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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 twelfth day of June, 1967, 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 appropriate, subject to validation
by or authority of the General Court, a sum of money for remodeling, re-
constructing or making extraordinary repairs to Buckman Tavern, and determine
whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, 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 appropriate an additional sum of
money for Civil Defense - Expenses for the balance of the year 1967, and
provide for payment thereof by the current tax levy, by transfer from avail-
able funds, including any unexpended balances in current appropriations; or
aet in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will appropriate an additional sum of
money for Conservation Commission - Expenses for the balance of the year
1967, and provide for payment thereof by the current tax levy, by transfer
from available funds, including any unexpended balances in current appro-
priations; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will appropriate an additional sum of
money for Cemetery Department . - Personal Services for the balance of the year
1967, and provide for payment thereof by the current tax levy, by transfer
from available funds, including any unexpended balances in current appro-
priations; or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money
for expenses of the Regional Refuse Disposal Planning Committee,
authorized by vote adopted under Article 82 of the Warrant for the 1967
Annual Town Meeting, and provide for payment thereof by the current tax
levy, or by transfer from available funds, including any unexpended
balances in current appropriations, or by any combination of these methods;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for
expenses of the Permanent Building Committee, authorized by vote adopted
under Article 73 of the Warrant for the 1967 Annual Town Meeting, and to
provide for payment thereof by the current tax levy, by transfer from
available funds, including any unexpended balances in current appropriations;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to enter
into a contract for a study of traffic conditions in such locations as the
Selectmen may determine on Bedford Street, Hartwell Avenue and Wood Street,
and appropriate a sum of money therefor, and determine whether the money
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shall be provided by the current tax levy,/by transfer from available
funds, including any unexpended balances in current appropriations, or by
any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation
thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will appropriate an additional sum of
money to be used in conjunction with the money appropriated under Article 16
of the 1965 Annual Town Meeting for the installation of a sewer main or mains,
and the acquisition of land or interests therein necessary therefor, in such
locations as the Selectmen may determine from the existing North Lexington
Pumping Station to the existing sewer main located in Hamilton Road, and
determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, or 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.
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ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money
for the reconstruction and permanent paving of a portion of Massachusetts
Avenue, and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current
tax levy, 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 11. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to be
used in conjunction with funds appropriated by the Town of Arlington, for
a Hydrological and Land Use Study of the so-called Great Meadows, located
in the Town of Lexington and owned by the Town of Arlington; and determine
whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by transfer
from available funds, including any unexpended balances in current appropri-
ations, or by any combination of these methods ; or act in any other manner
in relation thereto.
ARTICTP 12. To see if the Town will appropriate an additional sum of
money to be used in conjunction with the money appropriated under Article 68
of the Warrant for the 1967 Annual Town Meeting htM tx lia F EF for
the installation of an instructional pool at the Center Playground, and
determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, or by
any
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 13. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way and
accept the layout of as a town way, Emerson Road from Adams Street a distance
of 410 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 April 10, 1967, 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 protided 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.
4.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
by adding at the end of paragraph (c) of Section 9 thereof, under the
caption USE OF LAND, the following new sentence: Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, outdoor storage of two or more unregistered
automobiles, except where expressly authorized in a special permit issued
by the Board of Appeals for an automobile sales or repair business, or an
accumulation in the open of discarded items not used or intended to be used
by the occupant of the property shall be deemed to be a junk yard.
ARTICLE 15. To seeif the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by
striking out the second paragraph of Section 14 thereof under the caption
BOARD OF APPEALS and substituting in place thereof the following new
paragraph:
An appeal to the Board of Appeals under General Laws,
Chapter 40A, Section 13, shall be taken within thirty days from the
date of the order or decision which is being appealed, by filing a
notice of appeal, specifying the grounds thereof, with the Town Clerk.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
by striking out the entire Section 15 thereof and by inserting in place
thereof the following new Section 15:
SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS
The invalidity of any section or provision of this By-Law, or
in the administration thereof, as it applies to one or more lots or
areas of land shall not invalidate its application to any other lot
or area of land nor any other section or provision hereof.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by
striking out the text of Section 18 thereof under the caption PENALTY FOR
VIOLATION and substituting in place thereof the following:
Whoever violates any provision of this By-Law shall be punished by
a fine not exceeding fifty ($50.00) dollars for each offense, except that
the penalty for the removal of earth materials in violation of this By-Law
shall be as provided for in the General By-Laws of the Town of Lexington.
Every day a violation continues after its abatement has been ordered by
the Town shall constitute a new offense.
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ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning
By-Law by redesignating as paragraph c paragraph b of subsection 1
of Section 8(c) thereof under the caption C 2 Districts and by
adding a new paragraph b to read as follows :
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b. For each lot indoor or outdoor parking/on the lot,
available and accessible for parking of motor vehicles, containing
not less than 50 per cent of the area of such lot, provided, however,
that for any lot upon which any building is located on May 24, 1967
such parking space may be the lesser of 50 per cent of the area of
such lot or the area of such lot that was available for parking on
May 24, 1967, whether or not said area was used for parking.
The provisions of this paragraph b. shall not apply to the
districts described in paragraphs2. and 4. in subsection ( d) of
Section 4 hereof under the caption C 2 - General business districts.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning
By-Law by striking out paragraph f. of subsection 2. of Section 8(a)
thereof under the caption AREA, FRONTAGE AND YARD REGULATIONS and by
adding at the end of said Section 8( a) a new subsection 6. to read
as follows :
6. The Board of Appeals may grant a special permit for
exceptions from the area, frontage and yard provisions contained
in subsection 1. of this Section 8( a) for any tract of land of 10
acres or more to be subdivided, subject to the requirements and
conditions described below. Subdivision of land in accordance with
the provisions of this subsection shall be known and may be referred
to as Planned Unit Development.
a. The general objectives of planned unit developments are to
encourage :
( 1) Preservation of open space for conservation, outdoor
recreation or park purposes;
( 2) Better utilization of natural features of the land
through a greater flexibility of design;
( 3) More efficient provision of municipal services;
b. The number of building lots in any tract of land for which
a special permit is issued shall not exceed such number of
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lots, usable for building and conforming to the area
and frontage requirements specified in Section 8(a)1.
hereof, as could be contained in 85 per cent of the area
of the tract to be subdivided.
c. At least 25 per cent of the total area of such tract shall
remain unsubdivided, and, except as provided below, unbuilt
upon, and shall be used for conservation, outdoor recreation
or park purposes.
( 1) Such unsubdivided land may be in one or more parcels
of a size and shape appropriate for its intended use
as determined by the Board of Appeals after considera-
tion of the recommendations by the Planning Board.
(2) Such unsubdivided land shall be conveyed to and
accepted by the Town of Lexington or to all homeowners
within such tract jointly or to a trust the beneficiaries
of which shall be the homeowners within such tract. Such
trust shall have as one of its purposes the maintenance
of such land for conservation, recreation or park purposes, ,
The future ownership of such unsubdivided land, which may
differ from parcel to parcel, shall be specified by the
Board of Appeals as a condition of the special permit.
(3) When such unsubdivided land is conveyed to persons other
than the Town of Lexington, the Town shall be granted an
easement over such land sufficient to ensure its perpetual
maintenance as conservation, recreation or park land.
(L}) Access at least LEO feet wide shall be provided to each
parcel of such unsubdivided land from one or more streets
in the subdivision.
(5) A maximum of 20 per cent of such open land may be devoted
to paved areas and structures used for or accessory to
active outdoor recreation, and consistent with the open
space uses of such land.
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d. The following minimum standards shall be observed with respect
to any reduction of street frontage, lot area, and yards
permitted in a planned unit development;
( 1) For land within the area described in paragraph b. of
said subsection 1 of Section 8( a) :
Street frontage may be reduced to not less than 85 feet;
Front yard may be reduced to not less than 20 feet;
Side yards may be reduced to not less than 10 feet
each for lots within the tract specifically designated
on the plan and approved by the Board of Appeals.
Lot area may be reduced to not less than 8,500 square
feet if abutting the unsubdivided land for at least 40
feet or facing such land across a subdivision street
and to not less than 10,500 square feet otherwise.
(2) For land outside the area described in paragraph b. of
said subsection 1 of Section 8(a) :
Street frontage may be reduced to not less than 120 feet;
Front yard may be reduced to not less than 20 feet;
Side yards may be reduced to not less than 10 feet
each for lots within the tract specifically designated
on the plan and approved by the Board of Appeals ;
Lot area may be reduced to not less than 15,500 square
feet if abutting the unsubdivided land for d least 40
feet or facing such land across a subdivision street
and to not less than 20,000 square feet otherwise;
( 3) The street frontage may be further reduced on curves in
accordance with the provisions of subsection 7 of Section
8( g) of this By-Law.
e. The petition for a special permit for a planned unit
development shall be accompanied by a preliminary subdivision
plan, a copy of which shall also be submitted to the Planning
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Board. In addition to the information required by
Rules and Regulations of the Planning Board to be shown
on preliminary subdivision plans, such plan for a planned
unit development shall 'show the following:
( 1) Soil culture of the land such as wooded, pasture, rock
outcrops or swampy.
( 2) Proposed minimum yard dimensions, where different from
those specified in subsection 1. of Section 8( a) .
(3) Proposed landscaping and use of land which is to be
reserved for conservation, recreation or park use,
including any proposed structures thereon.
f. The Planning Board shall submit in writing to the Board of
Appeals its report and recommendations as to said petition
for special permit., . to include at least the following:
( 1) Its determination as to the number of lots usable for
building.
(2) A general description of the tract in question and
surrounding areas.
(3) An evaluation of the appropriateness of the proposed
development and the extent to which it accomplishes the
objectives of planned unit development.
(L}.) Recommendations for the granting or denial of the special
permit, including recommendations for modifications,
restrictions or requirements to be imposed as a condition
of granting the special permit.
g. The Board of Appeals shall not take any action on a petition
for a permit for a planned unit development until the Planning
Board shall have submitted its written recommendations to the
Board of Appeals or 45 days shall have elapsed from the date
of submission of the preliminary subdivision plan_, and
application for special permit. In determining whether
to grant a special permit for a proposed planned unit
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development which meets the minimum standards stated herein, the
Board of Appeals shall consider:
( 1) The report and recommendations of the Planning Board.
(2) The general objectives of planned unit development.
(3) The existing and probable future development of surround-
ing areas.
(4) The appropriateness of the proposed development in
relation to topography, soils and other characteristics
of the tract in question.
h. Where its decision differs from the recommendations of the
Planning Board, the Board of Appeals shall state in its
decision the reasons therefor.
i. Nothing contained herein shall in any way exempt a proposed
subdivision from compliance with the Rules and Regulations of
the Planning Board, nor shall it in any way affect the right
of the Board of Health and of the Planning Board to approve,
with Or without conditions and modifications, or disapprove
a subdivision plan in accordance with the provisions of such
Rules and Regulations and of the Subdivision Control Law.
j . The Planning Board shall not recommend and the Board of
Appeals shall not grant a special permit for the subdivision
of land into lots having the reduced area and frontage, as
provided for in this subsection, if it appears that because
of soil, drainage, traffic or other conditions the granting of
such permit would be detrimental to the neighborhood or to
the Town or inconsistent with the purposes of planned unit
development. In granting a special permit, the Board of
Appeals shall impose such additional conditions and safe-
guards as public safety, welfare and convenience may
require, either as recommended by the Planning Board of
upon its own initiative.
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k. Subsequent to a special permit granted by the Board of
Appeals under the provisions of this subsection 6. and
the approval of a definitive plan of a subdivision by the
Planning Board, the location of side and rear lines of lots
in such subdivision may be revised from time to time in
accordance with applicable provisions of other laws and
regulations but any change in the number of lots, the lines
of streets, the reserved open space, its ownership or use
or any other conditions stated in the original special
permit shall require a new special permit issued in add.ord-
ance with the provisions of this By-Law.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning
By-Law by striking out the figures "60,000" and "175" as they appear in
paragraph a. of subsection 1. of Section 8(k) under the caption
CS Districts and by substituting in place thereof the figures "15,500" and
"125" , respectively, so that said paragraph a. shall read as follows:
a. A lot containing an area of not less than 15,500 square
feet and a frontage of not less than 125 feet on the street designated
as the frontage street.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning
By-Law as follows:
A. By striking out the description of district 4 in subsection
( c) of Section 4 thereof under the caption C 1 - Local business
districts and by inserting in place thereof the following:
4, A district on the northeasterly side of Bedford Street
beginning at the intersection of said northeasterly line of Bedford
Street and the southeasterly boundary of the land of Town of Lexington
( Public Works Garage lot) ; thence northeasterly along said boundary
168 feet; thence southeasterly along the northeasterly boundary of lots
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 shown on plan recorded in Middlesex South District Registry
of Deeds, Book 6826, Page 504, and along an extension of said boundary
to the southeastBrly boundary of land now or formerly of the Metropolitan
Equipment and Service Company, Inc. a distance of 620 feet, more or less;
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thence southwesterly along said southeasterly boundary 0-f land now or formerly
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of the Metropolitan Equipment and Service Company,/a distance of 165 feet,
more or less, to the northeasterly line of Bedford Street; thence along
said line of Bedford Street northwesterly a distance of 635.8 feet, more
less, to the point of beginning.
B. By adding a new Subsection (k) of Section I.E. thereof to read
as follows:
(k) CS - Service and trade districts
1. A district on the northeasterly side of Bedford Street
beginning at the intersection of said northeasterly line of Bedford
Street and the southerly line of the right of way of the Boston and
Maine Railroad Company; thence along said right of way of the Boston
and Maine Railroad Company generally southeasterly a distance of
1,585 feet, more or less, thence southwesterly a distance of 1,030 feet,
more or less, to a point in the southeasterly boundary of land now or
formerly of the Metropolitan Equipment and Service Company, Inc-. , said
point peing in line with the rear boundary of lots 5, 14 , 3, 2, 1 as shown
on plan recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 6826,
Page 504, extended southeasterly; thence along said extension and along
the rear boundary of said lots 5, 1., 3, 2, 1 northwesterly a distance of
620 feet, more or less; thence southwesterly along land of the Town of
Lexington (Public Works Garage lot) a distance of 168 feet to Bedford
Street; thence northwesterly along the northeasterly line of Bedford
Street a distance of 507 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning
By-Law by striking out paragraph 5 in subsection ( c) of Section 4
thereof under the caption C 1 - Local business districts and by
inserting a new paragraph 2. in subsection ( j) of said Section 4
under the caption CS - Service and trade districts to read as follows:
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2. A district on the southwesterly side of Bedford Street
between the railroad right of way and the North Lexington Brook
beginning at the intersection of the southwesterly line of Bedford
Street with the northeasterly line of the railroad right of way,
thence northwesterly along said northeasterly line of the railroad
right of way distant about 740 feet to a point, thence northeasterly
distant about 152 feet to a point at the center line of the North
Lexington Brook, thence southeasterly along the said center line of
the North Lexington Brook about 490 feet to a point in the said
southwesterly line of Bedford Street, thence southeasterly distant
about 265 feet to the point of beginning.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning
By-Law by striking out paragraph 2. in subsntion (g) of Section L.
thereof under the caption A 1 - Garden apartment districts.
ARTICLE a. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
by striking out paragraph (a)2. of Section 8 thereof and by inserting
therein the following paragraph (a)2. :
2. The foregoing provisions of Section 8( a) l. as to area, frontage
and side yards only shall not apply to any lot lawfully laid out by plan
or deed duly recorded, or shown on a plan endorsed by the Planning Board
as not requiring approval under the Subdivision Control Law, for a period
of five years from the date of such recording or endorsement, whichever is
earlier, provided such lot has an area of at least 5,000 square feet and a
street frontage of at least 50 feet, and provided that at the time of such
recording or endorsement such lot complied with the area and frontage re-
quirements of this By-Law in effect at the time of such recording or endorse-
ment, nor shall said provisions of Section 8( a)l. as to area, frontage and
side yards apply to the following:
a. Any lot lawfully laid out and recorded by plan or deed prior to
March 18, 1929, provided such lot contains an area of at least
5,000 square feet and a street frontage of at least 50 feet, and
provided further that if such lot has a frontage of less than
100 feet or an area of less than 10,000 square feet and at any
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time on or after the adoption of this amendment to this By-Law
is held in common ownership with one or more contiguous vacant
lots, all having frontage upon a common street, said provisions
as to area, frontage and side yards shall apply to the extent
that it is possible by combining such lots to provide one or
more lots each of which complies, or more nearly complies, with
said area, frontage and side yard provisions of Section 8(a) l.
b. 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 at least 7,500 square feet and a street
frontage of at least 75 feet, and provided further that ifsuch
lot has a frontage of less than 100 feet or an area of less than
10,000 square feet and at any time on or after the adoption of
this amendment to this By-Law is held in common ownership with
one or more contiguous vacant lots, all having frontage upon a
common street, said provisions as to area, frontage and side
yards shall apply to the extent that it is possible by combining
such lots to provide one or more lots each of which complies, or
more nearly complies with said area, frontage and side yard pro-
visions of Section 8(a)1.
c. 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 at least 12,500 square feet and a street
frontage of at least 100 feet,
d. Any lot situated outside the area described in Section 8(a) l.b. ,
lawfully laid out and recorded by plan or deed on or after
December 4, 1950 and prior to November 30, 1953, provided such lot
contains an area of at least 15,500 square feet and a street
frontage of at least 125 feet.
e. For any lot lawfully laid out and recorded by plan or deed, pro-
vided such lot complied with area and frontage requirements in
effect at the time of such recording and has an area of at least
5,000 square feet and a frontage of at least 50 feet on a public
way or a way shown on a plan approved under the Subdivision
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Control Law, the Board of Appeals may grant a special permit for
an exception to the provisions of Section 8(a)1. as to area
and frontage only, where a substantial area in the vicinity of
such lot has been developed and built upon and the residences in
such area have been constructed on lots generally having no more
area and frontage than such lot, and where substantial financial
hardship to the owner of such lot would result from the require-
ment of larger area and frontage than generally prevail in the
area. Notwithstanding the granting of such permit, the side
yard requirements set forth in Section 8(a) 3. shall be appli-
cable .
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vote to
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will/ construct a bituminous
concrete or other sidewalk along the sideline of Concord Avenue
from the westerly terminus of Benjamin Road to Waltham Street,
including related work as required, with abutting owners paying
one half the cost or otherwise, appropriate a sum of money for
such construction and determine how the money shall be provided;
or act in any other manner in relation thereto.
( Inserted at the request of 100 or more registered voters . )
ARTICLE 26. "To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town
way and accept the layout of as a town way, Laconia Street from Lowell
Street a distance of 1150 feet, more or less, southerly and easterly,
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 11, 1967,
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. "
(Inserted at the request of 100 or more registered voters.)
ARTICLE 27 . To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
of the Town of Lexington, Section 4. ( 5) C 4. - Small office districts, by
adding the following at the end of said Section:
"A district on the Northerly side of Worthen Road bounded and
described as follows : SOUTHEASTERLY by Worthen Road by five courses
measuring respectively, twenty-five ( 25) feet, one hundred eleven and 63/100
( 111.63 ) feet, three hundred forty-eight and 26/100 ( 348.26)feet, one
hundred nineteen and 2/100 ( 119.02) feet, and ninety-two and 97/100 , (92.97 )
feet; NORTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of First National Stores, Inc.
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and Custance Brothers, Inc. , four hundred seventy-six and 82/100 (4.76.82)
feet; NORTHWESTERLY by land of Town of Lexington, Lexington Housing
Authority, eight hundred fifty-seven and 98/100 (857.98) feet;
SOUTHWESTERLY by land of Arthur C. and Florence B. Ruge, three hundred
thirty-seven and 93/100 (337.93) feet; NORTHWESTERLY by land of said
Arthur C. and Florence B. Ruge, twenty-five (25) feet; and SOUTHWESTERLY
by land of Grace Chapel, Inc. , four hundred fifty (450) feet, more or
less to the point of beginning."
(Inserted at the request of 100 or more registered voters. )
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning
By-Law by adding in paragraph 2 of subsection ( j) of Section 5
thereof under the caption C {4. Districts the following new subparagraph d. :
d. Funeral homes.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning
By-Law by adding at the end of Section 4.(b) under the caption
R 2 - Two family dwelling districts the following new district:
5. A district on the southwesterly side of Massachusetts Avenue
extending from the westerly line of Oak Street to the easterly line
of Pleasant Street and for a depth of 100 feet throughout; or act in
any other manner in relation thereto.
(Inserted at the request of 100 or more registered voters. )
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
so as to change certain land from an R 1-One Family Dwelling District to
a CN-Neighborhood Business District, by adding in Section 4., Geographical
Descriptions of Districts, at the end of paragraph 1 in subdivision (1)
CN-Neighborhood Business Districts, the following additional description:
This district shall also include the land on the northerly side of
North Hancock Street commencing at the point of beginning of the land
described in the __preceding paragraph; thence northerly along the easterly
boundary of said land described in the .preceeding paragraph a distance of
108.96 feet to the Lot 12 referred to in said preceding paragraph; thence
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easterly along the southerly lot line of said Lot 12 and then continuing
on ,the same course a total distance of 29 feet, more or less, to a point;
thence southerly in a straight line, running in part along the westerly
boundary of the lot shown on plan entitled "Land On North Hancock St.
Lexington Belonging To Heirs Of Olive J. Smith" recorded in said Registry
of Deeds in Book 3214, End, a distance of 119 feet, more or less, to a
point in the northerly sideline of North Hancock Street; and thence
westerly along the northerly sideline of North Hancock Street a distance
of 42 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
( Inserted at the request of 100 or more registered voters . )
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law
of the Town of Lexington, Section 4 (h) C-3 - Special Commercial Districts,
by adding the following at the end of said Section:
"A district on the Southerly side of the Cambridge Concord Highway
(Route 2) , bounded and described as follows: SOUTHWESTERLY by land now
or formerly of Lexington Investment Trust by four courses measuring
respectively, one hundred sixty-three ( 163) feet, one hundred fifty-five
( 155) feet, three hundred sixty-three ( 363) feet, and three hundred
nineteen ( 319) feet; thence by the Northern Circumferential Highway
and the Cambridge Concord Highway by six courses measuring respectively,
NORTHWESTERLY, twenty-two (22) feet; NORTHEASTERLY, three hundred
seventeen and 9/10 ( 317.9) feet, NORTHEASTERLY, ninety-nine (99) feet
and three hundred sixty and 8/10 (360.8) feet; NORTHWESTERLY, thirty-three
( 33) feet; and NORTHEASTERLY, three hundred fifty-six and 5/10 (356.5)
feet; thence EASTERLY by Spring Street by two courses measuring
respectively, one hundred forty-two and 5/10 ( 142.5) and one hundred
fifty ( 150) feet; and SOUTHERLY, five hundred fifty-four (554) feet to
the point of beginning. "
( Inserted at the request of 100 or more registered voters. )
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-second day of
May, A.D. , 1967.
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CONSTABLE'S RETURN
To the Town Clerk Kh7`y ." Z 1967
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
1 / days before the time of said meeting.
Attest: C.; -table/ of Lexingt