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129 BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING June 21, 1935. A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Selectmen's xoom, Town Office Building, at 8:00 P. M. Messrs. Maddison, I'erguson and Glynn were present. Associate members Lyons and Lteeves were present, a4d the Secretary was also present. In the absence of the lark, Mr. Glynn was elected Clerk Pro -tem. Hearing was declared open upon the application of Roger W: Brown of 36 Outlook Drive, Lexington, to vary Section 9 (a) of the Zoning By -Law so as to permit the storage of metal floor pans and equipment of 581 Marrett Road on property owned by the Highland Trust Co. of Somerville. Mr. Brown stated that he was storing metal floor pans on the premises and distributed them wherever they might be needed. `the pans are removable metal forms manufactured by the Nu -Form Engineering Corp. of New York and are used in pouring concrete floors in large buildings. The pans are three feet long and twenty inches wide and vary in depth from six inches to four- teen inches. 'here are two types of pans. One has an open ' and and this type may be staked neatly and compactly. The other type has what .is called a tab end and cannot be stacked, but must be spread out over the ground. Pans are made of metal and of course as they are used become rusty and some cement adheres to them. They become dented as they are used and these dents must be hammered out and the pans are then scraped and oiled. Mr. Brown stated that the quantity of forms on hand varies according to the amount of business he is doing and at the present time he has approximately twenty- five hundred pans on hand. Pans are stored in the lot in the rear of the garage at the present time. Mr. Brown stated that he had rented the property,, including the garage, from the Highland Trust Co. last ecember when he took a lease for one ,year. the Highland Trust Co. thought that the life of the building as a garage would be short due to the opening of the new Concord Turnpike, and felt that the building should be used as a commercial building. Mr. Brown believed that he was within his rights in using the premises for storage purposes when he leased the property. He used the garage for the storage of trucks, etc., and did a trucking business. A good part of his business is handling bricks, unloading and stacking them, etc. He was very much surprised when he was informed that he had violated the Zoning By -Law. In talking with the Building inspector, he stated that he ' would remove the pans at that time if necessary, but he had been advised to wait until after the hearing. He would be glad to do anything that he was asked to do in order to keep within the law of the Town.