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Inl!,considering the a lication of A. Horace Weene for subdivision of lots located between 977 and 1009 Mass. Ave., the Board was actuated in its decision by the fact that this appeared to be purely for the convenience of the applicant, in order to allow him to secure permits from the F. H. A., and financing from the same source, by erecting duplex houses so that the line of the subdivision of eachlof the existing lots became the center line parti- tion ofl each house. The result of this would be to create lots ofrecord with frontages as little as thirty-seven (37'), and with areas as little as 3,750 feet. Once recorded, these subdivisions could in the future be sold as individual lots, which would entirely nullify the intent of the Town in establishing frontages and areas for all subdivisions. It would also nullify the provision of the Zoning Law for setbacks on the side lines of the property. Upon motion of Pair. Lombard, seconded by Mr. Brown, it was unanimously voted to deny the petition in the following form: The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chapter 40, Sec. 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by A. Horace Weene, 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 tney 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 September 4, 1942. Three Associates and two 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 owns plots of land between 977 and 1009 Mass. Ave. extending in the rear to the Boston & Maine Railroad Right of Way; that this property is divided into six recorded lots varying in area from 8,750 feet to 13,283 feet; that to accord with regulations of the Federal Housing Authority covering permits to build and the financing thereof, he wished to subdivide each of these lots into two smaller lots of more or less equal size, by a line running down approximately the center of each lot, with the intention of building thereon duplex houses so that one-half of each such house would be situated on each of the sub -divisions of the large lots; the party line of the lot also being the dividing partition between the two parts of each house; that he in- tended to erect an attractive form of duplex dwelling for rental. 0 X47