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BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING
AUGUST 4, 1933,
Tb4 Board of Appeals meeting was held in the Selectments
Room, Town Office Building, on Friday, August 4, 1933, at
8:00 P.M. Messrs, Glynn, Baldrey and Ferguson were present.
The Secretary was also present.
Mr. C. Edward Glynn was elected Chairman Pro -tem in
the _absence of Mr, Arthur N. Maddison and Mr. Roland Baldrey
was elected Clerk Prop -tem in the absence of Mr. Howard W.
Robbins.
Hearing was declared open on the application of Frank
A. Napoli of Middle Street for renewal of his permit for a
roadside stand.
The Chairman Pro -tem read the notice of the hearing as •
Advertiadd,in the taxington Minute -Man.
Mr.. Frank A. Napoli and Mrs. Rose Panetta, his daughter,
were present Ot the hearing.
Mr. Napoli stated that he simply wanted a renewal of
his permit -for a roadside stand; that he had made no changes
in the conditions at the stand, that he had kept it up in
good condition and that cars did not park on Marrett Road
and obstruct traffic.
No persons appeared in opposition.
The Board in private session voted to grant a permit
to Prm k A. Napoli to operate a roadside stand on the land
of Frank,A, and Mary Napoli located on Marrett Road for a
period of one year in the following form, Messrs. Glynn,
Baldrey and Ferguson voting in favor and Messrs. Maddison
and Robbins requesting to be recorded in favor:
The Board of Appeals, acting, under General Laws, Chapter
40, section 2% having received a written petition addressed
to it by Frank A. 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
Minute -Man, a newspaper published in Lexington, which hearing
was held in the Selectmen's Room, in the Town Office Building
on the fourth day of August, 1933.
A majority of the-zmember4 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: That he wished a permit
for a period of one year expiring August 9, 1934 to conduct
a roadside stand on property of Frank A. and Mary Napoli
located on Marrett Road and Middle Street. That there had
been no changes made in connection with the existing roadside
stand and that there had been no parking of automobiles on
Marrett Road.
No evidence was oPfered'in opposition.
At the close of the hearing, the Board in private
session gave consideration to the subject of the petition
and voted unanimously in favor.of the following findings:
1. That in its judgment.t$e public conveniince
and'wblfare'xill be substantially served by the making of
the exception requested.
2. That the exception requested. wbl Aeit .teud'to<
impair the status of the neighborhood.
3. That the exception requested Dill 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 diffi-
culty and unnecessary hardship 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 unan-
imously decides that the application of the said Lexington
Zoning By-law is hereby varried so far as may be necessary
to permit Frank A.*and Mary Napoli 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 awn land in the
Town of Lexington, and that said stand be maintained on the
location as now existing; they to provide sufficient parking
space for automobiles to prevent traffic congestion on
Marrett Road; this permit to expire August 9, 1934.
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 eaeh party in interest.
BOARD'OF APPEALS OF LEXINGTON
(_Appointed under G.L. Ch. 40, Sec, 27)
Co Edward Glynn
Roland W. Baldrey
Charles E. Ferguson.
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I, Roland W. B aldrey, Clerk Pro -tem 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 July, 1933, to Joseph R. Jr. and
Bertha A. Lawson, Helen M. & Cb rence W. Mason,.John E.
and Alice M. Chism, Margaret R. Crocker, Carl Viston Olson,
Raymond L. & Anna.S, White, Walter C. and Florence M.
.Boone, Arthur F. Colby, Robert J. Fawcett, Louise M. Hannaford,
Richard Whittemore, Helen B. Saran, Marie A. Miller et al,
Thomas J. and Jennie Heaney, Neil McIntosh, Edwin H. and Mary
E. Halvarsen, Johann C. E. and Christine A. Gramstorff,
Pasquale Panetta, Patrick and Helen K. MacKino, Russell Bray,
Highland Trust Co., and Frank A. and Mary Napoli and also
advertised in the Lexington Minute -Man on July 20, 1933,
a notice of which the following is a true copy.
Roland W. Baldrey,
Clerk, Board of Appeals.
July 6, 1933.
Lexington Board of Zoning Appeals
Town Office Building
Lexington, Mass.
' Gentlement
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. and Mary Napoli of Middle
Street by permitting the following: Renewal of permit
for roadside stand for sale of products of land only.
Frank A. Napoli
Middle Street
Lexington.
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Lexington, Mass.
July 18, 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 Frank A. and Mary Napoli and
located on Middle Street near its junction with Marrett
Road, a roadside stand for the sale of only the products
of the land, under the Lexington Zoning By-law or in
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accordance with Chapter 40, Section 27A of the General Laws,
The hearing will be held on August 4,.1933 at 8 Welock
P.M. at the Selectmentp Root, Town Office Building,
Lexington..
Arthur -N, Yaddison
Chairman, Board of Appeals.
The record; of the meeting of. June 30, 1933 was read and
approved. .
Tho meeting adjourned at 8:25 P.M.
A true record, Attest:'
Clerk, Pro -tem.
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