HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-03-27 PLANNING BOARD MING
March 27, 1956
A regular meeting of the Planning Board was held in the
Town Engineer's Room, Town Office Building, on Tuesday,
March 27, 1956 at 7:35 p.m. Present were Chairman Adams,
Messrs. Burnell, Grindle, and Hathaway, the Planning Director
and secretary. Nor. Stevens, Town Counsel, was present from
7:45 to 10:10.
Approved bills presented for pay-
pPx' were the following
ment: Spaulding- Toss Company, for colored pencils--$2.75; BILLS
Louise M. Baker, for secretarial services--$3.45; Anne H.
Milliken, for secretarial service--$2.05.
The following Form A application was taken under con- FORMS A
sideration for determination of Planning Board jurisdiction:
#56-23, submitted on March 27, 1956 by Ellwell Incor-
porated, Roswell M. Boutwell, III; plan entitled "Plan
of Land in Lexington, Mass. of Nellie H. Viano to be
conveyed to Ellwell Incorporated," Scale: 1 inch s 40
feet, dated March 22, 1956, Rowland H. Barnes & Co.,
C.E. 's, Waltham, Mass.
Mr. Stevens arrived at 7:45 at which time the follow-
ing Form A application was also taken under consideration:
#56-9, submitted on February 13, 1956, by Leeland B.
McConchie of Leeland Construction Co. Inc.; plan
entitled "Plan Showing Sewer Easement, Land in Lex-
ington, Mass.", dated Feb. 2, 1956, Scale: 1" = 110',
Miller & Nylander, C.E.'s & Surveyors, Lexington,
Mass.
Mr. Stevens wanted to know if the sewer was in the
easement as shown on the plan. It was pointed out that the
Robinson Hill Section Two subdivision plan showed a sewer to
be constructed through lots 17, 18, and 20, but that the
plan had been changed and that the sewer was now within the
easement as shown on the plan accompanying application #56-9.
After discussing this subdivision plan change which
had been made without the knowledge of the Planning Board, it
was decided to write a letter to the Superintendent of Public
Works requesting that there be no changes in subdivision
plans approved by the Planning Board without said plans first
being submitted to said Board for approval.
It was moved, seconded, and unanimously
VOTED: That the plans accompanying Application #56-9
and #56-23 be signed bearing the endorsement
"Lexington Planning Board approval not re-
quired under subdivision control law."
The subdivision entitled "Adams Estates, Section Two"
was taken under consideration for definitive approval. Read ADAMS
to the Board was a letter from the Board of Health reporting ESTATES
that it had been unable to examine soil conditions in the SEC. 2
subdivision because of inclement weather and therefore was
in doubt as to the suitability for building purposes of all
lots in said subdivision. It was thought that the parcel
in the northerly corner of the subdivision should be marked
"Parcel A" since it did not meet the requirements of the
zoning by-law and it was understood the owner was planning
to add the parcel to adjacent land outside the present sub-
division. Mr. Snow noted that there were a number of
mathematical errors on the plan which needed to be corrected.
It was decided to withhold action on the plans until the
next meeting of the Board.
The Board next considered Mr. George DeVries' verbal
request that the DeVries Construction Co., Inc. performance SUN VALLEY
guarantee for work to be done in Sun Valley, Section Eleven SECTION II
subdivision be changed from a conditional approval contract
to a performance bond, Mr. DeVries agreeing to complete the
work by May 31, 1956. Read to the Board was Mr. Gayer's
March 16, 1956 letter in which he stated that 65% of the
required work had been completed. The Board agreed to the
change provided the DeVries Company secured the performance
bid by depositing a certified check for $7500.000, the
original estimate for the work to be done having been set
at $20,900.00.
Considered also was Mr. Ralph Friss ore 's request for
an informal opinion in regard to making a street connection FRISSORE
between Laconia and Fifth Streets, over what he claimed was STREET
the location of an existing right of way; and so give a CONNECTION
northeasterly access to Battle View Park, a northern por- LACONIA TO
tion of which he wished to develop for residential purposes. FIFTH STREET
Mr. Frissore supplemented his request with photostatic copies
Of Land Court Case 12100F and a quit claim deed granting
rights of way over land now or formerly of August Young to
what is now designated as Laconia Street.
The Board suggested expressing disapproval of the pro-
posal because, in its opinion, the road layout was poor and
there had been submitted insufficient information upon which
to make a decision. Upon asking the Town Counsel for his
opinion, he said that there was nothing in the title which
required that a way be built in the precise position indi-
cated on the submitted sketch.
Mr. Fitzgerald wished to have the Board's opinion in
' regard to subdividing for residential purposes the Goodfellow DEWEY ROAD
lot on Grove Street, using Gould and Dewey Roads as an EXTENSION
access onto said lot and extending Dewey Road to serve his
proposed subdivision. It was decided to suggest to Mr.
Fitzgerald that (1) he obtain from Mr. Watson, trustee of the
land on which Dewey Road is being developed, a grant of rights
of way over Gould and Dewey Roads, (2) frau adjacent property
owners the right to cast water from street drains onto their
lands, and (3) that he submit to the Board for further con-
sideration a rough sketch of what he proposes to do.
Mr. Stevens left the meeting at 10:10 p.m. at which time BOARD OF
the Board took under consideration the Board of Appeals hear- APPEALS
ings for petitions to be heard on April 3, 1956. It was de- NOTICES
cided to take no action on any of these petitions with the
exception of that of John F. MacNeil for a variance to erect
a building of second-class construction on land adjacent to MACIMIL
the Boston & Maine Railroad at Depot Square. The Board was PETITION
concerned with the fact that in order for the petitioner to
build the proposed building, he would have to be granted
four variances of the Zoning By-Law. It was decided to com-
pose a letter setting forth the Board's opposition to the
granting of the variances and the Board's reasons for such
opposition.
Mr. Snow reported that there was scheduled at Harvard
University on April 10 an Urban Design Conference. Na URBAN DESIGN
member expressed a desire to attend but authorized Mr. Snow CONFERENCE
to do so. He noted that the registration fee entitled one
to a summary of the conference proceedings, a copy of which
he would obtain for the Board's use.
The meeting adjourned at 10:50 p.m.
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evi G. Burnell, Jr.
Clerk
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