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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1932-08-09BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING AUGUST 9' 1932. A,joint meeting of the Board of Appeals and Board. of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building at 7:50 P.M. Meesrs. Baldrey, Custance and Glynn were present. Mr. C. E. Glynn was elected temporary Chair- man, The hearing was declared open on the application of Arthur R. Witham for permission to use the premises at 317 Marrett Road as a repair shop for automobiles. The Clerk read the notice of the hearing. The Petitioner stated: That he wished to annduct a general repair shop for automobiles; that he did not wish to sell gasoline or carry same in storage; that he *ould have on hand only small quantities of lubricating oil; that it was not his intention to store old cars or parts thereof outside the building. Miss Marshall, the owner, and representing Miss Adeline Marshall, Mr. Joseph Swanson, Mr. Albert Spencer, Mr. Thomas Whiting, and Mr. Marshall L. Tibbetts appeared in favor of the granting of the petition. Objections were voiced by two citizens whose property abutts the property on which the garage is located tendin to show that a repair shop for automobiles would injure adjacent residential property values, and that the noise would seriously interfere with their comfort. The hearing.was declared closed and the Board of Appeals adjourned to the Conference Room. At 8:20 P. M. the hearing was declared open on the application of Frank A. & Mary Napoli for a permit for a roadside stand on their premises on Middle Street near its junction with Marrett Road. The Clerk read the notice of the hearing. Mr. Napoli was present and explained that he wished to renew his previous permit under the same conditions. No persons appeared in opposition. The hearing was declared closed. At 8:30 P.M. the hearing was declared open on the petition of Harry F. Boinay fora roadside stand at 100 Pleasant Street. r The Clerk read the notice of the hearing. Mr. Boinay stated that he wished to conduct a road- side stand on the premises and would conform to the conditions imposed by the Board of Appeals including a setback of 30 feet from the street line which, however, he hoped would be reduced to 20 feet, and provisions for ample parking space for automobiles within his property lines. He stated that such a location would place his stand in the sun and he u 1 1 -"0 wished to have permission to erecta structure for the protection against sun, weather, and trespassers. ' Mr. Alexander Wilson appeared in support of the petition subject to a proper setback being provided. Mrs. James J. Walsh by telephone objected to granting the permit unless the stand was properly set back from the street and cars were prevented from parking on the street. The Board of Appeals advised Mr. Boinay that it would delay decision on his application until he could provide suitable drawings of what he wishes to erect. There being no other persons appearing, the hearing was declared closed. The Board in private session read and approved the minutes of the previous meeting, and decided to delay decision on petition by Arthur R. Witham until its members should have,an opportunity to_ inspect the premises. The Board considered the application of Frank A,, & Mary Napoli and voted that the petition be granted in the following form: PERMIT The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chapter 40, sec. 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by Frank A. & Mary Napoli, 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 Conference Room in the Town Office Building on the 9th day of August 1932 at 8:20 o1clock P.M. A majority 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 Aug. 9th gave consideration to the subject of the petition and a majority of the Board voted that in its judgment the public convenience and welfare will be substantially served by the use of the 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 application ,of section of the Lexington Zoning By-law permits the use of the premises described in the petition, subject to the following aonditions, and instructs the Inspector of Buildings of Lexington to grant a permit to maintain a temporary roadside stand on the Marrett Road front of their land located on Marrett Road and Middle Street for the purpose of selling only the products grown on their own land in the Town'of Lexington, and that said stand be maintained on the location as now existing; they to provide sufficient ZE c� parking space for automobiles to prevent traffic congestion �Z7 on Marrett Road; this permit to expire Aug. 9, 1933. 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 Lexington Zoning By-law. C. Edward Glynn Roland W. Baldrey Theodore A. Custance 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, hereby certify that I sent by registered mail on the 19th day of July, 1932 to Robert J. Fawcett, Louis M. Hama fbrd, Russell Bray, American Oil Co., Richard Whittemore, Helen Be Sarano, Char les H. Miller, Heirs of, Thomas J. & Jennie Heaney, Neil McIntosh, Helen M. & Clarence W. Mason, Bertha A. Lawson, John E.& Alice M. Chism, Roy R. Rice, Christine A. Gramstorff, & Johann C. E., Raymond L. & Anna White, Florence & Walter C. Boone, Patrick & Helen MacKino, Edwin H. & Mary E. Halvarson, Arthur F. Colby, Carl V. Olson, Frank A. & Mary Napoli, Pasquale Panitta, and also advertised in the Lexington Times -Minute -Man on July 22, 1932 a notice of which the following is a true copy. Roland W. Baldrey Clerk, Board of Appeals. July 18, 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 vary the application of section of the Lexington Zoning By-law with respect to the premises at Middle Street owned by Frank A. Napoli of Lexington by permitting the following: Maintain a roadside stand. Frank A. Napoli By Rose M. Panetta Middle Street N OTIC E ' Lexington, Mass, July 18, 1932. The Board of Appeals will hold a' heating on the matter of varying the application of the Zoning Law by permitting the use of the property situated on Middle Street near its junction with Marrett Road and owned by FrankA.& Mary Napoli under Section.9F of the Lexington Zoning By -.law for a permit for a roadside stand on the said premises for the sale of only the products of the land and in accordance with Chapter 133 of the Acts of 1924. The hearing will be held on August 9, 1932 at the Conference Room, Town Office Building at 8:10 P.M. Arthur N. Maddison Chairman, Board of Appeals. The meeting was then adjourned. A true record, Attest Clerk. u