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TOWN OF LEXINGTON 107 alter the character of the premises on which they are located. Section 14. Private garages for not more than three cars shall be permitted as accessory uses. Section 15. 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 sold on the premises by the producer to the consumer. Section 16. A stall or stand for selling farm and gar- den products may be permitted as an accessory use in R districts, but only on the property of the owner and for the sale of his own products raised or produced on the same property, together with other like products, if desired, raised or produced by him upon other property of said owner within the town limits, and where such accessory use shall not impair the neighborhood, nor tend to cause obstruction of a highway. Section 17. Hotels, as distinct from apartment houses, where permitted under this by-law shall contain no arrange- ments of any description for private cooking or housekeep- ing. EXCEPTIONS. Section 18. Exceptions under Specific Rules. When in its judgment the public convenience and welfare will be substantially served, and where such exceptions will tend to improve the status of the neighborhood and upon written approval of the planning board, the board of seelct- men may in a specific case, after public notice, a hearing, and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, de- termine and vary the application of the district regulations herein 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. (b) Permit in undeveloped sections of the town tem- porary and conditional structures and uses that do 'not con- form to the regulations herein prescribed, provided that no such permit shall be for more than a one year period. (c) Permit in any district any use obviously intended, because harmonious, compatible, or accessory, but which has not been specifically mentioned. 108 _ ANNUAL REPORT GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 19. Non -conforming Uses. Non -conforming uses or buildings shall not be altered or extended except upon- written approval of the planning board a public hearing duly advertised and a permit signed by the select- men. No non -conforming use or building shall be restored, repaired or altered, to an extent of more that 65 per cent of its value in any ten-year period, and when such use is discontinued, the buildings shall not again be used except for a conforming use; the object being to convert all non- conforming uses and buildings into conforming uses and buildings as soon as is reasonable. Section 20. 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 of each street. Section 21. Setback. Inresidence districts design- ated as R1, R2, R3, a front yard of at least twenty feet in depth shall be provided within the exterior line 'of the way of approach, and no new building or structure shall be constructed, and no building or structure shall be moved, altered, reconstructed or enlarged in such districts so that a front 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 established according to law during or subsequent to the year 1923. Section 22. 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 the provisions of this by-law shall control. Section 23. Plats. Whenever required by the building inspector for his information, applications for building per- mits shall be accompanied by a plat of the lot in duplicate, drawn to scale. showing the actual dimensions of the lot, and the exact location and size of buildings already upon the lot, and of the building to be erected, together with streets and alleys on and adjacent to the lot. A record of such applications and plats shall be kept on file in the office of the building inspector.