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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 Lexing- ton, which hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room, in the Town Office Building on December 3, 1943. Five regular members of the Board of Appeals were pre- sent at the hearing. A certificate of notice is hereto an- nexed. At this hearing evidence was offered on behalf of the petitioner tending to show: That they wished a permit to maintain Headquarters of their organization on the premises located at 20 Muzzey Street, Lexington; that it was their present intention to keep on the premises a resident care- taker and family to occupy the second floor; that the first floor would be used for the purposes of the Veterans of Foreign Wars as Headquarters for themselves and their Women's Auxiliary, and as a meeting place for their members; that there would be no liquor allowed on the premises. Evidence was offered on behalf of citizens opposing the granting of the said petition tending to show: That the maintenance of a men's club on the premises would be detri- mental to their homes and properties in the vicinity located in a single family resident zone; that they had to put up with some inconvenience from organizations already located in the neighborhood,prior to the establishment of the Zoning Law, butwere opposed to any increase of such facilities. The opposition was unanimous by all residents of the neighbot. hood who attended the hearing. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session on December 3, 1943 gave consideration to the subject of the petition and voted unanimously in favor of the following find- ings: 1. That in its judgment the public convenience and welfare will not be substantially served by the making of the exception requested. 2. That the exception requested will tend to impair the status of the neighborhood. 3. That the exception requested will not be in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the regulations in the Lexington Zoning By-law. 4. That the enforcement of the Lexington Zoning By-law as to the locus in question would not involve practical difficulty and unnecessary hardship and the relief requested may not be granted without substantial detriment to the public good and without substantially derogating from the intent and purpose of such Lexington Zoning By-law. •