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LE%IHGTOA PLANNING BOARD P U B L I 0 H E A R I N G March 17, 1933 Mr. Daniel J. O'Connell, Petitioner On the above date a Public Hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room of the Town Office Building, for consideration of the pro- posed change from an R-1 District to a 0-1 Distriot, the zoning of the triangular plot of land bounded on the north by the Boston and Maine Railroad; on the south by Woburn Street; and on the west by Fletcher Avenue. Messrs. Duffy, Glynn, Kimball, Milne, Scheibe, and Robinson were present, also the secretary. Mr. Duffy, presiding, read the petition of Mr. O'Connell, and the formal notice of the hearing which had been published in the local newspaper and had been sent to ninety-one property owners within a designated area. The petition was signed by the owners of fifty per cent in valuatAon of the property within the area designated; and a certificate to that effect, from the Assessors Department, was attached. Mr, Daniel J. O'Connell the petitioner explained that he seeks this change in zone so that he may be silowed to erect stores on the lot in question, thus putting it to profitable use and increas- ing its value to the Town as well as to himself. He pointed out that this is the fourth time the people in that neighborhood have expressed themselves in favor of such a change; in fact, he knew of no protest from anyone in the area, and the residents on most of the streets within the area designated by the Board had signed the petition 100 per cent. He stated that he had talked with Mrs. Baker, who lives next to the Colonial Garage and who favors the change; and he said that Mr. E. B. Worthen also is strongly of the opinion that the plot should be in a business area. Mr. O'Connell reminded the Board that the Town Committee which had considered it as a possible site for a fire -station, had abandoned it; and he also disagreed with the suggestion that it is at all suitable for park or playground purposes. He said that he is not now asking for a waiver of the prescribed twenty -foot setback, but is willing to set his proposed buildings back twenty feet from the street line. Mr. Duffy inquired if it is still Mr. O'Connell's intention to give the Town a certain portion of the area for the purpose of widening the junction of Fletcher Avenue and Woburn Street; he replied that he believes the intersevtion should be widened and Is willing to give whatever the Town Engineer thinks necessary. Replying to a question by Mr. Robinson, Mr. O'Connell said that if the change in zone is granted, he intends to commence the new b$ildings at once; that he already has tenants for the stores which are to be a grooery-store, a barber -shop, and a general store. The tenant now occupying a grocery -store in Mr. O'Connell's