HomeMy WebLinkAbout1957-12-16 PLANNING BOARD MEETING
December 16, 1957
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board
was held in the Town Engineer's Room, Town Office
Building, on December 16, 1957 at 7:30 p.m. Present
were Chairman Grindle, Members Abbott, Burnell, Jaquith
and Soule, and Planning Director Snow. Town Counsel
Stevens was present from 10:05 to 10 :30 p.m.
After organizing the meeting the Board met in the SCHOOL
Selectmen's Room in joint session with the Selectmen, SITES
School Committee and School Sites Committee to hear a
report of the latter ' s findings and general recommenda-
tions for school sites . (For a detailed report of said
meeting, see Selectmen' s minutes . )
The Board returned to its meeting at 8:50 p.m. at PINECREST
which time it met with Mr. G. E. Larson who wished to
obtain the Board 's informal opinion in regard to a plan LARSON
entitled "Pinecrest", said plan having been prepared by
Fred A. Joz-ce, Surveyor, and showing a proposal tos ub-
divide into house lots a portion of M . Larson' s land
located between Watertown Street and the Peacock Farms
development . It was noted that last spring the Board
had previously discussed said plan when Mr. Joyce had
sought an informal opinion in regard to the proposal.
'Ir. Larson was informed that at that time the Board was
of the opinion that an access to Watertown Street at
the location proposed would not be in the interests of
public safety for the reason that there would be created
an intersection where there would be inadequate sight
distance along a state route - Nos. 4 and 25 - in addi-
tion to the inadequate sight distance for vehicles enter-
ing Watertown Street from the proposed subdivision. It
was likewise pointed out that Mr. Larson' s proposal to
provide access to the Peacock Farms land was in a loca-
tion which would not allow the developer of said land to
lay out lots which would meet the minimum requirements
of the Town' s zoning by-law.
Mr. Larson stated that he believed an adjustment could
be made in the lncation of the latter access. In regard to
the Watertown Street access, however, he said that the
location proposed was the only one available and that he
did not believe it was as bad as the Board thought it to
be or that the location of the proposed intersection was
sufficient reason for not approving a plan. The Board
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agreed to gine the subdivision plan further consideration,
whereupon Mr. Larson left the meeting at 9:20 p.m. Mr.
Snow was then asked to study the proposal further in
connection with his studies for a new town road to
connect the proposed Watertown Street-Route 2 inter-
change with Massachusetts Avenue.
FORMS A The Bo ^ d next considered the following Form
A applications for determination of Planning Board
jurisdiction :
#57-104 - Submitted December 13, 1957 by Asso-
ciates Realty Trust and Frida Semler Seabury by
M.A.Seabur--,Jr. , agent ; plan entitled "Plan of
Land in Lexington-Mass." ; dated December 6, 1 957,
Miller and Nylander, C .E. ' s and Surveyors, Lex-
ington.
#57-105 - Submitted December 13, 1957 by Charles
E. Heath; plan entitled "Compiled Plan of Land in
Lexington-Mass ." , dated Dec . 10, 1957 , Miller and
Nylander, C . E. ' s Surveyors, Lexington, Mass.
#57-106 - Submitted December 13, 1957 by William
H. Curnyn, Atty. , for Alfred Jones ; plan entitled
"Plan of Land to be Conveyed by Alfred Jones in
Lexington, Mass .", dated Dec . 1957, Rowland H.
Barnes & Co. , Civil Eng 'rs.
#57-107 - Submitted December 13, 1957 by William
E. Maloney; plan entitled, "Land in Lexington,
Mass. , Boston &Maine Railroad to William Maloney;"
dated October, l957, J.F.K. ? Eng 'r. of Design.
It was understood that the School Sites Committee
was interested in a possible site involving the land
shown on the plan accompanying application #57-106. It
was decided to withhold action on said application
until the Board discussed the plan with the chairman of
said committee. Thereupon, it was moved, seconded, and
unanimous) r
VOTED that the plans accompanying Form A applica-
tions #57-104, #57-105 and #57-107 be signed
bearing the endorsement "Lexington Planning
Board approval under the Subdivision Control
Law not required
PEACOCK Mr. Stevens came to the meeting at 10 :05 p.m. at
FARMS which time there was held a general discussion of various
SEC. 5 matters before the Board. Taken under consideration at
this time was the release of the bond for work to be com-
pleted in the Peacock Farms, Elec . 5 subdivision. All
matters appearing to be in order, it was moved by Mr.
Jacuith, seconded by Mr. Burnell, and unanimously
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VOTED: to release to the subdivider the performance
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bond, dated July 17, 1957, filed by A.
Morris Kobrick, trustee of Lucky Penny
and Meryl Robert Trusts, as Principal, and
the Aetna Insurance Company, as Surety,
in the sum of Thirty six thousand and no/100
dollars - ($36,000.00) - to secure the per-
formance by the principal of the obliga-
tions assumed in the agreement, dated July
17, 1°57, to complete the work to be per-
formed by the subdivider as shown on the
subdivision plan entitled "Peacock Farms
Section 5 Lexington-Mass." , dated July 11,
1957.
Mr. Stevens left the meeting after the above vote REGIONAL
was taken. The Board then devoted the remainder of SHOPPING
its meeting to a discussion of road studies which had CENTER
been prepared in connection with the proposed Route 2-
Spring Street intersection and `he regional shopping
center project.
The meetinr adjourned at 11.00 p.m.
evi G. Burnell, Jr.
' Clerk