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1• <br />• <br />the town, and to be located on his land on Pleasant Street <br />at a point near its intersection with the Cambridge Concord <br />Turnpike, so that the nearest corner of the building would <br />be 55' from the southerly line of the Turnpike, according <br />to plan submitted; that it was the intention to keep the <br />stand open during daylight hours and until eight or nine <br />o'clock in theevening; that there would be an entrance and <br />exit provided from Pleasant Street; that any location far <br />enough from the line of the Turnpike so that customers <br />would not be attracted therefrom by the display of produce <br />or other means, would not be acceptable. <br />Evidence was offered on behalf of citizens opposing <br />the granting of the said petition tending to show: <br />No evidence was offered in opposition to the granting <br />of the petition. <br />At the close of the hearing the Board in private session <br />on November o, 1912 gave consideration to the subject of the <br />petition and voted unanimously in favor of the following <br />findings: <br />1. That in its judgment the public convenience and <br />welfare will not be substantially served by the making of <br />the exception requested. <br />2. That the exception requested will tend to impair <br />the status of the neighborhood. <br />3. That the exception requested will not be in harmony <br />with the general purposes and intent of the regulations in <br />the Lexington Zoning By-law. <br />4. That the enforcement of the Lexington Zoning By-law <br />as to the locus in question would not involve practical <br />difficulty and unnecessary hardship and the relief requested <br />may not be granted without substantial detriment to the <br />public good and without substantially derogating from the <br />intent and purpose of such Lexington Zoning By-law. <br />Pursuant to the said findings, the Board hereby denies. <br />the said petition of Ernest DeVincent for the maintenance <br />of a roadside stand on his land on Pleasant Street near its <br />intersection with the Cambridge -Concord Turnpike, and in <br />doing so has given particular consideration to the fact that <br />the location requested is so near to the line of the Turn- <br />pike as to have the effect of being located thereon, in <br />59 <br />