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PLANNING BOARD HEARING Daniel J. O'Connell October 17,1932 A hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room of the Town Office Building, konday October 17, 1932 at 8.00 P. M, upon pet- ition of Mr. Daniel J. O'Connell requesting amendments to the Zoning By -Law by changing the zoning from an R1 District to a C1 District of the triangular lot of land bounded on the north by the Boston & Baine Railroad, on the south by 1!loburn Street, and on the west by Fletcher Avenue, and by waiving the provisions of Section 7 (a) of the said Zoning By -Law providing a front yard of at least twenty (20) feet in depth between the exterior lines of said streets and the adjacent lines of any porches or buildings that may be erected upon said triangular lot. Messrs. Emery, Glynn, Milne, Luffy and Scheibe were present. The secretary was also present. Mr. Emery,taking charge,read the petition, a letter from the Assessors' Department stating that names of 50% of the property owners had been received, and the notice which had appeared in the paper and which had been sent to ninety-two property owners with fourteen days notice. Mr. Emery stated that this same petition was brought up before at a previous hearing, had been presented to the Town a71d .vas voted adversely. This hearing was granted so that reasons for wanting the change may be presented that were not capable of being presented before. Mr. Custance stated that he wanted to introduce Mr. G. R. ti:itchell who was appearing for Mr. O'Connell. He said hel had not attended the previous hearing but if he remembered correctly nothing was shown as to what was going to be done in that parti- cular section. When it came before the Town, there were no plans to show the Town people what the land was to be used for so they had voted against it. The petitioner has had Mr. Mitchell make plans showing what he intends to put on his land. N -r. O'Connell stated that after the last hearing he was told that one of the principal reasons why the change was not made was because he did not enlighten the people as to what his plans were for the land. He did not realize this fact at the time but if he had, he would have told them then. It was not definitely decided whether the land in question was a desirable site for some Town use, therefore the people were hesitant to record themselves one way or the other. He has had the land surveyed and turned it over to Ivir. Mitchell who is an architect and has plans now to show what he intends to do. Up to the time he filled it, it was nothing but a mud hole and dump. The locality would look better if it were decorated with good buildings and that land utilized. Besides this, the buildings will also be a source of revenue. He also stated that the people think that when the change is made, he will