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Home My WebLink About1960-03-14 PLANNING BOARD MEETING March 14, 1960 A regular meeting of the Lexington Plan- ning Board was held in the office of the Board, Town Office Building, on Monday, March lli , 1960 at 7 35 p.m. Present were Chairman Burnell, Members Grindle, Mabee, Meyer and Soule, and Planning Director Snow Mr . Snow was asked to act as temporary chairman of the meeting for the purpose of re- ORGANIZA- organizing the Board. Upon motions duly made TION OF THE and seconded, Levi G. Burnell was elected Chair- BOARD man, Thomas S. Grindle, Vice Chairman and Trying H. Mabee Clerk of the Board. Mr. Burnell then presided for the remainder of the meeting Considered next were the following bills which had been presented for payment : Mrs. G. BILLS Buttaro, mimeographing--42 25 , David R. Cooper, professional services Feb. 18 and 25, 1960, t36 25, car allowance, $2.50--$38.75 ' Considered next were the following Form A applications for determination of Planning FORMS A Board jurisdiction : #60-13, submitted March 11, 1060 by William H. Ryan ; plan entitled "Plan of Lsnd in Lexington, Mass . " , Scale 1" = 40' , dated Mar . 7, 1960, Miller & Ny- lander, C F ' s Fn Surveyors #60-14, submitted March 11, 1960 by Mark Moore, Jr. for Philip Johnson ; -plan en- titled "Plan of Lots in Lexington, Mass.", dated March 9, 1960, Scale: 1" = 40 ' , Miller & Nylander, C F 's e- Surveyors 460-1 , submitted March 111, 1960 by Melbourne B. Hunt, Jr , Commander, for Stanley Hill Post #38, American Legion; plan entitled "plan of Lend in Lexing- ton, Mass .", Scale 1" = 30 ' , dated Mar . 8, 1060, Miller & 'Nylander, C E. ' s & Surveyors. #60-16, submitted March 11+, 1960 by R L. Higgins, Engr., for Town of Lexington ; 3-14-60 -2- plan entitled "Plan of Drain Easement on Lot 118 Cary Avenue Lexington, Mass . ", Scale : 1" = 40' , dated Feb. 2°, 1060, John 111 J. Carroll, Town Engineer. #60-17, submitted March lb, 1°60 by R. L. Higgins, Engr , for Town of Lexington; plan entitled "Plan of Parcels of Land on Reed Street Lexington, Mass . ", Scale : 1" = 40 ' , dated Feb. 23, 1960, John J. Carroll, Town Engineer #60-18, submitted March 14, 1°60 by P. L. Higgins, Engr. , for Town of Lexington , plan entitled "A Compiled Plan of Land in Lex- ington, Mass . ", Scale : 1" = 100 ' , dated Feb. 3, 1960, John J. Carroll, Town Engineer. #60-19, submitted March 111 , 1960 by Douglas J. Wacome for Wynwood Associates, Inc . i plan entitled "Plan of Lnnd in Lexington Mass . ", Scale . 1 in. = 40 ft . , dated March 14, 1960, Fred A. Joyce, Surv. Mr. Soule came to the meeting during the con- sideration of said Form A anolications. Unon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously VOTED: that the Lexington Planning Board determines that the plans accompanying Form A applica- tions #60-13 through #60-19 do not require anproval under the Subdivision Control Law, and that said plans be so endorsed. It was reported that the Millican petition to BOARD OF be heard by the Board of Appeals on March 16, 1960 APPEALS had been withdrawn. Upon receiving this information the Planning Board decided not to write a letter to the Board of Appeals in regard to said petition. The Board then considered a draft of a letter to the Board of Appeals in regard to the Zirpolo netition to be heard on said date. The 90erd approved said draft which was signed by the Chairman. (See addendum. ) Considered next were the petitions to be heard by the Board of Anneals on April 5, 1960 . it was decided to take no action on the petitions to be heard with the possible exception of those of J. J. McCormack, William J. Corcoran and Henry J. Travers . Mr . Snow was asked to assemble data in regard to the 3-14-60 -3- three named petitions for consideration by the Board at its next meeting . Read to the Board and discussed by it was a letter dated March 9, 1060 from the Board of SALARY Selectmen in regard to a salary schedule which SCHEDULE said Board had approved for the employment of FOR CLERK clerks The letter was nlaced on file for future reference Also read to the Bo-rd and considered by it was a letter dated March 9, 1960 from the Board of Selectmen with reference to a petition ad- ROBINSON dressed to the Board of Selectmen and dated March HILL STREET 7, 1°60, which had been filed by a majority of the EXPENSES inhabitants of the Robinson Hill subdivisions - which had been developed by the Leeland Construe- LEELAND tion Company. The petition requested that what- CONSTRUCTION ever necessary action be taken in order that the CO. streets in the Robinson Hill development could be laid out and accepted at a town meeting. Mr.Snow was asked to prepare for transmittal to the Board of Selectmen a complete report in regard to the situation in the Robinson Hill development. Considered next was the request of Wyn- wood Associates for the planning Board' s informal WYNWOOD opinion in regard to the Associates ' proposal for ASSOCIATES revising the third section of the Oak Hill Es- tates development. (See Planning Board minutes OAK HILL of February 23, 1°60 1 Mr. Snow discussed his ESTATES recommendations for a modification of the street SEC . 3 layout plan and a draft of a letter to said Asso- ciates in regard to said request . The Board approved said draft which was signed by the Chairman . (See addendum. ) The attention of the Board was called to LAATD FOR a copy of Town Counsel' s letter of March 9, 1960 RECREATION to the Town Clerk, enclosing an instrument PURPOSES wherein Meryl Robert and Lucky Penny Trusts - granted to the town an option to acquire at a PEACOCK FARMS price of ,5300.00 Lot A on Peacock Farm Road in SEC. 5 the Peacock Farm, Section 5, subdivision. It was noted that this parcel approximately 40 feet WAYMINT wide would provide an access to the land ac- REALTY quired for school and recreation purposes under TRUST Article 42 of the March, 195P Town Meeting. The attention of the Board was also called to a copy of Town Counsel Stevens ' letter of March 10, 1060 to the Town Clerk enclosing an 3-1h-60 -I�- instrument wherein on March 7, 1960 Waymint Fealty Trust granted to the Town an option to acquire at a price of $20,000 a certain parcel of land situated on Turning Mill Road for playground and recreation purposes. (See Planning Board minutes of November 2, 1959. ) It was noted that authority to acquire Parcel A and the Waymint Realty Trust Co . land referred to above was to be sought under Articles 38 and 44 respectively at the 1°60 Annual Town Meet- ing. In regard to this and other articles in which the Planning Board had an interest, Town Counsel Stevens came to the meeting at 9:25 to discuss said articles with the Board. At 10 :00 p.m Messrs Stevens and Snow left the Planning Board meeting. The Planning Board then met with the Select- MFETTNG NTTH men to discuss the Planning Director ' s 1960 salary, SELECTMEN and the Appropriation Committee' s approval of a 5% increase rather than the Planning Board' s request for a l0c increase. It was decided to meet with the Appropriation Committee to discuss this further. Recognizing the extra demands on the Planning Director for planning assistance to authorized town committees the Planning Board stated their intention to study further the need for staff reorganization and to make additional recommendations in regard to the same to the next town meeting. The Planning Board left the Selectmen ' s meeting at 11:05 p.m. at which time its own meeting was adjourned. Irving H. /Mabee Clerk ADDENDUM March 15, 1960 Board of Appeals Town of Lexington Re Petition of Mrs . Anne Zirpolo Massachusetts Permission to erect sign ientlemen: The petition of Mrs . Anne Zirpolo to erect a sign 30" x 16 ' on the facade of the Battle Green Inn has been given careful consideration by the Planning Board. The Board sets forth for your consideration its views in regard to said petition. 3-11;-60 -5- The Battle Green Inn is a place of lodging and as such is certainly entitled to so advertise. It is the Planning Board ' s view that other uses in connec- tion with this and any other hostelry should be inci- dental to the principal ouroose of the building It would follow tht the advertising in connection with these incidental uses should be secondary also . How- ever, it appears to some members of the Board that the character and scale of the Newgent Associates sign is such that it first attracts attention rather than the Battle Green Inn sign advertising the principal use of the building The sign the petitioner nr000ses to erect of equal size to that of Newgent Associates would be not only over the entrance to the restaurant but also over the lounge of the inn itself It would appear that twn such signs 30" and 16 ' would completely dominate the facade of the building and make the Battle Green Inn sign of incidental importance. It is the feeling of the Planning Board that these two signs, together with the already somewhat cluttered series of signs on or in the building, would be erected in non-observance of the intent of the zoning and sign by-laws and are not in keening with the envi- ronmental standards Lexington is endeavoring to estab- lish and maintain. The Planning Board recommends, therefore, denying the petition. Sincerely yours, LEXINGTON PLANNING BOA°D Levi G. Burnell, Chairman March 16, 1960 Wynwood Associates, Inc 78 Hill Street Lexington 73, Mass Re Oak Hill Estates, Sec 3 Gentlemen : "eference is made to your request of February 23, 1960 for the Plann}ng Board' s informal opinion in regard to your clan entitled 'Proposed Revision of Part of Section Three, Oak Hill Estates, Lexington and Woburn, Mass.", dated Feb. 16, 1960. The Board has given careful consideration to your plan and has decided that 1. In keeping with its policy, it will require that Douglas Road be laid out and constructed under the Subdivision ?-1h-60 -6- Control Law to the common boundary line between the Wynwood Associates land and that now or formerly of John and Elizabeth Porter; and 2 It would approve the horizontal alignment of the roads shown on the plan subject to the modification marked on said plan in colored pencil. In giving its informal opinion, theBoard calls your atten- tion to the fact that it is not rendering any opinion in regard to the vertical alignment of any roads shown on said plan until such time as there is submitted to the Planning Board profiles of proposed streets showing existing and proposed grades along the center lines . There is being returned herewith one cony of the print of the plan you filed with the Board, said print being marked as noted above. Sincerely yours, LTT'XIN'"Tor PLANNING BOARD Levi G. Burnell, Chairman Enc