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of ~', Osgcod, seconded by Mr. BA-~-- it wac maanime~ Yo'~l that the P1p.~.g Board
m~_y go into~ emecutive session at such times as it is of the opini~ $~, the Benefit cE
the public in gemeral~
'Nr. Nfs. ~Iill~ma Neat will be seat a letter to attend the next meeting which is Feb. 6.
adjourned at 10:15 P. N.
~~~mL~Clerk
February 6, 1956
The meeting was called to order at 7:50 P. M~ Member present were Nicholas Nicet~ta,'Chair~
Ralph Finck, Howard Gilman, James B_~nan~. and John Osgood.
Mrs. Crockett and her representative Attorney Ba~al came before tht Board in regard tothe
Crockett Sanitarium. located at the intersection of Gr~at Pond Road and BFadi~m~ ~tree%.
Htty. Betel want on further to say in order to clarify the situat~c~ before the Zoning
Ordinance was passed it was a Sanitarium in t9~1. He pointed out the~Board on the map
itwas an isolated triangle and if anything happened, for e~mple~a fi?e it would be a
'non conforming use and they would have to come, befoFe the Board of Appeals, end if the
case were they were refused his client would lose out. He furthereexpreseed it was an
ideal spot for a hospital Or Sanitarium. He pointed out in the rules if the Building burned
downlO0% it could not be rebuilt unless the Board approved it, a~ if the building burned
partly the Assessors value goes up. Atty. Betel expressed the desire to h~ve the Board
Classify the property as a Convalescent home, Sanitarium and Hospital. The area is now
non-conforming use. Mr. Chairman told the Petitioner and ~tty. the Board would take the
matter under consideration.
Mr. Joseph Helbri~k 52.A ers Village Road Methuen ~pp-~-~p$,~e~_r~he~.~i~o~[~nection
· ~+~ .... tin~ an~ ~a~in~ an auto Bo~ Shop on Urm~ern~ u~-~, ~---~ ~ -r
~r~~ha~-t~-~parti~u~r a~ea Was General Residential, and w~uld have ~o ce re-
zoned if he wished to conduct a business there.
· Mr. Berg, Mr.. Dgn Hawk. f, ~epresentative of the Mass. Mutual, Mr. Debonts an~Mr. Ben'er,
Ad~Iser. came ~erqre mne_~oard with a petition Of a Shopping center. Location of this
cen~er ms on Chic~ering ~oad in the vicinity of Woody's.
The estimated cost of this buildi~gwould be in the vicinity of one and one half million to
two milliom dollars. The Board were shown sketches of the drawings for re-classification.
The land in q~estion is zoned General Residential. The petitioner~ came in with an application
to have it zoned Business.
Mr. Dawes pointed out to the Board that the bulk of'the parking would be in fromt of the
center. The sketch shown to the Board by U~. Debonis allowed park~_ug for, one thousand
cars the m.~uimum,
Mr. Osgood questioned as to hpw many miles would it serve. Mr. Debonis replied that it goes
in t~ma miles, and they have it figured approximately 15 or 20 minutes.