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Home My WebLink About1965-07-12IJuly 12, 1965 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in its office, Town Office Building, on Monday, July 12, 1965. Meeting was called to order by Chairman Bryson at 7:30 p.m. with members Campbell, Fowls and Greeley, and Planning Director Zaleski present. At 8:00 p.m. a duly advertised hearing was held on the petition of Joseph P. and Anne Spinelli for the approval CARY ACRES SEC. 4 of a subdivision plan entitled "Cary Acres Section IY," - dated February 13, 1965 (Phinney Rd. extension to Fairbanks SPINELLI Rd.) Messrs. Burton Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Smith of 10 Phinney Rd., Mr. and Mrs. Carl Petersen, Joseph LaFauci and Joseph Moreau, Harold Schneider and Robert M. Lurie were present. There was no one representing the applicant. The chairman read the notice of the public hearing and explained the reasons for the hearing. After a brief discussion in the course of which no valid objections were brought up, the hearing was declared closed. Mr. Joseph E. Deignan and Architect Arthur H. Brooks CARRIAGE HOUSE Jr. met with the Board relative to a proposed building on - the site of Carriage House at School and Lincoln Sts. Mr. DEIGNAN Dei.gnan proposed to have a drystore, a grocery store, a beauty salon and a photographic supplie s store; his plan At 7:30 Attorney Norman Richards and Messrs. Kenny and Roberts met with the Board relative to the development FULLER HILL of Fuller Hill south of Rte. 2 -Rte. 128 interchange and ex- REZONING tending to Waltham line. Mr. Richards exhibited two plans - of the "Country Office Site -Lexington" labelled *Design AN RICHARDS- and "Design B" by Fulmer and Bowers. Mr. Richards asked ROBERTS for the Board's reaction to a 70 ft. access right-of-way consisting of two pavements of 22 ft. each and to a pro- posed 100 ft. buffer strip along the property line at the top of Fuller Hill. Mr. Richards also mentioned the possi- bility of limiting the height of industrial buildings so as to make them invisible from the Five Fields area. Mr. Bryson stated that the Board was generally in favor of the layout proposed and would presumably support the rezoning of Fuller Hill land owned by Mr. Roberts et al to C 3. It was suggested that the buffer strip could be in the form of a conservation easement. Mr. Richards stated that they would limit the rezoning proposal solely to the Roberts property. Mr. Richards also asked whether the property could be divided in advance of rezoning and of the Planning Board action. It was the opinion of the Board that the northernmost portion of the property would require approval as a subdivision including the approval of a way to be builttotown specifications. At 8:00 p.m. a duly advertised hearing was held on the petition of Joseph P. and Anne Spinelli for the approval CARY ACRES SEC. 4 of a subdivision plan entitled "Cary Acres Section IY," - dated February 13, 1965 (Phinney Rd. extension to Fairbanks SPINELLI Rd.) Messrs. Burton Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Smith of 10 Phinney Rd., Mr. and Mrs. Carl Petersen, Joseph LaFauci and Joseph Moreau, Harold Schneider and Robert M. Lurie were present. There was no one representing the applicant. The chairman read the notice of the public hearing and explained the reasons for the hearing. After a brief discussion in the course of which no valid objections were brought up, the hearing was declared closed. Mr. Joseph E. Deignan and Architect Arthur H. Brooks CARRIAGE HOUSE Jr. met with the Board relative to a proposed building on - the site of Carriage House at School and Lincoln Sts. Mr. DEIGNAN Dei.gnan proposed to have a drystore, a grocery store, a beauty salon and a photographic supplie s store; his plan 7-12-65 -2- showed a building with a floor area of 8,700 sq.ft. and a parking area for 56 cars. The Board pointed out that the parking would not be adequate in view of zoning require- ments and that a variance would be a matter for the Board of Appeals, but that the Board felt that the parking re- quirements are reasonable. It was the consensus of the Board that they would not necessarily be opposed to a slight deficiency in the number of required parking spaces. The plan was left for review by the Board. Mr. Angelo Buss, met with the Board and explained the FORK A reasons why plan #65-31 was submitted for endorsement by the Board, namely, to show the easement granted by the Town of Arlington under Art. 91 of the 1965 Annual Town Meeting, which easement referred to the plan dated June 12, 1964, submitted wiith Form A 165-31. The plan was reviewed by members and endorsed as not requiring approval under the Subdivision Control Law. Mr. Castoldi met with the Board and requested that ADAMS ESTATES the subdivision requirement for 30 ft. pavements in Brent SEC. 4 - Rd. and Suzanne Rd. in the Adams Estates Sec. 4 be waived. CASTOLDI He stated that the preliminary plan for the area was sub- mitted in 1961 and the development delayed on request of the Board and the planning director. The Board agreed to waive the requirements as requested by Mr. Castoldi. MINUTES Minutes of the meeting of June 28, 1965 were approved. Reviewed by the Board was the following plan sub- FOR4 A mitted for Planning Board jurisdiction: #65-30, submitted July 2, 1965 by Evangelical Covenant Church of Cambridge, Earl A. Erickson, chairman; plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington Mass.e, scale: lit - 401, dated May 5, 1965, Miller & Nylander, C.E.'s & Surveyors. The plan was endorsed by the Board as not requiring approval under the Subdivision Control Law. The Board voted unanimously to release the $80,000 KINGSTON HOMES bond, dated Aug. 31, 1962 and the $7,000 bond dated June 10, INC. 1963 furnished by Kingston Homes, Inc. and the Hanover In INGLESIDE RD. surance Co., the construction of streets and utilities pre- viously secured by these bonds having been secured by the bond dated January 28, 1965 in the penal sum of $20,000 or completed. Mr. Greeley reported on the meeting attended by him and Mr. Zaleski with Mr. John Warner, Associate State D.P.W. Commissioner, relative to the Rte. 2 interchange at Water- town St. 7-12-65 -3- Mr. Bryson signed the letter inviting Traffic Study ' Committee to a joint meeting with the Planning. Board on TRAFFIC STUDY August 2 or August 23. It was mentioned that Watertown CTTEE St. -Pleasant St.-Follen Rd. Mass. Ave. complex should be discussed in the meeting and that the Planning Director should be ex -officio members of the Traffic Study Committee. The Board discussed Mr. Deignan's proposed building on the Carriage House site. It was decided that the Board CARRIAGE HOUSE would favor, as justified by lot shape, a variance reducing - =am the required parking capacity by up to 10% or the differ- ence between what could be located on the rectangular lot and the existing lot. Mr. Bryson reported on the meeting with the archi- tects advosiry committee on the Central Business District. The Planning Director next presented a map showing town -owned lands and tax -title lots which may and may not TOWN -OWNED be disposed of and a draft of a letter to the Selectmen to AND TAX TITLE accompany the map. These were discussed and various sug- LOTS gestions made by members of the Board regarding changes in the map and the letter. Mr. Eugene Roberts' letter requesting that the Board accept an easement over sidewalk built through an error out- PARTRIDGE RD. ' side the right-of-way of Partridge Rd. was considered next. Town Engineer's letter recommending the acceptance of ease- ROBERTS ment was read. The Board decided to advise Mr. Roberts that it will accept the sidewalk easement provided the grant is approved by the Town Counsel as to form. Mr. Donald Nickerson's letter on Mr. Newgent's pe- tition for variance on lots on Reed St. -Augustus Rd. area NEWGENT was read. The Board agreed that the three -lot subdivision was acceptable with Mr. Campbell voting in opposition. The Board unanimously VOTED: that the construction of ways and the installation MINUTE MAN HIGH - of municipal services in Worthen Rd. in the Minute LANDS - PARTRIDGE Man Highlands .Sec. 4 subdivision secured by an Aetna ASSOCIATES Insurance Co. surety bond in.the penal sum of $33,000, dated March 26, 1965, having been partially completed to the satisfaction of the Lexington Plan- ning Board, the penal sum of said bond is hereby re- duced to $20,000.00, as requested by the developer and recommended by the Town Engineer. A letter from Mr. Stephen Ells to the Planning OPEN SPACE ' Director relative to open space program which Mr. Ells be- PROGRAM lieves was prepared by Mr. Snow, was read and discussed. It 7-12-65 -4- was decided to advise Mr. Ells that so far as the Board knows, no open space program as described by Mr. Ells was filed with the Board. Mr. Zaleski offered to inquire among the past mem- bers of the Board for any preliminary notes they may have on the subject. The meeting adjourned at 11;00 p.m. Arthur E. Bryson, Jr. Chairman C 1