1954-03-01-TE-Warrant-and-1954-03-15-ATM-Warrant

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-8- mitted shall be taken by ballot, and the check list shall be used in the several precinct meetings in the same manner as in the election of town officers. The questions so submitted shall be determined by a majority vote of the registered voters of the town voting thereon, but no action of the representative town meeting shall be reversed unless at least twenty per cent of the registered voters shall so vote. Each question so submitted shall be in the form of the following question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot:--"Shall the town vote to approve the action of the rep- resentative town meeting whereby it was voted (brief description of the substance of the vote )?". If such petition is not filed within the said period of five days, the vote of the representative town meeting shall be- come operative upon the expiration of the said period. ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will amend Article XXVI of the General By-Laws of the Town by striking out Section 2 and inserting in place thereof a new Section 2 to read as follows : Section 2. The Board of Appeals established under the Zoning By-Law shall oe- and shall act as the Board of Appeals under the Subdivision Control Law, being Sections 81K to 81 GG inclusive of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, and any acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto. ARTICLE 36 . To see if the Town will amend the General By-Laws by adding thereto a new Article XXVII to read substantially as follows, or act in any other manner in relation thereto: ARTICLE XXVII: Loam, Sand and Gravel Removal. Section 1. The removal of soil, loam, sand or gravel from any land in the Town not in public use is prohibited unless authorized by a per- mit from the Board of Appeals, organized under the Zoning By-Law, except under the following circumstances :, a. When such removal is incidental to and in connection with the erection of a building for which a permit has been issued by the Building Inspector of the town. b. .When such removal is required in order to construct a street that has been approved by the Planning Board over the location from which such removal is made. c. When such removal is in accordance with special per- mission from the Board of Appeals issued under the provisions of the Zoning By-Law as now in effect or as hereafter amended. Section 2. Application for permit shall be filed with the Board of Appeals by the record owner of the land and shall be accompanied by a plan showing the location, boundaries and area of the land involved and the portion thereof from which the applicant proposes to remove material.