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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-10-22 PLANNING BOARD MFETTNG October 22, 1956 A closed meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in the Planning Board office, Barnes Building, on Monday, October 22, 1956 at 7:40 p.m. Present were Chairman Hathaway, Messrs Abbott, Adams, Burnell, Grindle and Jaquith; Mr Snow, Plan- ning Director, and the secretary, Mrs. Milliken. The Chairman opened the meeting by stating that he, Mr. Adams and Mr. Burnell had attended a NUCLEAR luncheon meeting with four members of the Board of METALS , INC . Selectmen and two officers of Nuclear Metals, Inc. - whose parent company is Arthur D. Little, Inc Mr. REZONTvG Hathaway said that Nuclear Metals was interested in PROPOSAL acquiring the 28 acres of Reese property located between Hinchey Road and Westview Street and wished to know what possibility there was in having that Portion, 20 acres, of said property now located in an R 1 district rezoned for M 1 use at the town meeting to be held on November 19. Mr. Hathaway also said that the firm did not wish to wait until the Annual Town Meeting in March for consideration of the rezoning pronasal. Mr Burnell said that at the luncheon meet- ing Mr. Hathaway had made a very realistic presenta- tion of the problems involved in the rezoning pro- posal so that the representatives of Nuclear Metals, Inc . had a good idea of just what these problems were . After a discussion of these problems it was decided that the Board would not favor the "ezoning proposal of Nuclear Metals for the November town meeting but would be willing to consider it for a special town meeting in December or at the annual town meeting in Tlarch Among the problems considered was the ques- tion of whether or not the proposed plant could be permitted under nr esent M 1 district regulations Mr. Jaquith noted that there was to be a foundry in the building Nuclear Metals wished to build and asked what it was for and what processes were in- volved Mr. Abbott said that uranium ore was melted and made into a fuel which was not dangerous in it- self. He said this was done by extruding the pro- duct into tiny rods . He also said that there were no trip hammers or large apparatus used but that work was done on fine machines almost like jewelers ' lathes Mr. Hathaway said that the tools for pro- cessing the ore were given to Nuclear Metals by the Atomic Energy Commission under whose direct4on their work was authorized He said that there would be radiationproblems involved but that these were not unique. Another problem considered was the time needed for revision of zoning amendments Mr. Jaquith pointed out that there were only twenty-four hours available to revise provisions of the Board' s pro- posed amendments for C 3 and M 1 districts and that this was altogether too short a period for such an undertaking. A third problem considered was the location of the proposed road from Bedford to Wood Streets. The Chairman stated that While this appeared to pre- sent a problem,representatives of Nuclear Metals claimed they knew where the road was to pass over the land on which they wished to locate a plant . The next portion of the meeting was devoted PROPOSED to an explanation by Mr. Jaquith and a discussion by ZONING the Board of zoning amendments which had been pre- AMENDME^TTS pared for a new type of zoning district to be desig- nated C 3 - Special commercial districts and for C 3 and M 1 additions to Section 8 of the Zoning By-law It was DISTRICTS decided to schedule hearings on these and other zon- ing amendments at 8 00 p .m. on November 8, 1956 in Estabrook Hall. It was moved by Mr. Adams, seconded by Mr. MINUTES Abbott, and unanimously voted the minutes of the June t. and October 1, 1956 meetings of the Board be aper oved The following bills were presented and BILLS annroved for payment- Anne H. Milliken , secretarial services--45 00; Bruce E Howlett, professional ser- vices and reimbursement for car mileage-4106 .45; Mary G. Campbell, secretarial services for period ending Oct. 18-- 25.00. It was moved by Mr. Grindle, s econded by Mr. Adams and unanimously voted that the bills be paid as presented. The following Form A applications were taken FORMS A under consideration ford etermination of Planning Board jurisdiction : #56-84, submitted on October 22, 1956 by Mark Moore, Jr. for Moore Realty Trust; plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington - Mass ", Scale: 1" = 401 , dated July 13, 1956, Miller & Nylander, C.E ' s & Sur- veyors. ur- veyors. _0-22-56 -2- 11 #56-8 , submitted on October 2?, 1956 by Harold E. Stevens for the Town of Lexington ; nian en- titl-d "'Ian of Drain Easement Lexington , Mass ", Scale : 1" = 20 ' , dated Aug. 1956, Whitman & Howard, Engineers #56-86, submitted on October 22, 1956 by Win S. Caouette, agent for Roger B Tyler & Albert B. `dolfe, trustees plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington , mass ", Scale : 1" = 40 ' , dated Oct. 19 1956, Everett Y. Brooks Co. , C E. ' s . #56-87, submitted on October 22, 1956 for the Town of Lexington ; elan entitled "Plan Showing Sewer Easement Land in Lexington-Mass ", Scale : 1" = 40' , dated Sept 6, 1956, Miller & Nylander, C .E. ' s & Surveyors . It was decided that the nian accompanying applica- tion #56-86 was a subdivision and that the Board should not endorse the plan unless it were in some way modified so that all lots shown on the plan were served by exist- ing streets It was moved by Mr Adams, seconded by Mr. Burnell and unanimo”sly VOTED• that the plans accompanying annlications #56-84, #56-85 and I56-P7 be signed bearing the endorse- ment "Lexington planning Board approval not re- quired under subdivision control law " D- scussed next was the Oak Knoll Section One de- finitive subdivision clan concerning which the Board had OAK KNOLL held a nublic hearing on October 8 It was decided that SEC . 1 the easement shown on the plan at the end of Appletree Lane should be realigned, removed from the lot on which OUTHET t w located, changed to the status of a road and con- REALTY structed with paving and water line all the way to the TRUST property line or the DeVries development for future ex- tension to Tyler Road Mr. Snow was asked to so inform Mr. Outhet and to have him modify the plan for approval. The Chairman gave a report of his meeting with Mrs . Sarano of 315 Lincoln Street to discuss her re- REZONING quest that the Board insert an article in the warrant to PROPOSAL see if the town would rezone her property at the corner of Lincoln Street and Merrett Road from a single family SARANO to a local business district . The Board indicated that it was not in favor of the proposal and decided not to insert such an article 'n a town warrant After a general discussion of other matters before the Board the meeting was adjourned at 10. 10 p .m. Levi G. Burnell, Jr. Clerk I 1