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17 The hearing will be hald on December 29, 1944, at 8;00 P. M. in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, Lex- ington, Mass. C. Edward Glynn Chairman, Board of Appeals Upon motion of Mr. Locke; seconded by Mr. Lynah, it was unanimously voted to grant the Daniel E. Davis petition in 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 Daniel E. Davis, 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 Building on the 29th day of December, 1944. Two Associate and three regular 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 to maintain and operate on the premises at 5 Muzzey Street, Lex- ington, a small machine shop for doing experimental work in connection with new developments of the U. S. Air Corps; that the articles made were constantly changing because the work had to do with new developments which, when perfected, were manufactured elsewhere by larger units; that much of the work was in brass and other non-ferrous metals; that the equipment ` consists of four bench lathes, milling machine, three drill presses, band sawm disking machine and small tool grinders; that thirteen men are employed in 2 shifts from 8:00 A.M. until 6:00 P. M. and from 5:00 P. M. until 1:00 A.M*; that at the time of emergencies a lesser amount of work is sometimes done on Sundays. No one appeared in opposition, but opinion was ex- pressed verbally and by letter that the permit should•be granted only for the approximate duration of the war. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session on December 29, 1944, 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 re- quested. 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 Lex- ington Zoning By-law.