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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-06-26 • MINUTES OF ADJOURNED MEETING HELD ON JUNE 26, 1968 The Lexington Historic Districts Commission held an adjourned meeting on Wednesday, June 26, 1968, in the Selectmen~s Room, Town Office Building. Members present were Commissioners Nilbur M. Jaquith, Chairman, Philip B. Parsons, Secretary, Ruth G. Bevan, George E. Graves and R.4ax Ii. Straw. Adjourned hearing was held at 7:L}S P.M. to act on the applications of Shell Oil Company. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was un- animously VOTED to issue a Permit for Demolition or Removal to Shall Oil Company for the demolition or removal of its existing retail automobile service station building and related facilities, including gas pumps, lighting facilities and paving, the fences along its northwesterly and northeasterly boundary lines and the fence and concrete wall between the existing pump isl:nds and the street on the premises at 1095 Massachusetts Avenue, which is within the East Village District. After discussion and study of a draft drawn up by the Chairman,. upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unsuzimously VOTED to issue a Certi- ficate of Appropriateness to Shell Oil Company with respect to the erec- tion of a new retail automobile service station building and related facilities and fences on the aforementioned premises. After further discussion on the application of 5he11 Oil Company for a certificate of Appropriatenessw ith respect to the erection and display of two signs for the new retail automobile service station building re- ferred to above, the Commission upon motion duly made and seconded, VOTED unanimously to issue a Certificate to the applicant. The Chairman advised the Commission members that with respect to a standing sign for the service station, a letter had been received extending the time for action by the Commission to October 15, 196$. Adjourned hearing wa.s held at 10:00 P.M. on the application of Robert 0. Tillinghast with respect to the restoration and alteration of the existing dwelling at 465 Massachusetts Avenue, which is within the East Village District. Mr. Tillinghast appeared and presented to the Commis- , sign paint color samples, a brochure picturing combination aluminum storm and screen windows and samples of brick far the chimney. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously VOTID to issue a Certificate of Appropriateness to the applicant with respect to restoration and altera- tion of the existing dwelling as noted above. Mr. Tillinghast presented confirmatory plans to the Commission as were previously requested. The adjourned hearing was adjourned at 11:00 P.&i. i The Chairman reed to the Commission a copy of a latter sent by Robert Lyon, Manager of Colonial Restorations, .Inc., to the owner of Pepe's, a pizza shop, located at the corner of Independence Avenue and Massachu- setts Avenue. Mr. Lyon advised the owner that his inside sign advetise- ments could be improved and that any outside signs would be within the requirements of the Historic Districts Act. The next meeting night is scheduled for Wednesday, July 10, 196$, to consider the application of Ellen H. G. Bryant for fencing. The meeting was adjourned at 12:05 A.M. ~~f'+,>~~ Philip ]3. Parsons Secretary ~o. , . TOWN OF LEXIN~TON i u M~sr'aChucettc ; 02173 ~ am q~. r HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION PERR4IT B'OR DEb":OLITION OR RE'~OVAL This Permit is issued pursuant to Chapter !}!}7 of the Acts of 1956, as amended, to Shell Oil Company for the demolition or removal of its existing retail automobile service station building and re- lated facilities, including gas pumps, lighting facilities and paving, the fences along its northwesterly and northeasterly boundary lines and the fence and concrete wall between the existing pump islands and the street on the premises at 1095 P,Zassachusetts Avenue, which is within the East Village District. This Permit is issued subject to the following conditions vrhich shall apply if the Permit is acted upon: 1. That the new retail automobile service station building and related facilities for which Certificate of Appropriateness PTo. 68 C-21 is being issued by the Commission concurrently with the issuance of this Permit shall be completed within one year of the demolition or removal, or within such additional time as the Commission shall approve in writing. 2. That reasonable care shall be exercised during the demolition or removal process to preserve all evergreen trees in the planting area along the northwesterly boundary line shown on Drawing ~ No. 1 entitled t'Elevation & Plot Plan of Service Station P,~aple St. and P.iass. Ave. Lexington, r,,ass.'i, dated June 11, 1968 by C. Harry Erickson, Architect, submitted to the Commission at the he«.ring on ' June 12, 1968. HISTORIC DISTRICTS COr~.iISSION By 6AJilbur 2Ji. Jaquith Chairman Permit No. 68 F-h Date June 27, 1968 , TOWl\T OF LFXIN~ON ,5,,°a~,N '~6 ~ Ma.~rachufettr ~ : A f ~ e~,a 3 ' inn iV^ ` ,Y ~ " HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS This certificate is issued pursuant to Chapter 447, Acts of Massachusetts, 1956, as amended, to Shell Oil Company with respect to the erection of a new retail automobile service station building and related ' facilities and fences as noted below, at...........,1095 r,2assachusetts Avenue.•..,....,..•..••...•..•.•...•• which is within the .........,,E2.St.Village.•.....•...••...• District The service station building is to be located as shown on drawing No. 1 bearing the legend "Elevation & Plot Plan of Service Station rilaple St. and Ptass. Ave. Lexington, r,?ass." of a set of five scale drativings entitled "Shell Oil Company Eastern r;~tarketing Region", dated June 11, 1968, by C. Harry Erickson Architect submitted to the Coamnission at the hearing on June 12, 1968. The related facilities, excluding signs, consist of a single pump island, paved area, metal caps for underground tanks, and five poles vrith lights for illumina- tion of drivevrays and paved area, and are to be located as shown on said drativing No. 1. There is to be a continuous fence along the northwesterly and northeasterly boundary lines of the property, ex- cept in the rear of the building, with adjoining planting areas in front of the fencing, a planting area in front of the pump island and a planting area between the two ?Maple Street drivevrays, said fencing and planting areas to be located as sho~lvn on said drawing No. 1. The general style, layout and details of the design, and the dimensions of the service station building appear on or may be scaled from the aforesaid five dravrings. All face brick and asphalt shingles are to match as nearly as possible the sample of Concord Brick and noire Black shingles submitted to the Co~nission at the hearing. All window sash and doors, including the overhead doors on the southeasterly ~R H3~ MRILi! ' TOWN OF LEXI~TON , Mctssccchusetts ~ 02173 : HISTORIC BISTRICTS COMMISSION Certificate of Appropriateness--Shell Oil Company--Page 2 elevation, are to be of wood and are to have permanent wood muntins, except that the two doors for the lavatories are to be solid wood. Ths aluminum siding on the northtivest and southeast elevations is to • be of the clapboard type and the louvers in these elevations are to be of wood. All vroodwork and aluminum downspouts are to be painted vrhite and the wrought iron vreathervane is to be painted black. The other building materials are to be as noted on the aforementioned drawings. The pump island is to have four gas pumps, an oil cabinet and two twin lights. The general style, layout and details of the design and the dimensions of the pumps and cabinet appear on or may be scaled from a scale dravring entitled "Proposed Lexington Pump Island" submitted to the Commission at the hearing. All land area of the lot not covered by the service station building, the pump island, the planting areas and caps for the underground tanks shall be paved with black asphalt except that the pump area designated "Conc. P~iat" on said drawing P,o. 1, the tyro tank fill pads approximately square and the border curbing around the planting areas shall be of concrete. The fencing along the northwesterly and northeasterly boundary lines of the prop©rty is to be '"~'dalpole" split cedar solid fencingvrith post and rails facing the street and is to be left to weather in its natural state. The fence shall be in height except as follows: 1. Commencing at a point on the northeasterly boundary ' line of the lot 12~ northwesterly from the north- westerly side line of the ne••v sidevralk abutting Pdaple Street, the fencing shall be sloped from its E}' height to a height of 2~ at said sidevralk line. 2. Commencing at a point on the northwesterly boundary line of the lot approximately 15~ easterly from the stone bound located 11.39' northeasterly from tha concrete bound at the northeasterly side line of the new sidevralk abutting 14tassachusetts Avenue, the fencing • shall be sloped from its height to a height of 2~ at said sidewalk line. f The erection of this fencing is subject to the condition that there shall be maintained permanent evergreen screening for the fencing in the two planting areas on each side of the service station building. The evergreen landscaping shall be of sufficient qusntity to minimize the view of the fencing from i~iassachusetts Avenue and idaple Street but need not provide.a solid evergreen screen. The planting plan for such ' TOWN OF LEXI~TON = a o - Marraclntrettr , ~ 02173 ~ 1PP) M}T~2 n HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION Certificate of Appropriateness--Shell Oil Company--Page 3 .screening, shovring type, size and location of evergreens to be planted, shall be submitted to the Commission for approval prior to installa- tion of the planting. The other two planting areas shall be main- twined with permanent plantings having a height when full grotivn of not more than 2 1/2?; the plantings to be selected by the owner. light There are to be five single lantern type/fixtures for the driveways and two twin lantern type light fixtures for the pump island. All light fixtures are to be of the Colonial American style, design and dimensions described iri"-a brochure submitted to the Commission at the hearing. The vertical distance betareon the bottom of the light fix- tures and the ground is to be not more t'nan 1!}' for the driveway lights and 10' for the pump island lights. The fixtures for the four primary driveway lights (those at each corner of the lot and the tyro in the planting area in front of the pump island) are to be mounted on brac- kets, having scrolls at bottom, attached to poles and extending out over the driveway 72" from the poles to the center of the light fix- tures. The fixture for the driveway light in the planting area between the two ~?aple Street driveways is to be mounted directly on top of the supporting pole. The fixtures for the twin pump island lights are to be mounted on double 36" brackets, having scrolls at bottom, attached to the top of supporting poles. The style, design and dimensions of the brackets, post top mounting, and poles are to be as shown in the aforementioned brochure and Pump Island drawing. The fixture lenses may be of either white translucent or clear prismatic acrylic plastic. All light fixtures excluding the lenses and all brackets, scrolls, post mountings and poles are to be painted black. The lanterns are to have white mercury vapor lamps of not more than I~00 watts intensity. The installation of the lighting facilities authorized by this Certi- ficate is subject to the condition that the Commission may, at any time within two years from the date of issuance of this Certificate or within one year from the date of issuance of an occupancy permit for the service station building whichever is later, review the status of the lighting facilities, and, if the Commission determines them to be inappropriate for purposes of the Historic Districts Act, Chapter !}47 of the Acts of 1956, as amended, may amend the provisions of this Certificate pertaining to the lighting facilities so that such facili- ties will be appropriate, and, in the event of such amendment, the lighting facilities shall be changed to comply with the amend~~nent. Y5Yal1 ZlUhts for the entrances to the lavatories mwy be installed pro- vided that the style, type and location of the fixtures are approved by the Commission prior to installation. . f, 'TOWN OF LEXI~TON ~ m; a, Marrachucettr ~ ~8' 02173 ~ ~ ..a.~r-~ HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSIOhT Certificate of Appropriateness--Shell Oil Company--Page P.t the hearing there was submitted to the Commission copies of the proposed plot plan, dated 2/8/68, dravrn-by F. J. Gallagher and the three undated dravrings, numbered D-5814l~, D-5811p5, and D-58116, dravrn by Herb Siegler submitted by the applicant to the Board of Appeals and referred to by the Board in its decision dated Prlay 7, 1968. The Gallagher plot plan and the Siegler drawings are substan- tially the same but not identical with the aforementioned plot plan and drawings prepared by P~tr. Erickson and accordingly all architec- tural features referred to in this Certificate as appearing on dravrings submitted to the Commission shall be deemed to be those features appearing on P;Tr . Erickson ~ s dra~,vings . It is the intention of the Commission that all conditions set forth in this Certificate shall be 'binding upon the applicant, the owner of the property and his successors in title" within the meaning of Section 9 of Chapter 1}l.E7 of the Acts of 1956, as mended. The issuance of this Certificate does not constitute evidence of compliance with the Luilding By-Lativ or any other By-Law of the Tovrn of Lexington. HISTORIC DISTRICTS C0~~~IISSION By v"]ilbur Py2. Jaquith Chairman Date June 27, 1968 Certificate No, 68 C-21 ~ - • ~t i f ~ ~ ; ` ~ ~ ~ ~ I RXINGT~ N " MO4 ~ I:.! , O9. .Marsucl~rettr ~ ~ ~ a 'ti ; ~ 7 um Mm `ex,~~~ " HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION g' . ~ . . 7~ ~ CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS This certificate is issued pursuant to Chapter 447, Acts of Massachusetts, 1956, as amended, to t,: Shell Oil Company . with respect to the erection and display of two signs for the ' ,r,=, new retail automobile service station building r ~ referred to in Certificate of Appropriateness No. 68 C-21 issued June 27, 1968 ~ as noted below, at ...........,1.95 Massachusetts Avenue which is within the ...........East Village District. The first sign is to be located above the doorway beneath the canopy° T' of the front elevation of the building as shown on scale drawing Pdo. ~ - entitled "Signs & Details On Building of Service Station Maple Stroat r`- and Mass. Ave. Lexington, Mg-ss.", dated June 11, 1968, by C. Harry ' Erickson, Architect and is tq bea.r the le;~end: n SHELL" < The dimensions, style, layout and type of lettering appear an or may be scaled from the aforesaid drawing. The letters are to be of black ~ plastic, approximately 3/8" thick, fastened flush to the white facid. board. The sign may be lighted by horizontal single tube floureseent .lights of medium light intensity recessed in the canopy. `The second sign is to be located above the service area doors on the southeast elevation of the building as shown on the aforesaid draering "No. 5 and is to beau the legend: - "Service Is Our Business" s ~ `The dimensions st le la out and t e of letterin a ear on op mrx ~be v s y ~ y yP g PP Y - scaled from the aforesaid dra*rring. The letters are to be of black plastic approximately 3/8" thick, fastened flush to the white facia board. The sign may be lighted by horizontal single tube flourescent lighting of medium lilrht intensity concealed in the coping above tho ".service area doors. - I _ ~ ~ HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSIQN - - by ' . - Date ...June..2.7 0..1968 . 68 C-22 ~ Wilbur M. Jaquith ' _ CErtiflCateNO CHAIRMAN ~ • NM1I f03 + . _ ~ -1 - ~ TQ~"T '~F T ,EXIIVC7TQN oq,,~`1 '"~•o Massachusetts > < a s a aom ro'~ `="N~„~,~°" HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION i i CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS i This cettificate is issued pursuant to Chapter 447, Acts of Massachusetts, 1.956, as atn~ended, to ......................~obert .C~.Pillin~,hast........ with respect to restoration and alteration of the e~i sting dwellings ~ 1165 Nlgssa,chusetts Avenue as noted below, at which is within the ~ t . si7e...... District Tho arehiteetur>~1 1'cnt-,~Lre;:r invol.vad in t13© re:;toratinn And alteration for which this Certificate is issued consist of the following: ~ 1, `Phe ©xitirtg chi~nne;,* on the main house may be relocated so that it centers on the ride line of the roof subject to the condition that it is constructed of used brick. 2. A metal clapboard type louver having a combined vertical spAn of not more than four clapboards_~lay be installed in the peak of the ;able of the westerly elevation of the dwelling. 3, ',`Jhite baked enamel combination aluminum storm windows oP ~ the type and style contained in the brochure submitted to the Co?nm;ission a.t the adjourned hearing on June 2b, 19b~3 may be installed for kll windows on the west, south z~ . a.nd east elevations of the dwelling. li. Cnmbirsation aluminum r~torm d~or§ o(' thF, :,tyle arrd type spec,if'SPd in tY,e brc~clnire ~;ubmi_tt®d to tl,e Co,rrmission at r,at~3 m~l,jrn.rrnetl 1',nt~rln/r ma,y ba ln.;t~lled on the two doors ¢ of tl-,!9 :;oath plevat;ion of Lh.e dwe.ilin~~. 'Plie color of these co:nbi.nation doors i:s to match as nearly as possibld ~csa ~tx BalEtii$rcB~SV6X 7t~.~81s~m NI.1NSf Certificate of Appropriateness--Robert 0. Tillinghast--Page 2 r k, I ' 'a 4. (Continued} ~ Y the shade of Hunter dark green hereinafter specified for the doors of the dwelling. ~~x a 5. White baked enamel aluminum downspouts may be installed on the cornerboards of the dwelling. a All clapboards, gutters and the bulkhead cover are to be painted. a shade of red to match as nearly as possible the sample of Cape Cod Ped submitted to the Commission at the adjourned hearing on Nlay 1968. All window sash, window trim, window gills, door trim, corner r~:;' boards and the gable trim are to be painted white. T~.e doors are to be painted a shade of dark green mn.tehing as nearly As possible the ewmple of Hunter House dark green submitted to the Commission at .the May 8, 1968 adjourned hearing. s _ x t~ . + . ~ HISTORIC DISTRICTS COM144ISSION n y ; y 5~ Wilbur M. Jaquith , , Chairman ~ ~ . bate 'Jun.e 27, 1968 .e , `a. ~~.,~Cartificate No. 68 C-23 w, J $4 L ~H s~ z h ,