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`�58 BOARD OF APPEALS I!"hE`i'II�G January 22, 1937. A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Sel- ectmen's Rood, Town Office Building, at 7:30 P. 1J. o'clock. Chairman IJ,addison and PRessrs. Robbins and Glynn were present. The Secretary was also present. The records of the meeting; held on January 8th were approved. The matter of the petition of Calvin W. Childs for the erection of a filling station for storage and sale of petroleum products on the land at the junction of Watertown Street and the Concord Turnpike adjoining land now or for- merly of Pilary D. Hatch was discussed, and an agreement with the `Down of Lexington, Peary D. Hatch, and George ii. Horton, dated January 20, 1937 and executed by Mr. Childs was pres- ented, in which he agreed that so longi; as any automobile fillinc; station is maintained on any part of his said land, the part which is not used for a gasoline, oil, and greasing station and other automobile accessories, and for an auto- mobile show room in conjunction with such filling station, shall be used only for purposes for which from time to time land in an R. 1 District under the Zoning By -Law of Lex- ington may be used. Upon motion of 1}'r. Glynn, seconded by t?r. `obbins, it was unanimously voted to grant the petition in the follow- ing form, Mr. Lyons and Mr. Ferguson requesting to be re- corded in favor: ti The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chapter 40, sec. 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by Calvin W. Childs, a copy of which is hereto annexed, held a public hearing thereon of which notice was mailed to the petitioner and to the owners of all property deemed by the Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most re- cent local tax list and also advertised in the Lexington Minute Man, a newspaper published in Lexington, which hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room _in the Town Office Building on the 20th day of October, 1936. One Associate and four members of the Board of Appeals were present at the hearing. A certificate of notice is here- to annexed. At this hearing evidence was offered on behalf of the petitioner tending to show: That he desired to erect and station for storage and sale presented a plan and picture including the building. maintain a gasoline filling of petroleum products, and he showing the proposed lay -out, Objection was offered to the granting of the petition by two owners of property in the neighborhood who felt that it 1 1