HomeMy WebLinkAbout1932-01-26BOARD OF APPEALS I.iEET7 NO
JiiNUi•;RY 26, 1932.
The Board of Appeals held a joint hearing with the
Board of Selectmen in the Selectmen's Hoom, Town Office
Building, on January 26, 1932. All of the members of the
Board of Appeals were present.
At 8 P.M. joint hearing of the Board of Appeals and
Selectmen was declared oven on the application of the Lexington
Coal Co. for pernIssion to install underground tanks with a
capacity of 50,000 gallons for storage of oil and gasoline at
their, property on Bedford Street, North Lexington.
the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen being absent,
Pr. Madd.ison, Chairman of the Board of Appeals was requested
to conduct the hearing.
Mr. Wm. Ii. Mulliken was present representing the Lexington
Coal Company, and explained that the time has come for fuel oil,
and in many instances thea must provide fuel oil as a means of
fuel and they felt that they should be allowed to install
underground storage tanks for the handling of the fuel oil. He
stated that they did not intend to use the full capacity of the
50,000 gallons at the present time. They did not intend to do
any construction work except to put up a small building.
The only other changes on the property would be the underground
tanks. He explained that the grade was such that they could
fill the tanks with oil by gravity, and the only structure
above ground would be the pumps. In regard to the gasoline, he
desired.to store that so that they mai buy it at :wholesale
price for their own cars or for the renting of storage space
for a tank car lot. Isir. I,iulliken explained that he did not
intend to have a retail gasoline business.
;,bout ahalf a dozen persons were present at the hearing
but no one objected.
(The following order entered by error.)
The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws,
Chapter 40, sec. 27, having received a written petition
addressed to it by Lexington Coal Company a copy of which is
hereto annexed, held a public hearing thereon of which notice
was^mailed to the petitioner and to the owners of all property
deemed by the Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most
recent local tax list, and also advertised in the Lexington
Times -Minute Man, a newspaper published in Lexington, which
hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room in the Town Office
Building on the 26th day of Janu=ary 1932 at 8 ofelock P.M.
All of the members of the Board of Appeals were present.
at the hearing.
After hearing the evidence offered by the petitioner
and such other evidence as was offered, the Board in private
session at a meeting held Jan.29, 1932, gave consideration
to the subject of the petition and a majority of the Board
voted that in its judgment the public convenience and
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welfare will be substantially served by the use of the 6
premises described• in the petition and that such use will not tend
to impair the status of the neighborhood.
The Board therefore determines that the apalication of
section 6 (c) in Cl Districts and Sec. 9 of the Lexington Zoning
By-law permits.the use of the premises described in the petition ,
and instructs the Inspector of Buildings of Lexington to grant
a ,permit . therefor.
The five. tanks referred to in the petition are to be
at least two feet underground in a location approximately
as showncbn plan on file with the Town Clerk, four of
the tanks to be used for fuel oil only, and one for gasoline
and no gasoline to. be sold at retail on the premises. This
permit is granted an the .further condition that unless the
tanks are installed within one year, this permit shall
become null and void.
The Board therefore determines that•.the use of the
premises.described in the petition is in harmony with the
general purposes and intent of the Lexingt m Zoning By-law.
A. N. Maddison
Roland W.. Baldrey
C. Edward Glynn
Theodore A. Custa noe
Curlys L. Slocum
' BOARD OF APPEALS OF LEXINGTON.
I, Roland W. Baldrey, Clerk of the Board of Appeals of
Lexington, appointed under General Laws, Chapter 40, section 27, here-
by certify that I sent by registered mail on the 8th day of
January, 1932 to James M. Burr, Lilla P. Brackett & Majorie
M. Dempsey, David J. Harrigan, George F. Teague, c/o Dorothy
T. Taylor, Boston & Lowell R. R. Corp., Charles H. Dempsey,
Domingus & Joseph Silva, Robert H. White, Alice C. Welsh,
John Co & Elizabeth Taylor, Alexander Parks, Benjamin B. Meady,
Daniel A. Gorman, Daniel A. Gorman., Jr., John J. Brady,
E,.vin R. Dix, Et al, Trustees, Home Finance Co., William L. Burrill,
Osborne J. Gorman; Frank W. Dodge, Lexington Coal Co., and also
advertised in the Lexington Times Minute -Man on January 8, 1932
a notice of which the following is a true copy.
Roland W. Baldrey
Clerk, Board of Appeals.
Jan. 5, 1932.
Lexington Board of Zoning Appeals
Town Office Building
Lexington, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby petition the Lexington
Board of Appeals, appointed under General Laws, Chapter
40, Section 27, to determine the application of Section
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of the Lexington Zoning By-law with respect to the
premises at No. Bedford Street, owned by Lexington Coal
Co. of Lexington by permitting the following:
Installation of underground oil storage, and gasoline '
tanks having a capacity of approximately 50,000. gallons.
Lexington Coal Co.
by
William E. Mulls ken, Treas.
1778 Mass. Ave.
Lexington, Mass.
N 0 T I C E
January 7, 1932."
Lexington, Mass.
The Board of Appeals will hold a hearing on the matter of
determining the application of the Zoning Law by permitting the
installation of underground tanks for the storage of oil and
gasoline in the capacity of 50,000 gallons on the property of the
Lexington Coal Company on Bedford Street, Lexingt on, under Section fc
6 (c) in Cl Districts and Section 9 of the Lexingt m Zoning
By-law and in accordance with Chapter 133 of the Acts of 1924.
The hearing will be held on January 26, 1932, 8 P.M., at the
Selectmen's Room, Town .Office Building.
Arthur N. Maddison ,
Chairman, Board of Appeals.
A true record, Attests
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