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Mr. Locke asked if the rooms on the front of the • house would be a part of the apartment in question and John replied that they would not. Mr. Redman asked if the only change upstairs would be to make one of the rooms into a kitchen and John replied in the affirmative. Mr. Locke asked if these rooms upstairs would have a separate entrance and would be entirely separate from the rest of the house. John replied that that was correct. Mr. Ferrazzani and his son retired at 8:07"P. M. The Board discussed the request and felt that in this particular location, and with the desire of the family to be together, that no harm would be done to any others who might later be affected. Upon motion of Mr. Maddison, seconded by Mr. Bowker, it was unanimously voted to grant the petition ih the following form: BOARD OF APPEALS PERMIT The Board of Appeals, acting under the Lexington Zoning By-law and General Laws, Chapter 40, Sections 25 to 30 as amended, having received a written petition addressed to it by Luigi Ferrazzani, 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 hear- ing was held in the Selectmen's Room, in the Town Office Building on the 7th day of January, 1944. Two 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 be- half of the petitioner tending to show: That the building located at 673 Waltham Street is owned by the petitioner; it consists of 12 rooms, and that he wished to provide an apartment on the back of the second floor of the house con- sisting of 4 rooms. This apartment shalla be separate from the rest of the house; that at the present time there are three outside entrances,and, without making any changes to the exterior, one of these entrances will be used as the entrance to the second floor apartment. It will be neces- sary to provide a kitchen as well as ,s bathroom facilities. The upstairs apartment will be occupied by a son of the petitioner. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session on January 7, 1944 gave consideration to the sub- ject of the petition and voted unanimously in favor of the following findings: 0