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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1966-06-20-STM-Warrant 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 Cary Memorial Hall, in said Town, on Monday, the twentieth day of June, 1966, 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 authorize the Selectmen to enter into a contract or contracts for the construction and original equipping and furnishing of alterations and additions to the Town Public Works Building located at 201 Bedford Street, and to supervise the work; appropriate money for such purposes and determine whether the money shall be provided by transfer from available funds, including any unexpended balances in current appropriations, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to abandon such portions of the easement of a building line in and through the property now or formerly of Joseph Trani, Incorporated, and the property now or formerly of Bessie G. Baker on the northeasterly side of Massachusetts Avenue, as are no longer required by the Town, said easement having been acquired by the Town by eminent domain by Order dated December 16, 1930 and registered in Middlesex South Land Registry District as Document No. 110252, and will set the minimum amount to be paid for such abandonment; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. fl -2- ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will appropriate an additional sum of money to be used in conjunction with money appropriated under Article 8 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on June 8, 1964 and under Article 12 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on November 23, 1964 for installing sewer and water mains, conduits and drains under the portion of Route 2 to be reconstructed in the Town and under any roads constructed in the Town in connection therewith as authorized by votes under said Article 8 and Article 12, and determine whether the money shall be provided by transfer from available funds, including any unexpended balances in current appropriations, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 20C of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, inserted by Section 6 of Chapter 786 of the Acts of 1962, as amended by Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 451 of the Acts of 1963, which is an Act relative to the non-criminal disposition of parking violations in cities and towns in the Commonwealth. ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Building By-Law by adding in Section 2 of Article II thereof immediately following the first sentence of said Section 2 a new sentence to read substantially as follows: The Board of Selectmen may also at any time and for such terms as it may determine appoint such additional assistant building inspectors as it may deem necessary for the proper enforcement of building, zoning and sign by-laws, and other laws, by-laws and regulations administered or enforced by the Building Inspector. -3- ARTICT,F 7. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by striking out subparagraph (2) of subsection (b) l . a. of Section 8 thereof under the caption C 1 Districts and by inserting in place thereof the following new subparagraph ( 2) : (2) If a boundary of the lot abuts on or is within 10 feet of land in an R 1, R 2 or A 1 district, a side yard or rear yard, whichever is appli- cable , adjoining such boundary not less than 20 feet in width, of which yard the 10 feet nearest such boundary shall be unpaved and may contain only grass, plants, shrubs, trees and fences, and shall not be used for parking, driveways or outdoor storage . ARTICLE 8 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by adding at the end of subsection ( g) of Section 8 thereof under the caption All Districts the following new paragraph 7: 7. Lot width or frontage on the frontage street shall be measured along the street line between the boundaries of a lot and shall not include jogs in street width, back-up strips and other irregularities in street line . Where more than one half of the lot frontage is on a circular turnaround or on a curve of less than 100 feet radius , such frontage or lot width may be reduced to not less than 60 per centum of the distance otherwise required, provided that the distance between lot boundaries measured in a line parallel to the street line and at a distance therefrom equal to the required front yard shall be not less than the frontage or lot width otherwise required and further provided that such distance at front yard depth shall be dimensioned on a plan approved or endorsed by the Planning Board. -4- ARTICLE 9 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by striking out the figure 100 in the first sentence of paragraph b. of subsection (b) 1. of Section 8 thereof under the caption C 1 Districts and by inserting in place thereof the figure 150, so that said first sentence shall read as follows: For each permitted principal and accessory building, other than principal buildings permitted in an R 1 or R 2 district, a parking area on the lot containing not less than one parking space , as hereinafter defined, for each 150 square feet or fraction thereof of floor area in said. buildings . ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to change to Philip Road the name of the unaccepted portion of Moreland Avenue between Worthen Road and Rockville Avenue . ARTICLE 11 . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to accept on behalf of the Town a deed conveying to the Town, under the provisions of subparagraph f. of paragraph 2 of subsection (a) of Section 8 of the Zoning By-Law, a parcel of land containing 1.5 acres , more or less , substantially as shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Proposed Lots in Lex- ington, Mass . " , dated April 9, 1966, by Miller and Nylander, Civil Engineers and Surveyors; or act in any other manner in relation thereto . ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Com- mission to purchase or otherwise acquire in the name of the Town , and will authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, upon the written request of the Conservation Commission, for conservation purposes as provided by Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, 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 -5- 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 all or any part of a parcel of land on the southwesterly side of Winchester Drive, bounded southwesterly by other land of the Town and believed to contain 8,000 square feet, more or less, and being the land substantially as described in a deed re- corded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 9962, Page 1;11l; and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by transfer from available funds, including any unexpended balance in the appropriation under Article 81 of the Warrant for the 1966 Annual Town Meeting, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods ; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Com- mission to purchase or otherwise acquire in the name of the Town, and will authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, upon the written request of the Conservation Commission, for conservation purposes as provided by Section 8C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, all or any portion of a parcel of land containing 29, 786 square feet, more or less, as shown on a plan dated June 15, 1962, made by Albert A. Miller and Wilbur C . Nylander, Civil Engineers and Surveyors , recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 10129, Page 36, and the fee or any lesser interest in all or any part of that portion of Lot B situated southerly of Stratham Road as shown on plan entitled "Plan at Lexington, Pass . ", dated July 12, 1922, recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 308; Plan 26; and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by transfer from available funds, including any unexpended balances in current appropriations, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -6- ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission to purchase or otherwise acquire in the name of the Town, and will authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, upon the written request of the Conservation Commission, for conservation purposes as provided by Section Sc of Chapter 40 of the General Laws , all or any portion of a parcel of land containing about 9 .55 acres, being shown as Lot 3 on plan of "Land of Peter J. Kinneen at Lexington, July 27, 1917, F. P . Cutter ( C .E. ) Lexington" , recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 260, Plan 50, and a parcel of land adjacent thereto containing 16 acres, more or less , and believed to be now owned by New Amsterdam Casualty Company et al; and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by transfer from available funds , including any unexpended. balances in current appropriations, 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 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 containing about 9.55 acres, being shown as Lot 3 on plan of "Land of Peter J . Kinneen, at Lexington, July 27, 1917, F. P . Cutter, (C .E. ) Lexington" , duly recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 260, Plan 50, and a parcel of land adjacent thereto containing 16 acres, more or less, and believedto be now owned by New Amsterdam Casualty Company et al, and appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by transfer from available funds , including any unexpended balances in current appropriations , or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods ; or act in any other manner in relation thereto . -7- A3TICLE 16 . To see if the Town will appropriate, subject to validation by or authority of the General Court, a sum of money to cover disbursements from the appropriation under Article 11 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on November 25, 1963, in excess of the amount then available, and provide for payment thereof by transfer from available funds, including any unexpended balances in current appropriations; or act in any other manner in relation 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 twenty-third day of May, A. D. , 1966. ;eft 7067 C _ �v Selectmen . !), i„ t..[-1,4c..c,'.- J of n1 - ', "! Lexington 1/,7///76( Lie. CONSTABLE'S RETURN To the Town Clerk: June 7 , 1966 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 records of the Board of Registrars 6L'v V days before the time of said meeting. -- � , Attest: Constable of Lexington