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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-11-05PLANNING BOARD MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 59 1986 The meeting of the Lexington Planning Board held in Room 201, Town Office Build- ing, was called to order at 7:37 p.m. by the Chairman, Mrs. Uhrig, with members Cripps, Klauminzer, Sorensen, Planning Director Bowyer and Assistant Planner Rawski present. Mrs. Wood arrived during Item 271. ARTICLES FOR THE 1987 TOWN MEETING 271. Comprehensive Commercial Revision: The Board reviewed two documents pre- pared by Mr. Bowyer: "What Needs to be Done, Older and Smaller Commercial Dis- tricts" dated October 30, 1986 and "Sequence of Amendments" dated October 27, 1986. The Board reviewed carefully the land use economic and environmental objectives section of the "Older and Smaller Commercial Districts" memo. Mr. Bowyer stressed it was important to agree on objectives before the staff engaged in detailed draftsmanship. The Board agreed with all the objectives in the draft and thought that objective #5 which says that new development should be considered from the perspective of service to residents of the Town rather than the income potential of prospective investors, was important enough to be moved to the top of the list of objectives. The Board agreed that regulations should be drafted to permit residential uses in conjunction with commercial uses in certain situations. There was a discussion of zoning techniques to be employed and assumptions about the scope of the amendments. 272. Amendments Recommended by the Board of Appeals: The Board reviewed a memorandum dated October 10, 1986 from the Board of Appeals asking the Planning Board to prepare amendments that would allow swimming pools to be constructed without issuance of a special permit, and that would permit overhangs, steps, chimneys and the like without a violation of the yard setback requirements. The Board agreed that it would include those amendments in its package of proposed amendments for the Town Meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 10:08 p.m. 1 Weedol Martha Wood, Clerk