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I so BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING � OCTOBER 30, 1934. A meeting of the Board of Selectmen and Board of Appeals was held jointly at the aelectmen's Room, Town Office Building, on Tuesday, October 30, 1934, at 8:00 P. M. Messrs. Trask, Gilcreast, Ferguson, O'Connell and Lyons of the Board.of Selectmen were present and Messrs. Maddison, Glynn, Robbins and Hatch of the Board of Appeals were present. Mr. Ferguson appeared as a member of both Boards. The Secre-tary was also present. Hearing was declared open on the application of John L. Pichette, Maurice P. Ahern and Bertha V. Pichette of 48 Broadway, Arlington, for permission to locate a super service station to be erected and maintained at 847-855-865 Mass. Avenue and to keep,.store and sell petroleum products in the capacity of 3000 gallons with tanks. The hearing was a joint session. The Chairman of the Board of Selectmen called the meeting to order and the Clerk of the Board of Appeals, Howard W. Robbins, read the notice of the Board of Appeals as advertised in the Lexington Minute -Man. Mr. Maurice P. Ahern and John L. Pichette were present and Mr. Ahern stated that for a numberof years past they had a permit to operate a repair shop and about three and a half' years ago they applied for a permit to erect a building to sell gasoline on the premises and at that time had a ninety foot frontage on Mass. Avenue, and the permit was granted with a two year time clause. Because of the conditions they did not take advantage of the permit and he realized that they had no rights under the permit at the present time. However, they were coming tonight because while they -only had ninety feet up to that time, they now have rights in an additional 60 feet up to the corner of Curve Street. He stated that Mr. Field has operated the repair shop and that it was common knowledge because of the smallness of the building that he cannot test brakes or lights on automobiles. He has no greasing lift for automobiles and they feel that they are entitled to do more and they know that he is capable of doing it if he had a place to which the people of the town and his friends could come to he called attention to the fact that when they built the stores on Mass. Avenue near the corner of Independence Avenue they went before the Manning Board and they volun- tarily agreed to set the stores back ten feet allowing for the widening of Independence Avenue at a future date and to deed the land to the Town for the widening. At that time, the Board thought it was not necessary and they would also now be glad to cooperate with the town to give land at the corner of Curve Street. Mr. Pichette stated that they had an option on the