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113 BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING MAY 22, 1931. A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held at the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building at 8 o'clock P.M. Messrs. Maddison, Baldrey, Custnc e, Glynn and Slobum were present.. Mr. John L. Pichette appeared with Mr. Mitchell who presented and explained »evised drawi s of the Pichette & Ahern garage; drawings at sale of 1/4" - 1'. Mr. Mitchell sketched the proposed lot plan at a scale of 1" - 80', showing suggested location of pumps and location of tanks. At the request of Mr. Baldrey, Mr. Mitchell made a sketch of the entire contemplated scheme as proposed by Mr. Pichette. This sketch is filed herewith. The Chairman explained the feeling of the Board with respect to rest-ictions, including location of gas pumps and their use in connection with the garage and not as a public filling station: limitation of nuMber of tanks to 2-1000 gallon tanks; demolition of both present buildings; and also the present garage within two years; to prohibit the display of automobiles for sale; that the premises be kept neat and clean at all times. Mr. Pichette agreed to preserve the three mature trees on the lot. He also agreed to regulate future lighting on the premises so that such would not be disagreeable to the neighborhood. Mr. Mitchell was to s end the Board blue prints of the drawings of the proposed building, together with a lot plan. The drawings are tote filed with the records of this case. The Board voted in majority to grant the pennit in the following form: The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chapter 40, sec. 27, having received a writ ten petition addressed to it by Maurice P. Ahern and John L. & Bertha V. Pichette, 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 aa the 30th day of January, 1931 at 8:15 o'clock P.M. All the members of the Board of Appeals were present at the hearing. After hearing the evidence offered by the petitioners and such other evidence as was offered, the Board in private session gave consideration to the subject of the petition and at a meeting held May '22, 1931, a Majority of the Board voted that in its judgement the public convenience and welfare will be substan .ally served by the use of the