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LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY, MASS. 3 4864 00275 4843
REPORT OF THE OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN
FOR THE YEAR 1951
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THE REPORT OF THE
SCHOOL AND OTHER COMMITTEES FOR THE YEAR 1951
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Assessors, Report of
60
Auditor, Report of
102
Bemis Lectures 157
Board of Appeals, Report of . 144
Building Code Committee, Report of
152
Division of Inspectors, Report of 151
132
Civil Defense Agency, Report of .
160
Collector of Taxes, Report of
84
deCordova and Dana Museum, Report of Directors
46
Finance Committee, Report of
51
Fire Engineers, Report of
134
Health, Board of, Report of
128
Library, Report of Trustees of Statistics 139
Lincoln Recreation Committee, Report of .
149
Lincoln School Building Committee, Report of . 162
153
Middlesex County Extension Service, Report of 146
Nursing Committee, Report of 136
44
Planning Board, Report of
140
Police Department, Report of
158
Revise Town By-Laws, Committee to, Report of. :
156
School Committee, Report of
163
Expenditures
186
Graduating Class of 1951
187
School Calendar .
165
School Committee, Report of
166
School Enrollment ..
183
School Nurse, Report of
180
School Personnel
188
School Superintendent, Report of
168
Selectmen, Report of
41
State Auditor, Report of
105
Streets, Superintendent of, Report of
123
Town Clerk, Report of
11
Births
36
Deaths
40
Juror List for 1951
35
Marriages
38
Special Town Meeting, June 11, 1951.
31
Town Election, March 10, 1951
28
Town Officers, List of 4
Treasurer, Report of
85
Tree Warden, Report of
148
Trust Funds Commissioners, Report of
112
Union Health Committee, Report of
154
Warrant of 1952 189
Water Commissioners, Report of
124
Annual Meeting, March 5, 1951, Proceedings at
11
Memorial Day Committee, Report of.
Old Age Assistance, Report of
138
Cemetery Commissioners, Report of
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1951
Term Expires
DONALD P. DONALDSON Moderator
1954
Town Clerk
WILLIAM H. DAVIS
1952
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
JOHN O. WILSON (Chairman) 1952
EDMUND W. GILES .
. 1953
HENRY DeC. WARD
1954
Assessors
DAVID B. YOUNG (Chairman)
1952
GEORGE G. TARBELL, JR ..
· 1953
ARTHUR W. RICE .
1954
Treasurer
FREDERICK B. TAYLOR
1952
Collector of Taxes
WILLIAM H. DAVIS
1953
Auditor
PEARSON HUNT
1952
School Committee
MALCOLM L. DONALDSON (Chairman) . 1953
KENNETH C. FARNSWORTH
.
1952
LUCY E. BYGRAVE
. 1954
.
Water Commissioners
SUMNER SMITH (Chairman)
1953
ROBERT W. SCOTT
. 1954
HENRY WARNER
. 1952
Board of Health
GORDON A. DONALDSON (Chairman) 1952
WARREN F. FLINT
. 1953
NANCY D. HURD
.
1954
Tree Warden
JOHN W. GILBERT .
1952
TOWN OFFICERS
5
Term Expires
Cemetery Commissioners
GEORGE E. CUNNINGHAM (Chairman) .
1953
ROBERT D. DONALDSON
·
1954
ELIZABETH H. DOHERTY
.
1952
Planning Board
WILLIAM T. KING (Chairman) 1953
EVELETH R. TODD
1952
ALAN McCLENNEN .
1954
HOWARD SNELLING
1955
RICHARD J. EATON
1956
Measurer of Wood and Bark
HAROLD S. COUSINS
1952
JOSEPH R. TRACEY
· 1952
Commissioners of Trust Funds
CLEMENT C. SAWTELL (Chairman)
1952
LEONARD C. LARRABEE
.
1954
HENRY DeC. WARD
1953
Trustees of Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures
MABEL H. TODD (Chairman)
1953
LEONARD C. LARRABEE
.
1954
CHRISTOPHER W. HURD
. 1952
Trustees of Lincoln Library
ROLAND C. MacKENZIE (Chairman)
GEORGE G. TARBELL
ALICE G. MERIAM
JOHN O. WILSON (Chairman Selectmen ex-officio)
MALCOLM L. DONALDSON (Chairman School Committee ex-officio)
deCordova and Dana Museum and Park
A. Directors
CHARLES H. BLAKE 1953
ELIZABETH J. SNELLING
1954
JANE K. VANCE
.
1955
JOHN Q. ADAMS
. 1952
B. Directors
RICHARD S. MERIAM - appointed by Library Trustees . .
1952
PEARSON HUNT - appointed by School Committee
.
1953
ARTHUR E. THIESSEN - appointed by Selectmen
.
1954
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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Term Expires
Clerk of Selectmen
M. ELIZABETH CAUSER
1952
Superintendent of Streets
THOMAS F. COAN (Deceased)
CLIFFORD H. BRADLEY (Acting Supt.) . 1952
Chief of Police
LEO J. ALGEO 1952
Police Officer
LAWRENCE P. HALLETT
1952
Constables
LEO J. ALGEO
1952
LAWRENCE P. HALLETT
1952
JOHN J. KELLIHER
. 1952
GEORGE E. CUNNINGHAM
1952
Dog Officers
LEO J. ALGEO . .
. 1952
LAWRENCE P. HALLETT
. 1952
Sealer of Weights and Measures
LEO J. ALGEO
1952
Special Police
JOHN T. ALGEO
FRANCIS T. GILBERT
BOB BERNSON
FRANK GORDON
ROBERT H. BOOTH
FLORIY CAMPOBASSO
HARRY B. KNOWLES ROBERT H. MORRIS WARREN RICE
JOSEPH CAMPOBASSO
JOHN COOK HENRY J. DAVIS
EDWARD D. ROONEY DANIEL RYAN SUMNER SMITH
JAMES DeNORMANDIE
JAMES DIAMOND
FRANCIS J. SMITH
WILLIAM DOHERTY
JOSEPH TRACEY
ANDREW J. DOUGHERTY
HENRY WARNER
JOSEPH FRAZIER JOHN GILBERT
ORRIN C. WOOD
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TOWN OFFICERS
Term Expires
Fire Engineers
EDMUND W. GILES
1952
ANDREW J. DOUGHERTY
·
1952
CHARLES K. FITTS
1952
Forest Warden
EDMUND W. GILES
·
1952
Deputy Forest Warden
JOSEPH TRACEY
1952
Petroleum Inspector
EDMUND W. GILES
1952
Director of Civil Defense
ROBERT H. BOOTH
1952
Building Inspector
NORMAN F. BRISSON (Resigned)
NILS SWANSON .
1952
Plumbing Inspector
MANNING W. MacRAE
.
1952
.
Wiring Inspector
WILLIAM DEAN
1952
Board of Appeals
ELLIOTT V. GRABILL (Chairman)
1956
JAMES DeNORMANDIE (Secretary) 1955 .
D. EVERETT SHERMAN, JR. 1952
HENRY B. HOOVER
1953
ANDREW J. O'REILLY .
1954
Associate Members
ARTHUR W. RICE
1952
THOMAS B. ADAMS
1954
Registrars of Voters
MANLEY B. BOYCE
1952
ANDREW J. DOUGHERTY
1953
HENRY J. DAVIS
1954
WILLIAM H. DAVIS (Town Clerk ex-officio)
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Term Expires
Bureau of Old Age Assistance
M. ELIZABETH CAUSER . 1952
MARIAN N. OBER .
· 1952
JOHN J. KELLIHER
. 1952
Member of District Nursing Committee
ALBERTA A. FRADD 1952
Fence Viewers
THOMAS F. COAN (Deceased)
JOHN J. KELLIHER
1952
Field Drivers
DAVID B. SPOONER
. 1952
WILLIAM R. DOHERTY
. 1952
.
Surveyor of Cord Wood
HAROLD S. COUSINS
1952
Recreation Committee
ETHAN A. MURPHY (Chairman)
1952
WILLIAM DeFORD .
1952
ASTRID L. DONALDSON
1952
JOHN B. GARRISON
. 1952
ROBERT W. GRAY .
1952
E. DONLAN ROONEY
1952
SADIE J. SHERMAN
.
1952
DAVID TODD
. 1952
Veteran's Agent
EDMUND W. GILES
1952
Caretaker of Town Hall and Library
ORRIN C. WOOD 1952 .
APPOINTED BY THE TREASURER
Assistant Treasurer
M. ELIZABETH CAUSER 1952
.
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TOWN OFFICERS
APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Term Expires
Community Nurse
MARIAN N. OBER
1952
Burial Agent
WILLIAM H. DAVIS
1952
Inspector of Animals
ANDREW J. DOUGHERTY .
1952
APPOINTED BY THE MODERATOR
Finance Committee
F. WINCHESTER DENIO (Chairman) 1954
LELAND A. WILDES (Secretary) .
1954
WILLIAM N. PAGE .
1952
THOMAS J. ROUNER
1953
PAUL L. NORTON
1953
Memorial Day Committee
EDWARD D. ROONEY
ELEANOR A. PALLOTTA
BOB BERNSON ALICE G. MERIAM
REV. CHARLES M. STYRON
Building Code Committee
NORMAN F. BRISSON WILLIAM M. DEAN
ROBERT BYGRAVE MANNING W. MacRAE
HENRY B. HOOVER
Union Health Department
NANCY D. HURD
JEAN MURPHY
RICHARD K. CONANT
ELLIOTT R. HEDGE
BRADFORD CANNON
Revision of Town By-Laws
SUMNER SMITH F. WINCHESTER DENIO HENRY WARNER
School Building Needs
JAMES DeNORMANDIE ANDREW J. DOUGHERTY
PEARSON HUNT ELIZABETH J. SNELLING
ROBERT M. KIMBALL
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CALENDAR
SELECTMEN - Second and fourth Mondays of each month 8 P.M. at the Town House. Lincoln 6-0048.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE - First Tuesday of each month 8 P.M. at the New Elementary School. Lincoln 6-0333.
BOARD OF ASSESSORS - First Monday of each month 8 P.M. Town House. Lincoln 6-0048.
WATER COMMISSIONERS - Meetings by appointment, call Sumner Smith, Lincoln 6-0213.
BOARD OF HEALTH - Meetings by appointment, call Dr. Gordon Donaldson, Lincoln 6-0192.
BOARD OF APPEALS - Meetings by appointment, call James De- Normandie, Clerk. Lincoln 6-0163W.
PLANNING BOARD - Second Wednesday of each month 8 P.M. Town House. Lincoln 6-0048.
Population - 2,339 by 1950 census.
Town Area - 8,572 acres.
1952 Tax Rate - $44.00 per $1,000 valuation.
Annual Town Meeting - First Monday in March - March 3, 1952.
Annual Election of Town Officers - Saturday following Town Meet- ing - March 8, 1952.
Qualifications for Registration - Twelve months' continuous residence in the State of Massachusetts prior to March 3, 1952, and six months' continuous residence in the Town of Lincoln prior to March 3, 1952.
Town Office open daily 9:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., Saturday 9:00 A.M. to 12 noon. Closed Saturdays during June, July and August.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Monday, March 5, 1951
Pursuant to a Warrant duly served, the meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7:30 o'clock P.M., the return of the Warrant was read, and the Moderator called attention to Article 1. (Election of Officers).
Article 2. To bring in their votes for any committees, commissioners, trustees and other officers required by law to be elected by ballot or otherwise.
Voted: That Harold S. Cousins and Joseph R. Tracey be elected Measurer's of Wood and Bark for the ensuing year.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees.
Voted: That the reports of the Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees as printed in the Town Report be accepted.
Article 4. To fix the salaries and compensation of the several elective officers of the Town and to determine whether any Department, Board or Committee shall be authorized to employ for additional compensation any of its members and to fix additional compensation of such members.
Voted: That the salaries of the elected officers of the Town for the current year be fixed at the following amounts re- spectively :
Selectmen each . $200 00 Assessors Chairman $200 00
Treasurer 200 00 Assessors other members each 175 00
Collector of Taxes .. 1,600 00 Auditor 50 00
Town Clerk 300 00 Water Commissioners each .. 75 00
and that one or more Cemetery Commissioners be authorized to work on the Cemetery grounds at the rate of $1.00 per hour.
Article 5. To raise and appropriate money for the neces- sary and expedient purposes of the Town and enact anything in relation to the same.
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate for General purposes the several sums for the several purposes set forth as Items 1 to 73 inclusive and the notes thereto, as shown on
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pages 63 to 68 inclusive in the Town of Lincoln Report for 1950 and read to the meeting except that appropriation Item 52 be increased by $6,300.00 to $70,400.00, Item 54 be increased by $1,306.00 to $28,260.00; Item 55 be increased by $650.00 to $16,388.27; Item 66 be increased by $178.50 to $1,178.50; Item 69 be increased by $135.00 to $3,135.00.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Selectmen
Salaries .
$600 00
Clerk.
1,760 00
Supplies and Miscellaneous.
540 00
$2,900 00
Treasurer
Salaries
400 00
Clerical .
150 00
Supplies and Miscellaneous
193 00
743 00
Collector of Taxes
Salary
1,600 00
Supplies and Miscellaneous
400 00
2,000 00
Clerk
Salary.
300 00
Supplies and Miscellaneous
60 00
360 00
Assessors
Salaries
550 00
Supplies and Miscellaneous.
881 00
1,431 00
Auditor
Salary
50 00
Legal
Counsel .
500 00
Election and Registration
Salaries .
250 00
Supplies and Miscellaneous.
330 00
580 00
Town House
Janitor
2,470 00
Fuel.
700 00
Repairs
600 00
Supplies and Miscellaneous
753 00
4,523 00
Planning Consultant
150 00
Supplies and Miscellaneous.
...
200 00
350 00
Finance Committee
Supplies and Miscellaneous
30 00
TOTAL FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT
$13,467 00
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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police
Salaries
6,300 00
Car.
400 00
Supplies and Miscellaneous
1,825 00
8,525 00
Fire Department
Salaries.
300 00
Labor at Fires.
3,500 00
Operation of Equipment ..
2,450 00
Supplies and Miscellaneous
2,250 00
8,500 00
Tree and Moth Department
Insect Control .
2,000 00
Dutch Elm Disease Control.
1,000 00
Poison Ivy Control
500 00
3,500 00
Board of Appeals
Clerical .
100 00
Supplies and Miscellaneous.
200 00
300 00
Inspector of Building, Plumbing and
Wiring
Salaries and Transportation .
500 00.
Supplies and Miscellaneous.
50 00
550 00
TOTAL FOR PROTECTION OF PERSONS
AND PROPERTY.
$21,375 00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health
Salaries of Nurses
2,340 00
Supplies and Miscellaneous
755 00
Car
750 00
3,845 00
Inspector of Animals
Salary
100 00
TOTAL FOR HEALTH AND SANITATION
$3,945 00
HIGHWAYS
Chapter 90
13,000 00
General Highway
Wages
12,500 00
Machinery
Repairs and Maintenance
3,750 00
Supplies and Miscellaneous
13,520 00
Street Lights.
5,800 00
TOTAL FOR HIGHWAYS
$48,570 00
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AID TO CITIZENS
Old Age Assistance
26,000 00
Aid to Dependent Children
500 00
Public Welfare. 500 00
O.A.A. Administration
400 00
Veteran's Aid .
1,000 00
TOTAL FOR AID TO CITIZENS
$28,400 00
EDUCATION
Schools
Salaries
70,400 00
Transportation .
13,721 73
Tuition and Vocational Education
28,260 00
Equipment, Supplies and Miscellaneous
16,388 27
Library
Salaries
2,950 00
Books.
800 00
Supplies and Miscellaneous
850 00
Repairs
225 00
TOTAL FOR EDUCATION
$133,595 00
RECREATION
Ball Field and Summer Playground Salaries and Wages.
1,200 00
Supplies and Miscellaneous.
700 00
TOTAL FOR RECREATION
$1,900 00
CEMETERIES
Salaries, Maintenance and Interments. .
2,550 00
Supplies and Miscellaneous
117 00
Permanent Improvements.
1,000 00
TOTAL FOR CEMETERIES.
$3,667 00
UNCLASSIFIED
Middlesex County Pension Fund.
1,497 00
Town Reports
1,178 50
Rent of Dump
200 00
Insurance.
3,700 00
Rental of Hydrants
3,135 00
Reserve Fund
5,000 00
TOTAL FOR UNCLASSIFIED
$14,710 50
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TOWN DEBT
Bonds
19,000 00
Interest on Bonds. 5,110 00
Interest on Tax Notes
350 00
TOTAL FOR TOWN DEBT
$24,460 00
TOTAL OF ABOVE RECOMMENDATIONS
$294,089 50
WATER WORKS RECOMMENDATIONS
$28,425 00
And that $1,343.00 of the appropriation under Item 30, be taken from the unexpended appropriation balance account of $1,343.00 for Fire Department Equipment; that $9,500.00 of the appropriation under Item 42 be taken from Free Cash and returned thereto when received from the State and County; that $218.01 of the appropriation under Item 55 for School Equipment and Supplies be taken from the $218.01 balance of the Julian deCordova School Equipment account and $17.35 from the account designated "Gift" on the balance sheet; that the entire appropriation of $1,000.00 under Item 64 be taken from the Cemetery fund; that the entire appropriation of $5,000.00 under Item 70 be taken from overlay surplus and further Voted: that the sum of $28,425.00 appropriated for Water Works be taken from Water Works Treasury.
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 of the financial year beginning January 1, 1951, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Voted: That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1951 and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
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Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to conduct services on Memorial Day, the thirtieth of May, appoint a committee raise and appropriate money, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a com- mittee of five to plan and carry out exercises on Memorial Day, the thirtieth of May next and that the Town raise and appro- priate the sum of two hundred and twenty-five dollars ($225.00) for the use of such committee in connection with these exer- cises. Committee appointed: E. Donlan Rooney, Bob Bern- son, Eleanor A. Pallotta, Alice G. Meriam and Rev. Charles M. Styron.
Article 8. To see if the Town will erect a memorial to the Dead of World War II appropriate or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Voted: To postpone indefinitely.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $3,000.00 for the use of the Civil Defence Committee or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the use of the Civil Defence Committee said sum to be taken from Free Cash.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote for the Moderator to appoint a committee of five to investigate and study the provisions of Chapter 662, the Acts of 1949, the act relative to the organization of union health departments, and determine the desirability of Lincoln joining with one or more of the following towns: Acton, Bedford, Carlisle, Concord, Lexington, Maynard, Sudbury and Wayland or others to form a union health department, this committee to report its findings to the next Town meeting; and that $100.00 be appropriated for the use of the committee.
Voted: That the Moderator appoint a committee of five to investigate and study the provisions of Chapter 662, the Acts of 1949, the act relative to the organization of union health departments and determine the desirability of Lincoln joining with one or more of the following towns: Acton, Bedford,
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Carlisle, Concord, Lexington, Maynard, Sudbury and Way- land or others to form a union health department, this com- mittee to report its findings to the next Town meeting; and that $100.00 be appropriated for the use of the committee. Committee: Mrs. Nancy D. Hurd, Miss Jean Murphy, Mr. Richard K. Conant, Mr. Elliott R. Hedge and Dr. Brad- ford Cannon.
Article 11. (The foregoing is a true copy of the main motion moved for adoption at the meeting).
Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Law by striking out Sections 2 to 23 inclusive, as amended, and substituting therefor the following Sections 2 to 15, inclusive:
Section (2) Definitions
In this by-law the following terms shall have meanings as de- scribed below:
(a) Structure: An entire building, including appurtenances thereto, or any construction upon which human effort has been expended and which extends more than eight feet in length or breadth and seven feet in height, measuring to the extremities of all parts.
(b) Dwelling: A structure, house, or building which is used or occupied in whole or part for residence.
(c) Family: Any number of persons living together as a single economic unit.
(d) One-Family dwelling: A dwelling designed for one family.
(e) Two-Family dwelling: A dwelling designed for or occupied by two families.
(f) Apartment house: A dwelling occupied by more than two families, or a structure occupied by one or more families above a first floor used for non-residential purposes.
(g) Rooming or boarding house. A dwelling in which the fam- ily resident therein provides eating and/or sleeping accom- modations for not more than three paying guests.
(h) Hotel or Lodging House: A structure or part thereof, or a group of structures on a single lot, where space is used for sleeping or feeding more than three persons as paying guests, regular or transient.
(i) Lot: The whole area of a single parcel of land under one ownership. Whenever such a parcel is divided on a plan which has been recorded or filed at the Middlesex South Dis- trict Registry of Deeds the term "lot" as used in this by-law shall mean a lot as shown on such plan; or a lot may be de- fined as a single parcel on the plot plan accompanying appli- cation for a building permit.
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(j) Street: A public way, a way opened or dedicated to public use, or a way plotted and laid out for ultimate public use, whether or not constructed.
(k) Street line: The sideline of a street or way, as determined by deeds and plans recorded at the Registry of Deeds; where no line is thus legally established, then a line parallel with and twenty feet distant from the center line of a travelled way.
(1) Use: The act of using land or structures, or where the con- text permits, the erection, construction, repair, enlargement, or alteration of a structure intended for use.
(m) Accessory use: A use which in the Town of Lincoln is cus- tomarily incidental to the principal use to which it is acces- sory.
(n) Non-conforming use: A legally existing use which does not conform to the zoning regulations for the district in which it is located.
(o) Private garage: Covered space for the housing of motor ve- hicles, no more than two of which belong to others than the occupants of the lot on which such space is located.
(p) Service station : A structure or lot used for the sale of gasoline and oil or for servicing or storing motor vehicles, other than a private garage.
(q) Automobile repair shop: A shop or garage for the repair of motor vehicles, other than a private garage or service station.
Section (3) Administration
(a) The provisions of this by-law shall be administered and en- forced by the Inspector of Buildings.
(b) No application of any kind shall be approved unless the plans, specifications and intended use set forth in said appli- cation conform in all respects with this by-law, or unless the applicant has secured a written permit from the Board of Appeals, pursuant to Section 11 below.
(c) Any application for a new or altered use of land or structure shall be accompanied by a specific reference to the subject lot as recorded in the Registry of Deeds, or by two copies of a plan of the lot, drawn to scale, showing the entire recorded ownership, all existing structures, all abutting streets, and the exact area and boundaries of the parcel to be assigned to the subject use. A record of such application and plan shall be kept on file.
Section (4) Zoning Districts
(a) For the purpose of this by-law the Town of Lincoln is divided into 3 classes of districts, designated as follows:
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Single Residence Districts, General Residence Districts, Commercial Districts.
(b) Said districts are established as shown, defined and bounded on the map accompanying this by-law, entitled Zoning Map of Lincoln, Mass., dated February 1, 1951, and filed with the Town Clerk. Said map and all explanatory matter thereon are herby made a part of this by-law.
Section (5) Single Residence Districts
In a single residence district no lot shall be used, and no struc- true shall be erected, maintained, altered, or used for any purposes other than the following, including accessory uses :
(a) One-Family detached dwelling, provided that there shall be only one such dwelling per lot.
(b) Rooming or boarding house.
(c) Church, parish house, religious or denominational school, not conducted for profit.
(d) Publicly operated building, school, park or area dedicated to municipal use or service.
(e) Farm, greenhouse, nursery, truck garden; stand for sale of farm produce by a resident of Lincoln, provided that a major proportion of all products sold shall have been raised within the Town and provided further that space for customers' cars is available off the right-of-way of the street.
(f) Office or studio operated or maintained by a person resident in the structure, or a customary home occupation conducted in a dwelling structure or accessory building by a resident, provided that not more than one person not resident in the structure is employed therein. In such cases one sign of not more than two square feet in area may be displayed.
(g) Accessory uses, including private garage, private stable, or farm buildings used as part of the operation of a farm.
(h) Subject to permission of the Board of Appeals, as provided in Section 11 below, the following:
Private school, cemetery, hospital, sanatarium, nursing home, or charitable institution; use of land or structure by a public utility; community club not conducted for profit; conversion of a one-family dwelling existing at the time this by-law was originally adopted into a two-family dwelling, provided that the exterior appearance be not significantly altered, and provided further that the lot appurtenant to said dwelling have an area of at least 60,000 square feet.
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TOWN OF LINCOLN.
(i) Subject to permission of the Board of Appeals, as provided in Section 11 below, a sand or gravel pit or the removal of soil, loam, sand or gravel from a property not in public use. In granting a permit therefor the Board shall specify such limitations and safeguards as it may deem appropriate. This provision shall not limit the removal of excess material from a property when such removal is incidental to the con- struction of an approved structure or street.
Section (6) General Residence Districts
Uses permitted in a general residence district shall be the follow- ing, and no others:
(a) Any use permitted in a single residence district subject to the same restrictions as are prescribed therein.
(b) Two-family dwelling, provided that there shall be only one detached dwelling per lot.
Section (7) Commercial Districts
Uses permitted in a commercial district shall be the following, and no others:
(a) Any use permitted in a general residence district, including as a right those uses listed in Section 5h, and including sub- ject to permission of the Board of Appeals those uses listed in Section 5i.
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