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193 At the close.of the hearing the Board in private session on September 20, 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 petition- er and that desirable relief may be granted without sub- stantially 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 Colonial Garage, Tnc. to maintain a parking area for automobiles in an area -50 feet inside the R.1 zone at 1686 - 1698 Blass. Ave., Lexington, subject to the following conditions: 1. This parking space shall extend not over 50 feet into the R.1 district, measured from the present bounds of the present C.1 district at this point; 2. That there shall be erected and maintained a suitable continuous fence along the entire back line of the property between the side lines as shown on a blue print by John Edraund Kelley, dated 1940 and filed with the Board of Appeals; 3. That the parking of cars shall be confined to those owned by the tenants, their employees, and customers; 4. This space shall not be permitted for use as accessory to the Colonial Garage business; 5. That it shall be used only for parking only during the hours of the business use of the premises. 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 hereinbe- fore set forth and the testimony presented at the said