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IiISTURIC DI^•TRICTS COTfI".1~~~ IOPT
A meeting of the Historic Districts Commission was held. at 8:00 F.1~T.
ozi's;ednesday, February 23, 1983, in the Selectmen`s TMeet.ing Room, Towr.
Gffice 3uildin~;, Lexington. Present were Jommissior_ers John L. Lavies a_nd
3aland B. Greeley; and Associate Commissioners Linda J. I"1cAulay, Richard
Morehouse, and PRolly Idye. Jommissioner Lawrence 'rlhipple, ~~ecretary,
;joined the meetin~* at 8:45 Y.M. In the absence of the Chairman and 'ecre-
tary ?:r. Greeley served as .hairman rro `''em.
`':'he First hearing was held at 8:15 ,iN,. with a representative of
Oli~=er w Moore Clothiers, Ltd. The sigr. proposed for this store at T6?0
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and will match other signs on that. building. Fallowing discussion, it was
VOTED to approve this sign, subject to receipt of scale drawings.
Ar. informal meeting was held with Ali Iturdi regar~n~ his desire to
erect a sign at 11 rlaltham ..^;t.reet, reading "The Grand Strand Hair Design".
A formal hearing on this sign and a directory type sign: will be held a±
the next meeting of the Commission.
At 8:35 ~'.M. a hearing was held on the application of Adams-Russell
Cablevision for a free standing sign on the premises at 1403 P~_assachusetts
Avenue (P~unroe vchaol;. Following considerable discussion in which two
abuttors, Joseph Atzl of 1415 .Massachusetts Avenue and David ',^tilliams of
1433 P'assachusett.s Avenue expressed their views, it was VOTED to approve a
free standing; sign. 4'S" x 20" with 4" letters of 23 kt, gold carved and.
filled or: a backboard. pained with a honey brown stain. The sign posts are
to be painted 4lellington "rJhite to match the trim of the building. Revised
drawings are to be submitted prior to issuance of the Certificate. It was
also VGTE'D to approve erection of a directory on the building to replace
the existing sign over the front entrance, if the Board of Appeals approves
this free standing sign.
The final hearing- of the evening; was held.. at 9:15 ~ .PM. on the appli-
cation of Follen Community Church for a sign in the parkir.~ lot across the
+reet, fmm +he Church. Linda lv~cAulay discussed the propn^a-1 ar_d, Follntr-
ing^ discussion, PMrs. P'1cAulay was requested to return to the Church and
request that the application be withdrawn and that irs+ead they use a tem-
porary sign mounted on sawhorses each week.
It was ':DYED to disapprove the applicatior_ of the Church of Jesus
Christ of the Latter llay `'dints for a free standing sig~l for lack of
prosecution.
Roland Gubisch, a mem:oer of the Lexington Historical Commission, dis-
tributed copies of the secretary of Interior's publication entitled. "c>tan-
da.rds for Rehabilitation".
The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 ~'.TM.
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S. Lawrence 'rthipple
::!ecretary