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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-03-04-TE-Warrant-and-1968-03-18-ATM-Warrant TOWN WARRANT Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, as . 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 . PR FCI1 CT ONE , HARRINGTON SCHOOL; PRECINCT TWO, ADAMS SCHOOL; PRECINCT TIME-', CARY TMORIAL BUILDING; PRECINCT FOUR , SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL; PRECINCT FIVE, CENTRAL FIRE STATION; E ECINCT SIX, MARIA HASTINGS SCHOOL, on Monday, the fourth day of March, A.D. , 1968, at 7 :00 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; 1 Two members of the School Committee for the term of three years ; One Cemetery Commissioner for the terra 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; One Trustee of Public Trusts for the term of six years, One Trustee of Public Trusts to fill an unexpired term ending March, 1972. r` -2- Eleven Town Meeting Members in Precinct One for the term of three years; 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, 1969; Eleven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Three for the term of three years; Thirteen Town Meeting Members in Precinct Four, 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, 1970, and the one receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an unexpired term ending March, 1969; Twelve Town Meeting Members in Precinct Five, the eleven receiving the highest number of votes to serve for the term of three years, and the cne receiving the next highest number of votes to fill an unexpired term ending March, 1970; Fourteen Town Meeting Members in Precinct Six, 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, 1970, and the two receiving the next highest number of votes to fill unexpired terms ending March, 1969. The polls will be open at 7:00 A.M. and will remain open until 8: 0o 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, 1968, 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 L . 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. / • ,- -3- 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. ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue for the financial years beginning January 1, 1968 and January 1, 1969, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, in accordance with provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will transfer unexpended appropriation balances in any of the accounts to the Excess and Deficiency Account, or to other accounts suitable for such transfer under Chapter 44 of the General Laws; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 8. 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. ARTICLE 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 1968; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -4- 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 LSA. of Chapter 41 of the General Laws; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 13 . To see if the Town will authorize the Permanent Building Committee, appointed under authority of the vote adopted under Article 73 of the Warrant for the 1967 Annual Town Meeting, to retain professional services and prepare final plans and specifications and to obtain bids for the construction and original equipping and furnishing of a new Junior High School on the parcel of land situated on and off Marrett Road that was acquired for school, playground and other public purposes under the authority of the vote adopted under Article 3 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting of June 7, 1965; appropriate money for such purposes 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. r-- -5- 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 Selectmen 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 . -6- ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to install a sewer main or mains in such locations as the Selectmen may determine from a proposed subdivision near the intersection of East Street and Ridge Road and extending easterly to a point in Lowell Street approximately 400 feet northerly of its intersection with the northerly end of Laconia Street, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, and all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, 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. ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to install a sewer main or mains, including a pumping station and appurtenances, in such locations as the Selectmen may determine beginning at a point in Lowell Street approxi- mately 1500 feet northerly from Woburn Street and extending easterly approximately 1400 feet to a proposed pumping station near Marshall Road, thence southerly in Marshall Road and westerly in Woburn Street to its intersection with Lowell Street, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, and all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, 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. -7- ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to install a sewer main or mains in such locations as the Selectmen may determine from a point on Hill Street near Diana Lane to a point on Cedar Street near Freemont Street, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, and all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, 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. ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to install a sewer main or mains, including a pumping station and appurtenances, in such locations as the Selectmen may determine from the existing Woodhaven trunk sewer at a point approximately 1300 feet southeasterly from the intersection of Shade Street and Spring Street to a point in Spring Street near the Waltham city line and to a point in Shade Street near said city line, subject to the assessment of betterments or otherwise, in accordance with Chapter 504 of the Acts of 1897, and all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, 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. ,_ • -8- ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to install drains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine, including the widening, deepening or altering the course of brooks, streams and water courses and the construction of new channels in said other land, 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 21. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to construct concrete, bitnm;nous 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 22. 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 23. 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. ARTICLE 21+. 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. -9- ARTICLE 25. 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. 26. 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 prcvided 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 27. 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. ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will make supplementary appropriations 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. ARTICLE 29. 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 1969 Annual Town Meeting; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. -10- ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for development of a parking area with a temporary surface on land abutting on Worthen Road and adjacent to the south side of the Senior High School Field House and determine whether the money shall be provided by current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, or by borrowing, • or bray-combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto . ARTICLE 31. 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 32. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to obtain appraisals on and options for land or rights therein that they desire to recommend be acquired by the Town as locations for future streets or for playground or recreational or off-street parking or school purposes, or any combination of said purposes, and will authorize the Selectmen to acquire by purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise, the land or rights therein that are recommended for such purposes; appropriate money for such appraisals, 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 33. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article XXI of the General By-Laws of the Town by striking out the figure '$1,000" wherever it appears and by substituting in place thereof the figure 92,000" ; or act in any other manner in relation thereto . -11- ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for• the purchase or lease of voting machines, and provide for payment thereof 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 35. 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. ARTICLE 36. 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. ARTICLE 37. 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 ChildrenTs 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. -12- ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to abandon such portions of the sewer easement, in land of Harriet M. Hamilton, as are no longer required by the Town, said easement being a part of the easements acquired by the Town by eminent domain by Order dated May 8, 1967, recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 11328, Page 665, and will set the minimum amount to be paid for such abandonment; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to appoint, under the provisions of Chapter 147, Section 21A, of the General Laws, as a police cadet, for a period of full-time "on the job" training, one or more citizens resident in the Town, each of whom is not less than eighteen or more than twenty-three years of age, who meets the physical qualifications required for applicants for appointment to the police force in the Town, and who is determined by the Selectmen to be of good moral character, such appointment or appointments to be on such other terms and conditions as the Selectmen may determine; and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the compensation of such cadet or cadets and any expenses incident to said appointment or appointments and to the employment, education and training of the cadet or cadets so appointed; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for engineering services and plans for sewer mains in such accepted or unaccepted streets or other land as the Selectmen may determine, 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 . -13- ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a new fire rescue truck 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 42. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a new fire alarm service truck 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 43. To see if the Town will vote to amend the General By-Laws of the Town by adding a new ARTICLE XXX to read substantially as follows: ARTICLE XXX MUNICIPAL DATA PROCESSING CENTER Section 1. The Town shall have a Municipal Data Processing Center for the use of any department, office, board, committee and agency of the Town, including the school committee and any public authority within the Town. Section 2. Said center shall be under the supervision and control of the data processing coordinator who shall be the Comptroller appointed under the provisions of Chapter 777 of the Acts of 1965. ARTICLE ip! . To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 6J of Chapter 40 of the General Laws of Massachusetts, as amended by Chapter 90 of the Acts of 1964, which is an act authorizing cities and towns to purchase rain wear and other work clothes for their employees . ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the total amount of State Aid to public libraries received in 1963 to the Trustees cf the Cary Memorial Library to use in improving and extending library services in Lexington; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. C -14- ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for a survey, preparation of plans, and structural work for control and correction of fungi and beetle larvae damage at the Branch Library; 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 47. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for painting the exterior of the Cary Memorial Library, 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. ARTICLE48. To see if the Town will vote to extend to a subsequent Town Meeting the time within which the Town-Wide Beautification Committee, established under Article 75 of the Annual Town Meeting of March, 1967, shall report; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 49. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law as follows: A. By striking out the description of District 1. in subsection (i) of Section 4 under the caption CH 1 - Commercial and hotel districts and by inserting in place thereof the following description: 1. A district on the southwesterly side of Bedford Street bounded and described as follows: northeasterly by the southwesterly line of Bedford Street as laid out by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on June 3, 1958, Layout 4689; southeasterly by a line parallel to and distant 175 feet northwesterly from the southeasterly boundary of land shown on Land Court Plan 31699-B and owned now or formerly by Heritage Hotels, Inc. ; southwesterly by a line parallel to and distant 1,200 feet northeasterly from the north- easterly side of the Boston and Maine Railroad right-of-way; and northwesterly by part of the southeasterly boundary of land now or -15- formerly of Onel DeFelice and Mary Agnes Siekman and by the southeasterly boundary of land now or formerly of Russell C. Davenport 872 feet more or• less, and by the southeasterly boundary of land now or formerly of Howard A. and Elaine L. Smith, 200 feet more or less . B. By adding at the end of subsection (f) of Section 4 under the caption CM 1 - Commercial - light manufacturing districts the following new district: 3. A district on the southwesterly side of Bedford Street bounded and described as follows: northeasterly, easterly and south- easterly by the Bedford Street-Route 128 interchange as laid out by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on August 30, 1960, southwesterly by a line parallel to and distant 1,200 feet northeasterly from the northeasterly line of the Boston and Maine Railroad right-of-way and northwesterly by the south- easterly boundary of Lot B shown on Land Court Plan 9475-A. C. By adding at the end of subsection (f) of Section 4 under the caption CM 1 - Commercial - Light manufacturing districts the following new district: 1b. A district on the southwesterly side of Bedford Street bounded and described as follows : northeasterly by Bedford Street 282 feet more or less; southeasterly by the southeasterly boundary of land now or formerly of Howard A. and Elaine L. Smith 200 feet and by the southeasterly boundary of land now or formerly of Russell C. Davenport and part of the southeasterly boundary of land now or formerly of Onel DeFelice and Mary Agnes Siekman 872 feet more or less to the line parallel to and distant 1,200 feet northeasterly from the northeasterly side of the Boston and Maine Railroad right-of-way; southwesterly by said line parallel to and distant 1,200 feet northeasterly from the north- easterly side of the Boston and Maine Railroad right-of-way; • -16- northwesterly, northeasterly and again northwesterly by the southeasterly line of Hartwell Avenue; and northerly by the intersection of Hartwell Avenue and Bedford Street 82.75 feet. D. By adding a new subsection (k) in Section 1. thereof under the caption GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF DISTRICTS as follows: (k) CS - Service and trade districts 1. A district on the southwesterly side of Bedford Street bounded and described as follows: northeasterly by the southwesterly line of Bedford Street as laid out by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on June 3, 1958 a distance of 580.65 feet; easterly by the westerly line of Bedford Street-Rte . 128 interchange 'as laid out by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on August 30, 1960 a distance of 21.66 feet; southeasterly by the southeasterly boundary of Lot B shown on Land Court Plan 9475-A; southwesterly by a line parallel to and distant 1,200 feet northeasterly from the north- easterly line of the Boston and Maine Railroad right-of-way; and northwesterly by a line parallel to and distant 175 feet north- westerly from the southeasterly boundary of land shown on Land Court Plan 31699-B. ARTICLE 50. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law as follows: A. By adding the following new subparagraph g. at the end of subsection (e) of Section 8 thereof under the caption CM 1 Districts: g. For each permitted principal or accessory building on land northwest of Rte . 128 abutting Bedford Street or Bedford Street-Rte. 128 interchange, a front yard thereon extending from the southwesterly line of Bedford Street to a line parallel to and distant 175 feet southwesterly from the base line of Bedford Street as shown on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts layout 4689, -17- dated June 3, 1958 and shown as auxiliary base line "F" on the State Highway Alteration Layout 5016 dated August 30, 1960. Within such yard there shall be permitted only green areas of grass, shrubs, plants and trees; and fences, pools, gates or security stations, ornamental structures Permitted in the finding and determination of the Board of Appeals, walks, driveways, access ways and parking facilities, all occupying not more than 50 per cent of such yard; and such parking facilities shall be located not less than 100 feet from said base line of Bedford Street. B. By striking out subparagraph b. of paragraph 1. of subsection ( i) of Section 8 thereof under the caption CH 1 Districts and by inserting in place thereof the following new subparagraph b. : b. For each permitted principal or accessory building on land northwest of Rte. 128 and abutting Bedford Street, a front yard thereon extending from the southwesterly line of Bedford Street to a line parallel to and 175 feet distant southwesterly from the base line of Bedford Street shown on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts layout 4689 dated June 3, 1958. Within such yard there shall be permitted only green areas of grass, shrubs, plants and trees; and fences, gates or security stations, walks, driveways, access ways and parking facilities, all occupying not more than 50 per cent of such yard; and such parking facilities shall be located not less than 100 feet from said base line of Bedford Street. C. By adding at the end of paragraph 1. of subsection (k) of Section 8 thereof under the caption CS Districts the following new subparagraph g. -18- g. For each permitted principal or accessory building on land northwest of Rte. 128 abutting Bedford Street, a front yard thereon extending from the southwesterly line of said Bedford Street to a line parallel to and distant southwesterly 175 feet from the base line of Bedford Street as shown on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Layout 4689 dated June 3, 1958. Within such yard there shall be permitted only green areas of grass, shrubs, plants and trees ; and fences, gates or security stations, walks, driveways, access ways, gasoline pumps and customary accessories thereto, and parking facilities, all occupying not more than 50 per cent of such yard; and such gasoline pumps and accessories and such parking facilities shall be located not less than 100 feet from said base line of Bedford Street. ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by striking out subparagraph c. of paragraph La.. of subsection (k) in Section 5 thereof under the caption PERMITTED BUILDINGS AND USES and by inserting in place thereof the following new subparagraph c. : c. Automotive repair shops and gasoline service stations . ARTICLE 52. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by striking Section 8( c)l.a. ( 1) thereof and by substituting in place thereof the following: ( 1) If a boundary of the lot abuts on or is within 10 feet of land in an R1, R2 or Al district, a side yard or rear yard, whichever is applicable, 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. Except for the 10 feet nearest the boundary, the yard may be used for driveways and parking. -19- ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by striking out subparagraphs a. and b. and the words "on or after March 18, 1929 and" in subparagraph c. of paragraph 2. of subsection (a) in Section 8 thereof under the caption R 1 and R 2 Districts and by inserting therein the following new paragraphs a. and b. ° a. Any lot lawfully laid out and recorded by plan or deed prior to March 18, 1929, provided such lob contains an area of not less than 5,000 sq. ft. and a frontage upon the frontage street of not less than 50 feet and on the effective date of this amendment was not in common ownership with one or more contiguous vacant lots located in the same zoning district. b. Any lot lawfully laid out and recorded by plan or deed, provided such lot complied with area and frontage requirements for building lots in effect at the time of such recording and has an area of not less than 5,000 sq. ft. and a frontage of not less than 50 ft. on a public way or• a way shown on a plan approved under the Subdi- vision Control Law, may be granted a special -permit by the Board of Appeals for an exception from the requirements of paragraph 1 . of this subsection (a) 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 having no more area and frontage than such lot and where substantial financial hardship to the owner of such lot would result from the requirements of greater area and frontage than generally prevail in the area. -20- ARTICLE 54. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by adding at the end of paragraph 3. of subsection (d) under the caption C 2 Districts in Section 5. thereof the following new subparagraph c. : c. Residential apartments in the same structure with one or more uses permitted in paragraphs 1. through 5. , inclusive, of subsection ( c) of this Section 5. under the caption C 1 Districts, subject to all of the following conditions : ( 1) There shall be no apartments on other than the second and third floors, and no other use on the same floor as apartments or on any floor above such apartments; ( 2) There shall be provided on the same lot as the apartments and reserved for use by the tenants of such apartments parking facilities equivalent to at least one parking space for each room designed for or used as a bedroom; (3) There shall be provided and maintained on the same lot as the apartments an open, landscaped area, available and accessible to the apartment tenants, containing an aggregate area not less than the gross floor area allocated to apartments, or one-fourth acre per apartment structure, whichever is greater, provided, however, that this condition shall be deemed to be satisfied by the existence of public park, recreation or open space land located on the same side of Massachusetts Avenue, Bedford Street or Worthen Road as the lot on which is located the structure containing the apartments, and contiguous to such lot or separated therefrom only by a street. -21- ARTICLE 55. To see if the Town will ratify, confirm and adopt the action of the Board of Selectmen in accepting on behalf of the Town a deed from Ernest R. Outhet conveying to the Town a parcel of land containing 7 .8 acres, more or less, and shown as Parcel "A" on plan entitled "Woodside Acres in Lexington, Mass . " , dated April 15, 1967 , Albert A. Miller & Wilbur C. Nylander, Civil Engineers and Surveyors, which parcel of land is subject to a transmission line easement established by a taking by Boston Edison Company dated March 16, 1948, recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 7243, Page 390; or act in any other manner in relation thereto . ARTICLE 56. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground and recreational purposes all or any part of the land consisting of a parcel of land off Freemont Street, containing 9 .6 acres, more or less, described in a deed recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 1031119, Page 185, and lots 222 and 223 as shown on the plan of Lexington Farms recorded in said Deeds as Plan number 11 in Plan Book 202, and a parcel of land containing 8.9 acres, more or less, shown as lot A on plan recorded in said Deeds at the end of Book 7426, all believed to be now or formerly of Paul B. Lloyd and Olive E. Lloyd; appropriate a sum of money for such 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; and authorize the Selectmen to apply for and receive any federal or state reimbursement of any part of the acquisition cost for which this acquisition may be eligible; or act in any other manner in relation thereto . r- -22- ARTICLE 22-ARTICLE 57. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground and recreation purposes a parcel of land situated to the south of the property at the southerly corner of Woburn and Lowell Streets and shown as Parcel A on "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass.", dated September 2, 1958, by Fred A. Joyce recorded in Book 9264., Page 429 in Middlesex South Deeds; appropriate money for said acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto . ARTICLE 58. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground, recreation and other public purposes a parcel of land situated between Harrington School Playground and Woburn Street and shown as Parcel B on "Compiled Plan of Land To Be Acquired By The Town of Lexington, Mass. ", dated November 30, 1967, by A. V. Zaleski; being a portion of land shown on "Compiled Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass.", dated March 5, 1966, by J. W. Moore, recorded in Middlesex South Deeds in Book 11079, Page 82; appropriate money for said acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. r- -23- ARTICLE 59 . To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground, recreation and other public purposes all or any part of a parcel of land situated between Blossom Street and Lawn Avenue, shown as Lot 33A on Assessors Map 9, and being a portion of the premises shown on plan entitled "Land of Arthur F. and Edwin W. Hutchinson at Lexington, Mass . " , dated May 1932, by F. P. Cutter, recorded in Middlesex South Deeds, Book 5654-End; appropriate money for said acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground, recreation and other public purposes all or any part of a parcel of land situated south of Route 2 and east of Blossom Street and shown as Lot 31A on Assessors Map 9; appropriate money for said acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 61. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for playground, recreation, and other public purposes a parcel of land situated between the Boston and Maine Railroad and the Great Meadows, containing 8 acres more or less and shown as Lot 84 on Assessors Map 30; appropriate money for said acquisition and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto . -Ph- ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for cemetery, street, and other public purposes a parcel of land between Westview Street and Hartwell Avenue containing 1.61 acres and being shown as Lot 5 on "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass. ", dated Dec. 16, 1960, by A. A. Miller and 4. C. Nylander, recorded in Middlesex South Deeds in Book 9757-End as Plan 157 of 1961; appropriate a sum of money for such acquisition and determine whether said money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the SelecLmen to petition the General Court for the enactment of legislation authorizing the establishment of a Selectmen-Town Manager form of government in the Town of Lexington, such legislation to be substantially in accordance with the proposed legislation prepared and submitted by the Structure of Town Government Committee, or as the same may be amended by vote of the Town Meeting, a copy of such proposed legislation being on file in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 61!.. To see if the Town will vote to continue or to revive the committee called the Structure of Town Government Committee established under Article 49 of the Warrant for the 1966 Annual Town Meeting, and determine the time and purposes for which said Committee shall be continued or revived; or act in any other manner in relation thereto . -25- ARTICLE 65. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to retain engineering services and prepare plans for off-street parking on all or any part of the land situated on Meriam Street and abutting the Boston and Maine Railroad that was acquired for an off-street parking area in 1960, and on land adjacent thereto extending easterly and southeasterly to Grant Street, and to construct an off-street parking area on all or any part of said land that was acquired for such purposbs in 1960; appropriate money therefor and determine whether the money shall be provided by the current tax levy, by transfer from available funds, including the Parking Meter Fund, or by borrowing, or by any combination of these methods; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 66. To see if the Town will authorize the construction and installation of additions to the Civil Defense warning system and the relocation of three existing warning devices; 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. ARTICLE 67. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to retain professional services for the preparation of plans and specifications for the development of the so-called dump area on Lincoln Street and to develop all or a portion of said area; 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. -26- ARTICLE 68. To see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission to purchase or otherwise acquire, 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 8Cnf Chapter 40 of the General Laws, all or any part of a parcel of land containing 7.97 acres as shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lexington, Mass .", dated November 24, 1943, by Fred A. Joyce, Surveyor, all as described in a deed from Edwin B. Worthen et al, dated May 26, 1944, recorded in Middlesex South District Deeds, Book 6944, Page 539; and appropriate money therefor• 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 69. To see if the Town will authorize the Conservation Commission to purchase or otherwise acquire, 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 part of land described as follows : Lot 61 of Map 47 consisting of 20.9 acres more or less, and Lot 50 of Map 55, consisting of 6.7 acres more or less, said maps being Property Maps of the Town of Lexington prepared by James Ti!. Sewall Company of Old Town, Maine, dated 1962, as modified and updated by the Town from year to year; and appropriate money therefor 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. r— -27- A1.TTCL7. 70. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to the Conservation Fund to be expended by the Conservation Commission in conjunction with funds appropriated by the Town of Arlington for the purpose of obtaining, by means of a hydrological study, information pertinent to the proper development and utilization of a certain tract of land in Lexington owned by the Town of Arlington and known as the Great Meadows, 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 71. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the further development of the Harrington School playground 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 72. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the further development of the W. John Baskin Playground 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. -28- ARTICLE 73. To see if the Town will vote to petition the General Court, separately or jointly with the Town of Bedford, for the enactment of a law authorizing the construction and financing of sewers in the Town of Lexington to be used jointly by the Towns of Lexington and Bedford; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. ARTICLE 74. To see if the Town will vote to install a sewer main or mains in such locations as the Selectmen may determine from the vicinity of Hamilton Road to the Metropolitan District Commission sewer line in Lexington, and to enlarge, alter, replace or reconstruct the North Lexington Pumping Station and the equipment therein, 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, construction and equipment 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 . -29- ARTICLE 75. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way Carriage Drive from Grove Street a distance of 1500 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 19, 1968, 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 76 To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way Coach Road from Carriage Drive to Volunteer Way a distance of 850 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 19, 1968, 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 77: T . see if the T = ., :t bi establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way Circle Road from Sheila Road a distance of 474 feet, more or less, southwesterly and southerly, as laid cut by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 19, 1968, 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. -30- ARTICLE 78 . To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way Sheila Road from Lillian Road a distance of 386 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 19,1968, 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 79. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way Ingleside Road from Maple Street a distance of 2250 feet, more or less, northerly, easterly and southeasterly, to Clyde Place, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown upon a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, dated January 19, 1968, 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 ' 80. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way Clyde Place from Ingleside Road a distance of 313 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 19, 1968, 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. r -31- ARTICLE 81: To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way Abernathy Road from Ingleside Road a distance of 671 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 19, 1968, 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 82. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way, Ewell Avenue, 950 feet from Eastern Avenue to Deering 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 19, 1968, 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 to 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 83. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way, Hillcrest Avenue, 750 feet from Fottler Avenue to Circle Road, 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 19, 1968, 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. -32- • ARTICLE 84: To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way, Grassland Street, 700 feet from Spring Street to Payson 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 19, 1968, 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 85. To see if the Town will vote to establish as a town way and accept the layout of as a town way, Vaille Avenue, 880 feet' from Reed Street to end, 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 19, 1968, 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 . - -33- ARTICLE 86. Tc see if the Town will vote to amend the zoning by-law of the Town of Lexington, Section 4(g) A 1 Garden apartment districts by adding at the end thereof the following: A certain parcel of land situated on the Easterly side of Blossom Street, in Lexington, more fully bounded and described as follows : Beginning at land now or formerly of John R. Beaver and of Corazzini and thence running Easterly by said land of Beaver and land now or formerly of Bowman, 495 feet to land now or formerly of Foran; thence turning and running Southeasterly by said Foran land and Lawn Avenue by two lines, 119.7 feet and 148.56 'feet; thence turning and running Southerly by Lawn Avenue and land now or formerly of Culkeen by two lines 86.88 feet and 124.39 feet : thence turning and running Southwesterly by land now or formerly of Marlowe and of Tocci and of Prendergast, 456.05 feet; thence turning and running Southerly again by land of said Prendergast and land now or formerly of Peters, 165.69 feet; thence turning and running Southwesterly again by land of said Peters, 52.20 feet; thence turning and running Westerly to a point 200 feet distant from Blossom Street, 97 feet more or less; thence turning and running Northerly by a line 200 feet distant and parallel with Blossom Street, 450 feet to a point; thence turning and running Westerly again 200 feet to Blossom Street ; thence turning and running Northerly along the Easterly line of Blossom Street to the point of beginning by four lines, 62.72 feet, 192.85 feet, 50 feet and 206.39 feet, totalling 511.96 feet. Containing 9.6 acres more or less . (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters. ) C -344- ARTICLE 87. To see if the Town will vote to amend the zoning by-law of the Town of Lexington, Section 4(g) A 1 Garden apartment districts by adding at the end thereof the following: A certain parcel of land situated on the Easterly side of Blossom Street, in Lexington, more fully bounded and described as follows: Beginning at land now or formerly of John R. Beaver and of Corazzini and thence running Easterly by said land of Beaver and land now or formerly of Bowman, 4.95 feet to land now or formerly of Foran; thence turning and running Southeasterly by said Foran land and Lawn Avenue by two lines, 119.7 feet and 190.39 feet; thence turning and running Southerly by Lawn Avenue and land now or formerly of Culkeen by two lines 86.88 feet and 124.39 feet; thence turning and running Southwesterly by land now or formerly of Marlowe and of Tocei and of Prendergast, 456.05 feet; thence turning and running Southerly again by land of said Prendergast and land now or formerly of Peters, 165. 69 feet; thence turning and running South- westerly again by land of said Peters, 52.20 feet; thence turning and running Westerly to a point 200 feet distant from Blossom Street, 97 feet more or less; thence turning and running Northerly by a line 200 feet distant and parallel with Blossom Street, 450 feet to a point; thence turning and running Westerly again 200 feet to Blossom Street; thence turning and running Northerly along the Easterly line of Blossom Street to the point of beginning by four lines, 62. 72 feet, 192.85, 50 feet and 206.39 feet, totalling 511.96 feet. Containing 9.6 acres more or less. =:35- ARTICLH. 88. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by striking from subparagraph c. of Paragraph 7. of Subsection (a) of Section 5 the words "Hospitals, sanitaria, nursing, convalescent and rest homes, homes for the aged; " or act in any other manner• in relation thereto. (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters. ) ARTICLE 89. To see- if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law as follows: Section 5(a) paragraph 7(c) is stricken and the following is substituted therefor: - Non-profit hospitals and non-profit sanitaria, charitable institutions, private schools, non- commercial non-profit clubs, places and buildings for public assembly. Section 5(c) , section 6 is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:- d. Hospitals and sanitaria of a non-charitable nature, nursing, convalescent and rest homes, homes for the aged, and cemeteries and so- called extended care facilities . Section 5, paragraph (h) (2) is amended by adding the following paragraph: - e. Hospitals and sanitaria of a non-charitable nature, nursing, convalescent and rest homes, homes for the aged, and cemeteries and so-called extended care facilities. Section 5, paragraph ( j) (2) is - amended by adding the following paragraph: - e. Hospitals and sanitaria of a non-charitable nature, nursing, convalescent and rest homes, homes for the aged, and cemeteries and so-called extended care facilities . (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters . ) =36= ARTICLE 90. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town, to purchase, to be taken by eminent domain, or otherwise acquire, for recreation purposes, street purposes and other public purposes, all or any part of two parcels of land containing respectively (Parcel 1) 46,060 and (Parcel 2) 6,085 square feet, more or less, and shown and described as follows: PARCEL 1. A section of land which includes: (a) so much of the entire twenty (20) foot wide Sewer Easement lying between, but not on, the land, now or formerly of William S. , Donald D. and Alan B. Wilson as tenants in common (at it's northern extremity) and the land, now or formerly, of Dexter P. Jr. and Caroline M. Cooper as tenants by the entirety (at its southern extremity) as shown on a Plan of Sewer Easement on two (2) sheets dated April 20, 1959, John J. Carroll, Town Engineer, registered with Document 341752 (Registration Book 620 Page 82 Middlesex County Registry of Deeds at Cambridge, Massachusetts) ; and (b) the land on lots 69 to 73 inclusive that lies to the east of the Sewer Easement described in (a) of this parcel 1. Said lots 69 to 73 inclusive are shown on plans filed with the Planning Board of the Town. Lots .69, 70 and 71 are shown on a plan entitled "Subdivision of Land in Lexington, Mass. dated July 7, 1966, Revised finally September 22, 1966, Approved October 31, 1966 and Endorsed November 21, 1966" . Lots 72 and 73 are shown on a sheet designated as (2) of 7 on a plan entitled "Peacock Farms, Section Six, dated July 7, 1966, finally Revised September 22, 1966 Approved October 31, 1966 and Endorsed November 21, 1966" . PARCEL 2. A section of land which includes: (a) the entire twelve (12) foot wide Sewer Easement beginning at Mason Street and running in a northeasterly direction across lot 69 and terminating at land, now or formerly, of William S. , Donald D. , and Alan B. Wilson as tenants in Gammon; and (b) a parallel strip of land thirty-eight (38) feet wide lying to the east and south of and abutting the Sewer Easement described in (a) of Parcel 2, said 38 foot wide strip beginning at Mason Street and running in a northeasterly direction and terminating at land, -37- now or formerly, of William S. , Donald D. and Alan B. Wilson as tenants in Common. The Sewer Easement and other land involved in this Parcel 2 are on Lot 69. Lot 69 is shown on a plan entitled "Subdivision of Land in Lexington, Mass. dated July 7, 1966, Revised finally September 22, 1966, Approved October 31, 1966 and Endorsed November 21, 1966", and it is on file with the Planning Board of the Town; and appropriate a sum of money for such acquisition 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. (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters. ) ARTICLE 97-: To see if the Town will vote to amend the General By-Laws by striking out Section 2 of ARTICLE XX"VII in its entirety and inserting in place thereof a new Section 2 to read substantially as follows: Section 2. No dog owned or kept in this Town shall be allowed to be off the premises of its owner or keeper except in the immediate restraint and control of some person by means of a leash. The owner or keeper of any such dog that is not so restrained or controlled off the premises of its owner or keeper shall be punishable by a fine of ten dollars for each offense. (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters. ) ARTICLE 92, To see if the Town will vote to amend the General By-Laws of the Town by striking out Section 5, Section 6, Section 7 and Section 8 of Article XXV; or act in any other manner in relation thereto. (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters. ) -38- ARTICLE 93. To determine if the Town will vote to erect an outdoor honor roll listing the names of Lexington men and women that have served or are serving in the Armed Forces of the United States during the officially described Vietnam period, the purposes being to pay tribute to said individuals, to serve as a reminder to all townspeople and visitors of the efforts and sacrifices of these servicemen and to publicly demonstrate that the Town is proud to recognize the duties they are performing. Said honor roll shall be located along Massachusetts Ave. , somewhere between its intersections with Woburn St. and Clarke St. and shall be prominently visible to all passersby on Massachusetts Ave . Awarding of a contract for the erection of this honor roll shall be made within 45 days of the passage of this article and completion of the installation shall be within 75 days of the passage of this article. (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters . ) ARTICLE 94. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by (1) adding to the end of Section 4 (f) CM 1 - Commercial - Light manufacturing districts, the following new paragraph 3: A district southeasterly of Hartwell Avenue and bounded and described as follows: IORTHEASTERLY by Bedford Street, 282 feet more or less; SOUTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of Howard A. and Elaine L. Smith by two courses, respectively measuring 98.52 and 101. 78 feet; NORTHEASTERLY again, by said Smith land, 135.62 feet SOUTHEASTERLY again, by land now or formerly of Home Guardian Company of New York, by two lines, respectively measuring 355.62 feet and 516.19 feet (which two lines comprise most of the southeasterly boundary of land now or formerly of Russell S. Davenport, and part of the southeasterly boundary of land now s or formerly of Onel DeFelice and Mary Agnes Siekman); -39- SOUTHWESTERLY by a line parallel to and 1,200 feet equidistant from the northeasterly side of the Boston & Maine Railroad right of way, 640.21 feet; NORTHWESTERLY, NORTHEASTERLY, and again NORTHWESTERLY by the southeasterly line of Hartwell Avenue; and NORTHERLY by the intersection of Hartwell Avenue and Bedford Street, 82.75 feet; and (2) adding the following new sentence to the end of Paragraph 1 of Section 4 (i) CH 1 - Commercial and hotel districts: There is excepted from the above-described land the parcel bounded and described as follows: NORTHEASTERLY by Bedford Street, 282 feet more or less; SOUTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of Howard A. and Elaine L. Smith by two courses, respectively measuring 98.52 and 101. 78 feet; NORTHEASTERLY again, by said Smith land, 135.62 feet; SOUTHEASTERLY again, by land now or formerly of Home Guardian Company of New York, by two lines, respectively measuring 355.62 feet and 516.19 feet (which two lines comprise most of the southeasterly boundary of land now or formerly of Russell S. Davenport, and part of the southeasterly boundary of land now or formerly of Onel DeFelice. and Mary Agnes Siekman SOUTHWESTERLY by a line parallel to and 1,200 feet equidistant from the northeasterly side of the Boston & Maine Railroad right right of way, 640.21 feet NORTHWESTERLY, NORTHEASTERLY, and again NORTHWESTERLY by the southeasterly line of Hartwell Avenue; and NORTHERLY by the intersection of Hartwell Avenue and Bedford Street, 82. 75 feet. (Inserted at the request of ten or more registered voters. ) C . -40- ARTICLE 95: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for Christmas lighting in Lexington Center, 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 96. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell a portion of the so-called Poor Farm Tract to the Lexington Golf Club; or act in any other manner in relation thereto . ARTICLE 97. To see if the Town will vote a supplementary appropriation to be used in conjunction with and in addition to the money already appropriated under Article 52 of the Warrant for the 1966 Annual Town Meeting for beautification and improvement of Massachusetts Avenue between Wallis Court and Bedford Street, 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 '98- To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from available funds toward the reduction of the 1968 tax rate; 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 fifth day of February, 1968. Selectmen of Lexington r- CONSTABTN,'S RETURN To the Town Clerk February 21, 1968 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 / 2 days before the time of said meeting. 11n Attest: ii •stab e of Lexi on AMENDED RETURN OF SERVICE WITH RESPECT TO THE WARRANT FOR THE 1968 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING CONSTABLE' S RETURN May 13, 1969 To the Town Clerk I have served the foregoing warrant by posting a printed copy thereof in the Town Office Building and in a public place in each of the precincts of 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 12 days before the time of said meeting. Attest: 0 Constable of Le ngton