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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 21 Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning By -Law by substituting for Section 10, a new Section 10 reading as follows : Section 10. Existing Uses and Buildings. Any use or building or part of a build- ing which, at the time of the adoption of the original Lex- ington Zoning Zy-Law was and still is being put to a non- conforming use, may continue to be used for the same purpose, and may be repaired or structurally altered ; but no such building, if destroyed to the extent of 90 per cent of its insurable value, shall be rebuilt, nor shall such building be extended or enlarged, nor shall it be used for a different purpose except subject to the provisions of Section 9. Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Lexington Zoning By -Law by adding to Section 4, R. 1 Districts, Paragraph 6, the following paragraph: "Excava- tion and removal from the premises of any sod, loam, sand, gravel, clay or quarried or crushed stone, except that the provisions of section 9 do not apply when such excavation and removal are incidental to and in connection with the construction of a building for which a permit has been issued in accordance with the building by-law and this by- law, and when such excavation or removal are permitted under paragraph numbered "4" in the paragraphs headed `In R. 1 Districts'." Article 19. To see if the Town will vote, upon petition of Sarah A. Cutler, to amend the Lexington Zoning By - Law and Map by changing from an R. 1 District to a C. 1 District the parcel of land described as follows : On the easterly side of Pleasant Street beginning at a point about 100 feet from the northerly line of the Cam- bridge Turnpike extending northerly one hundred and fifty (150) feet along Pleasant Street and of a depth of one hun- dred (100) feet, the southerly side of the said parcel being Clematis Brook. Article 20. To see if the Town will vote, upon petition of Ernest DeVincent, to amend the Lexington Zoning By - Law and Map by changing from an R. 1 District to a C. 1 District the parcel of land described as follows : Beginning at the junction of the Northwest corner of Pleasant Street and the boundary line of the State Highway known as the Concord -Cambridge Highway and running :- 22 TOWN OF LEXINGTON Northeasterly along said Pleasant Street 105 feet to Clematis Brook, thence turning and running: Northwesterly 160 feet along said brook ; thence turn- ing and running: Westerly on a line parallel to the boundary line of said State Highway 525 feet more or less to land now or forrn- erly of Moody Land Company; thence turning and running: Southwesterly by land of said Moody Land Company 170 feet to the boundary line of said State Highway; thence turning and running: Easterly along the boundary line of said highway 700 feet more or less to the point of beginning. Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate money for the payment of tuition of pupils attending Vocational School or act in any manner relating thereto. Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate money for the maintenance of classes for instruction in Americanization or act in any manner relating thereto. Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate money to pay the necessary expenses of the Superin- tendent of Schools incurred outside the Commonwealth in securing information upon matters in which the Town is interested or which may tend to improve the service in the School Department. Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate money for the unpaid bills for the year 1935 in the following account: Law Department, $95.25. Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of Lincoln Street; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose ; or take any other action in relation thereto. Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of Water- town Street; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose ; or take any other action in relation thereto.