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At 9:10 pm. Mr. John F. MacNeil and his attorney, 11r. Alfred , BOARD OF P. Tropeano, met with the Board to discuss the variances Mr. APPSAIS MacNeil was seeking from the Board of Appeals. It was asked if We MacNeil would use the plan concerning which be had already been 14ACHEIL granted variances if the variances he were seeking on March 12 were PETITION denied. We Tropeano said that plan upon which variances have already been granted could not be used because the Town had taken some of the MacNeil property for a -town way. Mrs Tropeano also stated that if Mr. MacNeil were'not•granted these variances. a lawsuit against the Town would result. It was noted that the town had proposed to lay out a 40 -foot street which would have taken all of the Barrett Press but that the Selectmen had decided that the resultant damages would make the cost of the taking prohibitive. Mrs Tropeano stated that Mr. MacNeil bad planned to have Yds proposed building on this street but when it use laid out as a way only 15 -fest in width, Mr. MacNeil decided to change the frontage to face the railroad depot and to ask for a furtber side yard variance from 5 ft. to 3 ft. Mr. Tropeano fur- ther stated that the proposed three stores within the building had been decreased from 20 ft* in width to 17 ft., the latter dimen- sion holding only if the extra 2-fto variance were granted. In describing the building Mr. Tropeano said that it was planned to construct it two stories in height, to have a COUW al appearance and to have windows on the Barrett Press side of the building. He also said that it was planned to have one office and stores on the first floor, and offices an the second floor, said building having a sidewalk and a grass plot between it and the railroad station. In regard to the plot plan itself, Mr. Tropeano stated that Mr. MacNeil was deeding lc58 sq. ft. to the Town but that he would be losing 500 st, ft, from the plot plan concerning which they bad been granted variances. Speaking for the Board, Mr. Jaquith stated that the Board be- lieved that if the variances requested were granted similar variances would be requested at allwr timse. He further stated that from a long range plan standpoint the Board felt it would not be in the Town's best interest to have this variance granted. Mr. MacNeil stated -that &-floor area of a 15 -ft. wide store would be rather small and for this reason be was seeking the additional variance of two feet. Mr. Jaquith said that the Planning Board objected to the proposed building line'next to the railroad as the line was'drawn on the plan and that the Board also would like to see a wider side yard established. Mr. MacNeil and Mr. Tropeano left the meeting at 10:00 o'clock, as did the secretary. The Board discussed hearings to be held by the Bead of Appeals on March 26, 1957. It was decided to take no action upon the petitions to be heard. Considered next by the Board was the petition of Auto Engineer- ing Co., Inc. for permission to erect a pole and cross mast for the