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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1963-03-04-TE-Warrant-and-1963-03-18-ATM-Warrant j 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 directed 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, HARRINGTON SCHOOL; PRECINCT-,TWO, ADAMS SCHOOL; Fttr.CINCT THREE, CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING; PRECINCT FOUR, SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL; PRECINCT FIVE, CENTRAL FTR1' STATION; PRECINCT SIX, MARIA HASTINGS SCHOOL, on Monday, the 4th day of March, A.D., 1963 at 7:30 o' clock A.M., then and there to act on the following articles: ARTICLE 1. To choose by ballot the following Town Officers: Two Selectmen for the term of three years; One member of the School Committee for the term of three years; to One member of the School Committee/fill an unexpired term ending March 1964; One Cemetery Commissioner for the term of three years; One member of the Planning Board for the term of five years; One Moderator for the term of one year; One Collector of Taxes for the term of one year; One Town Clerk for the term of one year; One Town Treasurer for the term of one year; Two Constables for the term of one year; Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct One, the eleven receiving the highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years, and the one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an unexpired term ending March 1965; Thirteen Town Meeting Members in Precinct Two, the eleven receiving the highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years, and the two receiving the next highest number of votes to fill unexpired terms ending March 1965; Thirteen Town Meeting Members in Precinct Three, the eleven receiving the highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years, the one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an unexpired term ending March 1965, and the one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an unexpired term ending March 1964; Fourteen Town Meeting Members in Precinct Four, the eleven receiving the highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years, the- two receiving the next highest number of votes to fill unexpired terms ending March 1965, and the one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an unexpired term ending March 1964; Eleven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Five for the term of three years; Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct Six, the eleven receiving the highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years, and the one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an unexpired term ending March 1965. -2- The polls will be open at 7:30 A.M. and will remain open until 8:00 P.M. You are also to notify the inhabitants aforesaid to meet in Cary Memorial Hall in said Town on Monday, the eighteenth day of March, 1963, at 8:00 P.M. , at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by the Town Meeting Members in accordance with Chapter 215 of the Acts of 1929, as amended, and subject to the referendum provided for by Section eight of said Chapter, as amended. ARTICLE 2. To receive the reports of any Board of Town Officers or of any Committee of the Town. ARTICLE 3. To appoint or provide for the appointment of the Committee on Lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Susanna E. Cary. ARTICLE L1.. To see if the Town will make appropriations for expenditures by departments, officers, boards, and committees of the Town for the ensuing year and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, including any special funds, or by any combination of these methods, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will establish the salary and compensation of the Town Treasurer, Town Clerk, and Collector of Taxes being all the elected officers of the Town on a salary basis, as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, and raise and appropriate the funds necessary therefor, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. v' -3- ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1964, and to issue bonds or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will transfer unexpended appropri- ation balances in any of the accounts to the Excess and Deficiency Account, or to other accounts suitable for such transfer under Chapter IIII of the General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE S. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to pay any unpaid bills rendered to the Town for prior years, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLR 9. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the Reserve Fund as provided by Section 6 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the State for an audit for the year 1963, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate funds for the payment of pensions to retired members of the Police and Fire Departments and their dependents under Chapter 32 of the General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint one of its members to the Board of Appeals, in accordance with Section 4A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -4- ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell and convey all or any part of the land on Meriam Street known as the Old Fire Station Site, upon such terms and conditions as they deem proper; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to install new or replacement water mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for such installation and land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including any special water funds, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to install sewer mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectman may determine, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for such installation and land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including any special sewer funds, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. v -5- ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to install drains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine, in accordance with Chapter 263 of the Acts of 1926, as amended, or otherwise, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for such installation and land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to construct concrete, bituminous concrete or other sidewalks where the abutting owner pays one-half of the cost or otherwise; appropriate a sum of money for such construction, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install curbing at such locations as they may determine; appropriate a sum of money for such installation, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for highway maintenance under the authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -6- ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for highway construction under the authority of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for permanent street construction and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the purchase by or with the approval of the Selectmen of equipment for the Department of Public Works, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, including the Road Machinery Fund, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to enlarge the scope of the Road Machinery Fund by crediting to said fund an amount based on hourly rental for the use of motorized equipment of the Public Works Department when used on various projects carried on under the direction of said Department or other Town departments, the amount of said credit not to exceed the amount allowed by the State for the use of similar equipment; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICTF. 2)1 . To see if the Town will make supplementary appropri- ations to be used in conjunction with money appropriated in prior years for the installation or construction of water mains, sewers, drains, streets, or buildings that have heretofore been authorized, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -7- ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to install street lights in such unaccepted streets as the Selectmen may determine prior to the final adjournment of the 1964 Annual Town Meeting; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE; 26. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money for the improvement of lowlands and swamps and the eradication of mosquitoes under Chapter 252 of the General Laws or for the eradication of mosquitoes by the Board of Health of Lexington; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to appraisals on and obtaix/ options for land or rights therein that it desires to recommend be acquired by the Town as locations for future streets or for playground and recreational purposes and will authorize the Selectmen to acquire by purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise, the land or rights therein praisalsthatd are recommended for such purposes; appropriate money for such ap- options and land acquisition and determine whether the same shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the development of Westview Cemetery, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, including the Westview Sale of Lots Fund, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -8- ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to be expended by the Selectmen as authorized by Chapter 570 of the Acts of 1962 for reimbursing subdividers for part of the cost of constructing ways or installing municipal services, as required by the Planning Board in its approval of definitive subdivision plans under the Subdivision Control Law, of a greater width or size than would be required to serve the subdivision alone, the reimbursement as to any subdivision not to exceed the amount recommended by the Planning Board; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICT,F 30. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen, acting as a Board of Public Works, to relocate a 12" water main under Grove Street as relocated and through the new Grove Street Bridge over Route 128 to the extent deemed necessary as a result of the reconstruction of Route 128 by the Commonwealth, and to enter into a contract with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts represented by its Department of Public Works for the apportionment of the work, the expense' and the future maintenance of said water main; and appropriate money therefor and determine whether payment shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods ; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will provide for and authorize a committee to make a study of the General By-Laws of the Town, prepare a revision thereof and report its recommendations thereon to a subsequent town meeting; and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -9- ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will provide for and authorize a committee to study and make recommendations as to the needs of the town relative to providing public facilities in or near the Battle Green District, so-called, or other areas in the town, and as to measures that might be taken to fulfill such needs. ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will accept Section 9A of Chapter 53 of the General Laws, as inserted by Section 1 of Chapter 249 of the Acts of 1962, which is an Act regulating the issuance of nomination papers for use in city and town primaries and elections, and providing a limit to the number of such papers obtainable. ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Building By-Law as follows: 1. By inserting in ARTICLE III thereof at the beginning of the sentence defining the word "Basement" the following words "Unless otherwise provided, " so that said definition shall read as follows: BASEIENT: Unless otherwise provided, that portion of a building that is partly or wholly below the finished grade and which has a minimum of one half its height, measured from finished floor to finished ceiling, below the average finished grade of the ground adjoining the building. 2. By inserting at the end of Section 2. D. of ARTICLE XX thereof the following sentence: "For the purpose of this Section 2.D., the word tbasementt shall mean that portion of a building that is wholly or partly below the finished grade of the ground adjoining the building." .10- 3 . By adding to Section 4. B. of ARTICLE XIV thereof the following: h. In a 1 story building the minimum thickness of any wall which does not exceed forty (40) feet in length if unsupported laterally in a manner approved by the Building Inspector as adequate to furnish the necessary support and which does not exceed ten (10) feet in height need not exceed eight (8) inches, provided such building does not exceed one thousand (1000) square feet in area. ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 5, Permitted Buildings and Uses, of the Zoning By-Law by striking out sub-paragraph 1 of paragraph (c) C 1 Districts, and inserting in place thereof the following: "1. Retail stores including retail liquor stores, if otherwise lawful." ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to publish as a part of the annual town report for the year 1963, or otherwise, a list of the real estate assessments in the town as of January 1, 1963 in such form and containing such information as the Selectmen shall determine, and raise and appropriate money therefor and determine whether payment shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 37 . To see if the Town will adopt a resolution recommending to the General Court legislation to amend the laws relative to exemption from real estate taxation to remedy the disproportionate effect on such exemptions resulting from the assessment of full and fair cash valuations in certain cities and towns; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. • -11- ARTICLE 38 . To see if the Town will vote to approve a change in a part of the boundary line between Lexington and Winchester approximately as shown and indicated "Proposed Town Line" on a plan entitled "Lexington-Winchester Town Line Scale 1 in. = 40 ft." dated Dec. 13, 1962, and to take such other and further action as shall be required by the provisions of Chapter 157 of the Acts of 1962 to effect such change; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 39. To change to Volunteer Way the name Winter Street, for that part of an accepted way extending from Grove Street southwesterly as shown on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, one of which plans is entitled 'Plan of Winter St . Lexington, Mass." , dated Sept . 7, 1957, Richard J. Gayer, Town Engineer, and the other of which plans is entitled "Plan of Winter Street Lexington-Mass . ", dated Jan. 7, 1963, John J. Carroll, Town Engineer. ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will accept a gift from the Gridiron Club of Lexington of a football scoreboard for the High School Varsity football field, appropriate money for the erection, installation, and maintenance of the scoreboard and determine whether the same shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will authorize construction and installation of a Civil Defense alarm system, appropriate money therefor and provide for payment by transfer from available funds, including unex- pended balances in current appropriations; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -12- ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will authorize the installation of mechanical ventilation and stand-by emergency electrical power in certain buildings owned by the Town for the purpose of adapting such buildings or sections thereof for use as fallout shelters; and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds, including unexpended balances in current appropriations, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to obtain appraisals on and options for land or rights therein that it desires to recommend be acquired by the Town as locations for future streets or for school, playground and other public purposes and will authorize the Select- men to acquire by purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise, the land or rights therein that are recommended for such purposes; appropriate money for such .appraisals and / options and land acquisition and determine whether the same shall be pro- vided by the current tax levy, or by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for school, playground and other public purposes all or any part of a parcel of land situated on and off Marrett Road and northerly of said Marrett Road, said parcel consisting of the land substantially as described in a deed dated January 9, 1943 and recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 6656, Page 319, and the land substantially as described in a deed dated January 24, 1955 and recorded in said Deeds, Book 8401, Page 98, and the land substantially as described in a deed dated February 23, 19M1 and recorded in said Deeds, Book 6761, Page 387; and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -13- ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will authorize theSeleetmen on behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for sehaol, playground and other public purposes all or any part of a parcel of land consisting of Lots 49-74, inclusive, in Block 1, Lots 23-111 , inclusive, in Block 4; Lots 20-38, inclusive, in Block 15, Lots 36 and 37 in Block 20, Lots 17, 18, 34 and 35 in Block 21, Lots 16, 17, 32 and 33 in Block 22, Lots 15, 16, 31 and 32 in Block 23, Lots 26 and 27 in Block 57, and all lots in Blocks 5-14, inclusive, and in Blocks 58 and 59, all as shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Lots At Lexington Heights Owned by M. C. Meagher", sur- veyed by E. A. W. Hammatt, C.E. , dated July 1892, recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 77, Plan 21! ; and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground and recreational purposes and other public purposes all or any part of a parcel of land situated southwesterly of Concord Avenue and bounded in part by Concord Avenue, said parcel of land consisting of the land substantially as described in a deed recorded in Middlesex South Dis- trict Registry of Deeds, Book 73111i , Page 227, and the land shown as Lot 2 on Land Court Plan 22262A; and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -14- ARTICLE 47. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground and recreational purposes and other public purposes all or any part of a parcel of land believed to contain 36 acres, more or less, situated in East Lexington and bounded northwesterly by other land of the Town; northeasterly by the Lexington-Winchester town line and southeasterly by the Lexington- Arlington town line, said parcel being the land substantially as described in three deeds recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 9596, Page 406, Book 911112, Page 113, and Book 6918, Page 184; and appropri- ate money therefor and determine whether payment shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICT,F. 48. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to pur- chase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground and recreational purposes and other public purposes a parcel of land on the southwesterly side of Winchester Drive, bounded southwesterly by other land of the Town and believed to contain 8000 square feet, more or less , and being the land substantially as described in a deed recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 9962, Page 11111; and appropriate money therefor and determine whether payment shall be provided by the current tax levy or by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; Or act in any other manner in relation thereto . ARTICLE 49. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by adding at the end of Section 4 (i) , CH 1 - Commercial and hotel districts, the following: 2. A district on the southwesterly side of the Cambridge-Concord Highway (Route 2) and the easterly side of the Northern Circumferential Highway (Route 128) and on both sides of Spring Street bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the common boundary of Lexington and V -15- Waltham and the easterly side line of the Northern Circumferential Highway (Route 128) , thence northerly along the easterly line of the Northern Circumferential Highway (Route 128) to the intersection of the easterly line of said highway and the southeasterly line of the Route 2-Route 128 interchange, so-called; thence northeasterly and easterly along the south- easterly and southerly lines of said interchange to the southerly line of the Cambridge-Concord Highway (Route 2) ; thence southeasterly along the southerly line o1' said highway to a point; said point being 1026 feet southeasterly of the intersection of the easterly line of Spring Street as existing January 1, 1963 and said southerly line of said Cambridge-Concord Highway as existing January 1, 1963; thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point in the common boundary of Lexington and Waltham, said point being 726 feet easterly of the intersection of said easterly line of Spring Street and said common boundary of Lexington and Waltham; thence westerly along said boundary line to the point of beginning. ARTICLE 50 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by adding to sub-section (a) , R-1 Districts, in Section 5, Permitted Build- ings and Uses, at the end and as a part of paragraph 7, the following: h. Golf courses with the exception of miniature golf, novelty, pitch and putt installations and golf driving ranges all of which are hereby expressly prohibited. -16- ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Alcott Road from Burroughs Road a distance of 1546 feet, more or less, westerly to Thoreau Road as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the con- struction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 52. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Baskin Road from Loring Road a distance of 1393 feet, more or less, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Bowser Road from Saddle Club Road a distance of 966 feet, more or less, southerly to Todd Road as laid out bit the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. y -17- ARTICTF 54. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Brown Road from Burnham Road a distance of 6L8 feet, more or less, easterly, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land neces- sary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 55. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Burroughs Road from East Street a distance of 2253 feet, more or less, northerly and westerly to Thoreau Road as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 56. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Constitution Road from Oxbow Road a distance of 937 feet, more or less, easterly and southerly, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the con- struction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -18- ARTICLE 57• To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Cooke Road from Douglas Road a distance of 1540 feet, more or less, to Fulton Road as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 58. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Douglas Road from East Street a distance of 2191 feet, more or less, easterly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land neces- sary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 59, To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Fulton Road from 170 feet north of Rolfe Road a distance of 655 feet, more or less, northerly to Douglas Road as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. i -19_ ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Freemont Street from Con- stitution Road a distance of 503 feet, more or less , northerly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 21, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise -, and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 61. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Jeffrey Terrace from Darner Road a distance of 378 feet, more or less, easterly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or other- wise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Lillian Road from A0 feet south of Anthony Road a distance of 232 feet, more or less, southerly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor ; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -20- ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Oxbow Road from Revolutionary Road a distance of 2030 feet, more or less, northerly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or other- wise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 6L . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Roosevelt Road from 200 feet west of Wilson Road a distance of 128 feet, more or less, westerly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 65. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Saddle Club Road from Grant Street a distance of 938 feet, more or less, easterly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -21- ARTICLE 66. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Ross Road from Paul Revere Road a distance of 956 feet, more or less, to Oxbow Road as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee , easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 67. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Todd Road from Grant Street a distance of 750 feet, more or less, easterly as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or other- wise acquire any fee , easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; and raise and appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 68. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Ames Avenue from Carville Avenue a distance of 600 feet, more or less, easterly to Baker Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -22- ARTICLE 69. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Drew Avenue from Bow Street a distance of 270 feet, more or less, westerly to Cliffe Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of theTown Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, ease- ment or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 70. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Eastern Avenue from School Street a distance of 1135 feet, more or less, easterly to Fairland Street as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, ease- ment or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 71. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Freemont Street from Cedar Street a distance of 1290 feet, more or less, southwesterly to Battle Green Village Development as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisi- tion and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -23- ARTICLE 72. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Manning Street from Bedford Street a distance of 505 feet, -more or less, westerly to Milk Street as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 73 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way, and accept the layout of as a town way, Winter Street from Rangeway a distance of 481 feet, more or less, westerly as laid out by the Selectmen under the Betterment Act and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 7, 1963, and to take by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise acquire any fee, easement or other interest in land necessary therefor; appropriate money for the construction of said street and for land acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -24- ter' ARTICLE 74 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the General By-Laws by adding one new section under Article XXII, Removal of Snow and Ice, substantially as follows: No owner or agent having charge of any building abutting on a sidewalk, within the limits hereinafter defined, shall place, or permit or suffer to remain for more than four hours between sunrise and sunset, any snow or ice upon such sidewalk, unless such lee is made even and covered with sand, sawdust, earth or ashes to prevent slipping. Until otherwise determined said limits shall be the sidewalks along Woburn and Lowell Streets within the C-1 District at their intersection. (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters. ) ARTICLE 75 . "To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health for providing cooperative complementary facilities to the out-patient clinic of the Mystic Valley Children's Clinic established in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 123 of the General Laws in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, and for providing payment for services rendered or to be rendered by such Clinic, or act in any other manner in relation thereto.' (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters . ) ARTICLE 76. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law of the Town of Lexington, sub-section 6, Section 5 (Permitted Buildings and Uses) Section (c) C 1 District (Providing for permission from the Board of Appeals) by adding the following at the end of said section: 'The erection and maintenance of multiple dwelling units not to exceed ten (10) units provided there shall be not less than one and one-half (11) reasonable, accessible off-street parking spaces for each dwelling unit, or act in any other manner in relation thereto." (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters. ) -25- ARTICLE 77 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law of the Town of Lexington Section 4 (c) C 1 Local Business Districts by adding at the end thereof the following: "A district on the northeasterly side of Bedford Street beginning at a stone bound on the easterly side of Bedford Street and land formerly of Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Company; thence northeasterly by land formerly of the Middlesex and Boston Street Railway 212.52 feet to land of Johnson; thence in a southerly direction 215.74 feet to Larchmont Lane; thence southwesterly by two lines, 67.03 and 25.64 feet to Bedford Street;. thence northwesterly along the northeasterly line of Bedford Street 141.65 feet to the point of beginning." Said land is more fully shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Lots in Lexington, Mass." dated March 9, 1960, Albert A. Miller, Wilbur C. Nylander." "The said parcel is contiguous to and intended as an extension of the parcel described in said Section and sub-section being Paragraph numbered 4 , or act in any other manner in relation thereto." (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters. ) ARTICLE 78 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by adding at the end of Section L , (c) C-1 Local Business Districts, the following new paragraph: A district on the Easterly side of Waltham Street, partly adjacent to the common boundary line of Lexington and Waltham, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the easterly side line of Waltham Street at a point distant Three Hundred Fifty (350) feet north of the common boundary of Lexington and Waltham, thence running southeasterly by land of Leonard V. Short (presently zoned in the C-1 district), Two Hundred (200) feet, thence running to the Lexington-Waltham common boundary line by a line Two Hundred (200) feet easterly of and parallel to the easterly side line of Waltham Street, thence running southeasterly by the Lexington- Waltham common boundary line, One Hundred Seventy (170) feet more or less, -26- to land now or formerly of Salvatore Ricci, thence running northeasterly by land now or formerly of said Ricci, Three Hundred Seventy-five (375) feet, more or less, thence running northerly by land now or formerly of said Ricci to land of Leonard V. Short, Four Hundred Forty-two (14) 2) feet, more or less, thence running westerly by land of said Short, Two Hundred Forty (240) feet, more or less, to Waltham Street, thence southwesterly by Waltham Street, Three Hundred Forty-five (315) feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters. ) ARTICLE 79. " To see if the Town will amend the present "zoning By-Law" by changing certain land hereinafter described from an R I (one family dwelling district) to A I (garden apartment and hotel district) as shown on the present zoning map of the Town of Lexington dated 1950 as amended to July 16, 1962". Description of Premises A certain parcel of land situated on Worthen Road, presently being shown plan on a sketch/or plot plan hereto annexed entitled "plot plan of land in Lexington, Mass - scale 1" = 1001 dated January 21, 1963, Albert A. Miller & Wilbur C. Nylander, Civil Engineers and Surveyors, being more particularly bounded and described as follows: Northwesterly by Worthen Road, 389 feet, more or less; Northeasterly by land now or formerly of Rayco Realty Trust, 507 feet, more or less; Southeasterly by land now or formerly of John P. & Loretta B. Whalen and Town of Lexington, 389 feet, more or less; Southwesterly by land now or formerly of Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, 14.27 feet, more or less; Said premises containing according to said plan presently 4.1 acres tore or less. However, said premises to be subject to an actual physical survey and new plan to be prepared and on approval of the Planning Board to be filed with Middlesex South District Registry of -Leeds. (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters. ) V -27- ARTICLE 80 . To ,see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by adding at the end of Section 4(i) CH1 - Commercial and Hotel Districts, the following new paragraph: "2. A district on the southwesterly side of the Cambridge-Concord Highway (Route 2) and the easterly side of the Northern Circumferential Highway (Route 128) and on both sides of Spring Street consisting of the following two parcels: (a) Beginning at the intersection of the southerly line of the Cambridge-Concord Highway (Route 2) and the westerly line of Spring Street, thence southerly along the westerly line of Spring Street to the common boundary of Lexington and Waltham; thence westerly along the common boundary of Lexington and Waltham to the easterly line of the Northern Circumferential Highway (Route 128) ; thence northerly along the easterly line of the Northerly Circumferential Highway (Route 128) to the intersection of the easterly line of the Northern Circumferential Highway (Route 128) and the southeasterly line of Route 2-Route 128 Interchange, so-called, thence northeasterly and easterly along the southeasterly and southerly lines of said Inter- change to the southerly line of the Cambridge-Concord Highway (Route 2) ; thence southeasterly along the southerly line of the Cambridge-Concord Highway (Route 2) to the point of beginning. (b) Beginning at the intersection of the southerly line of the Cambridge-Concord Highway (Route 2) and the easterly line of Spring Street, thence southerly along the easterly line of Spring Street to the common boundary of Lexington and Waltham; thence westerly along the common boundary of Lexington and Waltham over land now or formerly of William F. and Eileen Cowles to the point at which such common boundary intersects the westerly line of a right of way for pipeline of Algonquin Gas Transmission Company shown on a plan recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds as Plan No. 2078 of 1955, Book 8607, Page 53; thence northerly along the westerly line of such right of way to land now or formerly of Carrie L. Pilkington and Florence Baldwin; thence northeasterly 1432 feet mote or less across such Pilkington and Baldwin land along a line parallel to, northwesterly of and 20 feet from a survey -28- line shown on a plan entitled "Proposed Right of Way for Pipeline Across the Property of Carrie L. Pilkington and Florence Baldwin" numbered L-451-EE and recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds as Plan No. 364 of 1952, Book 7879, Page 377, to the southwesterly line of Concord Avenue; thence northwesterly along Concord Avenue to the intersection of Concord Avenue and the southerly line of the Cambridge-Concord Highway (Route 2); thence along the southerly line of the Cambridge-Concord Highway (Route 2) to the point of beginning." (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters.) ARTICLE 81. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law of the Town of Lexington Section 4 (h) C 3 Special Co,nmercial Districts, by adding the following at the end of said section: "A certain parcel of land situated at the southwesterly side of Cambridge-Concord Highway and more fully bounded as follows: Starting at a point on the westerly side of Spring Street at the Cambridge-Concord Highway and running southerly along the westerly side of Spring Street One Hundred Forty-two and 5/10 (142.5) feet to land now or formerly of Gallagher; thence turning and running westerly along Gallagher land Six Hundred Twelve (612) feet more or less to a stone wall; thence turhing and running northwesterly by said stone wall Five Hundred Eighteen and 02/100 (518.02) feet more or less to land now or formerly of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; thence turning and running easterly by said land Two Hundred Ninety-five and 32/100 (295.32) feet more or less to the State Highway Location Line; thence turning and running southeasterly by said State Highway Location Line Four Hundred Fifty-nine and 78/100 (459.78) feet more or less to a point; thence turning and running northeasterly Thirty-three (33) feet to the Cambridge-Concord Highway; thence turning and running southeasterly .by said Cambridge-Concord Highway Two Hundred Thirty-five and 43/100 (235.1.13) feet to the point of beginning. Intending to include and herein included, regardless of how otherwise the same may be more fully described, the parcels of land shown on plans recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 7333, Page 112, and in Book 7419, Page 77, excepted and excluded therefrom the portions thereof -29- taken by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for State Highway Relocation" or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters. ) ARTICLE 82. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Building By-Law of the Town of Lexington as follows: Article IX, Section 1 by inserting after sub-section B: "1. Modified Second-Class Construction. A building of modified second-class construction shall consist of all exterior walls of masonry, re-inforced concrete or other equally fire resistive materials, provided that all bearing walls shall have a minimum fire rating of one (1) hour . The interior and structural elements wholly or partly of wood or of steel or iron which is not protected as required for first-class construction . " Article XI by striking out Section 2 as it appears therein and in- serting the following: "Section 2. Second Class and Modified Second Class Construction A. Every building hereafter constructed or altered, and every extension of or addition to every building now existing or hereafter constructed or altered, to be used as a public building, store, school, office building, factory or mercantile establishment, shall be of not less than second-class construction. B. Every apartment building if less than three stories in height hereafter constructed or altered and every extension of or addition to every such apartment now existing or hereafter constructed or altered shall be of not less than modified second-class construction", or act in any other manner in relation thereto . (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters. ) -30- ARTICLE 83. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by adding at the end of paragraph 22 of Section 4 (c) Cl - Local business districts - the following sentence: Provided, however, that the distance extended along the southeasterly side line of Woburn Street in a south- westerly direction from the southwesterly intersection of Woburn and Lowell Streets shall be 267.30 feet . ARTICTJ? 84. To see if the Town will vote to extend to a subsequent town meeting the time within which the Historic Districts Study Committee appointed under Article 8 of the Special Town Meeting of January 28, 1963 shall report; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICT,F 85. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from available funds toward the reduction of the 1963 tax rate, or act in any other manner in velation thereto. 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 eleventh day of February, A.D. , 1963. <CA:-, eck ,gee Selectmen C0 i � _ . of J � t Lexington i L /7/: N CONSTABT,F 'S RETURN To the Town Clerk: Feburary U , 1963 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 oopy of such warrant addressed to every registered voter of the Town at his last residence, as appears from the records of the Board of Registrars /0 days before the time of said meeting. Attest : Constable of Lexington