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BOARD OF APPEALS HEARINGS
December 19, 1967
A regular meeting of the Board of -Appeals was held on Tuesday,
December 19, 1967 in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building. Present
were Chairman Nickerson and regular members Abbott, Dawes, Sheldon and
Wadsworth, and the secretary, Mrs. Macomber. At 7:30 p.m. the hearings
were called to order as follows:
Edwin_ J. Breslin - to vary the Lexington Zoning By -Law in order
to construct a walk-in refrigerator,, approximately 10 ft. x 13 ft., to
be attached to existing building at 2219 Massachusetts Avenue, which is
presently being used for a non -conforming use.
Arthur F. Douglass - for a Finding and Determination for approval
to erect a Funeral Home in C 4 District on Worthen Rd. (between First
National Store and Grace Chapel). Also for approval for four platforms
outside exterior doors, and two bay windows; also narrow band of wood
trim on side elevations which would extend outside line of building.
Hartwell—Westview Trust - for a Finding and Determination that a
proposed 80,000 sq.ft. building, located on a 14.033 acre lot, located
on the northwesterly side of Hartwell Avenue, between Hartwell Avenue
and Westview Street, bounded on the northeast by a 4.18 acre parcel of
land belonging to Amicon Corporation, bounded on the southeast by the
Boston & Maine Railroad, all as shown on plan submitted, will constitute
a suitable development, and will not result in substantial detriment to
the neighborhood.
Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New England - with respect to the
construction of a proposed 80,000 sq.ft. Type II building of noncombust-
ible, unprotected materials, fully sprinklered, on a 14.033 acre lot,
which is located on the northwesterly side of Hartwell Ave. as shown on
plot plan submitted, and which the owners have contracted to sell to
petitioner, to grant the following variances of the Building By -Law:
a) to permit the construction of such building with an allowable area
limitation of 40,000 sq.ft. in one or more areas between fire walls
therein, and b) to permit construction of such building (or such portion
or portions thereof as may be determined to be a garage or garages) ex-
clusively in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Dept. of
Public Safety of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts insofar as the said
rules and regulations apply to the construction of garages.
Robert 0. Tillinghast - to vary the Lexington Zoning By -Law under
Sec.5(b)1, in order to permit a four family unit in remodeled barn in
rear of 465 Massachusetts Avenue.
Following the hearings an executive session was held during which
the following decisions were made:
Edwin J. Breslin - granted
Arthur F. Douglass - granted
Hartwell -Westview Trust - denied
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of N.E. - denied
Robert 0. Tillinghast - ednied