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Y <br />r� 4 <br />in response to request of the Selectmen, <br />Messrs. Emery, Duffy, and Milne of the Planning <br />Board met with them on Tuesday, September 28, <br />1926. There was discussion of the adoption of <br />the policy of allowing set -backs or building <br />lines in residential districts to become estab- <br />lished under the provisions of the zoning by-law <br />instead of by regular procedure under the statutes. <br />The general conclusion was that while the con- <br />stitutionality of the set -back provisions of the <br />zoning laws had not been absolutely established <br />by trial eases, sufficient support had been given <br />by courts to justify a policy of relying upon them. <br />It was felt that the labor involved in formal <br />proceedings for establishment of building lines <br />by release and petition was likely to produce <br />more opposition and more damage claims than if <br />the procedure went forward in individual cases under <br />the zoning law and building permit issuance. <br />Mr. Emery asked the Selectmen to take steps <br />to stop the placing of signs and advertising on <br />' posts, trees and fences on the public highway, <br />and to secure the removal of such signs. He also <br />asked that measures be taken to maintain the grass <br />plots between sidewalks and streets, and to require <br />public service companies and others disturbing <br />this parking for placement of poles, pipes, etc, to <br />restore it. <br />