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PLS�T_?TNT ING BOAhD HEARING Eric S. Peterson Yovember 19,1936 Planning Board Hearing was held in the Selectmen's boom of the Town Office Building, Lexington, Thursday, November 193. 1936, at 8:00 P. y, upon the petition of Eric S. Peterson. 4essrs. Borden, Kimball, Ferguson and Ellis were present. The petition was to amend the Zoning By -Law and T,iap by changing from an R-.1 District to a C.1 Listrict the area bounded and described as folloArs:- "Beginning at a point 200 feet easterly of the ,junction of the easterTy line of Blossom Street with the southerly line of the new Concord. Highway, thence easterly along the southerly line of the Concord lli(;hway 200 feet, and for a depth of 100 feet through- out." Iir. 13ord.en declared the hearing open and Kr. Kimball read the notice of hearing which had been published in the November 4th issue of the Lexington 'Minuteman and sent to property owners affected by the petition. ,.r. Roy Peterson, son of Eric Peterson, stated that there Tnaasn►t much to say in regard to the petition as it was the same as presented before .except that the location had been moved 200 feet down from the corner. He intends to cut down the bank on the corner of Blossom Street and cut out on the easter_ltr side to make the driveway a better angle ^ri.th the road. He presented drawings showing the former and present locations. P+ir. Peterson showed snapshots of the location as it is now and some of filling stations on the ",'estchester Parkway in T?ew York and stated that he intends to have his of the same design. ,:r. Jorden asked if he still intended to use field stone and. 1rr. Peterson rexilied that he did. I`_r. Borden then asked if there were others who wished to speak either in favor or in opposition. i,:r. Hobert L. Ruder spoke in favor of the petition and stated that he had made a study of this situation and believed that Lr. Peterson had an ideal location and thinks that it is far enough from the Childs location that if the Town feels that only two should be granted, this should be the second one. He also felt that this location was better in many ways than the Childs location, as it is not at an intersection and when the bluff is taken down, feels that it will be a 100J location. He stated that he thought the location asked for in the present petition was even better than the previous one and ,vas thorouEhl-r in favor of the change. 1; r. Borden asked ar. Peterson if he would agree to the changing of his area, if the change is granted, from a 0.1 Listrict to a T.1 ?)istrict, and Pair. Peterson replied that he certainly laou.ld agree and informed the Board that he had stated