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BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING MARCH 8, 1932. ' A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Town Office Building at 7:20 P.M. Messrs. Maddison, Custance, Glynn, and Baldrey were present. 2'2-�.. The subject of the petition of Frank W. Perkins for permission to store and sell gasoline and petroleum products in the capacity of 2,000 gallons at -his premises at 536-542 Russ. Avenue, was considered and it was voted that the petition be denied in the following form: The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws Chapter 40, sec. 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by Frank W. Perkins 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 1bublished in Lexington which hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room, in the Town Office Building on February 16, 1932. Idessrs. niaddison, Baldrey, Slocum, and Custance of the Board of Appeals were present at the hearing. A certificate of notice is here- to annexed. At this hearing evidence was offered on behalf of the petitioner tending to show: That he desired to install a gasoline tank with a capacity of 2,000 gallons for the sale ' of gasoline at his premises at 536-542 Mass. Avenue; that he woAld move the house on his lot back so as to give a better view for vehicles making the turn to or from Oak St., that he was willing to deed a strip of land to the town for the widening of Oak St.; also to tear down the old building adjoining his machine shop; that he pr&posed to locate the pumps about thirty five (35) feet from the shop toward Oak St. and at a reasonable distance from Mass. Avenue. Evidence was offered on behalf of citizens opposing the granting of the said petition tending to show, that the traffic conditi�,ns at this point are very bad and the operation of a gasoline station at this point would add materially to the danger to school children; that it would create additional noise.and would tend to affect adversely residential values in the neighborhood. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session held March 8, 1932 gave consideration to the subject of the petition and voted unanimously in favor of the following findings; 1. That in its judgment the public convenience and welfare will not be substantially served by the making of the exception requested. ' 2. That the exception requested will tend to impair the status of the neighborhood. 3. That the exception requested will not be in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the regulations in the Lexington Zoning By-law. �r