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M. QW BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING ' July 16, 1937. A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Selectments Room, Town Office Building, Lexington at 8:00 P. M. The Chairman Pro -tem, Mr. Glynn, the Clerk Pro - tem, Mr. Kimball, and Associate Member John A. Lyons were present. The Secretary was also present. At 8:00 P. M. hearing was declared open upon the appli- cation of Guisippa Cacciola for permission to maintain a roadside stand at 708 Marrett Road to sell produce grown on the property. No persons appeared in favor or opposition. Mr. Lyons moved that the hearing be postponed until August 6th. Mr. Kimball seconded the motion, and it was so voted. At 8:15 P. M. hearing was declared open upon the application of Anselm C. Mullen for permission to replace two old wooden buildings at 361 Mass. Ave. with a modern type of building. ' Mr. Mullen and his attorney, Mr. Mason H. Stone, appeared in favor of the granting of the petition. The notice of the hearing was read,by the Clerk Pro-tems, Mgr. Stone presented pictures of the old buildings. He stated that Mr. Mullen would like to erect a modern building which would be of either concrete blocks or brick, and would be of Colonial architecture, so that it would conform with the architecture here in town. He said that the,premises had been used for a gasolene station for some sixteen years, The new building would not take any more area than the two build- ings there now, and would be a modern -type building. He thought the new building would tend to improve the status of the neighborhood, rather than impair it. Mr. Stone said that the building would cost about $3500.9 and that the abutters they had talked to were in favor of it. They plan to set the building back fifty feet, so that the front of the new building will be no nearer the street than the rear of the present building. It would be 3121 by 2710 and would be about 42t from Fottler Avenue, The Chairman asked what the capacity of the tanks is at the present time, and stone said that two tanks had a capacity of 10,000 gallons, and four tanks had a capacity of 1,000 gals. The Chairman asked if Mullen handled fuel oil, and he replied in the affirmative. He said that he had been selling It for abous one and one-half years. He did have a large '