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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1941-09-19290 BOARD OF APPEALS 17EETING ' September 19, 1941 A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Selectmen's Room, at 8:00 P. ISR. Chairman Glynn and Messrs. Robbins, Bowker, Kimball, and Locke were present. The Secretary was also present. At 8:00 P. Pu. hearing was declared open upon the application of Chester L. & Kathryn L. Blakely for per- mission to alter the dwelling located at 509 Bedford Street, Lexington, so as to accommodate two families. Dr. Blakely was the only one present at the hearing. He said that he had a large house of twelve rooms, at least, and had a small family, consisting of himself and his wife. He requested permission to change the house to make a three room apartment upstairs, which would mean putting in a sink, and he understood that such would be making it into a two-family house. The Chairman asked if he was going to use the same entrances, and Dr. Blakely answered in the affirmative. He said he wanted a three room apartment with bath on the second floor. He contemplated no change in the outside. ' He said that he hoped that his wife's sister and her husband would come to live in the upstairs apartment. The Chairman asked if there would be any change in the heating arrangement, and Dr. Blakely replied in the negative. Mr. Kimball asked if they would still want the second apartment even if their relatives did not come, and Dr. Blakely said that they would. He said that he would have to make a bathroom downstairs. The Chairman asked how much land they had, and Dr. Blakely said that he owned eight acres. The hearing was declared closed at 8:08 P. M. Dr. Blakely retired. The minutes of the meeting held on September 5th were declared approved. At 8:15 P. M,. hearing was declared open upon the pe- tition of Marie G. nose for permission to maintain a roadside stand at 748 Waltham Street, Lexington. Inasmuch as neither the petitioner nor abutters appeared, the hearing was postponed until the next meeting of the Board. Upon motion of Mr. Kimball, seconded by Mr.Locke, it was unanimously voted to grant the Blakely petition in the following form: 1 291 I BOARD 07 APPEALS PEPUIT The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chapter 40, Sec. 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by Chester L. & Kathryn K. Blakely, a copy of which is hereto annexed, held a public hearing thereon of which notice was mailed to the petitioner and to the owners of all property deemed by the Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most recent local tax list and also advertised in the Lexington Minute -Man, a newspaper published in Lexington, which hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room, in the Town Office Building on the 19th day of September, 1941. One Associate and four members of the Board of Appeals were present at the hearing. A certificate of notice is hereto annexed. At this hearing evidence was offered on be- half of the petitioner tending to show: That they own a house with approximately twelve rooms, situated on about S acres of land at the corner of Bedford Street and Winter Street; that they wished to set apart three rooms and a bath on the second floor, as an apartment with separate facilities for light housekeeping; that there would be the same entrances to the house as now existing, and the same central heating plant. No one appeared in opposition. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session on September 19, 1941 gave consideration to the subject of the petition and voted unanimously in favor of the following findings: 1. That in its judgment the public convenience and welfare will be substantially served by the making of the exception requested. 2. That the exception requested will not tend to impair the status of the neighborhood. 3. That the exception requested will be in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the regulations in the Lexington Zoning By-law. 4. That owing to conditions especially affecting the said parcel but not affecting generally the Zoning district in which it is located, a literal enforcement of the pro- visions of the Lexington Zoning By-law as to the locus in 292 question would involve substantial hardship to the petitioner and that desirable relief may be granted without substantially derogating from the intent or purpose of such Lexington Zoning By-law. Pursuant to the said findings, the Board hereby unan- mously decides that the application of the said Lexington Zoning By-law is hereby varied so far as may be necessary to permit Chester L. and Kathryn K. Blakely to maintain one separate apartment on the second floor of their house located at 509 Bedford Street, this apartment to contain the usual facilities for light housekeeping, subject to the condition that there shall be no change in the entrances to the house or in the outside appearance of the house; also subject to the condition that this separate apartment shall be maintained only so long as the applicants or one of them reside in a part of the house. The Board hereby makes a detailed record of all its proceedings relative to such petition and hereby sets forth that the reasons for its decision are its findings herein- before set forth and the testimony presented at the said hearing, including that herein summarized, and directs that this record immediately following this decision shall ' be filed in the office of the Town Clerk of Lexington and shall be open to public inspection and that notice of this decision shall be mailed forthwith to each party in interest. BOARD OF APPEALS OF LEXINGTON (Appointed under G.L.Ch. 40, Sec. 27) C. EDWARD GLYNN EDWARD W. KIMBALL ERROL H. LOCKE WINTHROP H. BO.KER HOWARD V. ROBBINS I, Howard W. Robbins, Clerk of the Board of Appeals orf Lexington, appointed under General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 27, hereby certify that I sent by postage certificate of mailing on the 29th day of August, 1941, to G. 0. Anderson & Sons, Inc., and Chester L. & Kathryn K. Blakely, and also advertised in the Lexington Minute Man on August 28, 1941, a notice of which the following is a true copy. HOWARD W. ROBBINS Clerk, Board of Appeals J 1 1 n Lexington, Mass. August 26, 1941. Lexington Board of Zoning Appeals Town Office Building Lexington, Mass. Gentlemen: The undersigned hereby petition the Lexington Board of Appeals, appointed under General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 27, to vary the application of section 9C of the Lexington Zoning By-law with respect to the premises at No. 509 Bed- ford Street, owned by Chester L. & Katherine K. Blakely of Lexington by permitting the following: Alteration of house to accommodate two families. Chester L. Blakely Kathryn K. Blakely 509 Bedford 5t. Lexington, Mass. N O T I C E Lexington, Mass. August 28, 1941 The Board of Appeals will hold a hearing on the matter of varying the application of the Zoning Law by permitting on the premises owned by Chester L. & Kathryn K. Blakely and located at 509 Bedford Street, Lexington, the alteration of the house to accommodate two families, under the Lexington Zoning Law or in accordance with Chapter 40, Section 27A of the General Laws and amendments. The hearing will be held on September 19, 1941 at 8:00 P. M. in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, Lexington. C. Edward Glynn, Chairman, Board of Appeals The meeting adjourned at 8:45 P. M. A true record, Attest: 17 `� Clerk 293