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13 unanimously voted to grant the petition in the following form: IBOARD 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 Dr. J. H. Gutteridge a copy of which is hereto annexed, held a public hearing thereon of which 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 fifth day of Abril, 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 he wished to establish a dentist office in his residence at 1963 Mass. Ave.; that he intended to renovate one of the front rooms in his residence for the office; that he would provide a new entrance into this room by replacing a window: in the front of this room with a door; that he did not intend to operate this office, except on rare occasions; after 8:00 o'clock at night; that he intended to use the usual size dentist sign in his window for advertising purposes; that there would be no change in the exterior of the building other than the construction of the door as indicated. One letter was received objecting to the granting of the petition. 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 findingst 1. That in its judgment the public convenience and welfare will be substantially served by the making of the exception requested. 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 Mingpurposes and intent of the regulation in the Lexington Zoning By-law. 4. That owing to conditions especially affecting the said reel but not affecting generally the Zoning district in which Jais 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 desirable relief may be granted without substantially derogating from the intent or purpose of such Lexington Zoning By-law. ' Pursuant to the said application the unanimously decides that the Lexington Zoning By-law is app hereby