Lexington Planning Board continues two housing hearings to September

Planning Board · Meeting of August 19, 2026

Lexington Planning Board pushes two MBTA-zoning housing hearings to September 16. The board continued site plan review for a 30-unit development at 80 Bedford Street, where attorney Frederick Gilgun's team added six visitor parking spaces since June and sought a special permit for an eight-foot privacy fence requested by abutting neighbors. Board member Michael Schaumbacher argued the added parking came at the cost of green space, calling it "a double standard" versus single-family development, while associate member Michael Leon backed the taller fence as a targeted privacy fix.

Separately, the board opened its first hearing on 5 and 7 Spring Street, a six-unit townhouse plan from John Asarian's Homes Development that is the first application filed under Lexington's 2025 MBTA Communities zoning amendments and includes no affordable units. Abutter Cherie Pollack asked the applicant to swap proposed red maples for evergreens. Both hearings continue September 16; the board also approved its draft annual report and August 5 minutes, 5-0.

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Source: the Planning Board meeting of August 19, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.