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275 ' Upon motion of Mr. Kimball, seconded by Mr. Locke, it was voted to renew the permit for the driving range, as follows: 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 Howard NI. Munroe, a copy of which is hereto annexed, held a public hearing thereon of which notice was mailed to the petitioner and to the owners 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 Minute -Man, a newspaper published in Lexington, which hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room in the Town Office Build- ing on the 18th day of July, 1941. One Associate 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 he wished a renewal of the permit granted him last year, for the maintenance of a golf driving range on his land on Lowell Street adjacent to the Countryside ' Restaurant, and that such renewal would be under the same conditions as previously existing. No one appeared in opposition. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session on July 18th 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 petitioner and that desirable relief may be granted without substan- tially derogating from the intent or purpose of such Lexington 'Zoning By-law.