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See Page 7. The 'hoard of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chapter 40, sec. 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by Olive E. H,lton, executrix, Estate of Minnie A. Tillson, a copy of which is hereto annexed, held. a public hearing thereon of which notice was mailed to the petitioner and to the owners of all property deemed by the Board to be affected. thereby as they appear on the most recent local tax list, and also ad- vertised in the Lexington Times -Minute Man, a newspaper published in Lexington, which hearing was held in the Select- men's room in the Town Office Building on Monday, the first day of July, 1929 at eight o'clock P. M. A majority of the members of the Board of Anneals were present at the hearing. A certificate of notice is hereto annexed. At this hearing evidence was offered on behalf of the petitioners tending to show that the building which they proposed to use if located. in Lexington at the corner of t ass°chusetts Avenue and Plainfield Street; that the building now on the premises can be used for an Inn without external alteration and that only a two -car garage is to be built, and evidence was offered on behalf of citizens opposing the granting of the said petition tending to show: - 1. That in their judgment the house was of such tyle and construction that it could readily be used for the purpose intended within. that zone, and no harr'ship would be created ur^n the owners by asking them to use it as such; that if the variance were granted it would tend to depreciate other property in the neighborhood. 2. That in their judgment, the rublic convenience and welfare will be materially affected by the making 6f this exception and allowing the use of this building as an Inn to accommodate tourists, as it would create additional traffic hazard at a corner already badly congested. 3. That all wtnesses were objectors. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session gave consideration to the subject of the petition and voted unanimously in favor of the following findings: 1. That in its judgment the public convenience and. welfare will not be substantially served. by the making of the exception requested. 2. That the exception requested will tend to impair the status of the neighborhood. 3. That the exception requested will not be in harmony with the general r,-rposes and: intent of the regulations in the Lexington Zoning By -Law. 4. That tie enforcement of the Lexington Zonint'; Py -law as to the locus in question would not involve practical diffi- culty and unnecessary hardship and the relief r quested may not -L I Hilton Order,