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I BOARD OF--APPEALS-MEETING ' MARCH 2nd, 1934. A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held at the Select- men's Room, Town Office Building, at 8 o'clock P.M. Messrs. Maddison, Glynn, Baldrey, Ferguson and Robbins were present. The Secretary was also present. The Chairman reported that he had taken up with the Town Counsel the form used by the Board in allowing or denying applications for appeals, and it was voted that the changes suggested in paragraph four be made in future forms. Hearing was advertised on the application of Ralph H. Wells to maintain a physician's office at 1430 Mass. Avenue to be held at 8 o'clock. Dr. Wells not being present at that time, it was decided to call the hearing of Robbins and Smith for permission to maintain a sign on the property owned by Robbins and Smith located on Mass. Avenue between numbers 981 to 1003. Hearing was called at 8:15 P. -A. and the Clerk of the Board read the notice of the hearing published in the Lexington Minute -Man on February 15th. Mr. James R. Smith appeared at the hearing representing Robbins and Smith and stated that Mr. Robbins was in Florida and requested him to take care of the matter. He stated that they were desirous of maintaining the sign and that they find that it is absolutely necessary to have the sign. It would be impossible to get the people in there to pur- chase land unless they have some sort of a sign. They were willing to cooperate with the Town as to the size of the sign if there is any criticism of the present sign and they would be glad to do anything within reason that the Board desired. They owned the property on the Avenue and it did not seem that any other property was affected by the sign, and the sign directs the public to the development on the other side of Mass. Avenue in the Locust Avenue section. Mr. Maddison explained that he did not know just how the Board would be able to grant relief under the Zoning Law inasmuch as Section 5 of R.l Districts states that "Real estate signs of not over six square feet in area advertising the sale or rental of only the premises on which they are located, and bulletin boards, and/or signs accessory to uses specified in paragraphs 3, 4 and 6 under R.1 districts; but in single sub -divisions large signs may be erected but subject to the provisions of Section 9." The question arose therefore how this sign could advertise the property at the Locust Avenue -section when it was not part of the development it advertised. Mr. Smith stated that they intended to develop the property on Mass. Avenue and that the same was for sale, but that they had not made a layout there owing to the fact that they felt they should get rid of some of the other property first. They own no other land beside this plot on the southerly side of Mass. Avenue.