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Copy • hEPORT OF TfiE PLAIIIIING BOARL FOR THE YEAh 1931 The work of The Planning Boardduring the past ,year has been very largely in the nature of routine, with no major items to be acted upon. The 1,20.00 fee inaugurated last year to cover printing and. «dvertisin; costs in connection with petitions for change in zoning, appears to have lessened the number of applications for such changes. The Planning. Board is unanimous in feeling that the num- 'her of filling stations now in the to,irn is ample for present needs, and are reluctant to recommend any further changes in zoning peti- tioned for, solely to accarmadate out of town oil companies. Except where a real public need exists, it is felt that the town will be injured rather than helped by changing the zoning for filling sta- tions alone. anything the Planning Board may do in such matters is of course subject to the vote of the electors, as our work is merely to recommend what appears to us to be best for the town as a whole. The Boar,' has been called upon to consider the relocation of lots and streets on Colonial heights occasioned by the relocation ofMassachusetts Avenue in the vicinity of Concord hill. A new scheme vrorked out by the `i'oiam Engineer, Lr. Cosgrove, appears to make possible a highly advantageous reallotting of plots in that locality and has been approved by the Planning Board. It remains to be ascertained if the cooperation and agreement of all the pro - Iperty owners can be had to enable it to be carried out.