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Home My WebLink About1967-12-04PLANNING BOARD MEETING December 4, 1967 A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was held in its office, Town Office Building, on Monday, December 4, 1967. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Greeley at 7:30 p.m. with members Fowle, Lund, Riffin and Worrell, and Planning Direc- tor Zaleski present. Mr. Clancy of Cabot, Cabot b Forbes again approached the HARTWELL- Board with the request that the Planning Board recommend to remove WESTVIEW the restrictions on the use of Westview St. by trucks of the Coca- (COCA-COLA) Cola Co. A general discussion followed. The Board next went into an executive session for the purpose of discussing matters the premature disclosure of which would adversely affect the financial interest of the Town. Fol- lowing a discussion of Hayden Ave. land the Board resumed open meeting. Messrs. Nordblom, Macomber and Cowles met with the Board next and outlined a proposal for the rezoning from R 1 to C 3 of REZONING land at Spring St, near Waltham city line and extending to Rte. 2 PROPOSAL - interchange. Mr. Greeley traced the history of previous rezoning SPRING ST. attempts in this area and stated that the Board was substantially NORDBLOM, agreed on keeping the C 3 - R 1 boundary south of Rte. 2 where it MACOMBER is now. Messrs. Fred and Richard Corazzini came in next to pro- pose a rezoning of their land at Blossom St. and Lawn Ave. from REZONING R 1 to A 1. They have 1,673 ft. frontage, 12 acres area, sewer PROPOSAL - available in Webster Rd. for most, if not all, of the area. Pro- CORAZZINI posed were 24 six -unit buildings of two story town house and up- BLOSSOM ST. and -down construction with apartments on each floor. Seventy per- cent would be two bedroom, 30% three bedroom. Rents would be $225-$325 per month. The Board indicated that they would not in- itiate this rezoning and that if the developers wanted to initiate it by petition the proposal would probably be more acceptable if it were reduced from 144 units. Minutes of Planning Board meeting of November 27, MINUTES 1967 were approved. The Plan submitted with Form A #67-52, as follows, was reviewed by members of the Board and endorsed as not requir- FORM A ing approval under the Subdivision Control Law: #67-52, submitted Dec. 1, 1967 by John L. Snelling; Griffith Agent for Griffith Realty Trust; plan entitled "Plan Realty ' of Land in Bedford and Lexington," John R. Snelling, C.E. and Surveyor, dated November 1967. 12-4-67 -2- Attorney Harold Stevens met with the Board to ask REZONING PROPOSAL whether the Board would support CS rezoning at Bedford St. BEDFORD ST. independent of a commitment by the Holiday Inn to use the ATTY. STEVENS adjacent area. The Board indicated that no definite commit- ment was implied, but that the degree of support of the rezoning by the Board would likely be affected by the extent to which the over-all plan was being fulfilled. A discussion followed regarding the framing of the zoning amendments required, including rezoning to CS, setback change for CS and CIi 1 districts at Bedford St., permission to use CS land for a gas station and the rezoning to CM 1 of land between Rte. 128 and the proposed CS district. Letter to Recreation Committee relative to suit- VALLEYFIELD ST. ability of lots 52 and 53 for recreation was approved. (See addenda.) Lett er to the Selectmen expressing Planning Board's NORTH ST. PITS attitude in the matter of filling of North St. pits was read and amended to oppose the filling because of many hazards mentioned in the small portion of consultant's report which was made available to this Board. (See addenda.) Chairman Chapin of Capital Expenditures Committee and Sussman of Conservation Commission met briefly with the Board. It was agreed to try and arrange a meeting on ' December 13, 1967 at 8:00 p.m. in the Selectmen's office to discuss land acquisition. The Planning Board will meet with the Conservation Commission at 9:00 p.m. on December 11 for a preliminary discussion. The Board decided to advise the Board of Appeals BOARD OF APPEALS that the 250 ft. truck restriction on Coca-Cola lot may be COCA-COLA reduced to 200 ft. and that a strong representation by the owners has caused the Planning Board to reconsider its recommendation to prohibit the use of Westview St. by Coca-Cola Co. trucks, even though sufficient access is pro- vided from Hartwell Ave. Letter from Raytheon Co. relative to the use of RAYTHEON CO. their land in C 3 district was read and it was decided to C 3 DISTRICT advise Raytheon that the description of the proposed uses meets C 3 zoning requirements. INGLESIDE The release of lots 15 and 20 Ingleside Rd. was voted and executed, satisfactory surety having been furn- ished by the developer. The petition of Tillinghast for Board of Appeals BOARD OF APPEALS variance to permit the remodeling of buildings at 465 TILLINGHAST Massachusetts Ave. was reviewed and it was decided to ask ' for additional information regarding appearance, con- struction, access, location, extent of reconstruction, etc. 12-4-67 -3- Recommendation to the Board of Appeals on Douglass BOARD OF Funeral Home were postponed pending receipt of information APPEALS - on proposed grading and drainage of the lot. DOUGLASS It was noted that only one member of the Board had prepared a draft for a secti -of the Annual Report. Since ANNUAL REPORT the Report.was due on December 1, the Planning Director was instructed to write it. Notices of Board of Appeals hearings scheduled for December 19 were read and placed on file. The Chairman agreed to prepare a letter describing Lexington's compliance with planning requirements of the HUD HUD Dept. to be used with applications for reimbursement for open space acquisition, It was decided not to invite the Caldwe,llssto discuss CALDWELL the possible acquisition of their land. The Board decided not to pursue further the matter of K OF C future zoning and use of the K of C property at Bedford St. BEDFORD ST. The meeting adjourned at 10:55 p.m. Evert N. Fowle, Clerk ADDENDA Robert E. Bond 6 Demar Rd. Lexington, Mass. Dear Mr. Bond: December 4, 1967 Does the Recreation Bommittee consider Lots 52 and 53 Valleyfield St. to be suitable and appropriate as the site of a small neighbor- hood playground? As can be seen on the enclosed map, these lots have a total area of 42,237 sq.ft. with a street frontage of 150 feet and an average depth of 275 ft. and are located on fairly level ground at an elevation of 215 £t. The Planning Board has recently recommended against the sale of these tax title lots by the Selectmen as a matter of policy and with the additional thought that lots 52 and 53 may fill a need for a small ' playground for their immediate neighborhood. Yours very truly, /s/ Roland B. Greeley, Chairman !,- -67 Board of Selectmen Town Office Building Lexington, Mass. Re: North St. Pits Gentlemen: -4- December 11, 1967 The Planning Board is opposed to the filling of the small pond and adjacent land in the North St. -Vine Brook pits area. 'rhe small,por- tion of soil consultant's report which had been made available to the Board indicates numerous problems and hazards to ecology, water and soil quality and suitability of the area for recreation and swimming if the proposed organic decomposing fill is used. Yours very truly, LEXINGTON PLANNING BOARD /s/ Roland B. Greeley, Chairman cc: Recreation Committee 1 1