HomeMy WebLinkAbout1933-02-17MEETING, FEBRUARY 170 1933.
Meeting of the Board of Appeals was held at the Selectmen's
Room, Town Office Building on Friday.. February 17, 1933 at
8 P.M. Messrs. Maddison, Custance, Slocum, Glynn and Baldrey
k were present. The Secretary was also present.
Hearing was declared open upon the application of the
A. G. Davis Ice Co. for permission to manufacture ice at
3 Grant Street, Lexington. The Clerk read the notice of the
hearing.
Mr. Robert L. Innis of Billerica was present. A
representative of the Frick Co. whose business it is to install
ice plants was present to explain what was intended to be
done. He presented prospectus of the building to be located
on Grant Street. He explained that the building is to be
approximately 98 feet, about fifty feet for the office. and
about 25 feet for the general drive. He explained in detail
how the operations of the 'plant were performed. There are
a series of cis which are filled with water. The air and
vegetable matter are removed so that the ice will be clear.
The reftigeration chemical will be ammonia. The plant would
be in operation twenty-four hours a day and is run automatically.
They would employ either two or three men. He stated that
you would not hear the noise of the plan outside of the
building, and that there would not be any hum to speak of,
not as much as from the Edison power plant. He mentioned
a manufacturing of ice plant being located at North Cambridge
owned by the Metropolitan Ice Co., one at Union Square,
Somerville, and the Fresh Pond Ice Co. All of these plants
are larger than the proposed one. There is a similar one
in Leominster, and a school house is located next to it.
Electricity would be the power used at 440 voltage.
No persons appeared to object.
The Board discussed the matter and decided to notify the
Davis Ice Co. to give the Board the plans of the front and
side elevations, as the Board has only the rear, also to note
on the fm nt elevation that the building iA to be of first
class construction front to be of water struck brick and
sides are to be of concrete block construction. The Board
also decided to visit other plants where ice is manufactured.
Mr. Oust ance reported visiting the one at Leominster.
In regard to the application of Manuel G. Rose of Walthaan
Street for permission to operate a road side stand, it was
voted to grant the permit in the following form:
BOARD OF APPEALS PERMIT
The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws,
Chapter 40, Sec. 27, having received a written petition
addressed to it by Manuel G. Rose, 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
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Minute -Man a newspaper published in Lexington, which hearing
was held in the Selectmen's Room, in the Town Office Building
on the third day of February, 1933.
All the memhers of the Board of Appeals were present at
the hearing. A certificate of notice is hereto annexed. At
this hearing evidence was offered on behalf of the
petitioner tending to show: the location on lot of Marie G.
Rose, #756 Waltham Street, at which he d6sired to operate 'a
road side stand under the Lexington Zoning By-law.
No one appeared in opposition.
At the close of the hearing the Board in private session
February 17, 1933, gave consideration to the subject of the
petition and voted unanimously in favor of the following
findings:
1. That in its judgment the public convenience and
welfare will be substantially served by the making of the
exception requested.
2. That •the.exception requested will not tend to impair
the status of the neighborhood.
3. That the exception requested will be in harmony with
the general purposes and intent of the regulations in the
' Lexington Zoning By-law,
4. That the enforcement of the Lexington Zoning By-law
as to the locus in question would involve practical difficulty
and unnecessary haxd9iip and the relief requested may be granted
without substantially derogating from the intent and purpose
of such Lexington Zoning By-law.
Pursuant to the said findings, the Board hereby unanimously
decides that the application of the said Lexington Zoning By-
law is hereby varied so far as may be necessary to permit
Manuel G. Rose to operate a roadside stand on land belonging
to Marie G. Rose, #756 Waltham Street, Lexington, said stand
to be approximately twenty-five feet from the junction of
said lot of Marie G. Rose and land of Carroll and to be set back
at least thirty feet from the line of Waltham Street, all as
shown on plan of land in Lexington of Marie G. Rose, dated
February 17, 1933, for a period of one year beginning
February 17, 1933,536utjVeet to the following conditions;
Ample parking space is to be provided for parking so that
customers will not park their automobiles on Waltham Street;
said road side stand shall be kept in a neat condition at
all times.
The Board hereby makes a detailed record of all its
' proceedings relative to such petition and hereby sets forth
that the reasons for its decision are its findings hereinbefore
set forth and the testimony presented at the said hearing,
including that herein summarized, and directs that this record
immediately following this decision shall be filed in the office
of the Town Clerk of Lexington and shall be open to public
inspection and that notice of this decision shall be mailed
forthwith to each party in interest.
BOARD OF APPEALS OF LEXINGTON
(Appointed under F.L. Ch.40, Sec.27)
Roland IN. Baldrey
C. Edward Glynn
.Curlys L. Slocum
Theodore A. Custance.
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 18th day
of January, 1933 to Elizabeth Dunn,., Hilda M. Harris, Jeremiah
Shea, Mary A. Tambini, Arthur C. Jensen, Watertown Co-operative
Bank, Alpha H. Metcalf, Louis J. Reynolds, Tekla Berlin, Emilia
Ferreira, Swenson Brothers, Luigi Ferrazzani, M. Joseph, P.
Edward and Lawrence M. Carroll, Annie T., Mary F., and Letitia
Carroll, Augustus J. Silva, James L. Reardon, Manuel S. Dias,
Emily M. Leonard, Gabriel D. & Maria Paiva and Manuel G. Rose,
and also advertised in the Lexington Townsman, on January 19,
1933, a notice of which the following is a true copy.
Roland W. Baldreg
Clerk, Board of Appeals.
Lexington Board of Zoning Appeals
Town Office Building
Lexington, Mass.
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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 No. 756 Waltham Street
owned by Marie G. Rose of Lexington by permitting the following:
Roadside Stand.
Manuel G. Rose
756 Waltham Street.
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Lexington, Mass.
January 17, 1933,
The Board of Appeals will hold a hearing on the matter of
varying the application of the Zoning Law by permitting on the
premises owned by Marie G. Rose at 756 Waltham Street, Lexington,
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a roadside stand to be olm rated by Manuel G. Rose of.
756 Waltham Street, Lexington, under the Lexington Zoning
By-law or in accordance with Chapter 40, Section 27A of the
General Laws.
The hearing will be held on February 3, 1933 at 8:30 P.M.
at the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, Lexington.
Arthur N. Maddison
Chairman, Board of Appeals.
A true record, Attest:
Clerk.
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