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140 A meeting of men's Room, Town Maddison, Messrs Member William H also present. BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING May 6, 1938 the Board of Appeals was held in the Select - Office Building, at 8:00 P. M. Chairman . Ferguson, Glynn, Kimball, and Associate . Driscoll were present. The Secretary was In the absence of Mr. Robbins, Mr. Kimball was elected Clerk Pro -tem. At 8:00 P. M. hearing was declared open upon application of the Lexington Trust Company for permission to erect and maintain a "For Sale" sign 4' x 6' in size, advertising the property at.3 Eliot Road, Lexington. The notice of the hearing was read by Clerk Pro -tem Kimball. Mr. Clarence S. Walker, representing the Lexington Trust Company, appeared in favor of the granting of the petition. He stated that the Trust Company was desirous of selling the property at the corner of Eliot and Pelham. Roads. At the present time, they have a small "For Sale" sign on Mass. Ave. at Pelham Road, 2' x 3'. It does not properly describe the property, and might be construed to refer to the lot on which it stands. The bank would like to erect a larger sign set back twenty-five or fifty feet. They have not made any definite decision as to what the dimensions of the sign would be. It would read "For Sale", and would describe the property as been a thirteen room house and containing 110,000 feet of land. It would be a good looking sign. The Chairman asked Mr. Walker why he thought the Board of Appeals had any authority to grant permission to erect and maintain such a sign. He said that the Zoning Law permitted real estate signs on property on which the sign was to be lo- cated. Mr. W,Wtalker said that he wished to alter that. The Chairman replied that the Board could not alter the Zoning Law. Mr. Walker stated that he had been mis-informed, then. He said he was told by one of the Selectmen that the bank could erect a larger sign by permit from the Board of Appeals. The Chairman said that a larger sign could be erected on a sub- division, but that this was not a sub -division. There is one lot, with one house. The Building Inspector was present at the hearing. He remarked that perhaps the bank would be willing to split up the land. Mr. 11ker said that if someone wanted to buy the house alone, then of course they would sell it. There are three tracts of land, acquired at three different times. There are three separate parcels and three separate deeds. 1