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A Board Member, Mr. Ralph D. Clifford, stated that this is more of a personal problem and self-imposed hardship and he doesn’t see any justification for a variance. There is not a hardship caused by the zoning. The Board collectively agreed that they would not vote for this and even if they offered him a continuance, it would most likely not be granted. Mr. George stated that the Board may give the applicant the opportunity to withdraw without prejudice in case he would like to come back in the future. If the Board denied the variance request, he wouldn’t be able to come back for 2 years. The Board discussed giving the applicant the opportunity to withdraw without prejudice as opposed to being denied. There were no further questions or comments from the Board. There were no questions from the audience. The applicant requested leave to withdraw the application without prejudice. The Chairwoman closed the hearing at 8:24 pm. On a motion by Martha C. Wood and seconded by Ralph D. Clifford, the Board voted 5-0 to grant a Withdrawal without Prejudice of a VARIANCE in accordance with the Zoning By-Law (Chapter 135 of the Code of Lexington) sections 135-9.2.2.2 and 135- 4.1.1, Table 2 (Schedule of Dimensional Controls), to allow a side yard setback of 11.4 ft instead of the allowable 15 ft. September 28, 2017 ZBA Meeting Page 8