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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-07-18 HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMt~ffSSION The Historic Districts Commission ~t on Wednesday, July 18, 1973. At ?:~5 P.M. outside the Selectmen~s Meet~l.ng Roam, Toxn Office Building, Wilbur M. Jaquith, Chairman, said, "I hereby ad3ourn all hearings scheduled for the Selectman`s Meeting Room on July 1$, 1973 'fa be heard in Room G~15, Town Of- fice Building". Present were Commissioners Wilbur M. Jaquith, Chairman= Philip B. Parsons, Secretary= Donald J. Shaw; Georgia H. Williams; and Asso- mate Commissioners S. Lawrence Whipple and Royston T. Daley. The Chairman appointed Mr. Whipple to serve for Commissioner Thomas J. Hol~bog who xas unable to be present. Two hearings were bald at 8s00 P.M, Mr. Jaquith read the legal notice and the application for the erection and display of signs for Chung K, and Sarah Kim d/b/a House of Kim at 7 Mariam Street and Donald M. Rove d/b/a Music Alley at 21-23 Depot Square, which are within the Battle Green Dis- trict. Mr. Carl Severo of I~tal Letters Corporation submitted three scale drawings of each sign. Mrs. Kim was also present. Mr. Severo said fleet the sign for House of Kim world be 8'8" in length and the sign for Music Alley would be 13• in length. The hearings were closed at 8ii0 P.M. Mr. Daley said that he had been in Wickford, Rhode Island, which is part of North Kingston, and that the main street in lined on both sides with colonial, houses. Ile said that only one of the pauses has alumirnun siding and that it is quite obvious from across the street. Mr. Whipple said that the Ataarioan gas station i.n Concord between Mariam Corner and the Antiquarian Society has a very attractive woad sign with Bald lettering and that he would like to see similar signs in Lexington. It was moved, seconded, and unanimDUS1y VOTED to issue a Certificate of Appropriateness to Chung K. and Sarah Kim d/b/a House of Kim for the erec- tion and display of a sign for the store at 7 Mariam Street, which is within the Battle Green District. Participating in this decision were Commissioners Wilbur M. Jaquith. Phil3.p B. Parsons, Donald J. Shaw, Georgia H. Williams, and Associate Commissioner S. Lawrence Whipple. It was moved, seconded, and unanimously YOTED to issue a Certificate of Appropriateness to Donald M. Raun dib/a Music Alley for the erection and display of a sign for the store at 21-23 Depot Square, which is within the Battle Green Districet. Participating in this decision were Commissioners , Wilbur M. Jaquith, Philip B. Parsons, Donald J. Shaw, Georgia H. Williams, and Associate Commissioner Lawrence Whipple. Hearings were held at 8s 25 P.M. on the applications of Vincent Frawmeni djb/a Le2d.ngton Maws Cinema= Jean-Alain Dupon d/b/a Le Bellecour Rsstanrant; Alice Iwasa d/b/a Mother Earth Natural Foods= Marius Darrow dib/a Little Professor Book Centers, Inca and Lois Ernst Associates, Realtors, for the erection and display of signs for the building at 1012 l~sey Street, which • HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMM<SSION W page 2 July 18, 19'j3 is within the Battle Green District. Mr. Jaquith read the legs,], notice att. application. Amelia G. Samoylenko, Trustee of The Lexington McTrs, and Herbert Eisenberg, Architect, represented the applicants. Excsept for the Cinema sign, the signs are to be of dark brown stained xood with incised carved gold leaf letters. Is Bellecour Restaurant sign is to be the first sign on Hussey Street, a 16" sign with 8" letters of two panels over the first txo bay windoxs, and to be flush against the xood panels. The Little Professor Book Center sign is to be on the parking lot elevation, have an 18" panel, 3" letters for the words "Little Professor", aril 8" letters for the words "Book Center". The sign for A~bother Earth Natural Foods will be similar to the above txo signs. The sign for Lois Ernst Associ.atea, Real- tors, is to be a 3' x 3' sign beside the door as that office is to be up- stairs and it Tres decided that the center of the sign should be at least 4' shave ground level. Then followed considerable discntssion on the sign for the Lexington Mews Cinema. The words "Lexdngton Mews Cinema" are to be raised letters on a dark brown stain metal backboard acrd below that would be either two shorter rows or one long rox of back lighted fluorescent meta]. box for advertising coming attractiorsa. The overall height world be 3' and the sign would be belox the roofline. Gooseneck lights would be installed above the sign. It was decided that new draxings should be submitted for that sign. The hear3.ngs were ad3ourned at 10e25 P.M. An ad3ourned hearing on the exterior Roof Plar?s of Ths Lexington Mexs was held at 30x25 P.M. Mr. Eisenberg said that three air conditioning units and a kitchen exhaust fan have been added to the roof and that all units are 4' in height and will not exceed any of the pitched roofs. The members of the Commission approved installation of these additional roof units on the flat roof. Samples of txo lights were submitted, three to be on the Muzzey Street elevation and three on the parking lot elevation. The light preferred by Mrs. Samoylenko and the members of the Commission i.s Prescow light Landscape Light X902. Mrs. 3amflylenko said that a 4" x 4" champered wood post with light o» top might be desired for the front entrance. The size lights and the post light ware all approved. It wee stated that the fence oa the parking lot elevation had been removed and a cement walk with granite curbing had been installed and that a bicycle reek will be installed there. It was stated that the Town will resurface the Mnszey Street side walk Trith either blacktop or concrete but not with a brick walk. Shrubbery will be installed in three areas in front of the bnildir>g acrd, if approved by the Board. of Appeals, a standing Directory sign will be installed in the center shrubbery area. The hearing Tres adjourned at 11:1++ P.M. A hearing was held at iit15 P.M. on the application of The Lezington Mews Trust for txo Directory signs for the building at 10-12 Muzzey Street which is within the Battle Green District. Mr. Jaquith head the legal no- tice and application. Mrs. Samoylsnko said that the signs would be 3' wide by 5' high and double Paced xith sma11 removable name plates. The hearing was adfourned at 1is50 P.M. SiSTOHLC DISTAICT3 CO~+aSSION w page-3 July I5, 1973 Mr. Jaquith stated that he hoped June Augusta's laxyor xonld attemt the August 1st mooting, He said that the Bartolottis plan to submit an application for a Certifioate of Appx'opriatsnesa. He said that Volunteer Flooring had maned oat of the building at 7'03-705 Massachusetts Avenue and that the signs have boon removed. Mr, Jaquith submitted three bills; .Barbara Gilson, Clerk, for June 1973 for $145.05 (postag®~ $1.05; hearings and mee s ~ $39.00; and clerical services - $108.00); Ingalls Stationers fo21,77; and Joseph Hitrosser $36.00 for photographs. It xas moved, seconded, and unanimously VOTED to approve payment of those bills. It msas moved, seconded, atxi unanimously VOTED to issue a Certificate of Appropriateness to Jean-Alain Ripon d/b/a Le Hellecour Restaurant xith respect to the erection and display of a sign for s store at 10.12 Mns$ey Street, xhich is xithin the Battle Green District. Participating in this decision wore Commissioners Wilbur M. Jaquith, Philip H. Parsons, Donald J. Shax, 4eorgia H. Wi111ams, and Associate Commissioner S. Laxrence Whipple. Then followed a very brief discussion on the lox income hoaxing pror posed for construction on land oxned by St. Brigid•s Church. Mr. Whipple maned that the Chairman vse his discretion as to whether or not to xrita to the Hoard of Selectmen on this. I4otion~~oconded and unanimously VOT®. Tho meeting was ad3ourned at 1030 A.M.. --•T-~~~.~ ~,L. ~%~i,~r? PhiZtp B. Parsons Secretary i