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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-10-16I MINUTES OF ADJOURNED MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 16, 1968 The Lexington Historic Districts Commission held an adjourned meeting on Wednesday, October 16, 1968, in the Selectmen ' s Room, Town Office Building. Members present were Commissioners Ruth G. Bevan, Chair- man, Pro Tempore, Philip B. Parsons, Secretary and George E . Graves and Associate Commissioners Carl E. Bryant and George W. Emery. Adjourned hearing was held at 7:30 P.M. on the application of Win S. Couette and Son, Realtors for a Certificate of Appropriateness with res- pect to the erection and display of a sign and the installation of a radio antenna for the office at 44 Bedford Street, which is within the Battle Green District. Chairman Bevan advised that a letter of withdrawal for the second sign facing Worthen Road had been received from the applicant. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously VOTED to issue a Certificate to the applicant. The adjourned hearing was closed at 8:00 P.M. At 8:05 P.M. Wilbur M. Jaquith assumed Chairmanship of the meeting. At this time, Mr. Daniel E. Power, Chairman of the Lexington Democratic Town Committee, appeared to request permission to locate a temporary trailer and to erect and display a temporary sign on the premises at 46 Bedford Street, which is within the Battle Green District. Permission was granted subject to the condition that the trailer and signs be removed within three days following the election on November 5, 1968. Authoriza- tion without the filing for or issuance of a Certificate of Appropriate- ness is based on a determination by the Commission that such temporary trailer and signs may be excluded from the provisions of Section 5 of the Act without substantial derogation from the intent and purposes of the Act. A request for permission to erect and display a temporary sign on the premises at 39 Bedford Street, which is within the Battle Green District, by the Republican Town Committee was granted subject to the above stated conditions . Participating in the decisions on the Democratic and Republican Town Committee request were Commissioners Wilbur M. Jaquith, Chairman, Philip B. Parsons, Secretary and George E. Graves and Associate Commis- sioners Carl E. Bryant and George W. Emery. The next meeting night is scheduled for Wednesday, October 23, 1968, in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building to consider the applications of Deanna Cerasuolo, Joseph Grano and Hanlon' s Shoes. The adjourned meeting was adjourned at 9:20 P.M. Philip B. Parsons Secretary 1111/ TOWN OF LEXINGTON .2 gala Ago Massachusetts 4; 02173 IOMI l9ex HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS This certificate is issued pursuant to Chapter 447, Acts of Massachusetts, 1956, as amended, to Win 5 . Couette and Son, Realtors withrespectto the erection and display of a sign and the installation of a radio antenna for the office, as set forth below, at 44 Bedford Street, which is within the Battle Green District . The sign is to bear the legend : Win S . Couette 44 Revltor " and is to be located on top of the front of the canopy, facing Bed- ford Street. The face and top of the sign shall be lined up with the face and top of the two adjacent signs . The over-all size, including the molding, is not to exceed thirty inches ( 30" ) in height and eleven feet ten inches ( 11' 10" ) in length. The top corners of the sign are to be square rather than diagonally cut . The ends of the sign are to be boxed to give an appearance of depth similar to the other signs The sign is to be constructed of a wooden backboard painted white with { a molding painted a shade of gray to match as nearly as possible the { st,inless steel borders on the adjacent sign. The wooden cut letters are to be affixed flush to the backboard. The letters of "din S . Couette" are to be finished with black enamel paint, and those of "Realtor" are to be finished with dark maroon enamel paint. A gold leaf circle not to exceed 15" in diameter is to be centered to the left of the lettering and bear a 6" high number "44" painted in { black. The design, layout, style and size of the letters is to be in accor- dance with a photograph of the sign submitted to the Commission at the hearing held on October 2, 19o8 . A radio antenna may be installed on the flat roof of the building no less than 15 feet ( 15' ) from the Worthen Road side of the building. The maximum height is not to exceed 20 feet (20' ) , with radials of nine feet (9' ) at the base of the antenna. HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION by Date October 17, 1968 Ruth G Bevan Certificate No. 68 0-33 CHAIRMAN , Pro Tempore HP-15904