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262 Board of Appeals Meeting , February 53, 1937. A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Select- menrs Room, Town Office Building, at 8:00 P. M. Chairman Maddison, Messrs. Ferguson, Glynn and Kimball were present. The Secretary was also present. In the absence of Mr. Robbins, Mr. Kimball ,was appointed Clerk Pro-tem. At 8:00 61,clock P. M. hearing was declared open on the application of Eric S. and Agnes T. Peterson, t. by e., for a permit to construct and maintain a gasoline gervice station at 27 Blossom Street, Lexington. Notice of the hearing was read by the Clerk Pro -tem. Bir. Roy Peterson appeared in favor of the petition. He presented a copy of a State plan of the new Concord Turnpike showing his lot. He said that the lot was 200 feet long and 100 feet deep. He said that he talked with the State Engineers and he was going to be able to do grading and put in driveways fifty feet wide. His plan is to put A signpost on his line inside of the thirty foot grass plot. The pumps are to be set back about-foUrtaen or -fifteen feet and"' -the "build 'n& is., -to T467 ;set_ about sixty Feet from the edge of the travelled way. He. said that if he was to put the building back arW farther, it would look out of place. lir. Peterson asked if there was any other situation just like this in Lexington where the State had 30 feet between the travelled way.and private property. Mr. Glynn said that any structure that he erected would have to be set back at least twenty feet from.the State line as the State might widen the road at any time. Mr: Peterson presented a sketch of the building to be erected and also presented a sketch of a Socony station and he said that he had chosen the building he was showing because the Standard Oil Co. considered it the most practical. He said that the chimney Mould come up through the roof. Air. H. M. Rowe of 69 Blossom street appeared at the hear - The Chairman asked him if he would rather have a block of stores or a gasoline station at the location in question, and he aaldC that he did not know. He said that he had no objection to the erection of the filling station as most of the stations built now were very good looking. Mr. Glynn asked the size of the lot on which Mr. Peterson proposes to build, and he said that it was 200 feet by 100 feet. Mr. Glynn asked Mr. Peterson if he was prepared to make any kind of an agreement with the Town that he would not use the plot for any other purpose allowed by a C.1 zone excepting for a gasoline filling station, and he said that he was and that all ' he wanted to use the land for was a gasoline station. He said that he was going to run it himself on a dealer basis. Mr. Peterson said that he c presented the plans in the form in