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April 1R, 19(•0
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning
Board was held on '4onday , April 18, 1960 at 7 :30
p .m . in the Planning Board' s office, Town Office
Building. Present were Chairman Burnell, members
Grindle and Meyer , and planning tirector Snow.
The Board anproved the minutes of its April MINUTES
4, 1960 meeting.
The attention of the Board was called to its
scheduled informal planning session to be held on INFORMAL
Aril 20 and to the subdivider ' s request that be- SESSION
cause of snecial considerations the Board, if poss-
ible, endorse on said date his Glen Estates eefini- GLFN ESTATES
tive subdivision plan approved by the Board on March
29, 19(-0 . Ncting that on April 19 there expired the AVADAI\TIAN
appeal period next after receipt and recording with SHAFFFR
the Town Clerk of notice from the Planning Board of
the apnroval of said plan, the Board decided to hold
a special official meeting for the nurpose of endors-
ing said plan and then to adjourn to hold its
scheduled planning session. Mr . Snow was requested
to record wifl- the Town Clerk the required notice of
said special meeting.
Considered next by the Board were the follow-
ing Form A applications for determination of Plan- FORM A
ning Board jurisdict on APPLICATTONS
#60-27, submitted April 18, 1960 by Fdward G.
Barker , plan entitled 'Plan of Land in Lex-
ington, Mass . ", dated April 2, 1960, Scale
1" = )10 ' , Arnold B. Davis , Edward G. Barker,
C E ' s & Surveyors.
#60_2C, submitted April 18, 1960 by F. L.
Higrins, Engr. for Town of Lexington ; plan
entitled "Plan of Land Peacock Farm Road
Lexington, 1ass ", scale : 1" = /10 ' , dated
April 15, 19‘-0, John J. Carroll, T E.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was
unanimously
FOTFD: that the plans accompanying Form A
111 applications #60-27 and #60-28 do not
require annroval under the Subdivision
Control Law, and that said plans be so
endorsed.
BOARD OF With reference to the petitions to be heard
APPALS by the Board of Anneals on May 3, 1060, it was decided
to take no action on said petitions .
With reference to application from Moore pealty
BURIdHAM Trust for approval of preliminary subdivision plan of
FARMS the proposed Section Five of the Burnham Farms develop-
SrC . 5 ment, upon motion duly, made and seconded, it was unan-
- imously
MOORE
VOTFD. that the nreliminary subdivision elan entitled
"Plan of Proposed Lots in Lexington, Mass . ",
dated Jan . 1F3,1960, which was submitted to the
Board on February 29, 1960, and which was modi-
fied by a subsequent preliminary subdivision
clan entitled "Plan of Proposed Lots in Lexing-
ton, Mass . ", dated March 11, 1060 , wbici was
submitted to the Board on Anril 4, 1960, be and
hereby is tentativel" annroved.
The attention of the Board was called to the
GARDFN Chairman ' s letter of April K and the Town Counsel ' s
APARTMENT reply of April 13 ( see addendum) with regard to garden
DT3T9ICT apartment district site plans . (See minutes of Plan-
, STTF PLANS ning Board meeting of April L., 1960 ) Conies of each
letter were riven to each member of the Board and dis-
cussed. Discussed also and studied by the Board were
the site plans of the Waltham and Maple Streets garden
apartment districts .
The meeting was adjourned at 9 :15 p .m.
Levi =. Burnell, Chairman
ADDFTTDUM
Anri l 13, 1960
Levi G. Purnell, Chairman
Lexington 'Tanning Board
Town office Building
Lrxinr-ton 73 Mass
Dear Levi :
This is in answer to your letter of April 5, 1°60 in
reference to yard regulations applicable to Al districts,
which I answered orally to you on April 9th
The yard regulations are set forth in Section 8(f) of the
Zoning B,r-Law and specify minima for front yards , side
yards and rear yards . Front, side and rear yards are de-
t4-1R_6o -3-
fined in paragraphs (n) and (o) of ection 2 of the
By-Law and, as you will see, apply only to the areas be-
tween buildings and the streets or other boundaries of
the lot on which the building stands . Thus, the minima
for these yards in Al districts applv only to the distances
between the garden apartment buildings and the lot bound-
aries and have no direct apnlication to the distances that
may exist between buildings on the lot The latter are
governed only by the provisions requiring the plans to be
anproved by the Board of Appeals following report and recom-
mendation from the Planning Board.
In other words, the Board of Appeals, with the advise of the
Planning Board, has discretionary authority to determine in
each particular instance what distances between garden apart-
ment buildings is necessary or adequate to constitute the
apartments to be a desirable development that will not be
detrimental to the neighborhood.
I return herewith three conies of your letter that were
attached to the original as I assume these were meant for
file conies
Sincerely hours,
FES•enk
me
/s/ Harold F. Stevens