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125 sign and or spinning wheel, and it was so voted. It was ' unanimously voted that the permit be granted in the follow- ing form: BOARD OF APPEALS PERMIT The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chap- ter 40 Sec. 27 having received a written petition addressed to it by Grace 6. Palmer, 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 published in Lexington, which hear- ing was held in,the Selectmen's Room, in the Town Office Building on the seventh day of June, 1935. majority of the members of the Board of appeals were present at the hearing. A certificate of notice is hereto annexed. tit this hearing evidence was offered on behalf of the petitioner tending to show: that she intended to rent the house at 377 Bedford Street for a home for herself and family provided she could sell antiques; that she would not have any display on the grounds with the exception of a spinning wheel and a sign; that she desired to use the barn for storage; and that she had ample parking space for auto- mobiles on the premises. No persons appeared in opposition. At the close of the hearing the Doard in private session June 10th, 1935 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 im- pair 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 Lexin�ton Zoning By -Law. 4. hat 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 provi- sions of the Lexington Zoning b9 -law as to the locus in question would involve substantial hardship to the petitioner and that desirable relief may be granted without substanti- ally 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 necessary to permit for a period of one year from June 10, 1935, the