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200 M also a sign 9 x 9 ft. and desired a permit for two years. ' No one appeared in opposition. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session August 6th, 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 prov- isions 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 1 derogating from the intent or purpose of such Lexington Zoning By-law. Pursuant to the said findings, the Board hereby unani- mously decides that the application of the said Lexington Zoning By-law is hereby varied so far as may be necessary to permit Charles W. Ryder to maintain the existing real estate office situated at the corner of Waltham Street and Winthrop Road extension and that this building shall be used only for the purpose of selling lots situated in the sub- division on which it is located; also a reale state sign not greater than 9 feet long by six feet in height advertising only the sub -division on which it is located, and set back at least forty feet from Waltham Street and twenty feet from Winthrop Road extension, both of tle se structures for a period of one year. Both structures shall be maintained in a state of repair satisfactory to the Building Inspector and shall be removed from the property upon the expiration of the above permit or any succeeding permits. 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 testiilony presented at ' the said hearing, including that herein summarized, and directs that this record immediately f ollowIng this decision