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PLAN' I_ C; BOARD ITING July 9, 1937 ' i public neeting of the Planning Board was held in the �lectmen's Room, Town Office Building, Lexinrrton at 8:00 P. Id. Iressrs. Kimball, ILraetzer and Ferguson of the Planning Board r:ere present. The Secretary, Eleanor M. Lowe, was also present. The following persons were present at the meeting: &Ir. Irving Currier, Boward I_unroe, I,r. John Heffernan (Currier?s attorney), and 1.1r. & Mrs. Albert E. Olsen. .Tvir. Kimball was elected Chairman pro -tem, and Yr. Ferguson was elected Clerk pro -tem. The Chairman pro -tem stated that an amendment to the Zon- ing By -Law required fourteen days? notice in the local paper and notice by mail to those property owners designated by the Planning Board as being effected by the amendment. A hearing is held before the Planning Board, which is required to report and make its recommendation as to what action shall be taken, before the Town Meeting. That means that any citizen may bring in any petition for amendment, and. the Board must hear the party. There is no tine limit in which the Board must act. Par. Kimball said that Iar. Currier had presented a petition, on account of which this meeting was called, and it was presented at a time when it was expected that there i^could be a Town Yeet- in` early in the summer. That meant fast movement by all parties to get the petition in and to get it before the Town. The result was, without placing the blame anywhere, that the amendment on which this meeting was called, was not in conformity with the context of the present zoning By -Laws. The Chairman pro -tem said that there was nothing in the petition that was Lowell & not legal, but there ; as doubt if it accomplished what L, r. Woburn Sts Currier desired. He said that as far as he knew nog°r, there v,Tould not be a Town Meeting; before the second of August, at the earliest possible date, and it probably would not be until a week or so later. He said that it was the feeling of the Hoard that, unless there :;as opposition, that the Hearing on Irving Currier's petition should be postponed until a later date. Due notice would be given to the property oviners. He asked if there was any objection to this procedure. ➢,ir. &Trus. Olsen stated that they would not offer any ob- jection. Idessrs. currier, Heffernan, and Yunroe said that they would not object. Yir. Ferguson moved that the hearing on this petition be postponed until August 6, 1937. Yr. Kraetzer seconded the motion and it was so voted. Discussion centered around the wording of the proposed. amendment and draft cop;- prepared which appeared to be sufficiently descriptive and consistent with similar articles in the Tonin; Bir -Lagar. It was definitely understood that the ' Board was advising in the construction of the paragraph but not the subject matter and was not committing itself as to sub-