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TOWN 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 di-
rected to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington, qualified to
vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet in their respective voting
places in said Town.
PRECINCT ONE, ADAMS SCHOOL: PRECINCT TWO, THREE AND FOUR,
CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING on Monday the 28th day of December, 1953 at 7:30
o 'clock A.M. then and there to act upon the following article :
To vote YES or NO by ballot upon the following question pre-
sented to the voters at large by the Selectmen, pursuant to a petition for
a referendum upon a vote adopting the measure under Article 4 of the Warrant
for the Special Town Meeting held on November 30, 1953s
ACTED: To amend the Zoning By-Law as follows :
A. By striking alit paragraphs (a) 1 and (a) 2 of Section 8 and insert-
ing 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 build-
ing erected after the adoption of this amendment to
this By-Law in R 1 districts situated outside of the
area described in Section 8 (a) 1 b., a lot contain-
ing an area of not less than 30,000 square feet and
a frontage of not less than 150 feet upon the front-
age 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 ; beginning at the
Arlington-Lexington town line, thence along the
Cambridge-Concord Highway to Wellington Lane Avenue,
thence along Wellington Lane Avenue to Meadow Brook
Avenue, thence along Meadow Brook Avenue to Moreland
Avenue, thence along Moreland Avenue to a point
opposite the southeasterly end of Buckman 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 Marrett Road, thence along Marrett Road to Stedman
Road, thence along Stedman Road to Brookside Avenue,
thence along Brookside Avenue 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
Grassland Street to Winston Road, thence along Winston
Road to Hudson Road, thence along Hudson 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
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along Shade Street to Weston Street, thence along
Weston Street to Lincoln Street, thence along
Lincoln Street to the Northern Circumferential
Highway to Grove Street, thence along Grove Street
to Burlington Street, thence along Burlington Street
to Hancock Street, thence along Hancock Street to
Coolidge Avenue, thence along Coolidge Avenue to
Adams Street, thence along Adams Street to Woodland
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 Woburn Street at the Boston and Maine Railroad,
thence along the Boston and Maine Railroad to the
northwesterly line of the private way leading to the
East Lexington Depot, thence in a straight line to
the southwesterly end of Bartlett 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-Lexington 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 .
(2) A side yard on each side of not less than 15
feet in width.
(3 ) 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 priorto 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.
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 recorded
by plan or deed on or after December 4, 1950 and
prior to the adoption of this amendment to this
By-Law, provided such lot contains 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
immediately prior to the adoption of this amendment
shall apply to such parcels or tracts of land.
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The polls will be open at 7 :30 A.M. and will remain open
until 8:00 P.M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant seven days at
least before the time of said meeting as provided in the By-Laws of the
Town.
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 14th day of
December, A. D. 1953.
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A true copy, Attest:
C nstable of Lexington
CONSTABLE'S RETURN
To the Town Clerk December/17:953
I have served the foregoing warrant by posting a printed
copy thereof in five (5 ) public places in the Town and
also by sending by mail, postage prepaid, a printed copy
of such warrant addressed to every registered voter of
the Town at his last residence, as appears from the rec-
ords of the Board of Registrars ‘7/1 days before the
time of said meeting.
Attest:
ConstablVof Lexington