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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 125 REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD ON THE FOLLOWING PRO- POSED AMENDMENT AS IT APPEARS UNDER ARTICLE 33 IN THE WARRANT FOR THE TOWN MEETING TO BE HELD MARCH 1, 1937 To substitute for the Amendment to the Zoning Law adopted by the Town at the Town Meeting November 7, 1930, which reads, "Voted :—That the town amend the Lexington Zoning By -Law and map by changing from an R.1 district to a C.1 district the plot of land owned by Ethel W. Bean and located on the easterly side of Bedford Street, northwest of property of said name at 241 Bedford Street, said plot extending easterly two hundred (200) feet; thence turn- ing and running in a northerly direction three hundred (300) feet; thence turning and running southwesterly two hundred fifty (250) feet to Bedford Street; thence turning and running southeasterly along Bedford Street two hundred forty-seven (247) feet to the point of be- ginning and comprising one and three eighths (1%) acres of land more or less." The following paragraph to be placed in Section 3, under the heading "In C.1 Districts :—" 22. Beginning at a point in the northeasterly side Iine of Bedford Street, said point being southeasterly and dis- tant 219.04 feet from the southeasterly terminus of a curve of radius 1513.11 feet; thence running northeast- erly distant 200 feet ; thence turning and running north- westerly distant 300 feet ; thence turning and running southwesterly distant 250 feet to the northeasterly side line of Bedford Street; thence turning and running by said side line of Bedford Street, southeasterly distant 247 feet to the point of beginning and comprising 1% acres of land more or less. 126 TOWN OF LEXINGTON A public hearing was held on February 19, 1937, on the proposed amendment, after the notices given in ac- cordance with the Lexington Zoning By -Laws, and the Planning Board now submits a final report with recom- mendations to the Town. The wording of the present amendment is not in ac- cord ccord with similar sections of the By -Law and does not provide a satisfactory description of the metes and bounds. The proposed amendment is advanced by the Plan- ning Board to correct these features and will not change the classification, uses or location of the present zone in any manner. The Planning Board recommends to the Town that this amendment be adopted. NEIL H. BORDEN LESTER F. ELLIS EUGENE G. KRAETZER CLEM H. FERGUSON EDWARD W. KIMBALL D. E. NICKERSON Original motion as presented, carried unanimous 8:45 P. M. Selectman Charles E. Ferguson moves to take up Ar- ticle 35. Edward W. Kimball of Planning Board presents the following : VOTE FOR ARTICLE 35 Voted :—To amend the Lexington Zoning By -Law by inserting in Section 7:— (a) in the first line, after "R.2", the phrase "and T.1," Edward W. Kimball reads report as follows: