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Pichette & Ahern Applica- tion. BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING APRIL 3, 1931. A meeting of the Board of Appeals wqs held at the Selectments Room, Town Office Building at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Maddison, Baldrey, Custtance, Glynn and Slocum were present. The Secretary was also present. The Board organized with Arthur N..Maddison as Chairman and Roland W. Baldrey as Clerk. Letter was received from the Town Counsel in which he enclosed new forms of application for the variation of the Zoning By -Law; also new form of notice for ap- plications, calling for the variance of the Zoning Law, and a lengthy letter explaining that in cases similar to the case which the Board now has before it, the appli-. cation from Pichette and Ahern for a garage and filling station, that the unanimous opinion of the Board was not necessary; that the Board may vary the application of the Zoning Law on items stated under exceptions without the unanimous approval of the Board. The Board again considered the application of Pichette & Ahern, and Mr. Baldrey still offered the same objections that he offered at the last meeting. He objected to this project chiefly as a matter of preserving residential real estate values in the neighborhood as a matter of Town Pride. He felt that any permit for any project granted by this Board should be in the nature of a Town better- ment and not an aid in defacing any locality through the appearance or activity of any such project. Other than this, the zoning by-law is nullified, and this sent- iment was shared by the Board. He felt that here was a pure case of the..appelantts wish to erect the cheap- est possible structure without regard to appearance or effect of its activities upon the neighborhood. Mr. C. Edward Glynn offered the following motion: "That the Board of Appeals instruct the Building Ins- pector to grant a permit to Pichette & Ahern to erect a garage and repair shop on the property at #847-855 Mass. Ave. together with one gasoline tank in the capacity of 1000 gallons to be used in conjunction with the repair business and not as a public filling station, and that seed tank be located as near to the main building as the Statutes permit, and provided that they remove the old building, now used as a repair shop, within two years; that the design of the building be submitted to the Board of Appeals for approtal; that the two houses now on the lot be moved prior to the erection of the garage; that the premises shall be kept in neat condition and shall not be used for the display or sale of second hand automobiles."