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I�n SEE PAGE 97 for July lith meeting. 9' I BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING July 31, 1946 A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held on Wednesday evening, July 31, 1946, at 7:30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, Lexington. Lressrs. Locke, Brown, Nickerson and Associate Members Ballard and Ripley were present. The Clerk was also present. This meeting was held for the purpose of arriving at a decision relative to the petition of Charlene. J. Bdorkgren for permission to erect a building at the rear of 265 Bedford Street, Lexington, for the purpose of storage and playroom which will not have the required setback from the street. The Chairman said that he had talked with the Building Inspector and the Town Counsel on the matter. The Building Inspector said that if Mr. Bjorkgren had had a twenty -foot setback, he would have granted the permit for the building. Mr. Lynch, the Town Counsel, said he thought the Board could put restrictions on the use of the building even though the petition was just for setback. Mr. Lynch thought that it should be specified that the first floor is to be used exclusively for playroom purposes, then the petitioner would have to come before the Board of Appeals if another use of the building is desired. The Board reviewed the discussion of the previous hearings held relative to this petition and upon motion of Mr. Ripley, seconded by Mr. Brown, it was unanimously voted to grant the petition in the following form: BOARD OF APPEALS PERMIT The Board of Appeals, acting under the Lexington Zoning By -Law and General Laws, Chapter 40, Sections 25 to 30 as amended, having received a written petition addressed to it by Charlena J. Bjorkgren 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 phblished in Lexington, which hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room, in the Town Office Building on the eighteenth day of July, 1946. Three regular members and two associate members of the Board of Appeals were present at the hearing. A certificate of notice is hereto annexed. At this hearing evidence was