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BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING • March 8, 1946 A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, on Friday evening, march 8, 1946 at 8:00 p.m. Chairman Bowker, Messrs. Brown, Locke and Nickerson were present. The Clerk was also present. The hearing was scheduled for 8:00 p.m. through some misunderstanding, the petitioner did not appear. The Clerk telephoned the petitioner's home and was advised that another member of the corporation (Viano Properties, Inc.) would attend the hearing. The Clerk informed the Board that Mr. Peter helburn, who was granted a hearing on March 1, 1946, would like to sepak to the Board. The Chairman read an opinion received from the Town Counsel with reference to this petition, advising the Board that inasmuch as the petitioner seeks to establish a business in a district zoned for single residence, the Board of Appeals has no power or uathority to grant the petition. Upon motion of Mr. Nickerson, seconded by Mr. Brown, it was therefore, voted to deny the application in the following form: BOARD OF APPEALS DENIAL The Board of Appe&ls, acting under the Lexington Zoning By-law and General Laws, Chapter 40, Sections 25 to 30 as amended, having received a written pbtition addressed to it by Peter Helburn, a copy of which is hereto annexed, held a public hearing taereon 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 k.inute-Man, a newspaper published in Lexington, which hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room, in the Town Office Building on March`1. 1946• Five regular 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 permission to establish a blacksmith shop at 185 Burlington Street, Lexington, equipped to do metal work for architects and others. Mr. Johnson, one of the neighbors, stated that he had no objection to the blacksmith shop as long as it was owned by Mr. Helburn. Evidence was offered�on behalf of citizens opposing the granting of the said petition tending to show no persons opposed to the granting of the petition. • At the close of the hearing the Board in private session March 8, 1946 gave consideration to the subject of the petition