HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-12-15PLANNING BOARD METING
December 3A, 1956
A special meeting of the Planning Board was held in the Town
Eng,neer's Room, Town office Bailding,'December 15, 1956 at 3:00 p.m.
Present were Chairman Hathaway, Messrs, Grindle, Adams, Burnell,
Abbott, Jaquith and Mr. Snow, the Planning Director.
The entire meeting was devoted to a discussion of the prob-
lems of M 1 and C 3 zoning and a determination of a Board policy
from which zoning details could be developed. The following general
policies were adopted:
1. That the Board re -study its proposals for intensity,
parking, loading and similar requirements for M 1
and C 3 zoning and recommend to the Town the adoption
of provisions to accomplish more adequate regulation
than exists under the present By -Laws.
2. That no enlargement of M 1 and C 3 districts be
recommended until the Town adopts what the Board
considers to be adequate provisions for -obtaining
the standards desired for such districts.
' 3. That no consideration be given to the re -zoning of
land on the easterly side of Roate 128 for non-residential
uses except uses which will provide services of direct
benefit to residents of Lexington; and, in general, to
consider such re -zoning only after specific projects have
been presented to the Board.
The Planning Director was asked to obtain additional informa-
tion showing how towns comparable to Lexington have handled industrial
development.
Mr. Jaquith said that Mr. Grush of the R. M. Bradley Company
would be willing to talk to the Board on industrial development if
the Board so desired. Pyr. Jaquith was asked to extend the Board's
invitation for a meeting on Wednesday, December 19, 1956.
The meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m.
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�Levi G. Burnell, Jr.
Clerk
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