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in response to request of the Selectmen,
Messrs. Emery, Duffy, and Milne of the Planning
Board met with them on Tuesday, September 28,
1926. There was discussion of the adoption of
the policy of allowing set -backs or building
lines in residential districts to become estab-
lished under the provisions of the zoning by-law
instead of by regular procedure under the statutes.
The general conclusion was that while the con-
stitutionality of the set -back provisions of the
zoning laws had not been absolutely established
by trial eases, sufficient support had been given
by courts to justify a policy of relying upon them.
It was felt that the labor involved in formal
proceedings for establishment of building lines
by release and petition was likely to produce
more opposition and more damage claims than if
the procedure went forward in individual cases under
the zoning law and building permit issuance.
Mr. Emery asked the Selectmen to take steps
to stop the placing of signs and advertising on
' posts, trees and fences on the public highway,
and to secure the removal of such signs. He also
asked that measures be taken to maintain the grass
plots between sidewalks and streets, and to require
public service companies and others disturbing
this parking for placement of poles, pipes, etc, to
restore it.