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223 BOARD OF APPEALS PERMIT The Board of Appeals, acting under General Laws, Chapter 40, Sec. 27, having received a written petition addressed to it by Salvatore Ricci, a copy of which is hereto annexed, held a public hearing thereon of which notice was mailed to the petitioner and to the o-..,.ners 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 Yinute- Yan, a newspaper published in Lexington, which hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room, in the Town Office Building on the 31st, day of January, 1941. One Associate and three members of the joard 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 had purchased the house at 609 Waltham Street and in- tended to have it occupied by the two married sons; that the house was about forty years old and that the lot con- tained 20 acres; that the house stands back approximately 74' fromthe street; that he desired to remodel the house for upstairs and downstairs apartments; that this will require ' the addition of a bathroom and kitchen on the second floor; that there will be a change in the front entrance; that it probably will be necessary to add an outside stairway to the second floor on the side which will provide a second entrance to the upstairs apartment; that a bathroom would be added to the first floor. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session on January 31, 1941 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 su;stantially served by the :.laking of the exception requested. 2. That the exception requested will nct tend to im-)air the status of the neinborhood. 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