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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1962-05-21I PLANTITNG BOARD MEETING May 21, 1962 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in the Board's office, Town Office Building, on Mondavi, T"av, 21, 1062 at 7:30 — o--m-Present were Chairman Grindle, members Bryson, Camnbell, Mabee and Meyer, and Mr. Snow, planning Director. '-'he Board anproved the minutes of its March 26, May 71 101 11 and 16, 1962 meetings. Considered next was the following Form A anplication for determination of Planning Board jurisdiction: #62-271 submitted May 11, 1962 by Outhet Realty Trust, Ernest F. Outhet, Trustee; nlan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexin?ton, IIass.", scale: 1 it = 40 ft, dated May 9, 1962, Miller F Nylander, C.F.Is &. Surveyors. ' Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously VOTED: that the Lexin-'ton T'lanninM Board determines that the plan accompanying Form A applica- tion 462-27 does not require approval under the Subdivision Control Law, and that said plan be so endorsed. Town Counsel Stevens met with the Board briefly. Discussed with him was the elan entitled "Plot elan of L^nd in Lexington,Mass.t4, dated 'Varch 1, 1962 and nr-nared by the firm of Mi_11Fr &. Nvlender, toget?^er with silo additional data and plans Mr. Snow was able to assemble in regard to the plot nlan in question and adjacent nronerties. Tt was noted that the said plot elan was registered as one lot in the Land Court as Case No. 2270,4A. ?lith reference to the request of Messrs. Nelson and phi.11inns (see minutes of Planning Board meeting; of nnril 16, 1962) for an informal opinion in regard to said nlot nlan, it was determined that the proposed relotting would be a subdivision for the reason that the oronosed lots would neither rave ' the frontage or area required under the zoning by- law and in addition would front on a private way which in the opinion of the Planning Board was not MINUTES FORM A BOARD OF APPEALS PHILLIPPS r-21-62 -2- adequately constructed to serve the proposed lots. M , r. Snow was asked to write a letter to the Board of Appeals together with a letter to "Ir. Phillinns set- tinr forth the facts in the case as they were under- stood by the Planning Board and the reasons why it would determine that the elan would be considered a subdivision should said plan be submitted to the Plan- ning Board formally for a determination of its juris- diction (see addenda). The remainder of the moeting was devoted to a discussion of an outline of a report Mr. Snow was in the process of completing for a comprehensive long-range elan for Lexington. The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m. (�� T � rthur E. Bryson Clerk ADDENDA ' May 25, 1 962 Board of Appeals Town Office Building Lexington 73,?7assachusetts Re: 'linthrop J. '0h1llipps Gentlemen: Attached herewith Is a cony of my letter, dated May 24.9 lQ62, to Mr. Phillipps, said letter being written at the request of the Planning Board. Set forth below also Is so -e additional information T assembled in order to obtain further backrrround in the case. It appears that from October 1915 to Pugust 1950 Pndrew and Margaret Adamson assembled lots 39 to 49 inclusive, fronts -g on Garfield Street in Block l in the so-called Meagherville subdivision, combining said lots into one residential lot on a plan, dated December lir, 1950, which was filed in the Land Court. A final plan pre- pared by the Court and numbered 22794A was filed in the Land Registration Office on January 26,1 9151. The newly created lot has a frontage of 250 feet and an average ' depth of 123 feet. A single family residence is situated on the lot. The residence is not shown on. tle Yarch 1, 5-21-62 ' 1962 plan which was filed wit", the Board of Appeals. The Land Court lot and the residence thereon was trans- ferred from the Adamsons to Uilliam r. and Barbara A. Church, in 1954, from the Churches to Carlton A. Andersen in 1956, and from Andersen to Miller Kind in 1961. Foch time said lot was transferred from one ownership to an- other, th? Tand Court had to issue a certificate of title for the whole lot for the reason that th-re had not been filed with the Cou-t a nlan having an endorsement that annroval of a surdivision shown on such a plan had an endorsement that anproval of the plan was not required by the Lexington Plannin(7 T'oard. As incicat(-,d to 7r. pzillipps in the attached letter, if a subdivision plan of L.C. Case No. 22794A were submitted to the Planning; 7?oard, It would detnrmine that the plan did requi=re approval. This approval under the Subdi=vision Control Law would be requred regardless of �wh ether or not the lots involved met the requirements of the Lexington ?on -ng By-law for the reason that Garfield Street is a nrivate way and in the section on which the proposed lots would front does not at present rave municipal services installed and is not adequately constructed to serve said lots. 'A ether or not the owner, Mr. lKing, of said Land Court lot, would be willingtto perform such construction and installation under the Planning RoardTs subdivision rules and regulations, I do not know. I trust this information will be of assistance to you in actin? upon this case. If there is any other assistance I can render, please do not hesitate to call upon me. Sincerely, /s/ Samuel P. Snow Fnc. Planning Director May 2h, 1962 Mr. `'1inthrop J. Phi llinns 21!P Tlm Street '.4alnole, Massachusetts Dear Mr. Prillipps: Reference is made to the meeting you and Mr. William Nelson had wits the Lexi_nmton Planning_ Board on April 16 In regard to your Petition before the Board of ^.repeals for ' a variance to subdivide the lot of land numbered 714 Gar- field Street into three lots, each having; an area of about 10,000 square feet. n cony of the plan which you filed 5-21-62 with the Board of Appeals has been obtained. This elan ' has been com-hared with that of Land Court No. 22794A. Facts of this case have also been assembled, the site viewed on the ground, and the matter discussed by the Planning Board at its meeting on May 21. It is the Planning Board's opinion that if the proposed relot.ting plan were drawn on tracing cloth and submitted formally to the Planning ?hoard with an application for a determination of ?Tanning Board jurisdiction, a copy of which is enclosed, said Board would no doubt determine that the elan required annroval under the subdivision control law. Approval in this case would not only re- quire each lot to have the area and frontage as set forth under the town's zoning by-law but also that Gar- field Street, a private way, in front of said lots be constructed and municipal services installed in accord- ance with the rules and regulations governing the sub- division of land in Le.xine7ton. Yours very truly, Is/ Samuel P. Snow Planning Director Enc. I cc: Board of Appeals