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1 1 BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING June 10th, 1938 A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Select- men's Room, Town Office Building, at 8:00 P. Y. Chairman Maddison and Messrs. Kimball, Ferguson, Robbins and Associate Member Driscoll were present. Miss Elinor Moakley, acting secretary, was also present. The records of the meeting of June 3rd were read and approved. At 8:00 t. M. hearing was declared open on the application of Howard M. Munroe for permission to maintain a children's riding school and pony track on the premises located at Woburn Street, Lexington. The Clerk read the notice of the hearing. Mr. Munroe was present and stated that he desired a renewal of this permit. He said that the circumstances were the same as last year except that they had made quite a few improvements. They have moved the stable where the ponies are kept way back so it is practically out of sight of Lowell Street or Woburn Street. They have graded the land in from the street to the wall so that cars may be parked there at a forty-five degree angle and have planted a circle of birch trees to make the place more attractive. Mr. Ferguson asked Mr. Munroe how many cars the new parking arrangement would acemendiate, and Mr. Barbour, who rents the premises, stated that it would accommodate about twenty cars. Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Olsen of 286 Woburn Street were present, and Mr. Olsen stated that the parking conditions were very bad on Sunday. He said that there have been a lot of accidents there with cars coming together. The cars also are parked on sidewalks and are also parked double on the street. Mrs. Olsen stated that there were signs placed there to prohibit parking, but these are disregarded. The Chairman stated that previously when the question of renewal of this permit had come up, it was stated that the parkng conditions were bad and it had been intimated that steps would be taken to prevent this. Mr. Barber stated that the Chief of Police goes down there every Sunday afternoon to view the parking conditions. He said that he talked to the Chief of Police about the condition there and the Chief said he would see if he could get him some parking signs, but he did not have any. Mr. Harbour said that people driving by in cars sometimes stopped for just a few minutes to watch the ponies. He said that he has sent his boys over to ask them to move into the parking space as there is always plenty of room there. 165