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192 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 Room, in the Town Office Building on Thursday, July 16, 1936, at 8:00 P.M.. One associate and three 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 it was his desire to establish a roadside stand located on the Concord Turnpike approximately 200 feet easterly from Blossom Street, said stand to be set back 25 feet from the street line, with adequate room for the parking of automobiles; that the building he wished to erect would be approximately 24 feet by 17 feet without foundation; that he wished to dispose of the products raised and grown on his own premises. No evidence was offered on behalf of citizens opposing the granting of the said petition. At the clost of the hearing the Board in private session on July 16, 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 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 Bq -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 mar 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 hereby denies the said petition of Roy C. Peterson to permit on the premises located at 27 Blossom Street at the corner of the Concord Turnpike, Lexington, the maintenance of a roadside stand for the sale of products raised on the premises. 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 hereinbefore set forth and the testimony presented at the said hearing, including that herein summarized, and directs 1 1 1