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1 1 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 field in the Selectments Room, in the Tom Office Building on the fifth day of April, 1946. Five 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 she wished to change the areas of three lots located cin the corner of Fletcher Avenue and Hayes Lane; that she wished to change the present layout in accordance with plan dated April 5, 1946 attached hereto. The petitioner stated that the topography of one of the present lots, nearest the Jefferson union Co., was such that it would be very difficult to build thereon and that the proposed layout would enable building with much less difficulty. The petitioner desires to erect three houses on the lots marked A, B and C on the plan attached. Egeh of the proposed new lots will have a frontage of 100' or more. One lot will have an area of 13,600 sq, ft., another of 10,930 sq. ft. and the third of 111,:060 sq. ft. Two neighbors Appeared in opposition to the proposed change stating that they felt that the proposed change would result in traffic congestion on Hayes Lane. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session on April 5, 1946 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 req- uested. 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 rggslations in the Lexington Zoning By-law, 4. That oaring to conditions especially affecting the said parcel but not affecting generally the Zoning district in which it is located, a literal enforcement of the provisions of the Lexington Zoning By-law as to the locus in question would involve substantial hardship to the petitioner and that desirebJ6 relief may be granted without substantially derogating from the intent or purpose of such Lexington Zoning By-law. I