HomeMy WebLinkAbout1953-11-30-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