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JOHN AND ROSINA BUSA ' Hearing held on Tuesday, July 30, 1963 at 8:20 p.m. on petition of John and Rosina Busa to continue to operate roadside stand at 52 Lowell St. for purpose of selling produce raised upon approximately 7 acres of farm land and greenhouses. _ Notice of hearing as published in Lexington Minute -man on July 10 and 17 was read. Petitioners were asked if the permission requested was the same as requested the previous year and answered in the affirmative. Members of the Board of Appeals were asked by the Chairman if they had any questions to ask. No member had a question. The Chairman asked if anybody wished to speak in favor of the petition. No one wished to speak. The Chairman asked if anyone wished to speak in opposition. Lewis J. Rose of 25 Fairlawn Lane spoke in substance as follows: Anyone has a right to farm in Lexington. However, I feel that the Busa's operation at 52 Lowell St. has a long history of violations, with the selling of Christmas trees and continuing right through to now - violations of the permit that th,�z have had for the last year. First, through a number of signs that are illegally erected on Lowell ' St. (Showed pictures of a sigh.) This sign is not on the property of the applicant - probably on the property of another Busa nearer the Arlington line. There is illegal selling of -merchandise:- supposed to sell only merchandise grown on this property. tToday I visited the applicants' premises and saw on display boxes of charcoal, cans of lighter fluid, jams and jellies "packed expressly for Sun Valley Farm." —This is the time for the Board to enforce the rules. The permit has expired. It expired on July 17, 1963, and they are actually oper- ating in defiance of the law. The hearing was held on July 17, 1962. I feel the Board has been too lenient, that this is a bad situation. This afternoon when I was making these pictures I was approached by a man wearing dark clothes and a blue shirt who said if I walked by there on some dark night - he made it quite clear there was going to be trouble. Tonight -this gentleman in the dark clothes— Joe Busa - is the one who made this threat. I don't want to say too much about it but I think it should be brought out in the open. In the course of making this threat this gentleman wearing the dark clothes said I was trying to put him out of business. Now he is apparently not the owner of the land. This Board has its own reasons for going to such ex- tremes. I -believe there is a clause saying.a business like this is to ' have some benefit to, the town's welfare. This.is detrimental to the town's welfare in itself. It has a previous record of violations. A letter, dated March 16, 1962, written by Mr. D. E. Nickerson to Mr.