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Ald t • 1. M.Stevenson hearing. BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING - OCTOBER 4, 1929. A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held at the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building at 8 P.M. Messrs. A. N. Maddison, Chairman, Roland W. Baldrey, Clerk, C. Edward Glynn and T. A. Custance were present. Helen C. Whittemore was also present. Mr. Matthew Stevenson appeared on behalf of Mrs. Minnie B. Stevenson. Mr. Stevenson informed the Board that through an arrangement with the Bank he was able to secure a five foot strip of land from property purchased from him by Richard J. Spencer, making his lot with a frontage of 70' and a depth of 102'. This brought his lot line within 3' of the barn on the Spencer property. He also endeavored to purchase some land from Dr. Henry C. Valentine, but Dr. Valentine would not sell inasmuch as he desires the lot to build a home upon for his son. Mr. Stevenson stated that the house was to be set upon the lot with a 30' set back, that being 10' more than required in the Zoning Law, and that the house would be probably at least 30' from the barn. He was to place his driveway between the barn and his own house. It appeared also that the barn was closer than 3' to the other lot line parallel with Vine Brook Road. Mr. Stevenson stated that he intended to build a garage on his premises. No objectors were present. After hearing the evidence presented. by Mr. Stevenson on behalf of Minnie B. Stevenson it was "Voted to vary the Zoning Law by granting permission to Minnie B. Stevenson to use lot #4 on Vine Brook Roadto erect a dwelling thereon, provided said lot has a frontage of not less than 70' and an area of not less than 7000' and the house be set back not less than 30' from the line of Vine Brook Road." All members of the Board being present and voting in favor, signed the following order: The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chapter 40, sec. 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by Minnie B. Stevenson, a copy of which 'is hereto annexed, held a public hearing thereon of which notice was mailed to the petitioner and to the owners of all property deemed by the Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most recent local tax list, and also advertised in the Lexington Times - Minute Man, a newspaper published in Lexington, which hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room in the Town Office Building on Friday, the fourth day of October 1929 at eight o'clock P:M. All five members of the Board of Appeals were present at the hearing. A certificate of notice is hereto annexed. At this hearing evidence 1