HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-03-20' PLANNING BOARD MEETING
March 20p 1956
A regular meeting -of the Planning Board was held
in the Building Inspector's Office, Town Office Building,
on Tuesday, March 20, 1956 at 9:00 P.M. All members of
the Board were present -as was also Mr. Snow, Planning
Director.
Prior to the regular meeting, the Board met at
8:00 P.M. with the Appropriation Committee to discuss
a request for an additional sum of $2000 for assistance
in conducting a traffic survey in Lexington with par-
ticular regard to a re -study of the need and possible
relocation of Worthen Road.
As the first matter of its regular business the
Board took under consideration the following Form A
applications for determination of Planning Board jur-
isdiction:
#56-20, submitted on March 6, 1956 by Alfred P.
' Tropeano, attorney for owners; p3.an entitled "'Plan of
Land in Lexington., Mass.," Scale 1' = 3010 dated Jan.
17, 1956, Miller and Nylander, C. E. 's & Surveyors,
Lexington, Mass.
The above plan was one showing Lots 158 through
159 facing on Hayward Avenue and is part of a sub-
division entitled "'Colonial Heights", dated March, 1910
and recorded in 1910. The Board endorsed the plan.
#56-21, submitted on March 6, 1956 by Alfred P.
Tropeano, attorney for owners; plan entitled "Plan of
Land in Lexington, Mass.," Scale 1" = 30', dated Feb.
1, 1956s Miller and Nylander, C. E.'s & Surveyors,
Lexington, Mass.
This plan was one showing lots 99 10 and 11 on
James Street and is part of a subdivision entitled
"`Park Heights, No. 3," dated June, 1922 but not re-
corded until November 4. 1929. The plan was endorsed
by the Board with the notation that ''Lots 9, 10 & 11
do trot comply with the Lexington Zoning By -Law". The
lots each have a frontage of 50 feet and Lot 9 contains
an area of less than 7500 sq. ft. whereas the Zoning
By -Law requires that any lot lawfully laid out and re-
corded by plan or deed on or after March 18, 1929 and
prior to August 8. 1938 must have a minimum frontage
' of 75 feet and an area of 7500 sq. ft.
FORMS L
ZONING BY-LAW The remainder of the meeting was devoted to a
ENFORCEMENT general discussion of Violations of the Lexington
I Zoning By -Law and the problems of its enforcement.
It was decided that very soon after the annual town
meeting the Board would invite the Building Inspector
to a meeting of the Board to discuss matters relating
to the enforcement of said By -Law.
The meeting adjourned
%at 10:10 P.M.
Levi G. Burnell, Jr.
Clerk
The Board next took under consideration
'
a pro-
posed scheme of residential development of Battle
PROPOSED
Green Village lands between Constitution Road,
SCHEME
Freemont and Harbell Streets. Mr. Snow discussed
EXTENSION OF
t{peocpossible solutions which he had prepared since
BATTLE GREEN
the last meeting of the Board. The Board selected
VILLAGE
"Scheme C"' as one having the most desirable combina-
tion of lotting and road profiles. A letter was
prepared notifying Mr. Thomas, attorney for Mrs.
Ross, of the Board's informal opinion of the scheme
proposed by Miller and Nylander and enclosing a copy of
the Board's suggestion for the development of the area.
ZONING BY-LAW The remainder of the meeting was devoted to a
ENFORCEMENT general discussion of Violations of the Lexington
I Zoning By -Law and the problems of its enforcement.
It was decided that very soon after the annual town
meeting the Board would invite the Building Inspector
to a meeting of the Board to discuss matters relating
to the enforcement of said By -Law.
The meeting adjourned
%at 10:10 P.M.
Levi G. Burnell, Jr.
Clerk