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176 ►b BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING ' May 22, 1936. A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Selectments Room, Town Office Building, at 8:00 P. M. Chairman Maddison, Messrs, Glynn, Ferguson, Robbins, and Associate Member Clyde L. Steeves were present. The Secretary was also present. At 8;00 P. M. hearing was declared open on the appli- cation of Howard Munroe for permission to maintain a pony riding school for children and the temporary use of a frame tent on the premises located on ;7oburn Street near Lowell Street. The notice of the hearing was read by the Clerk. Mr. Munroe, the owre r of the property, stated that he leased the property to Raymond J. Barber of Waltham, and that he would like to see the permit granted. He has never heard any complaints on account of the ponies, but on the other hand, has heard many favorable comments. ' The Chairman asked what he meant by a "riding School." Mr. Barber stated that he was running a pony track for children only. He closes every night by 8:30 P. M. when the ponies are put up for the night. He said the ponies caused no noise, odor or disturbance, and he did not see why the school could not be run properly. He teaches local children during the week, but on Sundays he has a lot of children from out of town. Mr. Barber stated that he did hear people complaining of parking in the street, and recently he put up a sign "Please Park in the Parking Space", and everybody seemsto be co-operating. Hid idea was to put up two larger signs "Please Park in the Parking Space and Avoid Paying Fine." He said that his track was in the rear of the gasolene station about one hundred yards from the corner of Lowell Street, with the entrance on Woburn Street'. The Chairman asked Mr. Barber how long he had'been con- ducting the riding school, and he replied that this was his third year. When he first came to town he asked the Police if he needed a permit, and he was told that he did not, as he was operating on private property. He said that he had never had an accident. Mr. Glynn asked him what the tent was for, and he said , that it was for stabling the ponies. It is 301 by 201, and is not a permanent structure.