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10 The following order denying the petition was signed: The Board of t'ppeals, acting under General Taws, Chap- ter 40, Sec. 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by Calvin W. Childs, 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 Room, in the Town office -wild- ing on April 30, 1937. Two associates 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 be- half of the petitioner tending to show: That he desired to use the building he intended to construct for a gasoline station, also as a salesroom for automobiles. Evidence was offered on behalf of citizens opposing the granting of the said petition tending to show: That in their opinion it would be a detriment to the neighborhood and pro- perty values to have an automobile salesroom at this loca- tion, and would add to the dangerous condition which already existed at the 'oncord Highway. At the close. of the hearing the Board in private session on April 30, 1937 gave consideration to the subject of the petition and voted unanimously in favor of the following find- ings: 1. That in its judgment the public convenience and wel- fare will not be substantially served by the making of the exception requested. 2. 'hat 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 Ly -Law. 4. That the enforcement of the Lexington mooning By-law as to the locus in question would not involve practical difficulty and unnecessary hardship and the relief requested may not be granted without substantial detriment to the public good and without substantially derogating from the intent and purpose of such Lexington toning By-law. rursuant to the said findings, the Board hereby denies the said petition of Calvin gin. Childs. The Board hereby makes a detailed record of all its pro- ceedings relative to such petition and hereby sets forth that the reasons for its decision are its findings hereinbe- 1 1