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MIN'. -,TS OF PLANNING BOARD MEETING JULY '16, 17(""l 1 . MR. REEDS VETERANS ADMINISTRAIICii, • MR. REED APPEARED TO INFORM THE BOARD ON P,'CBLEMS OF LAND DIVISION INVOLVING PROPERTY MORTGAGED UNDER THE G. I . DILL. MR. REED DESCRIBED THE PROVISIONS UNDER WHICH SUCH DIVISION CAN BE MADE AND SAID THAT IT WAS COMMON FOR PROPERTY TO BE DIVIDED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION. IN ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE, RISING LAND VALUE AND THE ADDITION OF SEWER AND WATER IMPP0'12^dENTS A:'TER THE MORTGAGE WAS TAKEN OUT, MR. REED SAID IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIV7 TO DIVIDE LARGER LOTS. THE LOTS RESULTING FROM A DIVISION MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF —HE VILLAGE AS TO SIZE BEFORE THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION WILL APPRCVr THE CHANGE, 2. WAYNE HOLTE — APARTMENT PROJECT ON 37TH AVENUE N.E. MR. HOLTE APPEARED TO �O OVER REVISED PLANS FOR THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS. ONE UNIT IN THE BASEMENT IS DELOW THE MINIMUM AREA REQUIREMENT OF 650 SQUARE FEET, AND MR. HOLTE AGREED TO HAVE THIS REVISED. HE ALSO AGREED TO HAVE PARKING AREAS DIMENSIONED ON THE PLAT SO THAT CONFORMANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE CAN BE DETERMINED. THE DRIVEWAYS ARE TO BE WIDENED TO 30 FEET. THE REVISED DRAWINGS WILL BE RESUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING BOARD. 3. LEON ERLIEN — PROPERTY ON FOSS ROAD AW D 37TH AVENUE MR. ERLIEN ANO MR . JARVI APPEARED TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE REZONING OF -;HEIR PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDE OF FOSS ROAD FROM R-2 TO MULTIPLE DWELLINGS. VARIOUS ALTERNATIVES WERE DISCUSSED, AND THE REASONS FOR THE PLANNING BOARD S RECOMMENDA— TION TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM R—'I TO R-2, WHICH WAS ACCc:PTED BY THE COUNCIL, WERE BROUGHT OUT. THE PROPERTY OWNERS MENTIONED THAT THE QUONSET TYPE STORAGE BUILDING HAD BEEN MOVED FROM THE VILLAGE MAINTENANCE AREA ON 33RD AVENUE TO THE NEw BUILDING ON CHANDLER DRIVE. THIS BUILDING, IT WAS FELT, DETRACTED FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTY. SUITABLE LANDSCAPING, SCREENING AND FENCING SHOULD BE PUT IN AT THE MAINTENANCE SHOP TO OVERCOME THIS OBJECT',ON. THE PLANNING BOARD SUGGESTED TO THE PROP:.RTY OWNERS THAT THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ON THE REAR OF THEIR LOTS BE OFFEREC 70 THE VILLAGE AT A REASONABLE PRICE FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE MAINTENANCZ SHOP. THEY AGREED TO CONSIDER THIS POSSIBILITY. 4. ELMWOOD LUTHERAN CHURCH — CHELMSFORD AND �,'ENDHURST A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHURCH APPEARED TO INQUIRE AS TO THE USE OF THE PROPERTY FOR A CHURCH. SINCE THE PROPERTY IS ZONED R-1 AND SUCH ZONING PERMITS 'TS USE FOR A CHURCH' THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE PLANNING BOARD. 5. HENRICH OLSON — PROPERTY AT 3409 - 33RD AVENUE AIR. OLSON APPEARED TO REQUEST THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO TAKE ONE FOOT FROM THE EAST SIDE OF LOT 14, BLOCK 2, OF ST. ANTHONY TERRACE MANOR ADDITION AND ADD IT TO THE WEST SIDE OF LOT 13. THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST WAS THAT A SURVEYING ERROR HAD RESULTED IN THE WEST SIDE YARD OF LOT 13 BEING LESS THAN THE MINIMUM • ALLOWED BY RESTRICTIVE COVENANT ON THE THE PROPERTY. ALTHOUGH THIS WOULD MEAN THAT LOT 14 WOULD BE REDUCED TO 74 FEET 1N WIDTH, THIS DID NOT APPEAR TO BE A SERIOUS FACTOR. JOE ROSINEK MOVED THAT THE REQUEST BE RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. IT WAS SECONDED BY ANDREW SKOVRAN. MOTION CARRIED.