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260 BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING March 3rd, 1939 A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 8:00 P. M. Messrs. Glynn, Robbins and Ferguson were present. Assoc- iate Member Errol H. Locke arrived at 8:10 g. M. The Secretary and the Building Inspector were also present. In the absence of Chairman Maddison, Mr. Glynn acted as Chairman Pro -tem. At 8:00 P. M. hearing was declared open on the appli- cation of the Shell Union Oil Corp, for permission to construct and maintain a one car garage and--lubritorium at 1095 Mass. Ave. Nine personswerepresent at the hearing. The notice of the hearing was read by Clerk Robbins, Mr. A. A. Burns, engineer for the Shell Union Oil Corp. appeared in favor of the granting of the petition. He said the corporation wished to add a one car lubritorium which would be of the same architectural design as the present building. The addition would be on the right side of the station. He presented plans and said that the old pits would be removed. If the petition were granted, all work on cars would be done inside, which would be a great convenience. ' The addition would be 12 feet by 26 feet. The Chairman asked if these were the only changes to be made, and Mr. Burns said that there would be new floo& lights, but no new pumps. He said it was planned to move the pumps nearer together so that they will not take up so much space;. He said that the original sketch showed a new neon sign, but the second sketch did not have it in the same place. Mr. Burns said he thought the addition would be an improvement to the station. The Chairman asked if they had made provi- sions to keep the oil drums inside and Mr. Burns said that they had and that there would be no drums around outside. .No other persons wished to be heard in favor of the granting of the petition. Miss Jane F. Knight of 1088 Mass. Ave. asked if the granting of the petition would change the zone of the ad- joining property. The Chairman said that this was not a change in the Zoning Law and that nothing but the Town Meeting could change the Zoning Law. He said that this was not a business district but was a non -conforming use. He said there was a question as to how much the non-"nforming use could be increased and that there was a question in this case as to whether this would be a change or an improvement.