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1 a BOARD OF APPEAL S MEET FEB. 162 1932. A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Town Office,Building at 7:30 P.M. Messrs.Maddison, Baldrey, (locum and Custance were present. Joint hearing of the Board of Appeals and Board of Selectmen on the application of Frank W. rerkins for permission to install gasoline tanks with a cpabity of 2000 gallons at his premises #536-542 Mass. Avenue, Lexington, was declared open. The Chairman read the notice of the Board of Selectmn, and the notice of the Board of Appeals was read by the Clekk. Judge Pierre Y orthr�p represented Mr. Perkins, the applicant. He stated that the petition as originally set forth states that it was brought under section 9 of the Zoning Law, but he wished to call attention to Sgction 8 which refers to accessory use. He called attention to the previous hearings had before the Board of Selectmen and the denial of the former petitions. He called attention to the ruling of the Board of Selectmen in allowing the use of the premises for a repair shop. He went back to 1812 when the Russell family built the premises and used it as a blacksmith shop and general repair of vehicles. He felt that automobiles have now taken the place of other vehicles and that it was proper that this shop should be used now for the repair of automobiles and he felt that business was allowed under the General Laws on these premises under the non -conforming use of Section 10. He stated that the use granted by the Selectmen for this property did not includd a gasoline permit. He stated that Mr. Perkins has been in the repair business for 27 .years and that this was his sole occupation and he was a disabled war veteran. He stated that he has harried on a garage and repair business at the corner of Oak Street, -Lie stated that Mr. Perkins did not want a filling station alone, he merely wanted it in conjunction with the repair business, lie had in mind putting in three pumps. He intended to move his house back and tear down one of the buildings that now stands to the right of the lot. Judge Northrup also called attention to the fact that there was not another place to purchase gasoline on the. right hand side of the street from Viano's down to -the Arlington line, and he felt that there was notbetter place for gasoline on the fight hand side of the street than this location. He felt that persons do not want to cross the street and usually wait until they find a statign on the right hand side. He presented a chart showing the business operated in this sect`on on both sides of the street. On the left hand side he called attention -to the First National Store, then two doors down the Ohemberlabi house which advertises tourists, then across the street there is a large billboard also another tourists place and the Cottage Hospital then there is a residence and Mr. Perkins' premises. Below is the printing shop on the other corner of Oak Street. On the other side there is the Old Paint Shop that was used for business, and then Mr. Cummings at his premises operates a milk business. He felt, therefore, that although this was a residential 1 1