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171' theremisef owned by crank A. & Mary Napoli, and located at Marrett oad about two hundred feet northwesterly from ' the corner of Middle 5treet,,Lexington, a roadside stand to sell produce grown on the property, under the Lexington Zoning Law or in accordance with �'hapter 40, Section 27A of the General Laws, and amendments, the hearing will be held on May 8th, 1936, at 8:00 P. M. in the selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, Lexing- ton, Mass. Arthur N. Maddison Chairman, Board of Appeals. At 8:15 P. M,, hearing was declared open on the appli- cation of Robert 1'. & Gordon P. Merriam for permission to lease the building at 7 Oakland Street a printing and publishing business. &'A" Messrs. " . J. Rmery, Fletcher 'raft, Calvin 41. "hilds, Alan Adams, James H. Lewis, D. J. O'Connell and Robert Co Merriam appeared before the Board. `jhe notice of the hearing was read by the Clerk. Mr. Merriam stated that the hearing had been called at his request to obtain permission, if possible, to lease the factory building to the Lexington Townsman, Inc. for the purpose of running a printing and publishing business. This building was built in 1871 or 1872 at a time when there was ' no other building of any kind on Oakland Jtreet. Since the residences have been built, Mr. Merriam's grandfather, his father, and he himself have always endeavored to keep the grounds and building in good shape. The manufacture of shoe findings which had been carried on there was classed as light manufacturing operation and the business that is being con- templated'for the building now is a local business and is also classed as light manufacturing. He thought the print - Ing and publIshing business would be no more objectionable than the manufacture of shoe findings. Mr. 'dams, the owner of the paper, is a resident of the town and Mr. Merriam thought that he surely would appreciate the desirability of keeping the premises in good condition, and he hoped that the Board would act favorably on the petition. 'he Chairman asked if he was correct in his understand- ing that Mr. Merriam would be satisfied if the Board could see its way clear to grant the permission so long as the Lexington Townsman, Inc. was the occupant of the building. The Lexington townsman, Inc. is leasing the building for a period of three years. Mr. Merriam said that he would be satisfied if this decision was limited to the Townsman with the understanding that at the end of the three year period, he could have another hearing if he had a chance to rent the building. Mr. Glynn asked Mr. Merriam if he contemplated making ' any changed in the outside of the building and he replied in the negative. He then asked if the publishing business would occupy the whole structure and Mr. "dams stated that there would be some waste room but that they hoped to use it later on. Mr. Glynn asked how much noise there might be from the