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74 r petitioner and to the owners of all property deemed by the Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most re- cent 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 O'fice Building on November 20, 1939. ' Two Associate and two 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 petitioner tending to show: That he wished to install underground in the rear of his pres- ent lubritorium and office, three 10,000 gallon tanks to be used for the storage of fuel oil and range oil with a loading platform directly adjoining the rear of his present buildings. Access to these tanks and the loading platform would be by a driveway entering upon Mass. Avenue running parallel to Fottler Ave. around the rear of the existing buildings and out to exit' on Mass. Ave. That he could get along with storage for only 20,000 gallons of oil; that there would be no trucking of oil after six o'clock P.M.; that the premises would be kept in a neat and clean condition. Evidence was offered on behalf of citizens opposing the Granting of the said petition tending to show that their homes , and residences in the vicinity v✓ould be depreciated by the addi- tion of fuel tanks; that the general locality would be less de- sirable for residence purposes and that it was already overcrowd- ed with oil and asoline filling stations; that there exists sufficient capacity for the storage of oil to take care of all present requirements. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session November 20, 1939, 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 welfar e will not be substantially served by the making of the exception requested. 2. That 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 By-law. 4. That the enforcement of the Lexington Zoning 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 Zoning By-law.