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BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING <br />87 <br />NOVEMBER 6th, 1934. <br />A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held at the <br />Town Office Building on November 6th at 8 P. M. Messrs. <br />Maddison., Ferguson, Hatch and Glynn were present. <br />The minutes of the hearing of November 2nd were read <br />and approved. <br />The application of Bertha 11. Garfield for permission <br />to maintain an antique shop and sign at 259 Bedford Street <br />was considered. It was unanimously voted (Mr�. Robbins <br />abwent asking to be recorded in favor), that the petition <br />be granted in the foll6wing form: <br />BOARD OF APPEALS PERMIT <br />The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, <br />Chapter 40, Sec. 27, having received a written petition <br />addressed to it by Bertha M. Garfield, a copy of which is <br />hereto annexed,, held a public hearing thereon of which <br />notice was mailed to the petitioner and to the owners of <br />all property deemed by the Board to be affected thereby as <br />they appear on the most recent local tax list and also <br />advertised in the Lexington Minute -Man, a newspaper published <br />in Lexington, which hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room., <br />in the Town Office Building on the second day of November, <br />1934. <br />A majority of the members of the Board of Apl)eals were <br />present at the hearing. A certificate,of notice is hereto <br />annexed. At this hearing evidence was offered on behalf <br />of the petitioner tending to show: that she intended to <br />purchase the house at 259 Bedford Street for a home for <br />herself and family provided she could sell antiques; <br />that she would not have any display on the grounds with the <br />exception of a spinning wheel and a sign; that she desired <br />to have the barn opened for display and sales, and that she <br />had ample parking space for automobiles on the premises. <br />No persons appeared in opposition. <br />At a meeting of the Board in private session November 6, <br />1934, the Board gave consideration to the subject of the <br />petition and voted unanimously in favor of the following <br />findings: <br />1. That in its judgment the public convenience and <br />welfare will be substantially served by the making of the <br />exception requested. <br />2.- That the exception requested will not tend to impair <br />the status of the neighborhood. <br />87 <br />