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188 <br />parking space in the front of the building, on the main <br />I <br />thorofare. <br />Mr. Locke asked what provision had been made for <br />ventilation, and Mr. Viano said the building would be <br />air-conditioned, and that there would be no windows in the <br />bowling alleys. <br />No other persons wishing to be heard, the hearing was <br />declared closed at 8:48 P. M. <br />Upon motion of Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. Bowker, <br />it was voted to grant the petition for the maintenance of <br />the bolding alleys in the following form: <br />BOARD OF APPEALS F.ER 1= <br />The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, <br />Chapter 40, Sec. 27, having received a written petition <br />addressed to it by the Colonial Garage, Inc., a copy of <br />which is hereto annexed, held a public hearing thereon <br />of which notice was mailed to the petitioner and to the <br />owners of all property deemed by the Board to be affected <br />thereby as they appear on the most recent local tax list <br />and also advertised in the Lexington Minute -Man, a neves- ' <br />paper published in Lexington, which hearing was held in the <br />Selectmen's Room, in the Town Office Building on the 20th <br />day of September, 1940. <br />Two Associates and three members of the Board of <br />Appeals were present at the hearing. A certificate of <br />notice is hereto annexed. At this hearing evidence was <br />offered on behalf of the petitioner tending to show: <br />That it was the intention of the Colonial Garage, Inc. <br />to erect a.building within the present business area locat- <br />ed at 1698 Mass. Ave. approximately 163 feet on the Mass. <br />Ave. side, and extending in depth 100 feet; <br />That they propose to have ten bowling alleys in the base- <br />ment and seven stores on the first floor; <br />That the bowling alleys would be as sound -proof as practi- <br />cal; <br />That there would be no open windows, and that air-condition- <br />ing would be installed. <br />No persons objected, provided the bowling alleys were sound- <br />proof. <br />At the close of the hearing the Board in private <br />session on September 20, 1940 gave consideration to the <br />subject of the petition and voted unanimously in favor of I the following findings: <br />1. That in its judgment the public convenience and <br />