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252 <br />BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING <br />January 20, 1939 <br />A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the <br />Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 8;00 P. M. <br />Messrs, Glynn, Kimball and William H. Driscoll were pres- <br />ent. The Secretary was also present. In the absence of <br />Mr. Maddison, Mr. Glynn was elected Chairman Pro -tem. In <br />the absence of Clerk Robbins, Mr. Kimball was elected C1eik <br />Pro -tem. <br />At 8:00 P. M. hearing was declared open on the applica- <br />tion of William H. White, Jr. for permission to maintain a <br />salesroom for motor vehicles, and the storage and repair of <br />motor vehicles on the premises owned by Max and Edward I. <br />Berman and located at 7 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington. <br />The notice of the hearing was read by the Clerk Pro -tem. <br />Mr, Edward Berman and Mr. White were the only persons <br />present at the hearing. <br />Mr. Berman said that they had owned the building for <br />ten years, having built it about ten years ago. He said that <br />' <br />it had been used as a salesroom, and for the last five years <br />it has been used for various purposes --not as a garage, but <br />as a laboratory in connection with gasoline and oil and oil - <br />burning machines. He said that Mr. 'White had rented the <br />building with the intention of establishing an automobile <br />agency. He said that the building had been used as a public <br />garage. <br />Mr. Glynn asked how many cars they could get in the <br />building, and Mr. Berman thought that they could get about <br />fifty in. He said that the building was fire -proof. He <br />did not anticipate any objection from the neighbors, as the <br />garage is in a business zone. <br />Mr. Glynn asked Mr, White if it was his intention to <br />have everything inside the building, and Mr. White said that <br />there was no land outside the building. Mr. Glynn told him <br />that when requests similar to his have been granted, the Board <br />of Appeals had specified that no cars were to stored outside <br />the building. <br />Mr. White asked what he was to do about cars for display <br />purposes. Mr. Glynn said that the Board did not like to see <br />cars or parts of them outside a building. <br />Mr. Kimball asked if there was any land that went with <br />the building, and Mr. White said that there ryas no land except <br />