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259 would depreciate the value of their property. At the close of the hearing, and at subsequent meetings, the Board in private session gave consideration to the subject of the petition, and on January 22nd, 1937 voted unanumously 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 harmor;y 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 desireable relief may be granted without substantially deroga- ting 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: Calvin W. Childs to construct and maintain a filling station for the storage and sale at retail of petroleum pro- ducts, a lubricating station and accessory uses, the lot td be laid out substantially in accordance with a plan of Willard B➢ Brown, Architect, dated September 29, 1936; the building to set back about 150 feet from the junction of Watertown Street and the Concord Turnpike, and to be located substantially in the middle of the lot; and to be substantially as shown on a crayon sketch presented to the Board at the time of the hearing, which plan and sketch are filed with the records of the Board of Appeals. TtLe gasoline pumps are to be located in the tri- angular lot directly in front of the building above referred to. This permit is granted on the further condition that the premises are to be kept in a neat and clean condition, and that no second-hand automobile parts or accessories are to be kept or stored outside the building, that no lighting system is to be used which will be a nuisnce to the neighborhood, and that all signs are to be neat and in keeping with the character of the building to be erected. ' The Board hereby makes a detailed record of all its proceedings relative to such petition and hereby sets