HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-08-04PLANNING BOARD 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 approved the minutes of its July
21�, 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--$25.00;
Ward's, file pockets --$,5.40; Allen Stationery Co.,
plan file unit -4',151.05; Terrence J. Boyle, profes-
sional services, July 30 through August 1, 1958--
60.00.
Considered next were the following Form A
applications for determination of Planning Board
jurisdiction:
' #58-53. submitted Julv 30, 1958 by Anthony
and Ida Lavelli; plan entitled "Plan of Land
in Lexinr~ton, Mass.", dated Feb. 20, 1958,
Joseph W. Moore, Reg. Land Surveyor.
#58-54Y submitted July 30, 1958 by Ingeborg
Junge, plan entitled 'A Subdlv3 sion of Land
Court Case No. 100653 Land in Lexington -
Hass.", dated Jule 15, 1958, Miller and
Ny lander, C . E. ' s €c Surveyors.
#58-55, submitted July 31, 1958 by Lloyd and
Margaret Faulkingham; plan entitled " A Com-
piled Plan of Land in Lexington -Mass.",
dated July 23, 1958s 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 accompanyin Form A applica-
tions #58-53, #58-54, and #5a-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
AND BRUN
discussed the matter further with Recreation Director
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Samborski. Mr. Snow stated as a result of these dis-
PROPOSED
cussions Mr. Boyle had prepared a study plan entitled
HARRINGTON
"Harrington School Recreation Area," and dated July 20,
SCHOOL
1958. It was noted that in comparison to the previously
RECREATION
discussed June 19, 1958 plan (see minutes of Planning
AREA
BoardTs June 23, 1958 meeting), most of the Bryant lot
numbered 344 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 Harrin7ton School, would
be needed for a reduced number of those facilities
listed in Mr. Snow's June 20, 1958 memorandum. Mr.
Snow said that, in 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..
Conside,red next by the Board was Mr. Snow's
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 -
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fessional offices in single family residences was
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only from the standpoint of said offices being
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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 brofessional 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. Grin dle,
Chairman
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