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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1931-01-30 92 .10 BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING January 30, 1931. I A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held at the Town Office Building at 8 o' clock P.M. Messrs. Maddison, Baldrey, Custance, Slocum and Glynn were present. The meeting was called to order at 8 o'clock P.M. on the application of Roy A. Ferguson to vary the zoning law by permitting the use of land on Bertwell Rd. owned by Roy A. Ferguson to be subdivided into lots of less than 75 feet frontage, in accordance with section 6 and section 9 of the Zoning Law of the Town of Lexington, and Chapter 133 of the Acts of 1924. Ferguson Mr. Ferguson presented a blue print of the section in petition. question, scale 1 in - 80 ft. , dated July 8, 1924, recorded August 1923. Mr. Ferguson stated that Rush & Hamlin had estimates for 60 ft. frontage lot, anihe read this letter to the Board. He stated that he would rather sell two 90 ft. lots than three 60 ft. lots. This would help the street and his house across the way. The lot in question is 180 ft. x 146 ft, 6 in. Mr. Ferguson purchased the land in the spring of 1930. He entrusted the blue print to the Board. No one appeared in opposition to Mr. Ferguson' s petition, and the hearing was declared closed. Hearing on the application of Maurice P. Ahern and John L. & Bertha V. Pichette for permission to erect and Pichette maintain at 847-855 Mass. Ave. a 20 car garage and repair & Ahern shop and to keep, store and sell petroleum products and applicationvolatile inflammable liquids in connection therewith, and to use the premises as a public filling station for the storage, keeping and sale of gasoline in five one thousand gallon tanks with pumps was declared open at 8:20 P.M. Mr. Joseph Cotton appeared for the petitioners. He submitted a blue print of the lot and a plan and elevations of the proposed buildings - scale 1/8 in. - 1 ft. He explained the location, and gave the location of stores across the street, and the character of the present buildings. The lot was about 90 ft. x 100 ft. within the business zone, and with the addition of the land in the rear, the lot was about 150 ft. deep. They proposed building a garage about 40 ft. x 50 ft, and a gasoline station with three pumps, five one thousand gallon tanks. He stated that there was no objection from the immediate abuttors; there would be an increase of about '::000 in taxable property. He stated that there is a traffic hazard on Mass. Avenue due to the high speed of the automobiles; the present buildings are unsightly and that the present garage is unsightly. The present garage was not to be removed but the houses were perhaps to be removed elsewhere. Mr. Cotton II also stated that Mr. Arthur Field had been in business for over a year and the petitioners own the entire lot in question. Mr. Pichette stated that there would be a set back from the Avenue of 50 ft. to the main building and 40 ft. to the projection nearest the street, all as shown on the plan. The building was to be constructed of blocks made of cinder concrete and plastered, - the building would comply with state and town building and fire laws. He assured the Board that the present buildings ('two houses) would be demolished. Mr. Arthur Field stated that the garage would be used for repairing primarily. Mr. Bartlett J. Harrington, 11 Curve St. stated that on behalf of the residents of Curve Street and himself he saw no objection to the proposed project, provided the property was kept orderly. Mr. John Cotter, Ewa Mass. Ave. stated that he was a resident of Mass. Ave. living diagonally opposite the lot in question and he felt that the proposed project would be a detriment to the neighborhood as 44a it would depreciate property values ' (b it would tend to increase insurance rates (((c it would tend to make greater traffic congestion on Mass. Avenue. He felt that a garage would be more of a detriment than stores. He stated that Mr. Harrington lives 750 feet away from the lot and that he lives about 100 feet away from the lot in question; that the residents of the neighborhood are trying to keep the district residentially good; that the traffic conditions are up to town administration; that the proposed cinder block construction is the cheapest. Mr. Edward L. Crown, 26 Curve St. stated that his father-in-law had applied for a gasoline station permit for the lot adjoining the one in question on Aug. 12, 1930, and that he had been refused on the grounds of 1ino necessity.n He objected to a gasoline station on the location in question. Mr . Crown lives directly adjoining the lot in question. He stated that he objected to the present garage on account offhmes and dirt. He purchased his property for a residence and he objected to a garage next to a residential zone; he understood that the proposed garage was to be of second class construction. The Board informed Mr. Crown that the building ,., wou"d not be of second class construction. The Board inquired if the petitioners intended to have brilliant illumination and repair activity late at night. They stated that they would be willing to comply with any restrictions the Selectmen would impose when issuing l the permit in this respect and in respect to all night operation. The hearing was closed. Mr. Cotton left the above mentioned blue print with the Board. The Lexington Burial Park Association matter was Lex. Burial then discussed. Mr. Custance read an article in the Park Assoc. General Laws of Mass. in relation to burial grounds. The assent of the Board of Health would be necessary in order to grant the permit. The petition was discussed generally. Mr. Glynn moved, and Mr. Slocum seconded that the petition of the Lexington Burial Park Association be laid on the table, and it was so voted. The Board then discussed Samuel O'Connell's petition in regard to the Lexington Park Property being S.OtConnell used for a public cemetery, and in view of the fact re Cemetery that no one appeared on behalf of the petitioner to application.inform the Board of his intentions, it was voted that the above petition be denied. The Board considered the petition of Roy A. Ferguson Ferguson to subdivide a lot of land on the westerly side of decision. Bertwell Road between the land of Holmes and Frank N. & Christine M. Champlin, having a frontage of 180 ft. on Bertwell Rd. , into lots of less than 75 ft. frontage. It was voted to grant the permit provided that in subdividing said lot no lot has a frontage of less than 60 ft. Decision re Mr. Custance moved and Mr. Slocum seconded that the Pichette & petition of Ahern and Pichette be laid on the table, and Ahern on it was so voted. table. Mr. Custance moved that the meeting be adjourned at 10:40 P.M. , and it was so voted. A true record, Attest: C gd-t(2"'' Clerk. l )4'