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PLANNING BOARD HEARING <br />June 18, 1937 <br />A Planning Board Hearing was held in the Selectmen's <br />Room of the Town Office Building on Friday, June 18, 1937, at <br />8:15 P. M. Messrs. Kimball, Ellis, Ferguson and Nickerson were <br />present. Mr. Kimball acted as Chairman and Mr. Ferguson as <br />Clerk. <br />Mr. Kimball stated that the Planning Board called the <br />hearing on its own initiative acting upon a petition of,10 <br />property owners to amend the Lexington Zoning By -Law and Map <br />as follows:-. <br />Under Section.3, Districts Defined. (b) M.1 Districts; <br />by striking out Paragraph 1, which reads, "Beginning on <br />the easterly line of the Railroad property at the norther- <br />ly side line of Fottler Avenue and extending along the <br />easterly line of the Railroad property for a distance of <br />21,700 feet, thence easterly inward from said Railroad <br />property a distance of 300 feet, thence southerly parallel <br />with said Railroad property to a point opposite the point <br />of beginning, thence westerly to the point of beginning.", <br />and by changing the hlap in accordance therewith; and by <br />changing the numbering of•Paragraph 2 to become Paragraph <br />1. <br />' Mr. Kimball said that•the property owners who had signed <br />the petition wished to have this area put into a Residential <br />District. He said that when the Zoning Law was originally <br />adopted, this area was laid down as a place permitting light <br />manufacturing because there were side tracks there. People <br />have bought property and built there not knowing that manu- <br />facturing was permitted. He said there was no demand for this <br />area as a manufacturing district and then asked for speakers <br />on the matter. <br />Mr. Peter VanGemert stated that he favored this amendment <br />and hoped that the area would remain as residential property <br />for all times. He said he owned property there and would like <br />to see it strictly residential and restricted against all <br />business. <br />Mr. Luigi Forni declared himself in favor of the change. <br />Mr. James VanGemert declared himself in favor of the change. <br />Mr. Synkewich stated that he also wanted to be recorded <br />as being in favor of the change. <br />' Mr. Kimball stated that he had received a telephone call <br />from the Public Works Department of Arlington to the effect that <br />they had no objection to the change and would send a letter con- <br />