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HEARING - JOHN AND ROSINA BUSA 1 October 25, 1966 Present: Chairman Hoyt (acting), regular members Wadsworth and Sheldon, associate members Farwell and Hamilton, and the secretary, Mrs. Macomber. Mr. Dawes was present but not acting on this petition. Chairman Hoyt opened the hearing at 8:10 by reading the notice as it had appeared in the Lexington Minute -man on October 6 and 13, 1966. Mr. Hoyt: We have had a number of hearings and granted them a number of times on this particular petition, so it is considerably "old hat." Some of these have run for an hour or more. We don't propose that this shall happen tonight. Anybody that has anything new or constructive to offer may do so but this Board is not going to listen to the same thing we have heard over the last number of hearings. If I shut it off don't be surprised because we don't want to go on and on as has been done previously. Mrs. Shirley Bayle, attorney representing the Busas: I shall try to be brief. I also had the pleasure of representing the Busas at the last hearing six months ago and I wish to say at that time the Busas presented a petition with 70 signatures in favor of the operation and in addition to those 70 signatures three people also spoke in favor. I say this only to point out that this is an advantage to the neighborhood and in ny way de- tracts from it. At the last hearing there was a great deal of criticism of the past. Mrs. Busa is a new operator of the stand - before that it had been operated by a son and now that she is in control her one interest is to make this an attractive addition to Lowell St. In accordance with her desire to do this she felt that the building presently being used as a farm stand was in many ways less attractive and perhaps inadequate. She therefore proposed when the selling season was over to build a new, modern and attractive farm stand. At.the last hearing plans had not "jelled" and it was stated that the building would be approximately 30 ft. x 30 ft. in the same location as the present building now stands. In accordance with your granting of the permit Mrs. Busa consulted with an architect who de- cided upon a 30 x 40 ft.. building. It was presented to the Building In- spector in this form. The Building Inspector pointed out that it should be no larger than 30 ft. x 30 ft. whereby I consulted the contractor, Mr. Alfred Buss, and we went and visited the Building Inspector and had a con- ference with him. At that time Mr. Buss said it would be no problem to cut it down to 26 ft. x 30 ft., or smaller than what had been talked about be- fore. These plans submitted to the Board are identical with those the Building Inspector now has except one end has been taken off and the windows would be placed a little differently to fit the new size. It is a farm stand like the others in Lexington, especially like the farm stand on Woburn St. which is of concrete block with an overhand and doors which raise up and down so is to cover everything at night. There is ample parking space for 20-40 cars if it is needed. The Busas propose to improve this parking space ' by paving an area which would make a comfortable space for 20 cars. They propose to tear down the building they are selling from and put this new building on the same spot. Hoyt: Will this be the same as now?