HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-04-07PLANNING BOARD MEETING
' April 7, 1958
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning
Board was held in the Town Engineer's Room, Town
Office -Building, on Monday,April 7, 1958 at 7:35
p.m. Present were Chairman Grindle, Members
Burnell, Jaquith, and Soule, and Planning Director
Snow.
The Board approved the minutes of the Feb-
ruary 17 and 18, March 24 and 26, 1958 meetings.
The Board approved also the following bills
which had been presented for payment: Foto Beam,
Inc., drafting supplies --$1.55 and $3.39; Hobbs &
Warrens Inc., record sheets $7.65.
Considered next by the Board was the petition
of James F. Corr, Jr. for a variance tos ubdivide
land bounded by Weston and Lincoln Streets and
Route 128 into six lots, none of which would con-
form with the minimum requirements of the zoning
by-law. The proposed lots were shown on a plan
previously left at the Planning Board office by
' Lt. Corr, said plan being entitled "Plan of Pro-
posed Lots in Lexington Mass.", dated Mar. 17,
1958, Scale: 1" = 401, Miller and Nylander, C.E.'s
and Surveyors.- Noting that each proposed lot was
larger than those then fronting on Shade, Weston,
and Lincoln Streets, it was decided to take no
action on the petition to be heard. However,wi_th
regard to the discussion which the Board held with
the Selectmen at their March 25,1958 meeting, the
Planning Board discussed various possibilities of
locating across the Corr land a road from Weston
to Lincoln Street for the purpose of providing a
future means of access from`the proposed regional
shopping center through the Hayden land.
At 8:05 p.m. Lt. Corr and Mr. Robert Cataldo
met the Board, they wishing to know if the Planning
Board had any objections to the granting of a
variance for subdividing the land shown on the plan
described above. At this time they were informed
of the Planning Board's interest in acquiring for
the Town an option to purchase land for a road
across their property, the possible need for said
road being stated above.
Lt. Corr said that if a road were to be lo-
cated anywhere across the parcel of land he would
not wish to build a home on any of the remaining
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land. He stated that he had bought the land for the
purpose of building a new residence, had hoped to sub- ,
divide it as proposed on the plan, selling a suffi-
cient number of lots to pay for all the land and realiz-
ing a profit for paying for part of a new house. He
said that on February 18, 1958 that he had paid the
City of Cambridge $7700.00 for the land, and that he
now had a $4000 mortgage on said land.
It was understood that the gentlemen tentatively
agreed to sell to the Town for $6,000, a 70 -foot wide
strip located across the land from Weston to Lincoln
Streets and contiguous to Route 128. Mr. Cataldo
stated, however, that if the 70 -foot strip was to be
located anywhere else other than as previously
described, he would not want to sell less than the en-
tire parcel it was proposed to subdivide. He said
that they had refused a firm offer of $18,000 for the
land provided the Board of Appeals granted the variance.
He said they wanted $21,000 for the entire parcel.
It was suggested that they consider further a
prieeibr which they would be willing to sell all the
land or a parcel thereof to the Town. They were in-
formed that the Board would consider the matter fur-
ther also and discuss the possible obtaining of an
option with the Selectmen. Thereupon, Messrs. Cataldo
and Corr left the meeting at 8:t5 p.m. In discussing
the matter afterwards, the Board requested that Messrs.
Grindle and Snow meet witty the Selectmen the following
evening, reporting what information the Planning Board
had obtained in its meeting with Messrs. Cataldo and
Corr.
DeFELICE The. Board next considered the application of
Frank DeFelice for approval of a definitive sub -
LIBERTY division plan entitled "Part of Liberty Heights"
HEIGHTS and dated Jan. 29, 1958. Approved was the draft of
a letter to Mr. DeFelice informing him that the
Board would be in a position to approve said plan
upon his filing with the Board a bond and informing
him also of the wording of the proposed vote of
approval. (See addendum.)
LORITTG Mr. Snow gave a report of his conference during
HILL the past week with Mr. Nylander in regard to the
ESTATES Loring Hill Estates Section Two definitive plan,
SEL% 2 showing the Board the Loring Road study profiles
which Mr. Nylander had prepared after said confer-
ence. It was decided that in this instance only the
Board would approve the study profile showing a
leveling area at the foot of Loring Road and a uniform
grade of 10.53% for said road. Mr. Snow was asked to
notify Mr. Nylander of this decision.
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The matter of sidewalks in the subdivision SIDEWALKS
was also reviewed, it being noted that the Board had
not required the construction of sidewalks in the
first section of the Loring Hill development. It
was noted also that the estimated cost of the re-
quired work to be done in the second section of said
development had not included the construction of
sidewalks. It was decided torrequire the construc-
tion of sidewalks on one side of the streets in the
second section but that the Board would not ask the
Superintendent of Public Works to revise the estimate
to include cost of said walks for the reason that
the subdivider had filed with the Board a bond based
on the cost of said estimate.
The Board discussed further the location and
construction of sidewalks in all subdivisions as
set forth under Sec. V.B.9 of the Subdivision Rules
and Regulations. In order to facilitate the admin-
istration of this particular paragraph of said regu-
lations) Mr. Snow was requested to discuss with the
Superintendent of Public Works the development of a
procedure wherein the location of sidewalks would be
shown on definitive subdivision plans and the cost
of said walks included in the acceptance of estimates
of the cost of performing the various items of re-
quired work in the subdivisions.
Mr. Snow reported that during the previous week
a definitive plan for the subdivision of the Sandy
Brook Corp. land northeasterly of Lowell Street
and southeasterly of East Street had been filed
with an application for approval of said plan. He
stated that he had not signed the application as
deemed to have been submitted after noting that the
plan appeared to be incomplete. It was decided
that the way located between lots 47 and 48 shown
on the plan was to be constructed to the south-
easterly property line of the corporation's land,
that such utilities as the Superintendent of Public
Works wished to recommend be provided in said way,
and that said Superintendent be notified of the
Board's decision.
The Board next reviewed Mr. Snow's preliminary
studies for the Massachusetts Avenue crossing of
Emerson Road, particularly with regard to obtain-
ing an option for acquisition of part of the Millyan
land for the location of said Emerson Road. It was
decided that Messrs. Grindle and Snow should discuss
with the Selectmen the proposed road location since
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of -way and since it was desirable, if economical, to
locate within said right-of-way the sewer main author-
ized under Article 16 by the March 17, 1958 Town
Meeting.
OAK All matters appearing to be in order, the Board
KNOLL endorsed the Oak Knoll Section Two definitive subdivi-
SEC. 2 sion plan, said plan having been approved on March 12,
1958 and the appeal period having expired without any
appeals having been filed.
The meeting adjourned at 10:15 p.m.
ADDENDUM
Mr. Frank DeFelice
57 Taft Avenue
Lexington 73, Mass.
Dear Mr. DeFelice:
chard H. Soule
Clerk
April 4, 1958
The Lexington Planning Board has decided that it will
be in a position to approve your definitive plan upon
your filing with the Board a bond in the sum of 700.00,
the bond to be signed by you and a surety company, or
secured by a deposit. The deposit may be in the form
of a certified check or cash deposited with the Town
Treasurer. Copies of the bond forms may be obtained
at the Planning Board office.
When the Board receives the bond in a form satisfactory
to the Board, it plans to adopt the following vote:
That thedefinitive plan entitled "Part of
Liberty Heights Lexington -Mass.", dated
Jan. 29, 1958s submitted tot he Board on
March 3, 19581 accompanied by an applica-
tion for approval of definitive plan, Form
Ca dated March 31 19561 be and hereby is
approved subject to the following conditions:
That the provisions of the rules and regulations
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of the Board are hereby waived in this instance
only to the following extent:
a. That the width of the roadbed be 18 ft.
in width;
b. That no drains need to be laid in Ann
Street;
c. That Ann Street need not be surfaced
with bituminous concrete
That the plan be endorsed with the following
notation: "Lots A and B do not comply with the
minimum requirements of the Lexington Zoning
By-law."
Sincerely yours,
LEXINGTON PLANNING BOARD
/s/ Thomas S. Grindle
Chairman
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