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9-11-58 cleared in the Land Court. Mr. Tropeano replied that a clear title had been obtained. Mr. William Hammer of 15 Fiske Road inquired if there were any protective measures the Planning Board could include in its approval of site plans if garden apartments were constructed at a later date or individual units were sold to either a group or an individual. Mr. Jaquith stated that under Sec. 5 (g) if Lexington's exist- ing zoning by-law the Planning Board or the Planning Board in approving plans could impose such conditions as were thought to be in the best interests of the town. Mr. Snow was asked, as Planning Director, uat his opinion was of garden apartments. He said that he thought the general area on Waltham Street was ideally suited for the location of garden apartments and that in order to pro- vide adequately for all types of dwellings in Lexington there ought to be an apartment district in every section of town. He added that by not taking this into considera- tion Lexington was not answering all of its dwelling needs, forcing some teachers and older people, for example, to live in other towns. Mr. William Roger Greeley commented that a residential area is not complete if it does not provide various types of dwellings for changes in family size, for young as well as old people. He said that the idea that an apartment building is not good-looking is a generalization and does not apply to all such buildings. He said also that they could be more interesting than a repetition of single houses and that he thought it was a mistake not to consider them an addition to the town. Mrs.4ilbur E.Cheever of 268 Bedford Street stated that it was her opinion that Lexington had incredible dwelling conditions for teachers. She said that Lexington citizens should decide on zoning matters such as proposed for the betterment of the town as a whole and not think of their own little interests. Mrs. Lawrence C.E.Hallin of 246 Lowell Street said she was one of Lexingtonts older citizens who had lived to town quite a while and would like to continue to live here. She stated, however, that she did not know how much longer she would be able to maintain her present home before havin7 to move to an apartment. Mrs. Hallin said that she thought apartments would be of benefit to citizens of her type in Lexington but if there were no apartments in town to which she could move then she would have to move to Arl- ington, Cambridge, etc. where she did not wish to go. Mr. Coquillette stated that he did not have much more , to say than he did three years ago. He said that while he