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BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING July 14, 1939. A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 8:00 P.M* Acting Chairman C. Edward Glynn, and Messrs, Kimball, Ferguson, Robbins and Locke were present. The Secretary was also present. The records of the meetings held on May 26th and June 23rd were declared approved. At 8:00 P.M. hearing was.declared open upon the application of Howard M. Munroe for permission to renew his permit for a golf school and driving range on Lowell Street, Lexington. The notice of the hearing was read by Clerk Robbins. Mr. Munroe and two other men appeared at the hearing. Mr. Munroe stated that he would like the permit renewed, and said that something happened to the people interested last year so that last year's permit had not been used. The Chairman asked if different people were going to operate the driving range this year, and Mr. Munroe replied in the affirmative. The Chairman asked if the conditions imposed last year could be complied with this year, and Munroe replied in the affirmative. He said there would be no changes. The Chairman asked him of he recalled that the Board sug- gested that the driving range be set at an angle so that there would be no possibility of driving toward Countryside, and he said that he did. No other persons wished to be heard in favor or in opposition. Mr. Munroe and the two,men retired. Upon motion of Mr. Kimball, seconded by Mr. Locke, it was unanimously voted to grant the permit in the following form: BOARD OF APPEALS PERMIT The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chapter 40, Sec. 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by Howard M. Munroe, a copy of which is hereto annexed, held a public hearing thereon of which notice was mailed to the petitioner and to the owners of all property deemed by the Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most recent local tax list and also advertised in the Lexington Minute -Man, a newspaper published in Lexington, which hearing was held in the Selectmen►s Room, in the Town Office Building on the 14th day of July, 1939. One associate and four members of the Board of Appeals were present at the hearing. A certificate of notice is hereto annexed, At this hearing evidence was offered on behalf of the petitioner tending to show: That he wished a renewal of the permit granted on June 24, 1938 for a golf driving range on his land on Lowell Street adjac- ent to the Countryside restaurant: 11 1 n 1