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BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING AUGUST 16, 1932. Board of Appeals meeting was held in the Conferance Room, on August 16, 1932 at 8:10 P.M. Messrs. Glynn, Custance and Baldrey Were present. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The Board considered the application of Arthur R. Witham for permission to use the premises at 317 Marrett Road as presented at the hearing held August 9, and voted not to grant a permit for the following reasons: the garage is partially within a residential zone; the building in question is of the type intended for accessory use; the use for a repair shop for automobiles would tend to interfere with the comfort of adjoining residents; and would tent to injure the value of adjacent property in the residdntial zone. The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chapter 40, sec. 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by Arthur R. WIbham, 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 prpperty 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 -Paan, a newspaper published in Lexington, which hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room in the Town Office Building on the 9th day of August 1932 at 7:50 o'clock P.M. Messrs. Custance, Baldrey and Glpm of the members -,of the Board of Appeals were present at the hearing. After hearing the evidence offered by the_,p�dt3.tioners and such other evidence as was offered, the Board in private session at a meeting held August 16, gave consideration to the subject of the petition and a majority of the Board voted that in its judgment the public convenience and welfare will not be substantially served by the use of the premises described in the petition and that such use may tend to impair the status of the neighborhood, for the following reasons: - The garage is partially within a residential zone; the build- ing is of the type intended for accessory use; the use for a repair shop for automolbilm would tend to interfere with the comfort of adjoining residents and would tend to injure the value of adjacent property in the residential zone. Cs7 1 The Board therefor determines that the application ' of section nine of the Lexington Zoning By-law does not permit the use of the premises described in the petition and instructs the Inspector of Buildings of Lexington not to