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118 <br />BOARD OF APPEALS MEETINGowti <br />JUNE 70 1935. <br />A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the <br />Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 8:00 P.M. <br />Messrs. Maddison, Kimball, and Robbins were present. <br />The Secretary was also present. <br />The hearing was declared open upon the application <br />of Grace J. Palmer for permission to sell antiques at <br />377 Bedford Street., Lexington. <br />The notice of the hearing as printed in the Lexington <br />Minute -Man was read by the Clerk. <br />Mr. and Mrs. Palmer and Neil McIntosh appeared before <br />the Board. <br />Mr. McIntosh informed the Board that Mrs. Palmer's <br />application was similar to the one that was before the <br />Board last fall and which was granted to a woman from <br />Concord. He thought that Mrs. Palmer's business would <br />be a credit to the Town. He stated that he could not <br />rent his house at 377 Bedford Street unless the person <br />could do some kind of business. He has owned the <br />house for eight years and has had only one tenant live ' <br />there without conducting a business. He thought that <br />at some future time he would have to come before the <br />Planning Board to see if the Zoning Law might be varied <br />so that the property in question might be in a business <br />district. <br />Mrs. Palmer stated that she was in business in <br />Lexington Center next to Seltzer's store and was not <br />planning to give it up at present, but planned to live on <br />Bedford Street and conduct a business while she was at <br />home, when there was no business at the center shop. <br />Mrs. Palmer planned to carry on the business in the two <br />front rooms of the house and use the barn for storage. <br />The Chairman inquired what the facilities were for <br />parking. Mr. McIntosh stated that the house set back <br />about fifty or sixty feet from the highway, and that there <br />was ample room for parking on the side of the house and <br />in the rear. He said that it would not be necessary <br />to use the road for parking at any time. <br />The Chairman advised Mrs. Palmer that heretofore the <br />Board had granted the privilege for a yearly term and had <br />restricted the petitioner to a sign not to exceed six <br />square feet in area. I <br />