HomeMy WebLinkAbout1957-04-02' PLANNING BOARD MEETING
April .21 1957
A regular meeting of the Planning Board was held
in the Town Engineer's Room, Town Office Building on
Tuesday, April 2, 1957 at 7:40 p.m. Present were
Chairman Grindle, Messrs. Adams, Burnell, Soule and
Mr. Snow, the Planning Director.
The minutes of the following meetings were
approved: March 11, 19 and 26, 1957•
The Board approved the following bills pre6
sensed for payment: Louise M. Baker, secretarial
services for period ending March 29, 1957--$25.00;
Samuel P. Snow, larch car allowance and reimburse-
ment for postage --$22.13; Foto -Beam, white prints
$4.26• Graphic Reproductions, white prints --$1.65;
Colonial Paper Co., onion skin paper --$12.05; Dewell
Co., multigraphing copies of Form A--$16.00; Ward's,
envelopes --$6.25•
Taken under consideration were the following
' Form A applications for Planning Board jurisdiction:
#57-33, submitted on March 29, 1957 by Nishan
Semonian; plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexing-
ton -Mass.", dated March 22, 1957, Scale: 1" =
40', Miller and Nyland er, C.E.'s & Surveyors,
Lexington, Mass.
#57-34, submitted on April 2, 1957 by Harold E.
Stevens for the Town of Lexington, plan entitled
"Plan of Haskell St. Sewer Easement Lexington -
Mass." Scale l" a 401, dated March 27, 1957,
Richard J. Gayer, Town Engineer.
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FORMS A
#57-35, submitted on April 2, 1957 by M.P.Vidette,
plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington Mass-",
Scale 1" s 20', dated April 1, 1957s William M.
Burns, C.E., Chelmsford, Mass.
#57-36, submitted on April 2, 1957 by Harry M.
Sullivan, plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexing-
ton, Mass.", Scale 1 in • 30 ft., dated April 1,
1957, Fred A. Joyce, Surveyor, Belmont, Mass.
It was moved, seconded and unanimously
' VOTED: That the plans accompanying_ applications
#57-33, #57-34, #57-35 and #57-36 be signed
bearing the endorsement "Lexington '
Planning Board approval under Sub-
division Control Law not required."
KINGERY Read to the Board was Mr. W. D. Kingery's
March 28, 1957 letter stating his conversations with
HANCOCK Mr. Moore in regard to the Hancock Heights develop -
HEIGHTS went, the present condition of uncompleted work in
said dubdivision, and Mr. Kingery's request that he
be given the opportunity to be heard in opposition
to any request for an extension of the completion
date of the work to be done in this development.
The Board decided to write a letter to Mr. Kingery
assuring him of the Board's interest in the subdi-
vision and the completion of the required work to
be performed therein by June 25, 1957• It was to
be stated in the letter also that the Board would
notify him and all other property owners within
the development should there by any request for, or
the Board decided to act on the question of, an ex=
tension of the date of the completion of this devel-
opment.
RE -ZONING Read to the Board also was the Selectmen's
PROPOSAL March 27,1957letter` confirming its discussion with Mr
Mr. Gummere at a joint session of the Selectmen and '
the Planning -Board in which it was agreed that the
Boards had no`objedtion to Mr. Gummerels proposal
from what they had seen and heard of the plan to
date. It -was also understood that inasmuch as the
town does not presently have a zoning classification
applicable to this particular type of operation, it
was understood that the Planning Boardwaswilling
to proceed with the` writing of an amendment to the
zoning by-law to encompass the type of project pro-
posed and to present said amendment at a town meet-
ing to be held prior to the summer season so that
the entire matter, insofar as zoning is concerned,
would be completed by that time. The Planning
Board concurred with the Selectmen's understanding
of the situation as set forth in said letter.
Mr. Snow gave a report of his March 29, 1957
conference with Mr. Cummere in regard to the above
proposal with special reference to the boundaries
of the proposed project suggested by Mr. Gummere,
It was decided to make some modifications in Mr.
Gummere's proposed boundaries, Mr. Snow being re-
quested to prepare a description of the Board's
recommendations for said boundaries and to present '
in written and graphic form these modifications for
consideration at the first meeting of the Board when
all members were present.
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The Board took under consideration next the
SUN VALLEY
' April 1, 1957 request of DeVries Construction Co. to
its for the to be
SEC. 15
change performance guarantee work
done in the Sun Valley Section 15 subdivision from a
conditional approval contract to a bond secured by a
deposit. Accompanying said request was a letter of
the same date from the Superintendent of Public Works
stating that the required work to be done in said sub-
division was 80% complete. Considering the fact there
was so little work to be done in said subdivision the
Board decided not to grant the Company's request at
this time and asked Mr. Snow to discuss the matter fur-
ther with Mr. George DeVries.
Read to the Board was Stephen Hopkins' April 1,
ASSOCIATES
1957 letter stating that he had not received the
REALTY
Board's amended letter of instructions in regard to
TRUST
changes required by the Board in the design of the
hotel proposed to be erected on the land of the Asso-
ciates Realty Trust at the corner of Routes 128 and
2 A in Lexington. Read to the Board was a draft of
a letter dated April 2, 1957 replying to the Hopkins'
letter and statingg that there evidently had been some
misunderstanding in regard to his expected receipt of
a letter concerning changes in the hotel plans. The
letter stated that the Board had approved certain
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changes ,at its meeting on March 26, 1957, and that Mr.
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Snow in conversations had communicated the
Board's decision, both to Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Priestly,
the architect, and had requested that a conference be
arranged to discuss the exterior design of the hotel
dining room but that to date the Associates had not
arranged for the requested conference. The Board
approved the draft of said letter which was signed by
the Chairman.
The Board discussed the plans for the Robinson
ROBINSON
Hill Section 3 subdivision and decided that it would
HILL
approve the subdivision subject to the conditions
SECTION 3
that a curb be built along the southeasterly side
line of the development of Childs Road from the
northerly corner of Lot 17A in an easterly direction
for a distance of approximately 60 feet, that an
opening in the curb be allowed for a driveway ten
feet wide, that the grade of the driveway be raised
by means of a short ramp approximately 6 above the
grade of the edge of the road, and that a driveway
of said width be located southeasterly across Lot 5
to the adjacent land of Leeland Construction Co.
Mr. Snow was requested to prepare in rough draft a
plan of said curb and driveway to be drawn upon the
subdivision plan. It was decided to withhold final
decisions -in -regard to the above conditions pending the I preparation of the plan by Mr. Snow.
The meeting__adjourned at 9:15 Pomo
.vi G. Burnell, Jr.
Clerk
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