HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-10-22PLANNING BOARD MF:FTTA?G
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
luncheon meeting with four members of the Board of
Selectmen and two officers of Nuclear Metals, Inc.
whose parent company is Arthur D. Little, Inc. Mr.
Hathaway said that Nuclear Metals was interested in
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 rroperty now located in
an R l 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 pronosal.
Mr. Burnell said that at the luncheon meet-
ing Mr. Hathaway had made a very realistic presenta-
tion of the nroblems involved in the rezoning pro-
nosal so that the representatives of Nuclear Metals,
Inc. had a good idea of lust what these problems
were. After a discussion of these problems it was
decided that the Board would not favor the rezoning
nrorosal 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 March.
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
NUCLEAR
METALS, INC.
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Atomic Energy Commission under whose direction 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 -oro -
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 'good 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.
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The next portion of the meeting was devoted
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to an explanation by Mr. Jaquith and a discussion by
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the Board of zoning amendments which had been pre-
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pared for a new tyne 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 mhedule hearings on these and other zon-
ing amendments at 8:00 p.m. on November 8, 1956 in
F,stabrook Hall.
It was moved by Mr. Adams, seconded by Mr.
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Abbott, and unanimously voted the minutes of the
June 4 and October 1, 1956 meetings of the Board be
an -or oved.
The following bills were presented and
BILLS
anproved for payment: Anne H. Milliken, secretarial
services -45.00; Bruce E. Howlett, professional ser-
vices and reimbursement for car mileage --$106.45;
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-
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veyors.
veyors,
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#56-85, submitted on October 22, 1956 by Harold
E. Stevens for the Town of Lexington; plan en-
titled "?Plan of Drain Pasement Lexington, Mass.",
Scale: l" = 201, dated Aug. 1956, tp3hitman &
Howard, Engineers.
#56-86, submitted on October 221 1956 by Win S.
Caouette, agent for Roger B. Tyler & Albert B.
Volfe, trustees; plan entitled "Plan of Land in
Lexington, Vass.'t, Scale: 1" = 401, dated Oct. 19,
1956, Everett M. Brooks Co., C.E.'s.
#56-873 submitted on October 22, 1956 for the Town
of Lexington; plan entitled "Plan Showing Sewer
Easement Land in Lexington -Mass.", Scale: l" = 40',
dated Sept. 6, 1956, Miller er Nylander, C.E.'s &
Surveyors.
It was decided that the plan 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-
inm streets.
It was moved by Mr.Adams, seconded by Mr. Burnell
' and unanimously
VOTED: that the plans accompanying applications #56-84,
#56-85 and #56-87 be signed bearing the endorse-
ment "Lexington 'Planning Board approval not re-
quired under subdivision control law."
Discussed next was the Oak Knoll Section One de-
finitive subdivision plan concerning which the Board had
held a public hearing on October 8. It was decided that
the easement shown on the plan at the end of Appletree
Lane should be realigned, removed from the lot on which
't w— located, changed to the status of a road and con-
structed with paving and water line all the way to the
property line o" the DeVries development for future ex-
tension to Tyler `?oad. 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-
quest that the Board insert an article in the warrant to
see if the town would rezone her property at the corner
of Lincoln Street and Marrett Road from a single family
to a local business district. The Board indicated that
' it was not in favor of the nroposal and decided not to
Insert such an article i..n a town warrant.
OAK KNOLL
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OUTHET
REALTY
TRUST
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SARANO
After a general discussion of other matters before I the Board the meeting was adjourned at 10:30 p.m.
Le"vG, Burnell, Jr.
Clerk
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