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188 905 Mass. Ave., Lexington, Mass. Parties desiring home for retarded children are desirable, no local neighbors objecting. Dr. Harry B. Lee The Board considered the application of Howard M. Munroe for the maintenance of a golf school and range on property owned by him on Lowell Street, Lexington, and in- asmuch as the tees and commercial end of such an occupancy would be in the business district, it felt that the permit should be granted subject to certain conditions. Upon motion of Mr. Ferguson, seconded by Mr. Glynn, it was unan- imously voted to grant the petition in the following form: BOARD OF APPEALS PERMIT The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chapter 40, Sec. 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by Howard M. Munroe, 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 alto 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 27th day of May, 1938. Four 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 pet- itioner tending to show: That he desired to rent a part of his property on Lowell Street adjacent to the Countryside Restraurant, for a golf school and driving range; the tees to be placed back from Lowell Street about 90 feet. No one appeared in opposition. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session on June 24, 1938, gave considerationto 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-lawv. 4. That owing to conditions especially affecting the. said parcel but not affecting generally the Zoning district 1