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PLANNING BOARD MEETING
December 18, 1967
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board
was held in its office, Town Office Building, on Monday,
December 18, 1967. 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 the meeting of December 11, 1967 were
approved.
Time for action on Carol La. (Centre Estates) sub-
division was extended to 1.16.68 inclusive, if so requested
by the developer, and if such request is not received on
December 19, the definitive subdivision plan is disapproved
for the reason that no means of sewage disposal are avail-
able.
Time for action on Carnegie P1. subdivision was
extended to 2.13.68 inclusive, if so requested by the
developer, but if such request is not received on December
19, the definitive subdivision plan is disapproved for the
reason that no means of containing or buttressing Carnegie
P1. at the land of Gaffey are provided.
MINUTES
CAROL LANE
CENTRE ESTATES
CARNEGIE PL.
INGLESIDE
The Board next voted to authorize the use of $3,600
in paid-up Waverley Cooperative Bank shares as substitute OAR PARK
security for the construction of Oak Park subdivision
streets and utilities.
The letter to the Board of Appeals relative to the BD. OF APPEALS
proposed Douglass Funeral Home on Worthen Rd, was approved. Douglass
The Board voted to reduce security furnished to CONESTOGA RD.
guarantee the completion of Conestoga Rd. subdivision from WOODSIDE ACRES
$25,000 to $8,000, as recommended by the Town Engineer.
Upon a motion duly made and seconded the Board was
to release from the restrictions of the Covenant lots 32 BRENT RD.
through 38 inclusive Brant Rd. in the Adams Estates, Sec. ADAMS EST.,SEC.IV
IV subdivision and to accept $4,000 as security for the
construction of street and utilities.
Mr. Tillinghast met with the Board to explain the
details of his petition to the Board of Appeals to permit TILLINGHAST
the use of premises at 465-475 Mass. Ave. as a site of 465 MASS. AVE.
seven dwelling units in three buildings, including the
rebuilding of a barn into a 4 -apartment building and a
variance for insufficient yards. Mr. Tillinghast pre-
sented architect's plans showing one version of the pro-
posed rebuilding. The Board took the matter under advise-
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Mr. Frank Compagnone and a group of landowners sub -
DENVER ST. mitted a preliminary subdivision plan of Denver St. to be ,
COMPAGNONE constructed to Town specifications but using 50' to 75'
wide combinations of 25' wide lots recorded prior to 1924.
The Board accepted the plan for review.
Mr. Harold Stevens and Mr. Harry Berglund met with
BARNES PROPERTY the Board to discuss the zoning and development of Barnes
HERITAGE HOTELS and Heritage Hotels land at Bedford St. A consensus was
reached to support the rezoning of 175 ft. of Heritage
Hotels land along Bedford St. to CS.
Letter from Norman May relative to a variance for
MUZZEY ST. #24-26 Muzzey St. and the sale of land to the rear. The
MAY Board was in favor of accepting a long-term option for
the purchase of the back land for municipal parking.
Proceeding to the consideration of the Tillinghast
TILLINGHAST petition relative to #465-475 Mass. Ave., the Board agreed
465 MASS. AVE. to recommend the granting of the variance subject to the
following conditions:
1. All buildings and the balance of the land now
constituting these premises shall remain in one
ownership and management as a condition of the
variance, except that portions of back land may
be conveyed to the Town.
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2. There shall be no change in the exterior appear-
ance of the two houses and every effort shall
be made to preserve as many exterior features
of the barn as possible.
3. The 4 -apartment building replacing the barn
should be located so as to be at least 15 ft*
from other buildings and from lot lines.
The Board then considered the proposed subdivision
DENVER ST. of Denver St. (a "paper" street) and decided to solicit
the opinion of the Town Engineer as regards the turnaround
and other construction details and of the Town Counsel as
regards the legality of acting on a subdivision plan show -
SMALL LOTS ing small previously recorded lots. Mr. Legro, Town
Counsel, joined the meeting at this stage. A general dis-
cussion of small lots ante -dating zoning followed and it
was the opinion of the Town Counsel that:
1. The recording of a map showing 25 ft. wide or
similar lots may or may not constitute laying
out of building lots within the meaning of the
Zoning By -Law, particularly if these lots do not
have frontage on a street, as defined by law. '
2. Several such "lots" shown on a plan so recorded
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which were at all times held in a common owner-
ship and conveyed as a unit by a single de-
scription, or used as a site of a building over-
lapping the lines of such lots, may not be
individually eligible for the exemption from the
increased frontage and area requirements of the
Zoning By -Law.
3. In approving a subdivision the Planning Board must
require compliance with zoning. The only way re-
duced lots may be permitted in a subdivision is
by a Board of Appeals variance, which may be granted
prior and subject to the subsequent approval of a
subdivision providing access streets to such lots.
Selectman Cataldo met with the Board and advised them
that the School Dept. has made $1,000 available for a design SCHOOL DEPT.
study for the Lincoln St. recreation area and that a com- DESIGN STUDY
mittee is to be formed to select and work with a designer,
such committee to include a Planning Board appointee.
Selectman Cataldo requested the Board to.give fur-
ther consideration to the possibility of permitting apart-
ments in Central Block as about the only means of making
the replacement of the building economically feasible. Mr.
' Greeley suggested as an alternative the permission of up to
50%"light housekeeping" units in a motel or hotel.
The meeting adjourned at 11:00 p.m.
Evert N. Fowle, Clerk
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