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224 BOARD OF APPEALS Li'EEETING. OCTOBER 30, 1936. ' A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 8;00 P.T+I. Chairman Tti!add.ison and Messrs. Robbins, Kimball, and Glynn were present. The Secretary was also present. At 8:00 P.,.. hearing was declared open upon the application of Charles W. Ryder for permission to maintain a convalescent home at 84 Cary Avenue, Lexington. The notice of the hearing was read by the Clerk. Yr. Robert L. Ryder spoke in favor of the ?petition. He stated that he had in mind trying to afford an opportunity to use a piece of property which C.71. Ryder owns; to put the property to some purpose which will show some return on the investment, to enable him to pay his interest and taxes. He felt that the property was suited for use as a convalescent home, and that it would not be objectionable to the neighborhood. He said that he had heard rumors that there were objectors. Mr. Ryder has been unable to use the property for anything on account of the Zoning Law, and it is no longer in demand for an individual home on account of its size. It was a lovely prigate home and it has all the qualities today that it had then. It is a private residence and was there before any of the ' present homes were built. Shorly after Mr. McIntosh purchased the property (the owner previous to Ryder), it -.Sas used for a sort of boarding house, and be believed that under the present- Zoning Act it could be used as a boarding house again. However, Mr. Ryder felt that that would not be desirable, not nearly as desirable as the use to which he :ilshes to put it nov. Mr. Ryder has someone who is willing to go in there and lease the property. They are respectable people, and they expect to run a high-class convalescent home. The house is large enough for this, and the grounds are ample. Mr. Ryder said that he felt that his brother was justified in asking for this permit. The Board of Assess- ors has refused to abate the taxes which they are paying on a 12,500. assessment, and the property, cannot be used for any purpose at present. The Chairman asked Mr. Ryder to furnish more inform- ation as to the type of use the building was to be put to. Mr. Ryder said that the1Dme was to be run by a per- son who is a trained nurse, and who knows how to run a home. She will have the usual patient who would want to take advantage of a home for the aged or convalescent. The Chairman asked if the Building vias to be used as a sanatorium. Mr. Ryder replied in the negative, and ' said that that was not its purpose. He thought that it would be similar to the one run by Miss Bond on Waltham Street.