HomeMy WebLinkAbout1957-05-13PLANNING BOARD MEETING
May 13, 1957
A regular meeting of the Planning Board was
held on Monday, May 13, 1957 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Town Engineer's Room, Town Office Building. Present
were Chairman Grindle, Members Burnell, Jaquith and
Soule, and Planning Director Snow.
Approved were the minutes of the public MINUTES
hearing held on January 30, 1957•
Approved also were the following bills BILLS
which had been presented for payment: Urban Land
Institute, Tech. Bulletins #4, 12, and 20, "Shopping
Centers" --$9.00; Underwood Corp., typewriter mainte-
nance -414.09; Graphic Reproductions, white prints--
$3.48; Samuel P. Snow, car allowance, April --$20.00.
Taken under consideration were the follow- FORMS A
ing Form A applications for determination of Plan-
ning Board jurisdiction:
#57-46, submitted May 6, 1957 by Walter E.
' Steeves; plan entitled "Plan of Land in
Lexington, Mass.", Scale: 1" = 401, dated
Mar. 25, 1957, T.Corcoran, Civil Engineer.
#57-47, submitted May 9, 1957 by George P.
George; plan entitled "Plan of Part of
Land in Lexington Mass.", Scale: 1" - 1001,
dated May 3, 1957.
#57-4$, submitted May 13, 1957 by Gertrude
E. Barstow; plan entitled: "Plan of Land in
Lexington, Mass.", Scale: 1" = 40', dated
April 15, 1957. Surveyed by Northeastern
Engineering Associates, Douglas P. Forbes,
C.E., Burlington, Mass.
It was moved, seconded and unanimously
VOTED: That the plans accompanying appli-
cations #57-46, #57-47, and #57-48
be signed bearing the endorsement
"Lexington Planning Board approval
not required under subdivision con-
trol law."
The Board also took under consideration the PEACOCK
preliminary plan for the Peacock Farms, Sec. 6 sub- FARMS
division, said plan having been previously studied
and discussed by the Town Engineer and the Planning
Director, the latter having also discussed the plan '
with representatives of the State Department of Public
Works. After due consideration, it was moved by Mr.
Soule, seconded by Mr.Burnell, and unanimously
VOTED: That the preliminary subdivision plan
entitled "Preliminary Plan of Peacock
Farms, Section Six, Lexington, Massa-
chusetts," dated April 16, 19572 to-
gether with an application for tenta-
tive approval, Form B, dated April 17,
19572 be and hereby is disapproved
for the following reasons: (a) the sub-
division would interfere with a pro-
posed town -state highway to be located
across said property, (b) in the Board's
opinion, there is insufficient sight
distance on the northerly approach
from Pleasant Street for an access
road onto said street.
TAX The Board discussed the Selectmen's April 26,
TITLE 1957 letter to the Planning Board stating that the
LOTS Selectmen had received offers for the purchase of tax
title lots listed and requesting the Planning Board's
opinion as to whether or not any of these lots should '
be sold. The Board asked Mr. Snow to examine plans
showing all the lots listed and recommend a reply to
the. Selectmen's letter.
REGIONAL At 9:00 p.m. the meeting was adjourned to
SHOPPING meet in joint se -scion with the Selectmen to discuss
CENTER with them and the Town Counsel a draft of a suggested
amendment to the Zoning By-law for a proposed re-
gional shopping center.
The meeting with the Selectmen adjourned at
10:45 p.m.
Levi G. Burnell, Jr.
Clerk