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243 ' BOARD OF APPALS MEETING November 27, 1936. A meeting of the board of -appeals was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, Lexington, at 7:30 P. M. Chairman Maddison and Messrs. Glynn and Ferguson, and Associate I/.ember John A. Lyons were present. The Secre- tary was also present. Mr. L. J. O'Connell appeared before the Board. the Chairman informed Mr. O'Connell that the Board had discussed his petition for a gasoline station and that there was a divided opinion on the matter, so the Board thought it would be a good idea to have him come before it again to see if he had had any plans drawn, and to see if he was willing to forego any other business on the lot if he was given the gasoline permit. The Chairman asked him if he had any further ideas as to the gas station. O'Connell said that his ideas were the same. He thought that if the whole tract of land was given to any ' one company that the land in back of.the station would pro- bably be a dump. He submitted a rough sketch of the station planned and said that greasing pits, etc. would all be under cover. Mr. Glynn asked Iti`r. O'Connell if he had had the plot laid out in any particular way. He replied that he was figuring on a lot for the gas station having 106' frontage on Woburn Street, 90' frontage on Fletcher Ave., and about 60' deep, giving the lot 7628'. The original plan had a grass plot between the gas station and the stores. O'Connell stated that he would like to restore the old house on Woburn Street and take the store out. He would like to erect a small block of three stores on this lot in question, near the railroad track on Woburn Street, and would like to erect a small bungalow in the rear of the gas station. Mr. Glynn told Mr. O'Connell that this was a type of spot zoning, and that some of the members thought that the owners of residential property needed some protection. He said that there was a question as to whether or not a gasoline station was needed, but it might be that general stores would not be particularly nice to look at, as they. are not always kept 'very neat. Consequently the question Is raised as to whether or not the Board might feel itself disposed to grant whatever it considered the lesser of the two evils; a gas station, nicely kept, or a block of stores. 1