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TOWN OF LEXINGTON St cars shall be permitted as accessory uses. Section 12. Where the term "accessory" applies to manufacturing of any kind, it shall be restricted to such light manufacturing as is incidental to a permitted use and where the product is customarily ;:old on the premises by the producer to the consumer, Section 13. A stall or stand for selling farm and gar- den products may be permitted as an accessory use in R districts, but only for the sale of products raised or pro- duced on the premises by the owner or lessee thereof to- gether with like products, if desired, raised or produced on other premises of such or.•rrex or lessee within; the town limits; also for the sale of beverages made by or for the owner or lessee from products grown upon such premises. Section 14. Hotels, as distinct from apartment houses, where permitted ander this by-law shall contain no arrange- ments of any description for private cooking or housekeep- ing. EXCEPTIONS. Section 15. Exceptions under Specfic Rules. When in its judgment the public convenience and welfare will be substantially served, and where such exceptions will not tend to impair the status of the neighborhood, and upon written approval of the planning board, the board of select- men may in a specific case, after public notice, a hearing, and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, de- termine and vara the application of the district regulations here established in harmony with their general purposes and intent as follows: (a) Permit the alteration of a one -family house or building wherever located to accommodate more than one family. (h) Permit in undeveloped sections of the town tem- porary and conditional structures and uses that do not C011 - to the res•nle:tions herein prescribed, provided that no such permit shall be for more than a one year period. (c) Permit production of articles in whole or substan- tial part from materials excavated or grown upon the premises. (d) Permit in any district any use obviously in - 42 ANNUAL REPORT tended, because harmonious, compatible, accessory, or nec- essary for public convenience, but which has not been spec- ifically mentioned. GENERAL PPOVISIONS. Section 16. Existing Buildings. Any building or part of a building which, at the time of the adoption of this by- law, is being put to a non -conforming use may continue to be used for the same purpose or for purposes not substan- tially different, and may be repaired, rebuilt or structually altered; but no such building shall be extended or enlarged except upon written approval of the Planning Board, a duiy advertised public hearing by the selectmen and a permit thereafter signed by the selectmen. Section 17. District Boundaries. The district bound- aries shall be as shown on the Zoning Map. When bound- aries run between streets and approximately parallel to them they shall be deemed to follow a mean line between said streets except that any such boundary when bounding the rear of a business district or where paralleling a street through a relatively undeveloped area shall be not more than one hundred feet inward from the building line to such street. Section 18. In residence districts designated as Ri. and R2, and in C1 districts designated at the following points, namely, junctions of Waltham and Middle Streets known as Grape Vine Corner; junctions of Middle and Spring Street; junction of Lincoln, School and Marrett Street commonly known as Five Forks; junctions of Wal- tham Street and Concord Avenue; and junctions of Woburn and Lowell Streets, a front yard or a service yard of at least twenty feet in depth between the exterior line of the street and the adjacent line of any porch or building. shall be provided for every lot of land. and no new building or structure shall be constructed and no building or structure moved. altered. reconstructed- enlarged or rebuilt in such districts so that a yard less in depth shall result; except that this section shall not apply to buildings fronting on streets on which building lines shall have been specially es- tablished according to law during or subsequent to the year 1924. Section 19. Variations. Where this by-law imposes a greater restriction upon the use of buildings or Premises than is imposed by existing provisions of law or by-laws,