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- 7 - - Gal. 6 Zoning By-Laws retained meets the requirements of this By-Law. Any land taken by eminent domain or conveyed for a public purpose for which the land could have been or was taken by eminent domain shall not be deemed to be transferred in violation of the provisions hereof. 4. When a lot in one ownership is situated in part in the Town of Lexington and in part in an adjacent town or city, the provisions, regulations and restrictions of this By-Law shall be applied to that portion of such lot as lies in the Town of Lexington in the same manner as if the entire lot were situated therein. 5. No porch, whether covered or uncovered, step, cornice, Cave or other part or projection of a building, but not including customary summer awnings, shall be erected in or over the area required to be maintained as front, side or rear yards. SECTION 9. USE OF LAND (a) No land in the Town shall be put to any use other than uses enumerated in this By-Law, and uses accessory thereto, for the zoning district in which such land lies. (b) The removal of sod, loam, sand, gravel or quarried stone, ex- cept when such removal is incidental to and in connection with the erection of a building for which a permit has been issued by the Build- ing Inspector or when such removal is required in order to construct a street over the location from which such removal is made, is hereby expressly prohibited, unless with specific permission from the Board of Appeals. (c) No automobile graveyard, so-called, or junk yard shall be operated or maintained anywhere in the Town. (d) No land in an 111, R 2 or A 1 district shall be used to provide off street parking fora business enterprise or for any other purpose not incidental to the primary permitted use of said land. SECTION W. NON-CONFORMING USE (a) Any building lawfully existing and any use lawfully being made of land or buildings which does not conform to this By-Law as adopted or as amended may be continued to the same degree and for the same purpose. (b) Any such building may be repaired or structurally altered, but no such building if destroyed or damaged to the extent of 75% of its reproduction cost at the tithe of said damage shall be rebuilt or re- paired except with permission from the Board of Appeals. (c) No building or use lawfully existing as a non-conforming building or use shall be extended or enlarged nor shall it be used for a different purpose except with permission from the Board of Appeals. (d) If land or buildings lawfully being put to a non-conforming use are changed to a use permitted in a district wherein such lands or buildings are situated, they shall not be changed back to any non-con- forming use. (e) If there be non-use of any lawful non-conforming use of land or buildings for a period of twenty-four consecutive months, such non- conforming use shall be regarded as abandoned and shall not be resumed. SECTION 11. APPLICATION FOR PERMITS Applications for building permits shall be filed with the Building Inspector on forms furnished by'him, as provided in the Building By- Laws. With every such application there shall be filed a plan in _duplicate of the lot upon which said building is to be erected drawn to scale and showing the dimensions of the lot and the location and size of the buildings if any upon said lot and the building or buildings to be erected thereon and all streets upon which such lot abuts. Every such application shall also contain the name and address of the owner of such lot and the book and page or date and instrument number of the recording of his deed and the plan if any of said lot to- gether with such other information as shall be deemed necessary by the Building Inspector. If such an application is filed to erect any,dwelling or other per- mitted principal building on land which has no sanitary sewer available for use, the Building Inspector shall refer the matter to the Board.of Health which shall promptly make or cause to be made an investigation of the land proposed to be,occupied and file a statement with the Build- ing Inspector certifying whether or not in its opinion the land is of such a character that adequate sewage disposal facilities can be pro- - vided for such dwelling or building by a cesspool or septic tank or other device; and unless such opinion is in the affirmative, the Building In- spector shall not issue the permit.