HomeMy WebLinkAbout1965-11-15PLANNING BOARD MEETING
November 15, 1965
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board
was held in its office on Monday, November 15, 1965.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Bryson at
8:00 p.m. with Members Greeley, Riffin, and Planning
Director Zaleski present.
The minutes of Planning Board meeting of Novem- MINUTES
ber 8, 1965 were approved.
The Board reviewed plans submitted with applica-
tion•Forms A #65-52 and #65-53, as follows: FORMS A
#65-52, submitted November 12, 1965 by Frank E.
Hodgdon; plan entitled "A Compiled Plan of Land
in Lexington, Mass.", dated May 7, 1965, Miller
& Nylander, C.E.'s & Surveyors.
#65-53, submitted Nov. 12, 1965 by Charles H.
Cole 2nd; plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexin g -
ton, Mass.", dated Oct. 18, 1965, Miller &
Nylander, C.E.'s & Surveyors.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
VOTED: that plans accompanying Form A applications
#65-52 and 465-53 do not require approval under
the Subdivision Control Law.
Planning Director reported that Mr. Robert W.
Miley of 435 Lincoln St. wished to rezone his land to REZONING PROPOSAL
the new Service and Trade district. Mr. Zaleski sug-
gested to Mr. Miley that such rezoning would probably not MILEY
be sponsored by the Planning Board and outlined the pro-
cedure for citizens' rezoning petitions.
Draft of letter to the Selectmen relative to the
Chapter 220, Acts of 1965, (Hatch -Wetlands Bill) and its WETLANDS
implementation was read, approved, and signed by the
Chairman.
Drafts of five of the Planning Board 1966 zoning
articles were distributed by Mr. Zaleski.
Mr. Bryson left the meeting at 8:00 p.m. to attend
a meeting of the C.B.D. Study Steering Committee and the CAPITAL EX -
remainder of the Board met with the Capital Expenditures PENDITURES
Committee to discuss Planning Board's recommendations for COMMITTEE
5 years capital expenditures. A discussion followed re-
garding the justification of various Planning Board recom-
mendations.
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Mr. Bryson returned at 9:00 p.m. and resumed the
Chair.
Mrs. Riffin reported briefly on the recommendations
CLUSTER of the Cluster Zoning sub -committee. The sub -committee,
ZONING after a study of cluster zoning operation in several other
communities, decided to recommend the adoption of cluster
zoning by the 1966 town meeting for areas of 10 acres or
more in the 30,000 sq.ft. residential districts.
TOWN MEETING Letter from the Selectmen notifying the Board that
ARTICLES the deadline for 1966 Annual Town Meeting Articles was
January 10, 1965, was read and noted.
The Board decided to present the following Articles
for the 1966 Annual town meeting.
CM 1 zoning restrictions
Service and trade districts
Neighborhood business zoning
Cluster zoning
Consolidation of small lots
Nurseries
Frontage definition
It was decided to ask the owners of the land needed for the
Muzzey-Clarke parking lot to a meeting on November 29, 1965.
ASST.BLDG. It was decided to recommend to the Selectmen the em -
INSPECTOR ployment of an assistant building inspector to help the en-
forcement of zoning, sign and similar regulations.
Letter from the Board of Appeals relative to the
NURSERIES proposed zoning article on nurseries was read. It was de-
cided to modify the proposed wording in accordance with Mr.
Nickerson's recommendations.
The replies of potential users to the TMMA Land Use
TMMA LAND USE Committee questionnaire on service and trade districts were
QUESTIONNAIRE referred to the Planning Director for the preparation of a
summary which would be distributed to all members of the
Board.
A letter from the Mass. Dept. of Public Works rela-
DRIVEWAYS tive to driveways opening onto State highways was read and
it was decided to mail copies of the letter to the building
inspector and the town engineer.
Mr. Eric Kula reported to the Board that he dis-
CONSERVATION cussed with Mr. Hines, the owner of the land at Hayden Ave.
- next to Kennecott Copper, the question of giving some land
HAYDEN AVENUE to the Town for conservation and that the owner would be
willing to give up 8-10 acres in the back, if his front land
is rezoned to C 3. A discussion followed. It was decided
to have Mr. Kula come back after the full Board had a chance
to discuss the proposal.
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Notices of Board of Appeals hearings on the peti-
tions of the following applicants were read and discussed BOARD OF
briefly: APPEALS
HEARINGS
William & Iris Howard Mr.William H.Sullivan
William Setterlund Donna Realty Trust
Pine Crest Realty Trust Homeland Realty
Dominic Falcone
A notice of a hearing before the Historic District
Commission on the building to be erected on the site of HISTORIC
the Hunt Bldg. was read and discussed. It was decided to SITES -
alert the advisory committee on the revitalization of the HUNT BLDG.
downtown to this hearing and Mrs. Riffin volunteered to
do so.
The meeting adjourned at 10:50 p.m.
Natalie H. Riffin
Clerk
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