HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-07-28 PLANNING BOARD MEETING
July 28, 1958
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning
Board was held in the Planning Board Office, Town
Office Building, on Monday, July 28, 1058 at 7 45
p.m. Present were Chairman Grindle, Members Abbott,
Burnell, Jaquith and Soule, and Planning Director
Snow. Town Counsel Stevens was also present from
8 20 to 10 00 n m
The Board approved the following bills which
had been Presented for payment Mrs . G. Buttaro, BILLS
mimeographing-2110.25; Minute-man Publications, Inc ,
advertising-43.67; Samuel P. Snow, car allowance
for June, 1958-- 20 .00 ; Terrence J. Boyle, profes-
sional services, July 21 through July 25, 1958--
S100.00.
Considered next were the following Form A
applications for determination of Planning Board FORMS A
jurisdiction
4458-48, submitted July 24, 1058 by Charles
F Kitching; plan entitled "Plan of Land in
Lexington-Mass. " , Scale. 1" = 40 ' , dated
July 10, 1058, Miller 8 Nylander, F. 's &
Surveyors.
#58-49, submitted July 25, 1958 for R. Lock-
wood Tower Estates, b,r Win S. Couette, agent;
plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington Mass. " ,
dated. June I , 1°58, Scale . 1 in = 40 ft. ,
Everett M. Brooks Co. , C .E.
458-50, submitted July 25, 1958 by Robert E.
Smith; plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lex-
ington-Mass. ", Scale 1" = 20 ', dated May 20,
1958, Miller F- Nylander,C .E. 's €- Surveyors
#58-51, submitted July 28, 198 by John E.
Ryan; plan entitled "A Subdivision of Land
Court Case No. 27500 Land in Lexington-Mass . ",
Scale 1" = 40 ' , dated July 18, 1958, Miller
8. Nylander, C .E. 's & Surveyors .
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was
unanimously
VOTED: That the Board determines that the plans
accompanying Form A applications #5b-48, #58-
49, #58-50 and #58-51 do not require approval
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under the Subdivision Control Law and that
said plans be so endorsed.
At 8:00 p.m. the Board held a public hearing
BURNHAM relative to the application of the Moore Realty Trust
FARMS for approval of a subdivision to be known as mBurn-
SEC . 2 ham Farms Section Two Lexington, Mass . " , the plan
of said subdivision being dated April 1, 1958 and
MOORE prepared by Albert A. Miller and Wilbur C . Nylander,
REALTY Civil Engineers and Surveyors. There were five per-
TRUST sons present at the hearing. The Chairman read the
notice of said hearing as it had been sent to all
property owners deemed to be affected and as it was
published in the July 17, 1958 issue of the Lexington
Minute-man. He then explained the procedure in con-
ducting the hearing and called upon the applicant to
present the plan.
Mr. Mark Moore, Jr. of Moore Realty Trust
stated the proposed subdivision consisting of 21 lots
was an expansion of the Burnham Farms development to
include most of the land between Vine Brook and the
Kendrick property on East Street . He pointed out that
he was building a culvert across Vine Brook as part
of the Section Two plan . He also noted that he had
options to purchase a portion of Kendrick and adja-
cent properties to provide a third section of his
development extending Thoreau Road from its present
terminus on the Section Two plan to Lowell Street.
Members of the Board pointed out that in accordance
with a verbal agreement with Mr. Moore, he had re-
served a strip of land along Vine Brook and the
former North Street gravel pit, the Board obtaining
an option for the purchase of said strip as an
addition to a proposed town recreation area
Mr. George S. Silk of Arlington asked about
the status of his subdivision, the former Vine Valley
Realty Trust land adjacent to the Burnham Farms, Sec .
1 development . He was informed that at the request of
said Trust the Planning Board has rexcinded in October
1955 its previous vote of approval, and that as a con-
sequence, the subdivision no longer existed. Mr. Silk
also inquired about the Town ' s taking a strip of his
land along Vine Brook. Mr. Snow informed him that it
was not the Town ' s intention to make any taking of land
along Vine Brook, that the Board usually entered into
agreements for the purchase of property; and that in his
case it was not a necessity even though it might be de-
sirable that the Town own a strip along Vine Brook.
There being no further questions in regard to
the Subdivision plan , an expression of opinion of those
attending the hearing was asked in regard to the plan .
Five indicated that they were in favor of approval of
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the plan none of disapproval. Thereupon, the hearing
II was declared closed at 8:17 p.m.
Mr. Stevens came to the meeting at 8:20 p.m.
He called the Board 's attention to his July 25, 1958 GLASS
letter to the Planning Director enclosing a conformed
copy of an instrument in which Mr. and Mrs. William KINEEN
0. Glass, owners of Lot 5 in the Flintlock Ridge, Sec . PARK
1 subdivision, granted to the Town perpetual right FOOT
and easement to use for all purposes of a public PASSAGE
passageway a strip of land having a uniform width of
ten feet and extending from Flintlock Road to land
of the grantees along the full length, and immediately
soutberlY, of the northerly boundary of said lot .
For the remainder of the meeting, the Board
discussed the Cabot, Cabot and Forbes proposal to C 3
amend the zoning by-law as set forth at the public DISTRICT
hearing held on July 24, 1958. ( See Planning Board PROPOSAL
minutes of said hearing )
The meeting adjourned 10:45 p.m.
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richard H. Soule
Clerk
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