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fl F ANTONIO and LUCY DE VITO HEARING 80 Valleyfield Street March 19, 1974 Present: G. Sheldon, Vice Chairman (Chairman Pro tem) G. Wadsworth W. Brodhead R. Morey and R. Cataldo, Associate Member The Chairman read the notice as follows: February 28 and March 7, 1974 The Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on the petition of Antonio and Lucy DeVito for a variance for issuance of a building permit to erect a single family dwelling at 80 Valleyfield Street. Said lot has all necessary utilities at front property line. The hearing will be held Tuesday, March 19, 1974 in the Town Office Building at 7:40 p.m. This notice was published in the Lexington Minute -man as required by law and people deemed interested notified. Mrs. DeVito was present. Chairman: You have given us 2 plans, one entitled "Plan of Part of Sec- tion 4 - Farmhurst, Lexington, Mass., owned by Neil McIntosh Tr.", dated May 1923 and another plan entitled "Land Court Plan of Land, Lexington, Mass.;'dated Feb. 24, 1963, engineered by Joseph W. Moore, Inc., Registered Land Surveyor, showing this approximately 50 by 400 ft. lot. You have the floor. Do you wish to explain. Mrs. DeVito: We would be very happy if we could get a building permit. We have owned the lot for 35 years or more. It has drains...... town sewer. I pay for sewer betterments. There is a fire hydrant nearby. Chairman: You are familiar with this Bob? (Robert Cataldo) R. Cataldo: Did you bid on some of these lots when they were up for sale in the last 4 or 5 years? Mrs. Devito: Yes, but I couldn't get it. I would like to buy an extra lot. R. Morey: The pavement goes to your lot? Mrs. Morey asked questions as to where the water and sewer actually went and whether the sewer was a trunk sewer. Mr. Cataldo.directed a question to Mrs. Devito. You are paying a betterment? Answer: Yes. I have a copy of the 1965 betterment from the town of Lexington. (Mrs. DeVito gave the Board an original "Sewer Betterment Assessment" dated October 18, 1965, committed 10/18/65, Acct No. 6980, addressed to Lucy I. & Antonio DeVito, 45 Lexington Street, West Newton, Mass., with the state- ment "Sewer betterment assessment on Lot 80 Valleyfield $243.99'