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29 A BOARD OF APPEALS PERMIT ' The Board of Appeals, acting under the Lexington Zoning By-law and General Laws, Chapter 40, Sections 25 to 30A as amended, having received a written petition addressed to it by Francesco Massimilla, a copy of which is hereto annexed, held a public hearing thereof 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 pub- lished in Lexington, which hearing was held in the Select- men!�s Room, in the Town Office Building on the fourteenth day of March, 1947. Three regular and two associate 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 Francesco and Eleanor Massimilla wished to alter the dwelling located at 114 Bow Street, Lexington to accommodate two families. The petitioner stated that the building had previously been used as a two-family dwelling; that some of the plumbing fixtures had been removed, and that he is willing to provide a stataway in the rear ' of the building as an egress. No-one appeared in opposition. At the close of the hearing the Board in private session on March 14, 1947, 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 requested. 2. That the exception requested will not tend tb 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 Lexington Zoning By-law. 4 That owing to conditions especially affecting the said parcel but not affecting generally the Zoning district in which it is located, a literal enforcement of the pro- visions of the Lexington Zoning By-law as to the locus, in question 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.