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29 2. That the exception requested will not tend to impair the status of the neighborhood. 3. That the exception requested will be in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the regulations in the Lexington Zoning By-law. 4. That owing to conditions especially affecting the said parcel but not affecting generally the zoning district in which it is located, a literal enforcement of the provisions of the Lexington Zoning By-law as to the locus in question would involve substantial hardship to the petitioner and that desirable relief may be granted without substantially derogating from the intent or purpose of such Lexington Zoning By-law. Pursuant to the said findings, the Board hereby unan- imously decides that the application of the said Lexington Zoning By-law is hereby varied so far as may be necessary to permit Charles IN. Ryder to build and maintain a real estate office as shown on blue print, "Real Estate Office BOARD OF APPEALS PERMIT. ' The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chapter 40, Sec. 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by Charles W. Ryder, 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 advertised in the Lexington Minute -Man, a newspaper pub- lished in Lexington, which hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room, in the Town Office Building on the eighteenth day of May, 1934. All bf the members of the Board of Appeals were present at the hearing. A certificate of notice is hereto annexed. At this hearing evidence was offered on behalf of the petitioner tending to show: that he desired to construct and maintain an office building approximately 12 by 16 feet on his development at Waltham Street and Winthrop Road Extension, and to erect a sign on said development. No one appeared in opposition. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session May 18, 1934, 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 be substantially served by the making of the exception requested. 2. That the exception requested will not tend to impair the status of the neighborhood. 3. That the exception requested will be in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the regulations in the Lexington Zoning By-law. 4. That owing to conditions especially affecting the said parcel but not affecting generally the zoning district in which it is located, a literal enforcement of the provisions of the Lexington Zoning By-law as to the locus in question would involve substantial hardship to the petitioner and that desirable relief may be granted without substantially derogating from the intent or purpose of such Lexington Zoning By-law. Pursuant to the said findings, the Board hereby unan- imously decides that the application of the said Lexington Zoning By-law is hereby varied so far as may be necessary to permit Charles IN. Ryder to build and maintain a real estate office as shown on blue print, "Real Estate Office