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271 BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING ' February 19th, 1937. A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, on February 19th, 1937, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Maddison and Messrs. Ferguson, Kimball, Glynn and Robbins were present. The secretary was also presen t. At 7:30 P.M. hearing was dedlared open upon the application of Ciriaeo Cataldo for permission to use the house located at 59 Bow Street, Lexington, as a two family dwelling. The notice of the hearing was read by the Clerk. Mr. Cataldo appeared in:'favor of the petition. He said that he wanted to us the house for two families because it was too large for one family and was plenty large enough for two families. He said that the house had been used formerly as a two family dwelling illegal-ly, but he wanted to use it for this purpose legally. .The Chairman asked how many rooms there were, and he said that there were twelve and that those twelve could be made into sixteen. There are two bathrooms and two stoves. The. Chairman asked if there was a dividing wall between the two tenements before, andhe said that there was not but that a wall could be put up very easilly. ' The Chairman asked Cataldo how long he had owned the premises and he said that he purchased the property last October. He rented the farm that goes with the house before that but never had anything to do with the house. John Shaw of Arlington owned the property before he did. Mr. Glynn asked what Mr. Cataldo planned to do to make it into a two family house. Mr. Cataldo said that he would not make any changes but would rent the upstairs floor. It would have two electric light meters, two furnaces, etc. and he migth let one of his boys use the upstairs apartment. The Building Inspector, Mr. Longbottom, stated that when Mr. Cataldo purchased the house he called him and told him that it was being used as a two family house and he wanted to use it for that purpose legally.. He said that there are two kitchens and that Mr. Cataldo had done a lot of grading ar and it. Mr. Glynn asked how long it had been used as a two family house and Cdr. Longbottom said that the did not know definitely, but that Mr. Shaw took out a permit for plumbing on Feb. 8, 1927 and probably it had been used as a two family house since then. Mr. Cataldo said that when he had finished what he wished to do, the front door would be used by both tenenants and there would be a side door that the upstairs tenant could use. Mr. Longbottom said that Mr. Cataldo would not need to_make any structural changes, and Mr. Cataldo said that he did not intend to make any changes outdoors. ' He. retired. Upon motion of Mr. Kimball, seconded by Mr. Glynn, it was voted to gram: `the petition in the following form: