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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960-10-03 PLANNING BOARD MEETING October 3 , 1960 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held on Monday, October 3, 1960 at 7:30 p.m. in the Board ' s office, Town Office Building. Present were Chairman Burnell and members Grindle, Meyer and Soule. Considered first were the notices of hear- ings to be held by the Historic Districts Commis- HISTORIC s' on on October 5, 1060 . It was decided to take DISTRICTS no action in regard to the applications to be con- COMMISSION sidered at said hearinrs . Considered next were notices of petitions to be heard by the Board of Appeals on October 11 and BOARD OF 18, 1960. It was decided to take no action in re- APPEALS gard to said petitions with the possible exception of those of Corazzini, Ehlers and Hamilton . The Board requested the Chairman to obtain further in- formation in regard to the petitions named At the request of the Board Yr. Donald N. Sleeper, Jr , attorney for Kingston Homes, Inc . , KINGSTON and Mr Carroll, Supt . of Public Works, met with HOMES, INC . the Board to discuss the preliminary plan for the PRELIMINARY subdivision of the former Higgins land owned by PLAN said corporation and situated northerly of Maple Street and the Boston and Maine railroad tracks . (See minutes of May 25, 1959 Planning Board meet- ing ) After a discussion of the overall design of the subdivision and the engineering problems involved Mr. Sleener agreed to withdraw the appli- cation (see addendum) withthe understanding that Mr. Snow would assist representatives of Kingston Homes, Inc . with a nlan which would be acceptable to the Planning Board . It was further understood that Mr. Sleener would attempt to solve additional problems in regard to locations and easements for drains and sewers in and leading from the subdivi- sion. The attention of the Board was called to a HAWTHORNE ACRES cony of the Town Counsel ' s letter of Sept . 27 , LAND FOR 1460 to the Town Clerk and the conformed copy for RECD ATION the Board of the option instrument executed by PURPOSES Kingston Homes on Sept . 26, 1060. (See minutes of Planning Board meeting of September 26, 1860 . ) KINGSTON HOMES 10-3-60 -2- The meeting adjourned at 10 30 p.m. Levi G. Burnell, Chairman October 3, 1960 Planning Board Town of Lexington Mass Gentlemen: I respectfully request the right to withdraw my client' s petition for approval of a preliminary Plan. The client is Kingston Homes, Inc ; the plan is dated August 11, 1960 by Joseph W. Moore, Inc . , and the date of the filing of the petition is September 7, 1°60 . Donald N. Sleeper, Jr. Atty. for Kingston Homes,Inc .