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5-8-58 such that parcels would be created which did not meet the minimum requirements of the proposed amendment. He called particular attention to subparagraph c. which the Board believed would eliminate what might be the principal objection to said amendment. Said paragraph provided that the Board of Appeals might permit the erection of buildings on lots which did not meet pro- posed minimum requirements of frontage and area. In answer to various questions from those present at the hearing members of the Board pointed out that existing restrictions for Lexin tones M 1 district have no area requirements and only 150 feet of frontage for lots$ that Waltham and Andover have a minimum of five acre lots for areas Lexington wishes to develop in a similar manners that the Planning Board has made a study of the holdings in the present M l districts and that after the State Department of Public Works lays out the proposed roads through said M 1 district and adjacent lands the Planning Board will make a detailed study of the area and its possible development. Messrs. Eimerys Steele# Stewart, and Williams spoke in favor of the proposed amendment; Messrs. Greer$ Grush, Hincheys Linehan$ Russell (attorney for Mr. Linehan), and Tropeano spoke in opposition to it. At ' the close of the hearings the Chairman asked those pre- sent for an expression of opinion in regard to the pro- posal. Including those named above, 49 persons were in favor of the amendments 26 opposed. The hearing was adjourned at 9:10 p.m. chard H. Soule Clerk Addendum Notice of Planning Board Hearing on Proposal to Amend Zoning By-law. Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Lexington Planning Board on Thursdays May 8s 1958 at 8:00 p.m. in Estabrook Halls Cary Memorial Buildings to consider the following proposal to amend the Lexington Zoning By-law: I