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PLANNING BOARD MEETING
January 22, 1968
A regular meeting of the Lexington Planning Board was
held in its office, Town Office Building, on Monday, January
22, 1968. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Mrs.
Riffin at 7:30 p.m. with members Fowle, Greeley, Lund and
Worrell, and Planning Director Zaleski present.
Minutes of the meeting of January 15, 1968 were MINUTES
approved as amended
Plans as submitted "th Forms A #68-3 and #68-4 as
follows, were reviewed by members of the Board and endorsed as FORMS A
not requiring approval under the Subdivision Control Law:
#68-3, submitted January 15, 1968 by George & Freda
Knox; plan entitled " A Subdivision of Land Court Case
No. 6962," dated January 8, 1968 by Miller & Nylander,
C.E.'s & Surveyors.
468-4, submitted January 19, 1968 by Richard S. Sparrow,
Otis D. Brown, Domenic J. Deflice, Arthur F. Douglass,
John D. Douglass by their attorney, Frederick J. Conroy;
plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass.", dated
Nov. 17, 1967 by Albert A. Miller -Wilbur C. Nylander,
C.E.'s & Surveyors.
The Board then voted unanimously to release all surety
on Circle Rd., all work having been completed to the satis-
faction of the Town Engineer.
Mr. and Mrs, Walsh, Mr. and Mrs. Kolb and Mr. Phelan
met with the Board next to discuss Denver St. It was the
contention of these owners that the Planning Board could rule
that Denver St. is a "way" without requiring any additional
construction, since the Town had installed sewer in Denver St.
Members of the Planning Board explained the relevant provisions
of the Subdivision Control Law, as they apply to "paper" streets
shown on plans recorded prior to the adoption of this law. The
Board then voted unanimously to recommend that a definitive plan
be submitted showing a cul-de-sac of the minimum size acceptable
to the Town Engineer and the Planning Director.
Knox
Battle Green
Office Park
CIRCLE RD.
GREEN VALLEY
SEC. VII, BUSA
DENVER ST.
Next the Board, in a joint meeting with the Capital
Expenditures Committee, met with Mr. J. Woglom of Metcalf & Eddy METCALF & EDDY
and Mr. F. Holland of State Division of Planning Memoranda 11701"
submitted by M & E as a part of their 701 Urban Planning Assist-
ance agreement were discussed, especially Memo 4413 (Long Range
Financial Analysis). It was decided that the Planning Board
shall proceed with all possible speed in reviewing the memo-
randa submitted and that M & E will try to have the summary
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report (in brochure form with map pocket insert) by February 19
for review and by first week in March for distribution.
Messrs. Corazzini and Atty. Shirley Bayle met with the
A-1 ZONE Board to discuss the proposed rezoning of land at Blossom St.
PROPOSAL - and Lawn Ave. to A 1. Plans of the proposed development were -
CORAZZINI exhibited by Mr. Corazzini and reviewed by members of the
Board. Mr. Zaleski pointed out that a dimension in the de-
scription was wrong, reading 148.56 instead of 190.39. Messrs.
Fowle and Worrell spoke in opposition to the rezoning, citing
the location away from transportation, stores and services. A
general discussion ensued.
ESSARIAN - Letter to John A. Essarian approving the preliminary
PRELIMINARY PLAN subdivision plan of Woodbridge Estates II was read and approved
by a unanimous vote.
Selectmen's minutes of January 15, 1968 were noted and
placed on file.
Historic District Commission hearing notice for 852 Mass.
Ave was noted and placed on file.
Mr. Worrell agreed to represent the Planning Board at
Board of Appeals hearing on Muzzey Corporation petition on
January 23, 1968.
BUDGET The question of out -of -State travel for the Planning
Director was discussed next and Mrs. Riffin was authorized to
submit an amended budget request.
The question of permitting apartments in C 2 districts
APARTMENTS IN was taken up next. Various arguments relating to Mr. Greeley's
C 2 DISTRICTS proposal permitting apartments through C 2 areas and Mr. Fowle's
proposal for a new A 2 district were advanced and debated. By
a vote of 4 in favor and 1 (Mr. Fowle) in opposition, the Board
agreed to adopt Mr. Greeley's proposal with modifications to
require Board of Appeals approval and to clarify the open space
requirement (see addenda).
The meeting adjourned at 11:30 p.m. �Q
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Francis T.
Clerk
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ADDENDUM
ARTICLE:
To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By -Law by
adding at the end of paragraph 3 of subsection (d) under the caption
C 2 Districts in Section 5 thereof the following new subparagraph c:
c. Residential apartments in the same structure with one or more uses
permitted in paragraphs 1 through 5 inclusive of subsection (c) of
this Section, subject to all the following conditions:
(1) There shall be no apartments on other than the second and the
third story, and no other use on the same story as apartments
or above it;
(2) There shall be provided on the same lot as the apartments and
reserved for use by the tenants of such apartments parking facil-
ities equivalent to at least one parking space for each room
designed for use or likely to be used as a bedroom;
(3) There shall be available and immediately accessible to the apart-
ment tenants, a landscaped area, public or.private, dedicated to
park, recreation or open space uses with an aggregate area not
less than the gross floor area allocated to apartments, or one-
fourth acre per apartment structure, whichever is greater. Suah
landscaped area shall be located on the same lot as the apartments,
contiguous thereto, or immediately across a street, provided that
the open space is not separated from such lot by a major street or
any other physical obstacle.
LEXINGTON PLANNING BOARD
/s/ Natalie H. Riffin, Chairman
/s/ Evert N. Fowle
/s/ Roland B. Greeley
/s/ Erik Lund
/s/ Francis T. Worrell
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