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can certainly find the right word. We have done much thinking on this from the point of believing that a roadside stand should not be part ' of our retail business - this should be done in retail stores. Now, that the Planning Board has this thinking, and as far as I am concerned this is their department, and if they believe this way certainly I would agree with their thinking, and in writing or rewriting the zon- ing by-law believe they would have the right terminology and come up with a zoning change that would legally cover this. Reed, Selectman: I am a neighbor of this stand of Busa's and the thing Mat bothers me is that this is a personal grudge. This stand really does very little business - not more than three cars at one time. The thing is going to take care of itself in time - this is the last year for Busa on Grant Street. CIr�: (Planning Board) From the point of view of the Board of Appeals they can only grant a permit if they,are really satisfied they are selling only products produced on the farm. Reed: Time is going to take care of roadside stands. They are limiteUnow. Nickerson: Millicans - there is an emporium of no mean size. Davenport is apparently over in a corner -and is conducting a good busi- ness. _ Mabee: I think this thing should be liberalized as the Board will have to do the mechanics on it. Just give us sounthing to go on. Ii your senior board agrees with the second recommendation, to liberalize, it will have to decide and tell us that we should get on our horse and the Planning Board have a hearing and present this new article. ?: Maybe Town Counsel has.something to say on this. Donald Legro, Town Counsel: This.is. a question I really don't want to answer, ut I think it is an illusion to think that liberaliz- ing by way of defining the products or the volume of products or the percentage of products is going to -be any answer. I -think Mr.-Irwin's survey is an indication of this. Some would not state, some stated 50%, some 85% or 90%. I think your problem of enforcement is going to be greater than it is now. If it is -in the public interest to do so it is perfectly permissible on a renewal request to state that the per- mit was violated and deny it. I don't think you are going to be in,a position to say whether there is a preponderance or 50%. It is going to be a matter of determining how much is involved. Nickerson: Under 14 F we can grant yearly permits only to road- side sta s "for the sale only of products of land of the owner of the stand that is within the Town.rt They can't be wrong unless they have violated the permit. If they sell one item that is not grown in Lex- ington they are in violation and the Board could go in and say rtYou are wrong.'} When you come in for a'renewal and ten conditions have been set down and objectors clearly show that eight conditions have not been lived up to, and we issue a permission, we are double talking. If we deny this one what are we going to do with the next one that