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PLANNING BOAED MEETING January 12, 1934 A meeting of the Planning Board was held in the Conference koom of the Town Office Building, Friday, January 12, 1934. Messrs. Duffy, Glynn, Robinson, Kimball, and Scheibe were present. Piessrs. Longbottom and 1,addison were also present. The matter before the Board for discussion was the Zoning Law. Mr. t,laddison stated that there is an amendment to the Build- ing Law having a Board of Appeals serve as Board of Appeals for the building matters. Mr. Longbottom stated that in cases where he refused a permit telling the party they would have to go before the Board of Appeals, they always said they did not want to wait two or three weeks for such action and have gone to the Board of select- men and had the question settled. Mir. I,iaddison read a new section which is to be substituted for the present Section 16 of the By -Law, drawn up by Mr. "irighting- ton, and he stated that he thought the present Section 16 definite enough and unless ir. 1'Irightington has some definite idea for the change, would like to see it remain as it is. ivir. Duffy thought this section an important matter, that the citizens were entitled to a definite statement as to their Proposed rights and that these rights should be specified in the law. Lir. Glynn felt that Section 16 did not conflict with Chap- ter 40 but made it more explanatory. F,,'r. Longbottom stated that he did not see any objection to signs ten to twenty feet from the street but almost every Amendments filling station is violating this law as there should not be signs within 20 feet from the street line, and every case he has brought before the Board of Selectmen regarding this, they have let pass. i,r. Duffy informed hire that the intent of that law was to avoid placing within front ,yard area substantial structures which would obstruct the view, or in case the Town might widen the street. Mr. Longbottom suggested that the Town Engineer put in stone bounds pointing out C. 1 districts as he could not tell exactly where their boundaries were. Mr. Duffy informed him to study this matter with the Town Engineer and give a list of places where he felt the boundaries were indefinite. Mir. Robinson suggested that the Town Engineer make a large scale map with the zones clearly defined and Mir. Duffy stated that he had suggested that at the time the laws were drawn up and because it would take some time to do this, it was decided that this could be covered on a small scale map. ' The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 P. M. Respectfully submitted, Clerk