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M Office Building on August 21, 1934 at 8:00 P. M. A majority of 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 she owns the property, 1698 Massachusetts Avenue, extending through to Vine Brook Road, that she desired to sell a portion of the land zoned for business for a gasoline filling station and if a permit was granted the present buildings on the lot would be. torn down and she would build a house on Vine Brook Road to live in. Evidence was offered on behalf of citizens opposing the granting of the said petition tending to show that it would be detrimental to the adjoining property occupied by the Colonial Garage, Inc. and depreciate the value of same, and in the opinion of the owner of one piece of property on Vine Brook Road, the usual array of lighting to the filling station would be injurious to her property. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session September 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 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 purposes and intent of the regulations in the Lexington Zoning By-law. 4. That the enforcement of the Lexington Zoning By-law as to the locus in question would not involve practical difficulty and unnecessary hardship and the relief requested may not be granted without substantial detriment to the public good and without substantially derogating from the intent and purpose of such Lexington Zoning By-law. Pursuant to the said findings, the Board feels that there is no public necessity for further gasoline filling stations in this neighborhood, there already being ample facilities to serve the public in the immediate neighborhood, and the Board hereby denies the said petition of Mary S. Valentine. The Board hereby makes a detailed record of all its ' proceedings relative to such petition and hereby sets forth that the reasons for its decision are its findings herein- before set forth and the testimony presented at the said