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131 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 behalf of the petitioner tending to show: That it wished to erect a sign 16' x 40' on its devel- opment on Burlington Street, advertising properties to be built on approximately sixty lots; that the type sign was a standard one adopted by the Diamond Match Co., with whose help the development was being financed; that he wished to locate the sign on the side of the hill, about one hundred and fifty or two hundred feet from the street line. Evidence was offered opposing the granting of the petition tending to show that so large a sign would be unsightly to residents of the neighborhood and would tend to cheapen everything in that vicinity; that they had no objection to a sign of smaller size callirg attention to the development. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session on May 24, 1940 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 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-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 pro- visions of the Lexington Zoning By -Law as to the locus in question would involve substantial hardship to the peti- tioner and that desirable relief may be granted without substantially derogating 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 the Lexington Ridge, Inc. to erect and maintain upon its development located on Burlington Street a sign advertising only the property included in the development ' upon the following conditions: 1. The sign shall not exceed 4' x 81 in size. 2. That it shall not be located nearer than 20' to the street line;