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welfare will be substantially served by the making of the exception requested. 2. That the exception requested will not tend to impair thestatus 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 provisions of the Lexington Zoning By-law as to the locus in question would involve substantial hardship to the petitioner and that desirable relief may be granted without substantially derogating from the intent or purpose of such '-exington Zoning By-law. Pursuant to the said findings, the Board hereby unan- imously decides that the application of the said Lexington Zoning By-law is hereby varied so far as may be necessary to permit the Colonial Garage, Inc. to build and maintain ten bowling alleys in the proposed building to be erected ' at 1686-1698 Mass. Ave. as shown on a plan entitled "Store and Office Building at Lexington, Mass. for the Colonial Garage, Inc., Eugene J. Viano Pres. 1940, John Edmund Kelley, Architect, 38 Chauncy St., Boston Mass.", subject to the following conditions: 1. That the said alleys shall be made as sound -proof as practical; 2. That outside windows shall not be open at any time while bowling is in progress; 3. That the premises shall be kept in a neat and orderly condition. The Board hereby makes a detailed record of all its• proceedings relative to such petition and hereby sets forth that the reasons for its decision are its findings herein- before set forth and the testimony presented at the said hearing, including that herein summarized, and directs that this record immediately following this decision shall be filed in the office of the Town Clerk of Lexington and shall be open to public inspection and that notice of this decision shall be mailed forthwith to each party in interest. BOARD OF APPEALS OF LEXINGTON (Appointed under G. L. Ch.40,Sec.27) 1