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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-03-17 HISTORIC ;lS'I'RICTS COMMISSTCN A meeting of the }iistaric Jistric~L-s '~~ommission woe; held at 8:C© r.N. on 'dedncsday, ~`areh 1~, 1982,, in the Select.men`s Meeting Room, Towr. C'fiice 3uilding, Lexington, Present were Commissione:r:r John R. Packard., C hairma.t?; :!,aw.r€:nce [ahipple, Secretary; Jehr_ L, ua.vies; ~io_.and d. Grr~aley; and Ann `dallac-~; and Associate. Commissior.nrs L-inch J, Mrr1,ulay and Mary Harr_?_`_ng Nyc. At B:OC I'or°. th,, Cryn.,i;>.s . , rc~.• uw^~~ with ?rr ~?.~b=,,r~ I:il`„r., ~~!bTMariari, t'tzc: plans for a hand rriiling for t%:e fist: Lexington Branch .Lit~r~,ry at "34 t~`assachuseits Avenue. The railings wntrld have boon mace: oP tubular steel.. The Co^unission thuu~ht that tt'=is material would not be suitable for this structure, a.rrd ry agre~:mcnt wits TMIr, Hilton the >~carinr was continued ~xntil Niay ;}U, lyhs~, io give him time to .•E,iurn with a now ues.i.~ir it. wrva~;iri, irvrr, or at least having that appsa-ranee, At 8:30 Y.M. Winfield Caouette of B W Scott Realty Trust, ~ Raymond Street, presented plans f`or a clirect,ory signboard, with space for six signs, to be erected on the wall to the right of the :front entrance, Tt was VOTL'D to apx~rove the same. i~~r, Caouette _ al se pres,nt_ d plans for a sign read ink; "Lexington Physi- cal '!'!7erapy Associates" aboui one foot by six feet, wit?r b:Eack letters on a w2:it backboard, It was VC'T'~D to approve this sign, tea. i'he question where i~:.:s to be erected. remains opera. 'lire Commission approued a 1oca:tion I c~~rr~ccca~d t:~ tween the front. porch columns, with the to,p harm inf; from chains at tk.~~ ~~anic: height, as the e:xist'tng pro jetting sign. The a;Pplicari.t 1atc;r f`X ~T';_6 E; C: C'JIICrrra'1 tllat th1S W'JUld net OF?. a Sll~.table 1CCat~. C~'.l, } E'~~: ci L?S'' tY!P ~'I sir;n migY,t swi.n~ tno much orr wird.y days. He prefers to Ira^:. it on the porcYr store wall. The eiuc~stion of location will be resolved later, F.t 8z 5j ?'.i9. i4ark ?Moore, Jr. of Moore Hnmes, Inc., and his arctriteat, ?3enj.ami? Nickerson, presented new plans For office condomini~rms can the. for- mer e;owe Che~rrolct propet'ty at 33-37 and 4'T Be:dford Street. The i;ommissic~r: u;ratr3.raou~ly aisagproveil previously ?~res~;nted plans that would rave. invn7_v«~c9 irrar: than BJ,000 square feet cf office st?ace a.nd an urrd~rground ga.rat,r: for more t.h~.n "~r)C1 automobiles. The new plans wore= considerably scaled :sown from tho.t, in fa.et to abcnrt nr_:--t:alf ~y' tYrn pr~v_ioas vroposal, and without unciergrnund pa:rkin;I, ''ix: ?::.f'~ing 1'^:Indlticrs wall b~` L..t'li_~e,d f"r thn mG S'F pert; ;.+r, r7 tt.~.~_•. w411 'r,n z';e~ns_ivc landcrapinp~; all, arc5urd, Once acrairr there was a yarg~: turnout of residert;s, about ~ in number, t~ Y.ear thf:t pr{>pasra' . ~.=pp~-.~i~iorr was limitod t;c~ the: singi€; matter cf Loca-- ±.z,:n c:f landscaping slung the right of way. ThcSro ware several speakers i? -f 3.ti`Cr t7f ttri3 P_(:iJ [~:'ti T)-J S%ii. • i Histc~rlc Districts CommiNsi.or. - ~ - titarrh 1.; , 1982 ~f`tcr a Iengt},y aiscussicr, it wa~:; 'T^v_`P1aD unanimciasly t~3 appruv€z the plans as presenied, The applicant will return later +o discuss paint cclar:; and si~€ns, F"~~llewing this hearing, '.;he C~~~~missien discuss=rd informally with P?t', Hawing c~£ himmerings, 6 P~.uzzey Streei:, plans for a new sigr. w?7ic?? v:i'_l be .c Lin ..,ul7.; G^:... r;; i~l.~.. ~iE:3, X'.l:t~~ i^. itp .4.:.. Thy Cu.nmission then VOTED approval. of routine Lills for putlication an:3 clerical sarvic€~s, an:~ the meetinr~ was adjourr.nd at a0:1~~.M, - i' _ S , Lawrence ';dhipple Secretary I~ ~I i