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March 27, 1946
A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Select-
men's Room, Town Office Building on Fridley, March 27, 1946 at
8:00 p.m. Chairman Bowker, Messrs. Brown, Locke, Nickerson,
Ripley and Redman were present. The Clerk was also present.
Furyher consideration was given the application of Viano
Properties, Inc. for permission to construct an addition to the
rear of the present garage building located at 1668 Massachusetts
Avenue, Lexington.
Upon motion of Mr. Redman, seconded by Mr. Locke, it was
voted to grant the petition in the following form:
BOARD OF APPEALS PERMIT
The Board of Appeals, acting under the Lexington Zoning
By-law and General Laws, Chapter 40, Sections 25 to 30 as
amended, having received a written petition addressedtoit by
Piano Properties, Inc* a copy of which is hereto annexed, held
a public hearing thereon of which notice was mailed to the
pptittaner 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 pphlished in Lexington, which hearing was held in the
Selectmen's 400m, in the Town Office Building on the eighth dty
of March, 1946.
Four regular members 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 they wished to erect an addition to the rear of the
present garage building, approximately 30' x 601;that the addition
would be back of the present show room and would be on the left-
hand side of the garage facing Massachusetts Avenue; that the
addition would be flush with the garage and the all would be filled
in for the purpose of a body shgp; that the addition would be con-
structed of fire -proof cement blocks and would follow the building
regulations of the Town, also that the addition would be one story
in height.
No one appeared in opposition to the petition.
At the close of the hearing the Board in private session
on March 27, 1946 gave consideration to the subject of the petition
and voted unanimously in favor of the following findingsi
1. That in its judgment the public convenience and welfare
will be Substantially served by the making of the exception
requested.
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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 owing to conditions especially affecting the said
parcel but not affecting generally the Zoning disttict in which
it is located, a literal enforcement of the provisions of the
Lexington Zoning By-law as to the locus in question would involve
substantial hardship to the petitioner and that desirable relief
may be granted without substanitally derogating from the intent
or purpose of such Lexington Zoning By-law.
Pursuant to the said findings, the Board hereby unanimously
decided that the application of the Lexington Zoning By-law is
hereby varied so far as may be necessary to permit the construction
of an addition to the rear of the present garage building owned by
Viano Properties, Inc., at 1668 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington.
The Board hereby makes a detailed record'of all its pro-
aeedings relative to such petition and hereby sets forth that,
the reasons for its decision are its findings hereinbefore
forth and the testimony presented at the said hearing, including
that herein summarized, and direets 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 the decision shall be mailed forthwith to each party
in interest.
BOARD OF APPEALS MF LEXINGTON
(Acting under the Lexington Zoning
By-law and General Laws.)
Winthrop H. Bowker
Errol H. Locke
J. Milton Brown
D. E. Nickerson
Lester T. Redman
I, Hazel J. Murray, Clerk of the Board of Appeals of Lexington,
appointed under General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 27, hereby certify
that I sent by postage certificate of mailing on the 21st day of.
February, 1946, to William Hunt et als, Bertha M. Baker, Viano
Realjy Corp., David Daniels, James J. & Josephine F. Waldron,
Samuel & Dina Speanos, Rubin, Myer & Harry G. Seligman, Arthur F.
Viano, Boston Edison Co., Edwgrd J. & Mary C. Connors, Sylvia Viano,
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Bertha H. Hathaway, Emma T. Pring, Leo J. & Anna D. Higgins,
Robert S. & Charlotte W. Quimby, Catherine T. MacDonald, Alico S.
Crawford, Viano Proparties,Inc. , and also advertised in the.Lexington
Minute -Man on February 21, 1946, a notice of which the following as
a true copy.
Hazel J. Murray
tTert, Board of Appeals
N 0 T I C E
The Board of Appeals will hold a hearing on the matter of
varying the application of the Zoning Law, upon petition of Viano
Properties, Inc. of 1668 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, for
_permission to erect an addition to the rear of the present garage
building, approximately 30* x 601, under the Lexington Zoning Law
or in accordance with Chapter 40, Sections 25 to 30 as amended.
The hearing will be held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office
Building on Friday evening, March 8, 1946 at 8:00 p.m.
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Lexington Board of Zoning Appeals
Town Office Building
Lexington, Massachusetts
Chairman, Board of Appeals.
February 12, 1946
Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby petitions the Lexington Board of Appeal s,
appointed under the General Laws, Cnapter 40, Sections 25 to 30 as
amended, to vary the application of section of the Lexington
Zoning By-law with respect to the premises at No. 1668 Massachusetts
Avenue, owned by Viano Properties, Inc., of Lexington 73, Mass.
by permitting the following: The erection of an addition to the
rear of our garage building approximately 301 x 60' feet, All, as
shown on plans, to be submitted.
Viano Properties, Inc.
Eugene J. Viano
1668 Massachusetts Avenue
Lexington 73, $assachusetts
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Mr. BOW*er suggested that it was in order for the Board of Appeals
to organize. Upon motion of Mr. Locke, seconded by Mx. Nickerson, it '
was unanimously voted to re-elect Mr.,,Bowker as Chairman.
Upon motion of Mr. Brown, it was unanimously voted to -rd-elect JTiss
Murray as Clerk.
Mr. Bowker retired at 8:15 p.m. at which time the Board gave
further consideration to the petition of the New England Telephone &
Telegraph Company for permission to enlarge the present telephone
exchange on Muzzey Street, Lexington.
Mr. Locke acted as Chairman and informed the Board that he had
talked with Mr. Hogan, attorney for the telephone company, and advised
him that in view of the discussion at the hearing, the Board desired
to have some definite plan as to what -might be done about the Parking
situation as that seemed to be the point at issue.
Mr. Locke then read a letter from Mr. Hogan to which was attached
a plan showing the way in which the company proposes to provide parking
space for employees' and company cars. The records of the original
hearing were read and the members of the board felt that the company
had not provided space enough for the number of cars which might be
parked in the vicinity of the exhange.
The Cleek was instructed to acknowledge Mr. Hogan's letter
and inform him that the Board is of the unanimous opinion that
the proposed parking area will not adequately take care of the
number of cars which may be involved.
The meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m.
A true record, Attest:
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