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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960-03-29 PLANNING BOARD MEETING March 29, 1960 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in the office of the Board, Town Office Building, on Tuesday, March 29, 1960 at 7 30 p.m. Present were chairman Burnell, Members Grindle, Meyer and Soule, and Planning Director Snow The Board annroved the minutes of its March MINUTES 21, 1960 meeting Also approved were the following bills which had been presented for payment : Wallace B. Mitchell BILLS Co. , drafting supplies--$1.55; Spaulding-Moss, drafting supplies--$6.70, Samuel P. Snow, car allow- ance for March--A20.00 With reference to application from George Avadanian for approval of subdivision plan entitled GLEN ESTATES "Glen Estates Lexiniton, Mass. ', and dated November - 4, 1°' Q, the attention of the Board was called to AVADANIAN Mr. Stevens ' letter of March 25, 1960 enclosing a performance guarantee in the form of a conformed 11 tong of a covenant duly executed by George Avadanian and his wife. Also noted was a letter dated March 29, 1960, from the Board of Health, giving condi- tional approval of said subdivision. All matters appearing to be in order, upon motion duly made and seconded it was unanimously VOTED- that the definitive subdivision plan entitled "Glen Estates Lexington , Mass. ", dated Novem- ber 4, 199, which was submitted to the Board by George kvadanian on February 1, 1960, accompanied by an application for approval of definitive plan, Form C, dated Jan. 29, 1960, be and hereby is approved subject to the con- dition that no building or structures shall be built or placed upon lots 6, 10, 11, 18, 21, 28, and 20 without consent by the Lexing- ton Board of Health. The Board endorsed the Cedar Glen definitive subdivision nlan, no anneal having been taken within CEDAR GLEN the period since notice of the Board ' s approval of said plan had been filed with the Town Clerk. Mr. DIANNE Snow was asked to rive the plan to the Town Counsel ESTATES for recording at such time as he had received from Glen 'states, Inc. a nroperhr executed instrument -2°-60 -2- wherein said Corporation granted to the Town ease- ments within said subdivision. Read to the Board was a notice of the Annual M F.P.B. Snring Conference of the Mass. Federation of Plan- MEETING ning Boards to be held April 2, 1960 in '.lorcester Messrs . Burnell and Snow said their would attend the conference as representatives of the Board . Read to the Board was a letter dated March MTDDIF 2R, 1060, from Mr . Seymour Goldberg of 46 Turning RIDGE Mill Road in regard to conditions on said road in SEC . 2 the Middle Ridge, Sec . 2 subdivision . Mr. Snow called to the Board' s attention conies of recent TECHBUILT correspondence between the subdivider, Techbuilt, Inc . , and Mr. Carroll, Lexington ' s Superintendent of Public ?,forks, in regard to said conditions . It was decided to reply to Mr . Goldberg' s letter and to enclose conies of said correspondence. ( See addendum. ) From 8:25 to 9 00 p.m. Mr. Charles H. Cole MAPLE ST. II, architect, met with the Board to discuss a com- GARDEN plete set of nreliminaplans for the Maple Street 1'y p APARTMENT Garden Apartment district. He said that the follow- DISTRICT ing day he proposed to file said plans with the SITE PLAN Board of Appeals. The plans were taken under advise- ment C OLE Tn regard to said nlans and others which. have been submitted for garden apartment districts, the question was raised as to how yard regula- tions under Sec . 8 (f) 1 a (2) of the Zoning By-law should be interpreted It was decided to ask the Town Counsel for a written ruling in regard to said regulations, Mr. Snow being asked to nrenare for the Board' s consideration at its next meeting a draft of a letter asking for such an interpretation After a general discussion of current matters before the Board, it adjourned its meeting at 9 15 n .m . ``G Burnell Chairman ADDENDUM April 1, 160 Mr. Sevmour Goldberg 116 Turninc, Mill Road r'e Middle Ridge, Sec . 2 Lexinr'ton 73, lass Techbuilt, Inc . Lear Mr Goldberg 't its meeting on March 2o, 1q60 the Planning Board read and discussed your le'-ter of March 28 . At the same time a report was received from the Superintendent of Public Works In re- gard to conditions on Turning IMiill Road and efforts he has made to have thn required work in the Middle Ridge, Section Two subdivision completed to his satisfaction. For your in- formation conies of some of the more recent correspondence between the subdivider, Techbuilt, Inc , and Mr. Carroll, said superintendent. You may be assured that we are all very much concerned about the situation in this subdivision and that every effort will be made to have the required work com- pleted satisfactorily this snring Sincerely Yours, LEXITTGTON PL_A NI\TTNG BOARD /s/ Levi G. Burnell, Chairman