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ADDENDUM ' October 29, 1957 Board of Appeals, Town Office Building Lexington 73 Mass. Re: Mack Sign, Inc. petition Permission to erect sign for First National Stores, Inc. Gentlemen: The Planning Board at its regular meeting on October 22, 1957 discussed the petition referred to above, decided to go on record as being opposed to the granting of said petition, and to write a letter to the Board of Appeals setting forth its reasons for such opposition. In general the Planning Board is opposed to the erection of free-standing signs such as the one proposed in this case. Members of the Board believe that it is too large for the purpose intended and that it would not contribute to the amenities of the commercial district. It was ob- served that the Worthen Road entrance to the First National Stores parking area can readily be seen for several hundred feet when approaching said entrance from either Bedford Street or Massachusetts Avenue. It is the Board's opinion, therefore, that there is no need for the ' erection of said sign when one conforming to the Lexington Zoning By-law could be designed and erected where it could be readily seen, attached to and parallel with the southwesterly face of the store. Sincerely yours, LEXINGTON PLANNING BOARD /s/ Thomas S. Grindle, Chairman 18 October 1957 Mr. E.J.McCarthy, Chief Engineer Department of Public Works 100 Nashua Street Boston 14,-assachusetts Dear Mr. McCarthy: Reference is made to your letter of September 24, 1957 in regard to the meeting at which I�r. Whitcomb and Mr. Hue discussed with I:r. Snow, our Planning Director, matters relative to the re -design of Route 2 and the ' recently completed major street plan for Lexington. At a joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen and the