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Home My WebLink About1953-11-30-STM-WarrantTOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, in said County, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet in Cary Memorial Hall, in said Lexington, on Monday, the thirtieth clay of November, 1953, at 8:00 P.M. then and there to act on the following articles: ARTICLE 1. To receive the reports of any Board of town officers or of any committee .of the Town. ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to accept a deed from the Lexington Field and Garden Club, Inc., to the Town to hold for the benefit of the public a certain triangular parcel of land situated at the junction of Lincoln Street and Marrett Road in Lexington and being bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the former line of Marrett Road as laid out as a state highway by the Massachusetts High- way Commission in 1898 distant southeasterly 90.23 feet from the northerly end of the course in said northerly line which bears North 7° 39' West, 514.26 feet; thence North 7° 39' West on said State Highway line, forty-one and 81/100 (41.81) feet; thence turning to the right on the curve with a 11.07 foot radius, twenty-three and 35/100 (23.35) feet; thence South 66° 48' 30" East in part parallel with the similar course in the above described northwesterly line of Lincoln Street and 50 feet distant therefrom, one hundred seven and 53/100 (107.53) feet; thence on a curve with a 8.09 foot radius bearing to the right, twenty-one and 25/100 (21.25) feet to a point 40 feet distant from a bound marking the end of the course in the above described southeasterly line of Lincoln Street which bears North 83° 39' East, 42.50 feet; thence from said point parallel with said course North 83° 39' East but in opposite direction South 83° 39' West, eighty-eight and 29/100 (88.29•) feet; thence on a curve with a 16.88 foot radius bearing to the right twenty-six and 13/100 (26.13) feet to the point of beginning, containing about 2130 square feet. All as shown on a portion of a plan entitled "Plan of Lincoln Street Lexington As Ordered by the County Commissioners 1934," recorded.. with—Middlesex—South District- Deeds, Book --of= Plans 422, Plans 39 to 42. ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to abandon a drainage easement in a branch of Reed Street Brook extending from said Brook to the north- easterly line of Reed Street over land formerly of Andrew M. Purdham and being shown as "Branch" on a plan en- titled "Plan of Reed St. Brook and Branch from Reed St. to No. Lexington Brook, Scale 1" =100', May 28, 1937, John T. Cosgrove, Town Engineer," which is recorded in Mid- dlesex South District Deeds, Book 6134, Page 98, said drainage easement having been taken, together with a drainage easement in said Reed Street Brook, by order of the Board of Selectmen, adopted June 22, 1937 and re- corded in said Deeds, Book• 6134, Page 97, and to see if the Town will set the minimum amount to be paid for such abandonment; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By -Law as follows: A. By ,striking out paragraphs (a) 1 and (a) 2 of Sec- tion 8 and inserting in place thereof the following paragraphs (a) 1 and (a) 2: (a) R 1 and R 2 Districts. 1. Except as hereinafter provided, in R 1 and R 2 districts there shall be provided: a. For each dwelling or other permitted principal building erected after the adoption of this amendment to this By -Law in R 1 districts sit- uated outside of the area described in Section 8 (a) 1 b., a lot containing an area of not less than 40,000 square feet and a frontage of not less than 150 feet upon the frontage street. b. For each dwelling or other permitted principal building erected in any R 2. districts and in R 1 districts situated within the following described area, a lot containing an area of not less than 15,500 square feet and a frontage of not less than 125 feet upon the frontage street. Said area is bounded and described as follows: the area within the following described lines: be- ginning at the Arlington -Lexington town line, thence along the Cambridge -Concord Highway to Wellington Lane Avenue, thence along Well- ington Lane Avenue to Meadow Brook Avenue, thence along Meadow Brook Avenue to More- land Avenue, thence along Moreland Avenue to a point opposite the southeasterly end of Buck- man Drive, thence to the southeasterly end of Buckman Drive and along Buckman Drive to Locust Avenue, thence along Locust Avenue to Follen Road, thence along Follen Road to Mar- rett Road, thence along Marrett Road to Sted- man Road, thence along Stedman Road to Brookside Avenue, thence along Brookside Ave- nue to Waltham Street, thence along Waltham -- ---- Street to -Bridge- Street, thence -along Bridge Street to Payson Street, thence along Payson Street to Grassland Street, thence along Grass- land Street to Winston Road, thence along Win- ston Road to Hudson Road, thence along Hud- son Road to Marlboro Road, thence along Marlboro Road to Woodcliffe Road, thence along Woodcliffe Road to Spring Street, thence along Spring Street to Shade Street, thence along Shade Street to Weston Street, thence along Weston Street to Lincoln Street, thence along Lincoln Street to the Northern Circum- ferential Highway to Grove Street, thence along Grove Street to Burlington Street, thence along Burlington Street to Hancock Street, thence along Hancock Street to Coolidge Ave- nue, thence along Coolidge Avenue to Adams Street, thence along Adams Street to Wood- land Road, thence along Woodland Road to Colony Road, thence along Colony Road to Grant Street, thence along Grant Street to Hayes Lane, thence along Hayes Lane to Wo- burn 'Street at the Boston and Maine Railroad, thence along the Boston and Maine Railroad to the northwesterly line of the private way lead- ing to the East Lexington Depot, thence in a straight line to the southwesterly end of Bart- lett Avenue at Munroe Brook, thence along Bartlett Avenue to Lowell Street, thence along Lowell Street to Summer Street, thence along Summer Street to the Arlington -Lexington town line, thence along the Arlington -Lexing- ton town line to the point of beginning. c. For each dwelling or other permitted principal building and for each accessory building in R 1 and R 2 districts there shall be provided: (1) A front yard of not less than 30 feet in depth on the frontage street and a front yard of not less than 20. feet in depth on each other street on which the lot abuts. A side yard on each side of not less than 15 feet in width. A rear yard of not less than 15 feet in depth. 2. The foregoing provisions in Section 8 (a) 1. as to area, frontage and side yards only shall not apply to the following: a. Any lot lawfully laid out and recorded by plan or deed prior to March. 17, 1924. b. Any lot lawfully laid out and recorded by plan or deed on or after March 17, 1924 and prior to March 18, 1929, provided such lot contains an area of not less than 5,000 square feet and a frontage upon the frontage street of not less than 50 feet. c. Any lot lawfully laid out and recorded by plan or deed on or after March 18, 1929 and prior to August 8, 1938, provided such lot contains an area of not less than 7,500 square feet and a frontage upon the frontage street of not less than 75 feet. (2) (3) And you are directed to serve this warrant as provided in the By -Laws of the Town. d. Any lot lawfully laid out and recorded by plan or deed on or after August 8, 1938 and prior to December 4, 1950, provided such lot contains an area of not less than 12,500 square feet and a frontage upon the frontage street of not less than 100 feet. e. Any lot situated outside the area described in Section 8 (a) 1 b., lawfully laid out and re- corded by plan or deed on or after December 4, 1950 and prior to the adoption of this amend- ment to this By -Law, provided such lot con- tains an area of not less than 15,500 square feet and a frontage upon the frontage street of not less than 125 feet. B. If this amendment or any part hereof shall be held invalid as to one or more parcels or tracts of land, this shall not affect its validity as to other land and the provisions of the Zoning By -Law in effect im- mediately prior to the adoption of this amendment shall apply to such parcels or tracts of land. ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will provide for and authorize a committee to make a study of all positions in the Town, other than those filled by popular election and those under the direction and control of the School Com- mittee, and make a report with recommendations to a Town Meeting as to whether the Town should adopt a plan classifying all such positions into groups and classes doing substantially similar work or having substantially equal responsibilities and a plan establishing minimum and max- imum salaries to be paid to employees in positions so classified, as authorized by Section 108A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. seven days at least before the time of said meeting Hereof fail not, and make due return on this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands at Lexington, this nineteenth day of November, A. D., 1953. A true copy, Attest: James F. Mowat Constable of Lexington. HASKELL W. REED DONALD E. NICKERSON SELECTMEN WILLIAM H. DRISCOLL OF FREDERICK M. GAY LEXINGTON LEON W. BATEMAN