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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-11-11PLANNING BOARD MEETING November 11, 1968 The meeting of the Planning Board, in its office was called to order by the chairman, Mrs. Riffin, at 7:30 p.m., with members Lund, Worrell, Fowle and planning director Zaleski present. Minutes of the Planning Board meeting on November 4, MINUTES 1968, were approved as corrected. Minutes of the Planning Board meeting on November S, 1968, were approved. The drafts of letters to the Board of Selectmen and to CLEMATIS RD. the trustees of the Trinity Covenant Church relative to the SUBDIVISION proposed subdivision of the Trinity Covenant Church land off Clematis Rd. were reviewed and approved with modifications. Albert Trieschman - Granted; Augustus S. Campbell - Granted; Lexington Driving School - Denied; Corazzini Bros. - Granted; Wm. & Iris Howard - Granted; Instrumentation Lab. - held for change in sign.` Notices of Historic District Commission meetings were HISTORIC DIST. read and noted. A letter from the selectmen to Dr. Brendler, relative SELECTMEN LETTER to the use of town land near the Estabrook School for horse- TO DR. BRENDLER back riding, was noted and placed on file. The letter of transmittal to the town counsel of pre- LETTER TO TOWN liminary drafts of the annual town meeting was discussed and COUNSEL RE ARTICLES approved. FOR T.M. The letter to the Board of Appeals recommending the ap- DRUMMER BOY proval of the Drummer Boy P.U.D. was approved with the addition of incorporating the previous letter by reference. It was agreed to transmit the confidential list of the CONSERVATION LAND recommended 1969-1971 conservation land acquisitions to the ACQUISITIONS comptroller, as requested by the appropriations committee. ' In answer to an inquiry from the owners of the central CB DISTRICTS block, the Board agreed that the 20 ft. yard required in CB districts next to R districts does not apply to a front yard (i.e. where the boundary is a street). The question was whether a yard next to Merriam St., which is in an RS zone, would be considered to be a side yard or a front yard. Decisions of the Board of Appeals were noted on the B/A DECISIONS petitions of the following: Albert Trieschman - Granted; Augustus S. Campbell - Granted; Lexington Driving School - Denied; Corazzini Bros. - Granted; Wm. & Iris Howard - Granted; Instrumentation Lab. - held for change in sign.` Notices of Historic District Commission meetings were HISTORIC DIST. read and noted. A letter from the selectmen to Dr. Brendler, relative SELECTMEN LETTER to the use of town land near the Estabrook School for horse- TO DR. BRENDLER back riding, was noted and placed on file. The letter of transmittal to the town counsel of pre- LETTER TO TOWN liminary drafts of the annual town meeting was discussed and COUNSEL RE ARTICLES approved. FOR T.M. November 11, 1968 2. Articles I through XIX inclusive, prepared by the plan- ning director, were reviewed next. Articles I through XI inclusive were approved with modifications and subject to the town counsel's review. It was decided to limit the ac- quisition articles XII through XVI incl. to the land 750' north of Hayden Ave., and the rezoning article XVII to the land south of the 750' line. It was also decided to break Article XVII into separate articles for each lot. Article XVIII is to be rewritten. Article XIX approved with cor- rections. The question of zoning for nursing homes and related uses was considered next. It was decided to have the speci- fic details or guidelines discussed by the subcommittee. The notice of meeting of the Citizens Housing and Plan- ning Ass'n on November 7, 1968, and the desirability of joining the CHPA were discussed briefly. The notice of meeting of the Mass. Ass'n of Conserva- tion Districts on November 20, 1968, was read and noted. The meeting adjourned at 10:20 p.m. Francis T. Worrell Clerk 1 ARTICLES FOR T.M. NURSING HOMES CITIZENS HOUSING & PLANNING ASSN MASS. ASSN OF CONSERV. DIST.