HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-08-25 PLANTTTG BOARD i EE"1'TtG
August 25, 1858
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning
Board was held in the office of the Board, Town
Office Building, on Monday, August 25, 1058 at 7 :30
p.m Present were Chairman Srindle, Members Abbott,
Burnell, and Jaquith, and 'Ir. Boyle of the Staff.
Town Counsel Stevens was present from 8:10 to 9:00
p.m
Messrs . Albert L. Ampolo and Nathan RibOck
were present to discuss their proposal for extend- LONGYELLOW
inr the Longfellow Estates development as shown on ESTATES
their preliminary subdivision plan. (See minutes
of November 26, 1956 Planning Board meetinr'. ) Mr. RIBOCK
Ampolo asked if the Board would approve a second
section of said development which woi ld include the
extension of Whittier Road to Longfellow Road as a
regularly constructed subdivision street but the ex-
tension only as a temporary gravel street Longfellow
"oad fror Hawthorne to 'AIhittier Roads Mr. Ampolo
stated that he proposed to construct Longfellow Road
as a finished street in a third phase of the develop-
ment extending into rear land. He said that such an
arrangement would allow him to recover costs in-
curred in remo«-i ng; the large amount of ledge en-
countered in constructing the Longfellow Estates
Section One subdivision . The matter was taken under
advisement , Whereupon Messrs. Ampolo and Ribock left
the meeting at 7 :50 p.m
Lir. Alfred P Troneano, attorney for Vine
Brook realt r Trust , filed wit.:: the Board an incom- VINE BROOK
plete set of prints of a definitive subdivision plan MEADOWS
to be known as Vine Brook Meadows. It was decided -
to take the plan under consideration and to refer VINE BROOK
said plan to the Plannin: Director REALTY
TRUST
Mr. Stevens came to the meeting at 8 :10 p .m.
to discuss various amendments to the Zoning By-law
proposed for consideration at the forthcoming special
token meetin . He advised the Board to cancel the REZONING
scheduled September 9, 105`_'- hearing relative to the PROPOSALS
Vine Brook Realt- Trust proposal for an A 1 district
as advertised in the Lexington Minute-man, advertise
said cancellation , and readvertise hearing for
September 11, 1C)5` . He suggested combining said
hearing wi ti- those relative to the Cataldo proposal
(see minutes of August 18, 1r158 Planning Board meet-
ing) and the pro osal to amend paragraph ( g) A 1
-58
Districts, Garden apartment and hotel districts,
of Section 5, Permitted buildings and uses, of the
Zoning By-law. He presented a rough draft of a
proposed legal notice pointing out that in incorpora-
ting all zoning by-law amendments in one hearing
there was avoided a definite time assignment for each
proposal. After making aeraneements for hearings on
September 4 and 11, 1958, Mr. Stevens left the meeting.
At 9:00 p.m. Mr. John H. Devine came to the
DEVINE meeting with two plans, one indicating how he wished
to subdivide his property numbered 19 Slocum Road,
Lexineton. He requested the Board' s informal opinion
relative to the problems involved . After a discus-
sion of these matters, the Board took the plans under
advisement . Thereupon, Mr. Devine left the meeting
at 9 :25 p.m.
The Board approved the following bills which
BILLS had been presented for -ayment : L.N.Foster, Inc . , office
supplies-44.09; Minute-man Publications, Inc . , adver-
tising-417.50; Allen Stationery Co. , office chairs--
$36.64; Graphic Reproductions, Inc . , white prints-04.25;
Louise M. Baker, secretarial service-05.00 ; Terrence
J. Boyle, professional services, August 18 through 22,
1958-4100.00.
Considered next by the Board were notices of
BOARD OF petitions to be heard by the Board of Appeals on
APPEALS September 9, 1958. It was decided to take no action
on said petitions.
Mr. Jaquith reported that he had received a
ROBIN:;OU telephone call from Ars . Barbara Anderson of Woodberry
HILL Road, so-called, concerning a drivewa-r she uses as an
SEC .2 & 3 access to her property from Childs Road in the Robin-
son Hill development. It was decided that Messrs .
ANDERSON Grindle and Jaquith would view the situation at the
site and discuss the eroblem further with the Boax4d.
Read to the Board was Mr. Pall J. McCormack' s
August 1958 letter requesting a meeting with the
Planning Board to discuss his proposed professional
office building in East Lexington . (See minutes of
June 16, 1958 Planning Board meeting. ) It was de-
cided to write to Mr. McCormack that the Board would
consider the matter after the September town meeting
the Board having a very busy schedule prior to said
meeting.
The Planning Board mFeting adjourned at 10:20
p.m.
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Thomas 3.Grindle,Chairman