when access of sufficient width could be obtained from the Verity land to North Street. Mr. Camperman of 5 Westwood Road asked if any grading which would be done in connection with con- structing Suzanne Road would cause surface drainage onto his land. Mr. DiCarlo stated that there would be very little change in the contours as they now exist but if a problem did arise, a grate could be left above the lowest point in the proposed covered drain and the surface runoff directed to the grate, Mr. Cherillo of 85 North Street wished to know what disposition was to be made of the -under- sized lot in the northerly corner of the subdivision, Mr. DiCarlo replied that the parcel was not a•build- Ing lot but was to be kept until such time as it could be added to adjacent land to create such a ' lot. Upon asking if anyone wished to be recorded in favor of approval of the plan, Mr. DiCarlo said he did. No one wished to be recorded as opposed. Thereupon the hearing was declared closed at 8:30 P.M. At 8:40 P.M. Mr. Miller of the firm -of Miller MIDDLE RIDGE and Nylander and Messrs, Sullivan, Diehl and-Bielefelt SEC. 2 of Techbuilt, Inc, met with the Board to discuss its application for tentative approval of the preliminary plan for Middle Ridge, Section Two. This section was marked in green on the overall plan for development. Mr. Miller stated that maximumgrades to be en- countered on Turning Mill Road were 8.5%. It was pointed out, however, that this Information was based on the town's topographic map and not on actual field survey data. It was asked if the plan indicated the extent of Techbuilt's proposed development. Mr. Sullivan thought this was so for the reason that Mountain Road would continue to be an impediment to further development by -the corporation. It was noted that the only access Mr. Burnham had to his land in , Burlington was over Mountain Road. Mr. Diehl said ' that Techbuilt might provide for but not construct an access into Burlington so that persons having rights over Mountain Road would not be out off forever. The Board inquired if the area by the.power line was the one considered for a recreation area. Mr. Sullivan said that some of this land was low, He added, however, that with the location of a sewer through this area, the land would be good for resi- dential purposes.. He pointed out that between lots 39 and 40 there had been provided A right of way which was intended to be widened. Mr. Diehl said that in the Techbuilt office there was a strong interest in and sentiment for open space and that perhaps the reason for develop- ing the land as indicated on the plan was to pro- vide for some sort of common land. Techbuilt had in mind something like a school or club house. Com- menting on this idea further, the Board felt that Techbuilt was thinking only in terms of a recreation area just for the people in the subdivision whereas the Board was thinking in terms of a recreation area that any person in town could use. Mr. Miller and the representatives of Techbuilt left the meeting at 9:05 P.M. The f oll owing Form A applications were taken under consideration for determination of Planning Board jurisdiction: FORMS A #56-20, submitted on March 6 by Alfred P. Tropeano, attorney for the owners; plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington - Mass.", Scale 1".= 3019 dated Jan. 17, 1956, Miller and Nylander, C. E.ts & Surveyors, Lexington, Mass. #56-21, submitted on March 6'by Alfred P. Tropeano, attorney for the owners; plan entitled 'Plan of Land in Lexington - Mass.", Scale 1" = 30t, dated Jan. 17, 1956, Miller and Nylander, C. E.ts & Surveyors, Lexington, Mass. The above two applications and accompanying plans were returned to Mr. Tropeano for additional information. #56-22, submitted on March 12, 1956 by Kenneth E. and Audrey A. Adams; plan en- titled 'Plan of Land in Lexington-Mass,"f Scale: 1" = 30', dated December 21; 19490 Miller & Nylander, C. E.'s & Surveyors, Lexington, Mass. Mr. Legro, attorney for the Adams+, met with the Board to discuss the application, stating that it was desired to place the plan on record to clari- fy a deed and that it was an oversight that the plan was not recorded in the Registry of Deeds before a change in zoning had taken place.. The Board felt, however, that the plan should be endorsed with a notation that it did not meet the requirements of the town's zoning by-law. Thereupon it was moved, seconded and unanimously VOTED: that the plan accompanying application #56-22 be signed bearing the endorse- ment Lexington Planning Board approval not reouired under subdivision control law" and the notation that "the area and frontage of the lot shown on the plan do not meet the requirements of the.Lexington Zoning By -Law". Mr. Snow reported that during the past week Mr. Merriam had inquired if the Board had come to anydscision in regard to an informal opinion whieh BATTLE GREEN representatives of Mrs. Ross had previously re - SUBDIVISION quested in regard to connecting Freemont and Harbell EXTENSION Streets with Constitution Road. After reviewing the plans which -had been submitted, the Board decided that in the future it would not accept plans which do.not have sufficient information upon which to make a decision. The Board asked Mr. Snow to pre- pare for its next meeting studies of Battle Green proposal. .For the remainder of the meeting the Board discussed in detail the various articles on the warrant for the March 19 1956 Town Meeting. In regard to Article 46 it was decided to recommend only that the Town vote to.change Q4incy Avenue to Liberty Avenue. The meeting adjourned'at 11:15 P.M. Levi G. Burnell, Jr.� Clerk