HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-05-14 PLANNING BOARD MEETING
May 14, 1958
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning
Board was held in the Town Engineer's Room, Town
Office Building, on Wednesday, May 14, 1958 at
7:50 p.m. Present were Chairman Grindle, Members
Burnell, and Soule, Planning Director Snow, and
the secretary.
The Board approved the following bills Which BILLS
had been presented forayment: Erie County Plan-
ning Board, 3 reports--$2.25; Samuel P. Snows car
allowance for April, $20.00, reimbursement for
stamps, $3.60, tracing paper, $2.10, total--X25.70;
Louise M. Baker, stencils and typing for special
town meeting--X7.00; Mrs. Jean Baxter, stenographic
service--X17.60.
At 8:00 p.m. a public hearing was held on appli- PHEASANT
cation of Walter G. and Minola M. Black for approval GARDENS
of a subdivision to be known as "Pheasant Gardens
Lexington, Mass." The Chairman read the notice of BLACK
the hearing as it had been mailed to all those
deemed to have been affected and as it was published
in the April 24, 1958 issue of the Lexington Minute-
Man. Be then explained the procedure in conducting
hearing and called upon the applicant to present
his plan.
Mr. Black stated that the Pheasant Gardens
subdivision was an extension of Minola Road for a
distance of about 653 feet. He said that the
original subdivision plan, similar to the one he
was submitting, had been approved in 1937 but that
he had not recorded the plan until after a zoning-
amendment increasing the area and frontage of lots
shown on said plan. Mr. Black further stated that
all the proposed lots on the plan he was now sub-
mitting did not conform to the present zoning by-law,
some lots not having sufficient area, and one having
116 feet of frontage instead of the required 125 feet.
He pointed out, however, that all of said lots were
as large or larger than those abutting the subdivision.
Mr. C. H. Lothrop of 83 Bloomfield Street ques-
tioned plans for taking care of surface drainage which
came from Highland Avenue. He was told that any
problem of this nature would be properly attended to
by the town's department of public works.
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Mr. William C. Martin of 77 Bloomfield Street
objected to the construction of Minola Road only to
his northerly property line rather than all the way
past his property to Bloomfield St. There was con-
siderable discussion in regard to this matter. The
Board decided that the point was entirely a legal
one and that it should be referred to the Town
Counsel for a decision.
There being no further questions or discussion,
the hearing was closed at 8:30 p.m. and the subdivi-
sion plan taken under advisement.
OAK HILL At 8:30 p.m. also, the Board held a public hear-
ESTATES ing relative to the application of Sandy Brook Corp.
for approval of a subdivision to be known as "Oak
SANDY BROOK Hill Estates Section One Lexington, Mass. " The
CORP. Chairman read the notice of the hearing as it had
been mailed to all those deemed to have been affected
and as it was published in the April 21 , 1958 issue of
the Lexington Minute-man. He then explained the pro-
cedure in conducting the hearing and called upon the
applicant to present his plan.
Mr. John W. Fulton of 78 Hill Street, Lexington
said he was representing the applicant as well as
Wynwood Associates, Inc. which had a purchase and
sales agreement to acquire the Sandy Brook Corp.
property between Lowell Street and the Woburn town
line. He then explained how it was proposed to
develop said property in relation to the Section One
subdivision comprised of six lots.
Mr. Courtney Comeau stated that he was an abutter
of the property to be subdivided. He asked how the
drainage was to be taken care of with particular refer-
ence to his land. After some discussion he was advised
that the subdivision plan had been approved by the
Superintendent of Public Works and that the subdivider
would be required to take care of adequately any
drainage from the subdividers land.
There being no further questions or discussion,
the hearing was closed at 8:40 p.m. and the subdivi-
sion plan taken under advisement.
LORING HILL The Board next considered the "Loring Hill Estates
ESTATES Section Two" definitive subdivision plan which had
SEC. 2 been approved on April 16, 1958. The Board endorsed
said plan, the necessary easements in the subdivision
having been obtained and all other matters appearing
to be in order.
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Mr. Snow brought to the Board's attention his STUDENT
request that a person be employed to assist him in EMPLOYMENT
preparing additional parts of the master plan; namely
road and recreation projects. He stated that he
had interviewed several applicants and had chosen as
the most promising Terrence J. Boyle, a landscape
architectural student at Harvard's Graduate School
of Design. Mr. Snow said that Mr. Boyle was a young
married man of pleasing personality and one mho had
the talents for the particular work to be done It
was pointed out that Mr. Boyle would work full time
during the summer months and part-time during the
1958-9 school year. The Board authorized Mr. Snow
to employ Mr. Boyle at a rate of $2.50 per hour, the
funds having been previously provided in the Board's
general expense budget.
The meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m.
chard H. Souls
Clerk
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