HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-08-04 PLANNING BOAED MEETING
August 4, 1958
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning
Board was held in the Planning Board Office, Town
Office Building, on Monday, August 4, 1958 at 7:45
p.m. Present were Chairman Grindle, Members Abbott,
Burnell and Jaquith, and Planning Director Snow.
The Board anproved the minutes of its July MINUTES
24, 1958 meeting.
Approved also by the Board were the follow-
ing bills which had been presented for payment :
Samuel P . Snow, car allowance for July, 1958--$25 00 ,
Ward' s, file pockets-45 .40; Allen Stationery Co. ,
plan file unit--0.51.05; Terrence J. Bovie, profes-
sional services , July 30 through August 1, 1958--
60 .00.
Considered next were the following Form A
apnlications for determination of Planning Board FORMS A
jurisdiction :
#58-53, submitted July 30, 1958 by Anthony
and Ida Lavelli ; plan entitled "Plan of Land
in Lexinrton, Mass . ", dated Feb. 20, 1958,
Joseph W. Moore, Reg. Land Surveyor .
#58-54, submitted July 30, 1958 by Ingeborg
Junge, plan entitled "A Subdivision of Land
Court Case No . 10065, Land in Lexington-
Hass .", dated July 15, 1458, Miller and
Ninlander, C .E. ' s Surveyors .
#58-55, submitted July 31, 1958 by Lloyd end
Margaret Faulkingham; plan entitled " A Com-
piled Plan of Land in Lexington-Mass. ",
dated July 23, 1958, Miller & Nylander, C .E. ' s
and Surveyors
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was
unanimously
VOTED: That the Lexington Planning Board determines
that the plans accompanying Form A applica-
tions ,#58-53, #58-54, and 58-55 do not re-
quire approval under the Subdivision Control
Law, and that said plans be so endorsed
Mr. Snow reported that since the Board' s last
discussion of the proposal to locate a recreation
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area on the McCormack-Brun land adjacent to the
McCORMACK Harrington School, he and Mr. Boyle had studied and
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AND BRUN discussed the matter further with Recreation Director
Samborski Mr. Snow stated as a result of these dis-
PROPOSED cussions Mr. Boyle had prepared a study plan entitled
HARRTNGTON "Harrington School Recreation Area," and dated July 20,
SCHOOL 1958. It was noted that in comparison to tr,e previously
RECREATION discussed June 19, 1958 plan (see minutes of Planning
AREA Board' s June 23, 1958 meeting) , most of the Bryant lot
numbered 3101 Lowell Street had not been included in. the
July 20 plan, and that about eight acres of the Mc-
Cormack-Brun land, including the parcel over which the
Town had an easement to the Harrington School, would
be needed for a reduced number of those facilities
listed in Mr. Snow' s June 20, 1958 memorandum. Mr.
Snow said that, ; n his opinion, the facilities shown
on the July 20 plan constituted only a neighborhood
rather than a major recreation area. From a long-range
standpoint he recommended including the Bryant land
in any proposal for the ultimate development of the
area. The Board took the study under advisement..
Considered next by the Board was Mr Snow's
I REZONING proposal that Sec . 5(a)7 c . of the zoning by-law be
PROPOSAL amended so that there could be no further interpre-
- tation that professional offices also meant pro-
PROFES- fessional office buildings . Mr. Snow said that it
SIONAL was his understanding that intent of allowing pro-
OFFICES IN fessional offices in single family residences was
R 1 DIS- only from the standpoint of said offices being
TRICTS accessory uses incidental to the conduct of a pro-
fession by residents of the premises. He distributed
excerpts covering such uses from the zoning by-laws of
the towns of Canton and Walpole and pointed out that
other Massachusetts towns such as Concord, Waltham,
Wayland and Winchester had similar provisions in their
by-laws . The South Central Regional Planning Board
of Connecticut definition of a professional office
was also considered, namely. "An office of recognized
professions such as doctors, dentists, lawyers ,
architects, engineers, artists, musicians, designers,
teachers, and others who through training are quali-
fied to perform services of a professional nature "
After a discussion of the various aspects of the pro-
posal, it was taken under advisement .
The Board decided to hold its next meeting on
August 18, 1958 Thereupon, the meeting adjourned at
9:45 p.m.
Thomas S. Grindle,
Chairman