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PLANNING BOARD MEETING
October 9, 1967
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was
held on Monday, October 9, 1967 in the Board's Office, Town
Office Building. The meeting was called to order by Chairman
Greeley at 7:30 p.m. with members Fowle, Lund, Riffin and
Worrell, and Planning Director Zaleski present.
Minutes of meeting of October 2, 1967 were approved.
The second sheet of the Bushnell Dr. subdivision plan
was signed.
A letter from Mr. Bram re: Diamond Rd. subdivision
was read, action deferred pending receipt of comment from
Town Engineer.
MINUTES
BUSHNELL DR.
DIAMOND RD.
Mr. Fowle reported on the meeting with Citizens for
Lexington Conservation attended by Messrs. Fowle and CITIZENS FOR
Zaleski on October 4, 1967. A discussion followed relative LEX. CONSERVATION
to the various methods of securing conservation lands and
the applicability of Hatch Act so-called.
Question of handling Planning Board zoning articles
and recodification of the Zoning By -Law was discussed next. ZONING ARTICLES
Mr. Lund was requested to confer with Mr. Legro and make
recommendations to the Board.
Notices of Board of Appeals decisions of hearings
held Oct. 3, 1967 were read and noted, as follows:
Honeywell - granted B. Burke - granted
E. Johanson - granted Cheever-Kelly - granted
Wm. & Iris Howard - granted P. Valentino - granted
Notices of Board of Appeals hearings on October 31,
1967 were read and noted as follows:
Follen Church Society
Sacred Heart Parish
Bruce McGee
Joseph Maurano
John & Rosina Buss.
Robt. & Mary Newman
Busa Realty Trust
Donna Realty Trust
The Board decided to advise that if McGee is granted the
requested permission, it should not be construed as indi-
cating that any future expansion would be acceptable.
Notices of Historic Districts Commission hearings
were noted and placed on file.
BOARD OF APPEALS
Decisions
Hearings
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NICKERSON RD. The Board voted to request the Town Counsel to prepare
a release of all lots in Nickerson Rd. in $15,000 bond.
The Board reviewed a proposal from the Sanborn Map Co.
MAP for custom up -dating of their atlas. It was decided to take
no action at this time.
MINUTE MAN PARK Letter to Mr. Benjamin Zerbey, Supt. of Minute Man
CAMPING FACILITIES National Park, relative to the provision and operation of
camping facilities adjacent to the Park was approved.
ZONING - Invitation to Mr. L. Stevens to meet with the Board for
L. STEVENS a discussion of the zoning of his property at Bedford St. was
approved.
FORBES RD. The Board agreed to extend for six months to April 1,
1968 the time for completion of Forbes Rd. and of utilities
in that subdivision.
Under old business Mr. Worrell offered a proposal
ZONING for front yards in C 2 districts within 100 ft. of R 1 dis-
PROPOSALS trict and for 10 ft. green strips in side and rear yards in
C 2 districts next to R 1 districts. The Board decided to
prepare the requirement for green strips. As regards front
yards, it was decided to postpone action until a specific
proposal comes up.
Next item under old business was the elimination
SMALL LOTS of small lots. The Board decided to prepare a proposal
which would eliminate lots under 50 x 100 ft., require con-
solidation of lots up to 75 or 100 ft. width and provide
for special permits for small lots to conform to neighbor-
hood standards. The elimination of small lots shall be a
separate article.
The question of building sidewalks other than those
SIDEWALKS requested by the School Committee was taken up next. The
Board agreed to make a physical inventory of arterial and
collector streets carrying significant pedestrian traffic
for a future presentation to a town meeting.
Mr. Worrell's proposal to increase rear yards in resi-
YARDS IN R 1 dential lots at the expense of front yards was considered as
the next item under old business. After some discussion the
consensus of the Board appeared to be that no action need be
taken at this time.
The Board then considered the creation of a citizen's
CITIZENS COM- advisory and review committee to evaluate Planning Board
MITTEE proposals. It was decided to maintain closer contact with the
T.M.M.A. Land Use Committee.
Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board
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' voted to go into executive session to discuss items the pre-
mature disclosure of which would adversely affect the finan-
cial interests of the town. Following a discussion of con-
servation proposals the meeting adjourned at 11:25 p.m.
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