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TOWN CLERK 53 funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 68. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By -Law as follows: 1. By adding to Section 2 thereof, under the caption "Definitions" the fol- lowing: "(s) Fire Lane. An open space in which no automotive vehicles may be parked and in which no building or structure may be erected without written per- mission from the Head of the Lexington Fire Department. The open space shall be between a building and a line parallel to and fifteen feet equidis- tant from a building." II. By striking out the entire subsection (h) C 3 Districts in Section 5 thereof and inserting in place thereof the following: (h) C 3 Districts. 1. All buildings and uses that are permitted in R 1 districts, but subject to any conditions and restrictions set forth in Section 5, subsection (a) of this By -Law. 2. Subject to the provisions in this Section 5, subsection (h), under the caption "Finding and Determination by the Board of Appeals ", the following buildings and uses: A. Offices for administrative, executive, professional and similar purposes. B. Laboratories engaged in research, experimental and testing activities, in- cluding, but not limited to, the fields of biology, chemistry, electronics, engineering geology, medicine and physics. Any laboratory, the ccnduct of which may be dis- turbing or detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of persons working or living in the neighborhood, by reason of special danger of fire or explosion, pollution of waterways, corrosive, toxic or noisome fumes, gas, smoke, soot, obnoxious dust, disagreeable odors, offensive noise or vibrations, is expressly prohibited. Permitted laboratories may manufacture, process or store goods and materials to the extent that such manufacturing, processing or storage is a part of and relates solely to such research, experimental and testing activities, but all other manufacturing, processing and storage of goods and materials are expressly prohibited. C. Retail uses incidental to and in support of any uses permitted in paragraphs A and B above, such as cafeterias, soda or dairy bars, on the same lot as the per- mitted use. Any such use shall be conducted primarily for the convenience of em- ployees, shall be wholly within a building, and shall have no exterior advertising display. D. Operations required to maintain or support any uses permitted in para- graphs A and B above, on the same lot as the permitted use, such as maintenance shops, power plants, keeping of animals, antennae and machine shops. 3. Finding and Determination by the Board of Appeals. No building for any of the uses permitted by the terms of preceding paragraph No. 2 shall be constructed, re- constructed, altered or added to, until the Board of Appeals, after a duly advertised public hearing, shall have made a finding and de- termination that the proposed construction, re- construction, alteration, or addition, 54 TOWN CLERK including the site development relating thereto, constitutes a desirable development in, and will not be detrimental to, the neighborhood. A person desiring such finding and determination shall file, in duplicate, an application with the Board of Appeals, therefore, together with a site plan, in trip- licate, relating to such proposed construction, re- construction, alteration or addi- tion, sufficiently detailed to permit the Board of Appeals to determine the ade- quacy of provisions contained therein for the locations of buildings, driveways, driveway intersections with streets, parking areas, loading areas, maneuvering areas, sidewalks, utilities and utility easements, including waste disposal fields, erosion control, and existing and proposed grading. At the public hearing before the Board, the applicant shall, to the extent necessary for a determination by the Board of the adequacy of the above provisions, present evidence of the nature and extent of the proposed operations. The Board of Appeals, upon receiving such application for a finding and de- termination, shall proceed as provided in Section 14 of this By -Law under the cap- tion " Procedure on Application for Finding and Determination ". III. By striking out the entire subsection (f) M 1 Districts in Section 5 thereof and inserting in place thereof the following: (f) CM 1 Districts 1. All buildings and uses that are permitted in R 1 districts, but subject to any conditions and restrictions set forth in Section 5, subsection (a), of this By -Law. 2. Subject to all the provisions of the three paragraphs of Section 5, subsec- tion (h), of this By -Law, under the caption "Finding and Determination by the Board of Appeals ", the following buildings and uses: A. All buildings and uses permitted in C 3 districts, but subject to the con- ditions and restrictions relating to them set forth in Section 5, subsection (h), of this By -Law, and B. Light manufacturing, employing only electric or other substantially noise- less and inoffensive motive power, utilizing hand labor or quiet machinery and processes, and free from neighborhood disturbing odors or agencies. Any light manufacturing business, the conduct of which may be disturbing or detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of persons working in or living near the proposed loca- tion of such manufacturing by reason of special danger of fire or explosion, pollution of waterways, corrosive, toxic or noisome fumes, gas, smoke, soot, obnoxious dust, disagreeable odors, offensive noise or vibrations, is expressly prohibited. IV. By adding to the end and as a part of Section 5 thereof the following: (i) CH 1 Districts 1. All buildings and uses that are permitted in R 1 districts, but subject to any conditions and restrictions set forth in Section 5, subsection (a) of this By -Law.