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442 1 a cD ce) at the junction of Bedford Street and Valley Road , approximately opposite North Hancock Street , and opposite the business block known as Crescent Manor . Pursuant to the Smith petition and following fourteen days published notice given in the Lexington Tines - Minute -'Man, issue of July 4th , 1930 , and to some sixty notices forwarded by mil to resident citizens within an area designated by the Planning Board as affected by the pro osition to make the change petitic' ned for , the Planning Board held a hearing under date of July 21 , 1930 . Five citizens recorded themselves as apuearing at and for th s hearing . No i1:a fedi ate demand for further general business in th L s locality was expressed at the hearing . The Crescent Manor buiding nearly opposite has contained two vacant stores for some time past , both of which wou �_.d probably have been availed of had there been any real demand for business at that point . It was said that the stores were small , but they could undoubtedly be enlarged more cheaply and satisfactorily than new stores could be built . It was stated by Ir . Smith that he had had an offer for business but did not know what kind of business it was to be used for ; fro'n another source it was learned that the probable intention was to establish thereon another filling station . There having been evidenced rio demand for business thereat of a general nature , is there any demand for a filling station at that point? There are two filling stations a little less than a mile to the sou-Eh , on Bedford Street , to be exact , nine tenths of a mile, and there is another filling stati : n seven tenths of a mile to the north . It is felt that there is no real need for another filling station at the point under consideration . The estab + ishent of any filling station tends to slow UP traffic and increase the danger , due to automobiles swinging111 out from the traffic lines to the filling stati .. in and again swinging to join the traffic lines . Of the four corner properties at the junction of Bedford Street , North Hancock Street and Valley Road , one corner is already occupied for business - the Crescent ;Aanor , which existed at the time of the adoption of our first Zoning By-law . Accordingly , in the original Zoning By - Taw a business zone was created at that point , extending two hundred feet northerly along Bedford Street from its junction with North Hancock Street , and two hundred fifty feet easterly along the northerly side of. North Hancock Street . Mr . E . W . Ormond ' s grocery store is located within this area , on the northerly side of North Hancock Street . It was then felt that this aggregate frontage of four hundred fifty feet furnished opportunity for all the business that would be required in that locality for many years to come . If this status is to be changed and if thet' e is need for bringinu in any of the additional corner properties , the Planning Board , in considering the subject , felt tint all of the remaining corners should be brought in . It would be unjust to change the status of any of the additional corners w thout changing all of them . The reason for this is obvious - the creation of any addition to the business zone at the opposite side of Bedford Street at this point will naturally depreciate values of residential property adjoining , consequently all should be treated alike and all have the opportunity to enter the business zone if any have that opportunity , provided always that there Ls demand for the change . To throw properties into a business zone without a demand therefor means that the " e would be no use of such pro2erties for business , consequently no increase in values arising from business uses to offset the depreciated values of those properties for residential