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Home My WebLink About1966-07-27I PLANNING BOARD MEETING June 27, 1966 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held on Monday, June 27, 1966 in the Board's Office, Town Office Building. Chairman Campbell called the meet- ing to order at 7:30 p.m. with members Greeley, Worrell, and Planning Director Zaleski present. Plans submitted with Forms A applications as listed FORMS A below were reviewed by members of the Board and upon a motion duly made and seconded it was voted that they do not require approval under the Subdivision Control Law: X666-27, submitted June 18, 1966 by Barbara Leaf; plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass.", Leaf dated May 31, 1966, Miller & Nylander, C.E.'s and Surveyors. #66-28, submitted June 24, 1966 by Loran E. Wallace; plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Wallace Mass." dated May 27, 1966 by Miller & Nylander, C.E.'s & Surveyors. #66-29, submitted June 27, 1966 by Guyton J. Nicolai, Jr.; plan entitled "Plan of Land in Nicolai Lexington, Mass.", dated June 27, 1966 by Everett M. Brooks Co., Reg. Engrs. Next Mr, and Mrs. Ela met with the Board to ask the Board's opinion regarding the use of the north- DRUMMER BOY LAND erly and northwesterly portion of the Drummer Boy land - off Bedford St. for a cemetery. The Board discussed ELA the proposal briefly and took the matter under advise- ment, recommending that Mr. Ela or his engineer discuss the limit of the cemetery and the street connections with Mr. Zaleski. Mr. Ela next outlined a proposal to rezone the land at 465-475 Mass. Ave. (Cummings) for a small apart- REZONING PROPOSAL ment district of about 18 units in 3 buildings. The - Board explained the procedure to be followed in rezoning F.LA and took the matter under advisement and discussion by the full Board. The minutes of the meetings of June 6 and June 20, MINUTES 1966 were approved. IThe Board voted unanimously as follows: VOTED: to release the security furnished by James E. 6-27, 66 -2-- and Phyllis C. Farmer to guarantee the construc- LONGFELLOW ESTATES tion of ways and the installation of utilities ' SEC. 2 - in the Longfellow Estates, Sec. 2 subdivision, FARMER all said construction and installation having been completed to the satisfaction of the Plan- ning Board and the release having been requested by the developers. CIRCLE RD. The release of lots 4, 52 6, 71 8 in Circle Rd. subdivision was executed by the Board. A group of Augustus Rd. residents (see addenda) AUGUSTUS RD. met with the Board to discuss the completion of Augustus Rd. at Reed St. which was to have been completed by Feb- ruary 1965. The Board agreed to direct Pond Realty Trust to finish the section of Augustus Rd. next to Reed St. within three weeks, after one week's delay to give the Town Counsel a chance to object to it. The Board next voted to approve the preliminary PEACOCK FARM plan of Peacock Farm, Sec. 5 subdivision subject to con - SEC. 5 ditions previously agreed upon, the previous disapproval of the preliminary plan by the Board of Health having been reversed. The Board approved a letter to the Board of BOARD OF APPEAL Appeals objecting to the proposed building of offices Cuna of CUNA on Lincoln St. (Carriage House site) as creating a harmful precedent and derogating from the intent of the CN zoning by-law. (See addenda.) The Board next voted to object to a mixture of C1 Tillinghast business and R 2 uses, particularly in a frame building not otherwise permitted for C 1 uses, as petitioned for by Mr. Tillinghast. (See addenda.) A letter prepared by the Planning Director Cataldo relative to the petition of A. Cataldo for the con- tinuation of roadside sales stand and stressing the need to limit the sales to produce and plants was approved and signed by the chairman. (See addenda.) Mr. Zaleski relayed the request of Attorney RICHEY - YOUNG Stephen Russian for a letter outlining the position of AND DUNHAM STS the Board with respect to a sketch showing the division of the land of Richey et al at Dunham and Young Sts. (Battleview Park) into 75 and 100 ft. wide lots. Since the sketch was not submitted in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Planning Board, the Board is not required to take a formal action. It was decided to sol- icit Town Counsel's advice as to how this matter should be handled. The meeting adjourned at 9: P.M. phi A. Gampti�Yl Chairman Vladimir Zazula Sidney Walk ' Lionet Etscontz Mark Lichtenstein F.Oscar Lin Anthony Parise Sylvester Cuzzupe Roger Brocketts Jay J Schlickman Stanley Trzaskos Chester J. Kurys Leonard H. Doppler Warren A. Caster Florence L. MacKay Barbara Slater John C. Brown Foward Hall Jr. Alfred I. Simon Norman B. Hale Armand Musto David T7. Vaughn David I. Becker Above citizens ADDENDA representing Board of Appeals Town Office Building Lexington, Mass. Re: CUNA Petition Gentlemen: 7 Augustus Rd. 5 Shaw Place 9 Augustus Rd. 4 Shaw Place 11 Augustus Rd. 5 Augustus Rd. 5 Blinn Rd. 15 Hickory St. 10 Augustus Rd 20 Augustus Rd. 8 Augustus Rd. 4 Augustus Rd. 16 hickory St. 9 Kimball Rd. 7 Blinn Rd. 4 Blinn Rd. 14 Hickory St. 4 Blinn Rd. 15 Augustus Rd. 14 Augustus Rd. 18 Augustus Rd. Augustus Rd. June 27, 1966 The use of the "Carriage House" lot on Lincoln St. as the home office of the Association of Credit Unions is not the kind of use the Planning Board had in mind in proposing CN district zoning. CUNA may be classified with the home office of an insurance or finance company or with the office of a distributor or company representative, in fact if the Board of Appeals grants the requested variance and the CUNA uses the land for some time and then vacates it, the next user is likely to fall into one of the above categories. The proper location for CUNA-type offices is in a C 4 or C 3 district. A zoning variance as opposed to an exception must be based on several very specific conditions (such as specifichardship, inability to use the land as zoned, different from adjacent land, no substantial dero- gation from the intent of the zoning by-law) and not solely on what appears to be a non -noxious land use. The Planning Board is of the opinion that the circumstances in this case do not justify a variance and that a dangerous precedent would be established by granting it. Yours very truly, ' LEXINGTON PLANNING BOARD (Signed) Joseph A. Campbell, Chairman June 27, 1966 Board of Appeals Town Office Building Lexington, Mass. ' Re: A. Cataldo, Roadside Stand' Gentlemen: The Planning Board is studying the problems created by the use of land in residential districts for the sale of produce, plants, cut flowers, gardening implements and hardware. In time we hope to make recommenda- tions to the Board of Appeals and to the Town Meeting on this. In the meantime, the use of "roadside stands" should be limited to products of the soil, as provided for in the law, and should specifically exclude hardware, power tools, cooking utensils, building materials and other extraneous products. Unless such restrictions are imposed, roadside stands will be encouraged to expand and to become hardware outlets in competition with merchants located in highly taxed retail business dis- tricts and with adverse effects on traffic and parking in residential areas. Provided such restrictions are clearly spelled out and enforced, the Planning Board is in favor of the renewal of the roadside stand permit for Mr. A. Cataldo. Yours very truly, LEXINGTON PLANNING BOARD ' /s/ Joseph A. Campbell, Chairman June 28, 1966 Board of Appeals Town Office Building Lexington, Mass. Re: Tillinghast Petition Gentlemen: The Planning Board has reviewed the petition of Mr. Tillinghast for a permission to use the land at 183 Bedford St. for a mixture of business and residence uses. The Board believes that there is a serious question as to whether such combination of uses is permissible under the Zoning By -Law and what regulations and restrictions must apply in this case, particularly since the proposal involves the use of a frame dwelling for a C 1 office contrary to the Building By -Law requirement that commercial buildings be of fire-resistant construction. The fact that the same building is intended to be used for residences as well should be a reason for a stricter application rather than for a relaxation of this require- ment. Yours very truly, ' LEXINGTON PLANNING BOARD /s/ Alexander V. Zaleski Planning Director