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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1957-01-02i LEXINGTON PLANNING BOARD 1957 Charles T. Abbott Alan G. Adams to May 31 (See Minutes of June 10,1957) Levi G. Burnell, Jr., Clerk Thomas. S. Grindle, Chairman from March 11 Donald D. Hathaway, Chairman through March 4 Wilbur M. Jaquith, Vice Chairman from March 11 ' Richard H. Soule, from March 11 1 PLANNING BOARD MEETING I January 21 1957 A regular meetinf of the Planning Board was held in the Town Engineer s Room, Town Office Building, on Wednesday, January 2 1957 at 7:50 p.m. Chairman Hathaway, Messrs. Burne Grindle and Jaquith were present as were Mr. Snow, Planning Director, and the secretary. The Board approved the following bills presented BILLS for payment: H. B. McArdle, office supplies --$4.70; Samuel P. Snow, reimbursement for postage, office supplies and car mileage for November and December -- $21.54; Bruce E. Howlett, Professional services through December 31, 1956-4127.00; Ma G. Campbell, secretarial services through December 28, 1956--$20.00. Approved also were the minutes of the Board's MINUTES December 15, 1956 meeting. Read to the Board was the draft of a letter STREET addressed to the Selectmen, dated December 2$119563, OPTIONS stating that the 'Board had obtained two options for ' easements it was recommending the Town acquire as a location for the extension of Eldred Street from Justin to Grove Streets and enclosing one conformed copy of each ofsaid agreements obtained from _Lawrence H. With erell and Richard H. and Phoebe H. Soule. The letter further requested that a town way be laid out across the land included in the agreements and that if the Selectmen think this should be done that they have a layout of the extension made, hold a public hearing on the matter and then put the question of acceptance of the layout in the Warrant for the 1957 Annual Town Meeting. The Board approved the letter which was signed by the Chairman. Read to the Board was the Selectmen's December 27, EXCHANGE OF 1956 letter replying to the Planning Board's letter TAX TITLE of December 17, 1956. The Selectmen's letter stated LOTS FOR that the Board of Selectmen was in favor of the RECREATION Planning Board's suggestion that the latter Board. LAND discuss with Mr. Busa the possibility of exchanging tax title lots for property the town might acquire for recreational purposes. Read to and approved by the Board and then TOWN signed by the Chairman was a letter dated January 33 MAP ' 1956 and addressed to the Selectmen stating that the firm working on the new town map estimated it would complete its contract within the next two months and within the funds allotted for the purpose. In its ' letter the Board recommended that after this basic work was done a set of assessors maps be prepared and requested a joint meeting with the Assessors and the Selectmen:on January 7 , 1957 to acquaint the Boards with the various aspects of the problem and to view the preliminary town map and various other exhibits. SEABURY - 'Considered next was a letter dated January 21 HOTEL 1957, addressed to John F..Groden, Mrs. Seaburq's attorney, and prepared by Mr. Snow at the Board's request, setting forth the Board's eecisions of the previous 'week in regard,t the hotel and site plans submitted by Mrs..Seabury. The letter was discussed in detail, approved by the Board, signed by the Chairman, and contained the following statements: "In comparing the new hotel plans with those previously submitted and noting that they were substantially different, the Board votedunan` - imously that another public hearing was in order for the reasons that (1) the building has been relocated on the site, (2) there is no restaurant shown on the recently submitted. plan, (3) substantial changes had been made in the interior of the building and (4) both the ' materials used and the facades proposed alter the exterior design of, the hotel. Either -before or at the public hearing the Board would like to see sketches and/or perspectives showing th e'contemplated exterior of the building as viewed from the direction of the Route 128 Massachusetts Avenue and Route 128-Marrett Road intersections, the point of view from which said perspectives are taken to be located on the site plan. With special reference to the site plan, the Board would like to have shown on said plan the bound- aries of the present A 1 district and the bound- aries of the parcel of land on which the hotel is to be built. In regard to the driveway permits from the De- partment of Public Works, the Board presumes that you will have these renewed. A representative of the Board noted that work started under permit #4-3229, dated August 3, 1955, has not been com- pleted and that the permit expired September 3, ' 1955; also, that no work has started under permit 0-13451 issuedSeptember23, 1955 and extended to uary , 1 0 1 -2- To date no copy of the sever easement from the Town has been received by the Board but it is understood that this will be forthcoming shortly. Lastly, the Board has received from Mr. Hopkins a letter dated December 11, 1956, a copy of which it is understood has been sent to you. In re- gard to paragraphs 1 and k of said letter, the Board would appreciate receiving a written state- ment as to whether or not the Seabury Estate still owns the land on which the hotel is to be built and therefore will make a new application for a public hearing, or whether all matters in regard to the application will be handled in the future by Mr. Hopkins, President of the Asso- ciates Realty Trust." Mr. Snow was asked to notify Mr. Groden by letter that the Board was prepared to hold a public hearing and would set a date for the same upon application of the owner of the property and that to pay for the ad- vertising, notices to be sent to interested parties and secretarial services, the Board had set a fee of $50.00, receipt of which was required before setting the date of the public hearing. Read to the Board was the Building Inspector's December 26, 1956 letter in regard to Section 10 (c) of the Zdning By -Law, Non -Conforming Use. The In- spector requested that the Board consider a reword- ing of said paragraph to allow a building permit to be issued when a proposed enlargement or addition does not violate any of the zoning setback or yard requirements. Upon consideration it was thought that basically this provision was not intended to apply in the cases the Inspector spoke of but that what might be done is to allow extension or enlargement if such did not in- crease the violation. Mr. Snow was requested to ask the Inspector for a summary of the various types of house enlargements and extensions that have been or might be considered Board of Appeals cases. The Planning Director gave work accomplished on the Master year and a program for 19570 SEC. 10 (c) ZONING BY-LAW an oral report of the MASTER Plan during the past PLAN The meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.m - L , LIL � Levi G. Burnell, Jr Clerk