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BOARD OF HEALTH SPECIAL MEETING Friday, June 6, 1958 A special meeting of the Board of Health was held on Friday, June 6, 1958, at 4 P.M. in the Selectmen's Office with Chairman McQuillan and Mr. Lurvey present. Dr. Cosgrove and Mr. Cole were unable to attend. It was found advisable to hold this meeting as a hearing on the question of an application for an animal permit to have 3 horses stabled at Mr. Robert Dunham's, 11 Leonard Road, with the horses owned jointly by Mr. Dunham and Mr. Ralph Frissore. Mr. Lurvey had had so many objections raised that it was felt that a hearing should be held to hear both sides of the question. Chairman McQuillan explained that no decision could be made on Friday, but that if people would give their names, he would be glad to hear what they had to say for or against a permit being. issued for three horses at 11 Leonard Road. The law states that permits for all animals in Lexington can be granted only by the Board of Health. Because it is unusual to have so many objectors, the abuttors were asked to come personally for a hearing. Mr. and Mrs. Allan V. Mead, 256 Woburn Street, and Mr. William Dunn, who owns one of the horses boarded at Mr. Dunham's, were the only people not objecting to the horses in the area. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Nolan, 262 Woburn Street, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey H. Horn, 272 Woburn Street, Mr. Lowry (?), Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Perduynn, 280 Woburn Street, and Mr. Frederick L. Jenkins, 266 Woburn Street, strongly objected to any horses at all. The general feeling seemed to be that originally Mr. Frissore had a permit for one horse to be stabled at Mr. Dunham's lot. (This permit ran out on April 30, 1958). The new application asked for permission to stable three horses, and there are already four horses being stabled now before the animal permit has been approved by the Board of Health. The horses have gotten loose, endangering the small children in the area, lawns and gardens have been trampled, and the teenagers attracted to the corral have been unsupervised. At one time the riders rode on the sidewalks until asked not to by the police. Because it is a residential area, the abuttors ask that a "livery stable" not be allowed in the area. Mr. Frissore explained that he and Mr. Dunham are going to have a 6 foot high fence eventually, so that the animals will not be able to jump it, and that with calcium chloride to keep the dust down, most of the objections can be overcome. Mr. McQuillan explained that Lexington is rapidly changing from a rural area to a community of homes. If citizens ask the Board of Health for permission to keep hens, horses, etc., and no objections are received from the neighbors, the Board would grant them a permit to keep a few animals within reason. This is the first time the Board has had so many objections. Mr. Frissore had prepared a plot plan showing the area where the barn and corral are, the distances from lot lines, etc. He said he and Mr. Dunham would be willing to do anything within their power to comply with the rules of the Board, and Make it agreeable for those concerned. a 331 Hone s - 11 Leonard Road Frissore Duiham