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159 No persons appeared In opposition. ' Mr. Partridge retired and the board discussed the matter in private session. Mr. Flynn moved that the permit be granted subject to whatever conditions the Board might wish to impose. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted that the permit be granted in the following form: Board of Appeals Permit. The board of Appeals acting under Ueneral Laws, Chapter 44, ec. 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by Ashley W. Partridge, 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 hearing was held in the Selectmen's boom, in the Town Office wilding, on the 18th day of October, 1935. One associate member and four 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 A84.107 W. Partridge is the onwer of the building now located at 404 Waltham Street and he desired permission to have the same used as a garage for storage and repairs of automobiles and salesroom for motor vehicles. No evidence was offered opposing the granting of the petition. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session on October 18th, 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 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 Lex- ington Zoning By -Law. 4. That owing to conditions expecially 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