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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1940-08-26PLANNING BOARD MEETING ' AUGUST 26, 1940. A regular meeting of the Planning Board was held on Monday evening, August 26th, at 7:30 P.M. in the Town Office Building. All members were present, and the minutes of the previous meeting were approved as received. The Board reviewed the work being done by Mr. Kimball on the Master Plan, following which Mr. Greeley reported on Budget the Budget Plan. It was voted to appropriate twenty-five plan. dollars for statistical work on this project, and Thayer Rudd was contacted to communicate with the Chairman. C 1 A letter was received from the Board of Selectmen asking that the Planning Board give consideration to the matter of overhanging signs in the town and the possible elimination of them. The Board reviewed the past history and legal aspects of this question, and moved and seconded that the following vote be submitted to the Selectmen as this Board's recommendation: "The Planning Board recommends that the sections of the Building Code governing the use of permanent exterior signs in C-1, T-1 and M-1 zones, be changed to establish a maximum size of not over two feet in vertical width and of a length not to exceed the width of the building at the fronta§e line. There shall be not more than one exterior sign for each firm or business occupying a building and all signs shall be erected flat against the building. "All new signs shall conform to this regulation and all signs must conform not later than January 1, 19456. Overhanging signs. In regard to the field trip of Aug. 15th, the list of areas suitable for apartment construction, if they should be presented, was reviewed and modified. It was the opinion of Apartment the Board that at the same time study might well bd given sones to the problem of the large frame house, essentially a part of the apartment problem. Mr. Kimball reviewed the case briefly from the standpoint of the Board of Appeals, and in what ways this urgent question has been faced and solved to date. The Board agreed that an informal survey of the main residential areas of the town should be undertaken by the members to consider what residences, without external changes, might be considered proper as a dwelling for two families, and why. The map was divided into sections for this purpose. The next meeting will be held on Sept. 16th. The meeting adjourned at 9:50 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Clerk.