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2b4 BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING . January 11, 1946 A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Select- men's Room, Town Office Building at 8;00 P. M. Chairman Bowker, Messrs. Locke, Brown, Redman and Associate Member Ripley were present. The Clerk was also present. At 8;00 P. M. hearing was declared open upon the petition of John F. Rich for permission toerect a two -car garage on the premises located at 27 Merriam Street which will not have the required distance from the street line. Mr. and Mrs. Rich and Mr. Walter Black were present at the hearing. The notice of the hearing was read by Mr. Locke. Mr. Rich stated that he assumed the first thing the Board would like to know was where the proposed garage is to be located. He presented pencil tracings of the lot showing the location of the lot which is on the corner of I'Leriam Street and Chandler Street. He said that the house faces Meriam Street and is number 27. Mr. Rich said that he proposes to build a two -car garage at the rear of the house, facing on Chandler Street and in line with the main structure of the building. The Chairman asked if the garage would be in line and Mr. Rich replied that it will be in line with the main front of the house. The Chairman asked how much space the garage would occupy and Mr. Rich presented a plan showing the detailed nature of the proposed garage. He said that one corner will be twenty feet or more and the other corner will be fifteen feet. He said that he had an architect make drawings of a garage which will be in keeping with the home that is already there. Mr. Rich showed the Board two sets of drawings. Mr. Rich said that he understands the reason for the denial of a building permit wb.s that Mr. Wrightington, Town Counsel; ruled that if it were a corner lot, one would not need to have the distance from the two streets. He said that Mr. Cann, the Building Inspector, feels that because the frontage is on a curve, the entire lot is on Chandler Street and the requirement of twenty feet must be applied to Chandler Street as well as to Meriam Street. Mr. Rich said that the lot looks like a corner lot, but the de- scription on the deed describes it as being bounded on Meriam Street and it has been taxed by the Town as 27 Meriam Street. Mr. Rich said that he has endeavored to have the garage care- fully designed so that the structure will be in keeping with the neighborhood. No persons appeared in opposition to the petition. The hearing was declared closed at 8;12 P. M. and the group r etired. At 8;15 P. M. hearing was declared open upon the application of the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, 50 Oliver Street, Boston, for permission to enlarge the present telephone exchange • located at 27 Muzzey Street, Lexington.