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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1965-07-26LEXINGTON PLANNING BOARD July 26, 1965 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held on Monday, :July 26, 1965 in its office, Town Office Building. The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairman Campbell with members Fowle, Greeley, and Planning Director Zaleski present. At 7:45 Mr. Benjamin Greene and Mrs. Greene met with the Board. Mr. Greene outlined his position relative to the GREENS REZONING use of his land at Spring St. and Rte. 128, west of Rte. 2, PROPOSAL - as affected by the widening of Rte. 2 and possible rezoning SPRING ST. - of the Roberts' land on the westerly slope of Fuller's Hill RTE. 2 at Rte. 128, and requested that the Board sponsor the rezon- ing of his land. The Greenes bought the house in 1948, land- scaping and improving it so that he estimates its value to be in excess of $150,000. Mr. Greeley suggested that considera- tion be given to the rezoning of only the rear portion of the Greene property, but Mr. Greene was opposed to that, wanting the entire property zoned in the same manner as the Roberts land. Mr. Zaleski suggested that any concession or compromise which Mr. Greene was prepared to offer to make the rezoning more acceptable would be to both Mr. Greene's and the Town's ' advantage. Mr. Greene felt that any concession would reduce. the value of his property and he would be opposed to it. Next Mr. Scanlon and Mr. Hruby of the Lexington Hous- ing Authority met with the Board. Mr. Scanlon displayed a LEXINGTON preliminary layout of the site for the housing for the eld- HOUSING erly off Shirley St. Specifically requested was a waiver of AUTHORITY requirement for the width of streets, permitting 40 ft. right- of-ways. Mr. Greeley questioned whether representations had been made in the town meeting regarding non-use of Shirley and Tewksbury Sts. as access to the site. Mr. Zaleski ques- tioned the wisdom or the need for a connecting road as shown on the plans and its elimination would permit the relocation of the poorly situated parking area near Sargent St. It was the sense of the Board that forty foot wide streets with 24 ft. wide pavements would be acceptable to the Board in this location. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to GREEN VALLEY extend the time within which the Board must take action on SEC. 7 - BUSA the definitive subdivision plan entitled "Green Valley Sec- tion Seven" to and including August 24, 1965. The Board voted to reduce the surety on Minute Man MINUTE XILN HGLDS.- Highlands, Section IV, to $13,000. PARTRIDGE ASSOCS. The Board voted to reduce the surety on Jackson Es- JACKSON ESTATES - tates to $10,000. MOORE 7-26-65 -2- The Board reviewed the plan accompanying the following FORMS A Form A application: #65-32, submitted July 13, 1965 by Frank M. Hodgdon; plan entitled *Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass.", dated May 7, 1961, Miller & Kylander,. C.E.'s & Sur- veyors. Upon motion duly made and seconded it was unanimously VOTED: that the plan accompanying Form A #65-32 requires, approval under the Subdivision Control Law as a sub- division. #65-33, submitted July 21: 1965 by R. L. Seth; plan entitled „Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass.", dated Oct. 8, 1964, Miller & Nylander, C.E.'a & Surveyors. #65-34, submitted July 26, 1965 by Town of Lexington, R. L. Higgins; plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lex- ington, Mass.", dated May 10, 1965, John J. Carroll, Tarn Engineer. The Board unanimously VOTED: that plans accompanying Forms A #65-33 and #65-34 do not require approval under the Subdivision Control Law. The plans were endorsed by the Board. MINUTES The minutes of Planning Board meeting of July 12, 1965 were approved. ADAMS EST. The public hearing on Adams Estates, Sec. 4 scheduled SEC. 4 for August 23, 1965, at 8:00 p.m. Mr. Deignan and Mr. Brooks met with the Board to dis- CARRLAGE HOUSE cuss the alternate proposed development of the Carriage House DEIGNAN lot on Lincoln St. The plan was reviewed by members of the Board. Mr. Zaleski stated that his studies indicate that five or six spaces would be lost because of the wedge shape of the lot compared to a rectangular lot of the same size. The Board decided that they would bein favor of maintaining the legal parking ratio for the lst floor and 50% of the required parking for the 2nd floor, and no parking,in front of the building. The SelectmeAls minutes of the meeting of June 28, 1965 were noted and placed on file. OAK PARK CIR- ' The subdivision plan of Oak Park approved on June 28, CLE - BUSA 1965, was endorsed by members of the Board, the appeal period having expired. , 7-26-65 -3- Messrs. Cataldo, Carroll, and Gray met with the Board next to discuss the possibility of relocating the Public Works PUBLIC WORKS building following their letter of June 25 and the Board's BUILDING' reply of July 26, 1965. Mr. Fowle pointed out that in order to relocate the Public Works Building and sell the land for more than the cost of the new site and building, the site of the existing Public Works Building would have to be zoned for C 1 or C 2 uses, as it is now. It was the feeling of the Board that town use would be preferable to any other use except R 1 on this site. A letter from Mr. Ephraim Weiss regarding zoning was read nest and referred to the Planning Director. It was de- cided also to inquire of the Public Works Dept. regarding their power to regulate curb cuts. The meeting adjourned at 10:40 p.m. Jo a mp Vice Chairman C' 1