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BOARD OF APPEALS HEARINGS July 13, 1971 ' A regular meeting of the Lexington Board of Appeals was held on Tuesday, July 13, 1971 at 7:30 p.m. in the selectmen's meeting room, The Bird Room, Cary Memorial Building. Present were Chairman Nickerson, regular members Abbott, Dawes and Wadsworth, and associate member Reed. Public hearings were held on the following petitions, notice hav- ing been mailed to the petitioners and to the owners of all property deemed by the Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most recent local tax list and also advertised in the Lexington Minute -man: Robert W. Crooke - for permission to erect and maintain a sign 17" x 25" on the building bracket for the Grueninger Travel Service at 14C Muzzey Street. Vaughan K. and Margaret Bogosian - for permission to operate an electrical contracting business in the existing building at 640 Lowell St. Robert A. Bowyer - for a variance to maintain the present dwelling and garage at 7 Woodcliffe Road and to build an addition with insufficient front yard and side yard. John D. Hodge - for a variance of the Zoning By -Law to allow the construction of an addition consisting of a second story bedroom to the ' existing dwelling at 34 Revere Street, reducing the side yard to approxi- mately 18'3" instead of the required 20'. Mrs. Ralph Schontag to continue operation of a kindergarten for twelve or more children, five days a week, 9:00 a.m. to noon, at her home, 296 Woburn Street. Nawal K. Tanaja and Carolyn C. Tanaja for a variance to maintain the dwelling at 5 Russell Road with overhang of roof of house leaving insufficient front yard in the amount of one foot, and front steps and canopy leaving insufficient front yard in the amount of three feet. Following the hearings the Board made the following decisions: Vaughan K. and Margaret Bogosian - permission unanimously granted to operate an electrical contracting business in the existing building with the intention to operate with five trucks and ten men and subject to the following conditions: 1. Hours will be 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., six days a week, except for emergencies. 2. No noisy machines may be operated. Some fabrication may take place but the building will be used mostly for storage, none of it outside. 3. There will be no unusual lighting except for purposes of protection. Robert A. Bowyer - permission unanimously granted to maintain present dwelling and garage with a front yard of 27'k' and to build an addition with side yard of 13'10" instead of the required 15 ft.