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113 date to -have thezoninglaws changed. Mr. Frederick C. Woodfoed of 189 Bedford Street felt that if a sketch was presented, they might know what is intended. He objected because Mr. McNamara did not have anything definite. He had two children and felt that they would need two police officers inttead of one, as they now have, if this petition were allowed. Mr. Glynn questioned Mr. McNamara and he explained that he had a forty foot right of way which comes over the property down to Bedford Street. It was laid out for a street from Bedford Street to Vaille Avenue. He was to erect the house on his bwn land but was to use this driveway. The right of way runs 275 feet back and is 40 feet wide. Mrs. Harry B. Osgood also voiced her objection. The hearing was declared closed. Mr. Robert P. Trask, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, came before the Board and explained to them that at the meeting of the Selectmen Tuesday night the Board voted to advise the Town Counsel to bring suit against Joseph V. and Harry F. Boinay for violation .of the Zoning Law. The Selectmen received a letter since that meeting from Joseph V. Boinay of Pleasant Street, asking for permission to put up a small building in place of the roadside stand he now has. • Mr. Trask desired to get the opinion of the Board as to whether they felt the town should proceed against the owner and occupant of this property. The Board of appeals informed Mr. Trask that Mr. Boinay did not conform to the conditions of the permit granted to him, also that when the permit had expired he did not make application to renew same, and they felt that the Selectmen should proceed against Mr. Boinay. The Board considered the application of Finlay Mclsaac to subdivide lots on Charles Street and voted to pass the following order: The Board of Appeals, acting under General_Laws Chapter 40, sec. 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by Finlay ilcIsaac 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 Townsman, a newspaper published in Lexington which hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room, in the Town Office Building on September 10, 1931. All members of the Board of Appeals were present at the hearing. A certificate of notice is hereto annexed. At this hearing evidence was offered on behalf of the petitioner tending to show; that he is the owner of three lots of land on Charles Street between Cary Street and