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62 whether or not a precedent was being established. He said ' that Lexington was a town of single homes. Mr. Holt said he knew that Mr. Merriam would do a fine job in keeping up the property, but their question was of precedent. He also thought this change would be a definite depreciation of property values. Mrs. Hauman said that she would not make any objection to this particular change, but she thought that there might be others. The Chairman said that Pierre Northrup, Mary Lee Jackson, Mrs. Edith M. Kelley, Eunice C. Milne, Mrs. John F. Ballard, Jessie B. and Francis H. Fobes, and Mr, James H. Lewis had all written that they objected to the granting of the permit. The hearing was declared closed at 8;23 P. M. The records of the meeting held on September 29th were declared approved. The Board considered the application of Robert C. and Gordon P. Merriam for the alteration of the house at 6 Stetson Street to accommodate two families. Plans of the proposed changes were'submitted and there was nothing ob- jectionable to them as such. The Board took into considera- tion letters opposing the granting of the petition which were received from six residents in the immediate neighborhood, also the verbal expressed opposition of one near neighbor. ' It was felt that there was much merit in the proposal in so far as the present ownership of the property would probably assure its being kept in good condition and not becoming a menace to the neighborhood; but in spite of that, that the other residents living in single family houses are entitled to the protection that is afforded by the status of this neighborhood, which is in a single family residence zone, and the existing houses are practically all single family residences, and that their combined interests are of greater weight than that of the petitioner. The Board consequently voted to decline the petition in the following forma The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chapter 409 Sec. 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by Robert C. and Gordon P. Merriam, 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 Building on October 6, 1939. 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