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179 Upon Mr. Gl n's motion which was seconded by Mr. Fer- guson, it was voted to grant the permit in the following form; BOARD OF APPEALS PERMIT. The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chapter 40, See. 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by Guiseppa Cacciola, 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 8th day of May , 1936. All 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 desired to have a roadside stand on her land situated at #708 Marrett Road to sell produce raised on her property in Lexington. No persons appeared in opposition. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session on May 22nd, 1936, 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 p-.,.rpose of such hexington Toning By-law. Pursuant to the said findings, the Board hereby unani- mously decides that the arplication of the said Lexington Zoning By-law is hereby varied to far as may be necessary to permit Guiseppa Cacciola to erect a roadside stand about thirty feet from her lot line on Marrett Road not more than twenty feet long by twelve feet wide, the stand to be con- structed in a good and workmanlike manner, first obtaining a permit from the Building Inspector of Lexington, and to be kept in good condition; and to sell thereon only produce raised on her land in Lexington, it being understood that no parking