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work shall comply with the height and capping requirements for new chimneys.
(d) FIREPLACE CONSTRUCTION - The fireplace support shall be of sufficient width to carry the facings of the finished fireplace. The face of a fireplace shall not be supported by the trimmer arch or slab.
Flues for fireplaces shall be on center line of fireplace where practical.
Fireplace hearths and underfires shall be of brick, stone tile or other noncombustible material supported on a fireproof slab or on brick trimmer arches; the combined thickness of the hearth and supporting construction shall not be less than six (6) inches. Fireplace hearths shall extend not less than 16" beyond the chimney, breast and not less than 8" beyond each side of the fireplace opening. Wooden forms or centers used in that part of the supporting consructure which is below the hearth of the fireplace shall be removed when the supporting construction of the hearth is completed.
The fireplace support shall be of sufficient width to carry the facings of the finished fireplace. The face of a fireplace shall not be supported by the trimmer arch or slab.
ARTICLE X Display Signs
Section 1. Applications and Permits
(a) APPROVAL - No display sign shall be erected or attached to, sus- pended from, or supported on a building or structure, nor shall an existing display sign be altered or relocated until an application therefor has been filed with, and a permit granted by the building inspector.
(b) DESCRIPTION - Each application shall be accompanied by the written consent of the owner or lessee of the property on which the sign is to be erected and shall fully describe the type of sign, material, size, weight, method of support and illumination, and shall specify the portion of the building or premises on which the sign is to be located.
(c) ROOF SIGNS AND PROJECTING SIGNS - No installation permit for a roof sign or a sign projecting beyond the street line shall be issued until an application for maintenance of same, accompanied by a surety bond, as hereinafter provided, shall have been approved by the Board of Selectmen.
Section 2. Exemptions
(a) TYPES - The provision of this By-Law except as to safety and bond shall not apply to wall signs not more than two (2) feet in height or twenty (20) square feet in area; nor to such signs as are permitted on residence buildings by the zoning ordinance; nor to ground signs advertising the sale or rental of the pemises upon which they are maintained; nor to the changing of movable parts of signs that are designed for changes or the repainting of display matter; nor to street signs erected by the Town of Norwood, nor to temporary signs or banners authorized by the Board of Selectmen.
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(b) EXISTING SIGNS - Nothing in this article shall require the removal or discontinuance of a legally existing display sign, provided that ade- quate surety bond is filed in accordance with the provisions of this By-Law.
Section 3. Construction
(a) WALL SIGNS - Any display sign placed against the exterior wall of a building or structure shall be considered as a wall sign when it does not extend more than ten inches beyond the wall surface. Such signs shall not exceed forty square feet in area unless made of noncombustible materials and shall not extend beyond the top or ends of the wall surface on which they are placed.
(b) PROJECTING SIGNS - Any display sign attached to a building or structure so as to project more than ten inches shall be considered as a pro- jecting sign. Such signs shall not extend more than eighteen (18) inches beyond the street line and within the limits of such projection shall be not less than ten feet clear above the sidewalk.
No projecting sign shall be of the swinging type.
(c) DISPLAY SIGNS ON TOP OF BUILDINGS - Display signs that are placed above or supported on the type of a building or structure shall be con- structed of noncombustible materials.
An open space of not less than six feet shall be maintained below the bottom of such a sign, except for necessary vertical supports.
Within the fire limits no roof sign shall be supported by or braced to wooden beams or other wood construction of a building or structure over forty feet in height.
(d) OBSTRUCTION OF EGRESS - No display sign shall be so placed as to obstruct or interfere with any door, window, fire escape or other required. means of egress.
(e) ANCHORAGE - Display signs shall be so constructed and anchored that they will withstand a wind pressure of not less than thirty pounds per square foot of surface, and will be otherwise structurally safe.
The loads produced by a roof sign shall be distributed through the building framing in a satisfactory manner.
(f) GROUNDING - All metallic parts of roofs signs shall be adequately grounded against lightning discharge.
ARTICLE XI Miscellaneous
Section 1. Attic Alterations in Two and One-Half Story Dwellings
Subject to the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance, two and one-half story dwellings, xisting at this time this By-Law is adopted and occupied as not more than a two (2) apartment dwelling, or as not more than a four (4) apartment dwelling, if a duplex house, may be altered and adapted for the use
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of three (3) apartments in the first case or of six apartments in the second case provided that:
(a) If the cubical content of that part of the third floor to be occupied for dwelling purposes is less than sixty-five (65) percent of the cubical con- tent of the second floor; domer windows shall be provided to bring such cubical content to at least this percentage.
(b) The cubical content of the second floor shall be determined by mul- tiplying the square foot area within the exterior walls by eight (8) feet. The cubical content of the third floor shall be determined by considering only that portion of the floor area where there is a vertical height of not less than two and one-half feet from the finish floor line to the intersection of the slope of the finishing ceiling.
(c) All third floor rooms to be occupied for living purposes shall be not less than seven and one-half (71) feet in height from the finished floor to the finished ceiling in not less than one-half the floor area of the room considered.
(d) Not less than two means of egress to the ground shall be provided for each family above the first floor of multiple dwellings. These means of egress shall be not less than ten (10) feet apart at every joint; provided, that existing stairways less than ten (10) feet apart shall be acceptable if they are both enclosed with metal lath and cement plastered partitions.
Section 2. Unsafe Buildings
A building or structure which is damaged by fire or other cause, or it is declared unsafe by the building inspector, may be restored to a safe con- dition; provided, that if the cost of reconstruction or restoration is more than seventy-five (75) percent of the valuation, the building or structure shall be made to conform in all respects to the requirements of this By-Law. No change of use or occupancy shall be compelled by reason of reconstruction or restoration.
Section 3. Demolition
In the demolition of buildings, other than buildings of frame construction, one story at a time shall be completely removed. No wall, chimney, or other construction shall be allowed to fall in mass on a floor. Bulky material, such as beams and columns, shall be lowered and not thrown.
Chutes for the removal of materials and debris shall be provided in all such parts of demolition operations that are more than twenty (20) feet above the point where the removal of material is effected.
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STRESSES FOR COLUMNS AND COMPRESSION MEMBERS
Commercial
Rules Under
Species
Grade Name
Which Granted
Allowable Unit Stresses in Compression Parallel to Grain (columns) in Pounds Per Square Inch of Net Gross-Sectional Area for Ratios of Length- to-Least Dimension (1/d) Equalling.
11 or less
14
17
20
23
26
30
35
40
50
Douglas Fir, Dense Select Str. West Coast
1300 1235 1158 1030 829)
Coast
Select Structural Bureau of
1200 1148 1088
986 827)
Region
No. 1 Timbers
Lumber
1100 1060 1015
937 811) 649 487 358 274 175
No. 1 Dimension
Grades &
800
860
837
796
705)
Inspect.
Eastern
Select Structural
Northern
700
680
650
610
545
445 335 245 190 120
Hemlock
Hemlock &
Hardwood Association
West Coast Paragraph 503
West Coast
900
875
835
785
695
570 425 315 240 155
Hemlock
Grade, Posts & Timbers
Bureau of
Lumber Gr. & Insp.
Longleaf
Select Structural
Southern
1450 1360 1255 1076 829)
Southern
Prime Structural Pine Insp.
1300 1235 1158 1030 829)
Pine
Merchantable Str. Bureau of
1200 1148 1088
986 827)
Structural Sq.
Southern
1200 1148 1088
986 827) 649 487 358 274 175
Edge & Sound
Pine Assn.
No. 1 Structural
1000
970
935
876 783)
Shortleaf
Dense Select Str. Southern
1450 1360 1255 1076 829)
Southern
Dense Structural Pine Insp.
1300 1235 1158 1030 829)
Pine
Bureau of
) 649 487 358 274 175
Dense Str. Sq.
Southern
1200 1148 1088
986 827)
Edge & Sound
Pine Assn.
970
935
876 783)
Dense No. 1 Str.
1000
ALLOWABLE UNIT STRESSES IN POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH
Species
Commercial Grade Name
Rules Under Which Graded
Tension Parallel to Grain and Ex- treme Fibre in Bending
Maxi- mum Hori- zontal Shear
Comp- ression Perpen- dicular to Grain
Modulus of Elasticity
Douglas Fir,
Dense Select
West Coast
1800
120
380)
Coast Region
Structural Select
Bureau of
1600
100
345)
Structural 1200
Lumber,
1200
100
325)
1,600,000
lb. floor framing
Grades &
& Joist 900 1b.
Inspection
900
100
325)
floor framing
& Joist
Eastern
Select Structural
Northern Hem-
100
70)
Hemlock
Prime Structural
lock & Hard-
1000
50)
300
1,100,000
Common Struc.
wood Mfgs.
900
50)
Utility Structural Association
800
50)
West Coast
West Coast
1200
85)
Bureau of
900
75)
300
1,400,000
Hemlock
Lumber Gr. & Insp.
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Longleaf
Select Structural Southern Pine
2000
100)
Southern
Prime Structural Inspection
1800
100)
Pine
Merchantile Struc. Bureau, Bureau
1600
100)
Struc. Sq. Edge
of Southern
1600
100)
1,600,000
and Sound
Pine Asso-
380)
No. 1 Structural
ciation
1400
100)
No. 1 L.L. Dimen
1400
100)
No. 2 L.L. 1050f
1050
100)
Dimension
Shortleaf
Dense Select
Southern
. 2000
100)
Southern
Struc., Dense
Pine
1800
100)
Pine
Struc., Dense
Inspection
Str. Eq. Edge &
Sound
1600
100)
380
1,600,000
Dense No. 1
Bureau of
1400
100)
Struc., No. 1
Southern Pine
1400
100)
Dense Dimension
Association
No. 1 Dimension
1200
100)
STRESSES FOR BEAMS AND STRINGERS, JOISTS AND PLANKS
Shortleaf
No. 2 Dense -
Southern
1050
100)
Southern
1050f Dimension
Pine Insp.
)
380
1,600,000
Pine (Cont.)
No. 2 Medium
Bureau of
900
100)
Grain 900f
Southern
Dimension
Pine Assn.
Eastern
1200 lb. of.
Northeastern
1200
90)
Spruce
Eastern Spruce
Lumber Manu-
)
1100 1b. F.
facturers Assn.
1100
80)
250
1,200,000
Eastern Spruce
1000 lb. f.
Eastern Spruce
1000
90)
Voted: That the reading of said Code be waived.
Voted: That this Article be postponed until the next Special Town Meet- ing to enable the Committee to amend section on slab type houses and also the qualifications of the Assistant Building Inspector.
ARTICLE 3. To hear and act on a report of progress of the Committee of Seven for the construction of an addition to the Junior High School, or to take any other action in the matter.
Voted: That the action of the Special Town Meeting of May 31, 1956 under Article 3 whereby the sum of $13,000.00 was transferred from Surplus Revenue and the sum of $480,000.00 authorized to be borrowed, be rescinded but that $1,000.00 of Surplus Revenue be reserved and made available for the payment of the Committee of Seven expenses.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to acquire by purchase or take by eminent domain a certain parcel of land for new fire house purposes and to see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for this purpose; the said parcel being an area situated and lying in the northerly side of Nahatan Street westerly of Monroe Street and being shown as Parcel No. 1 on a plan entitled, "Town of Norwood, Mass., Plan of Land to be Taken for Proposed Fire Station," said plan being
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on file with the Town Clerk and Accountant, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To so authorize the Selectmen and further voted that the sum of $1,000.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated for said purpose.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to set aside and designate a certain parcel of land as part of a site for a proposed Fire Station, said parcel being part of Dunn's Field, so-called, and being located and lying northerly of Nahatan Street and westerly of Monroe Street, said parcel no longer being needed for playground purposes, and being shown as Parcel No. 2 on plan entitled, "Town of Norwood, Mass., Plan of Land to be Taken for Proposed Fire Station, 20 March 1957; Scale 1"-40'; A. W. Thompson, Town Engineer, said plan being on file with the Town Clerk and Accountant, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: Indefinite Postponement.
ARTICLE 6. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the expense of extending fire alarms, electric services and water services in connection with the proposed fire station, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: Indefinite Postponement.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing and originally furnishing a new fire station, determine whether the money shall be provided for by appropriation from available funds in the Treasury, by taxation or by borrowing under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws; to appoint a Committee to expend the said sum of money for said purposes or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: That this article be postponed and be brought up again for con- sideration in approximately one year from the date of this meeting.
Voted: That this article be reopened to discharge the committee and a vote of thanks be given the Committee.
The report of the Committee of Five on the foregoing article is as follows:
REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF FIVE TO STUDY THE NEED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CENTRAL FIRE STATION
At a special town meeting, held October 25, 1956, the following vote was passed:
Voted: "That the Moderator appoint a committee of five to study need for the construction of a new central fire station and that the said com- mittee be instructed to report back at the annual town meeting of 1957, with recommendations as to site, together with preliminary plans and estimates of the cost of the erection and furnishings of a new central fire station, and be it further voted that the sum of $1500.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated for said purpose."
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By letter dated November 2, 1956, the undersigned members were noti- fied of their appointment. The committee met and organized on November 19, 1956. Herbert A. Wiggin was elected Chairman of the Committee and Dennis P. O'Leary, secretary. Since that date your committee has met at least weekly and between meetings individual assignments were completed by the members.
Present Fire Station
Your committee in considering the present fire station has concluded that in its present location a very definite traffic problem exists, which delays the equipment from leaving the station. In addition, there is in- adequate room for apparatus, insufficient ground area for training, no facili- ties for drilltower practice and endurance tests, insufficient space for equip- ment and personnel.
Possibility of Remodeling Station
Your committee has considered the possibility of remodeling the present fire station at its present location, making use of all of the ground area which is avaliable on the site. The estimates received by your committee of $180,000 to remodel the station to fullest capacity, would not solve the traffic problem which the location presents, would not provide for a drill or practice area, would result in a four door station rather than a five door station and would not adequately provide the necessary facilities for the continuing growth of the town. Your committee is not unmindful of the fact that the present fire station has a high resale value, or the possibility that it may be used for other Municipal purposes.
Multiple Stations vs Central Fire Station
Mindful of the fact that the Town of Norwood consists of an area of approximately 101% square miles and concurring with authorities and other other communities, who have studied the problem, (see 1955 Town of Nor- wood Report, page 25) your committee is of the opinion that the Town of Norwood can be most efficiently served by one central fire station. Test runs made from the proposed site of the new central fire station to Norwood's most distant points are as follows:
To Mylod Street via Washington Street, 2.1 miles, 3 minutes
To Westwood Line via Nahatan Street, 1.4 miles, 2 minutes, 29 sec. To Sharon Line via Union Street, 3.3 miles, 4 minutes, 26 sec. To New Pond via Nichols Street, 2.6 miles, 4 minutes, 7 sec.
To Canton Line, via Neponset Street, 2.3 miles, 3 minutes, 5 sec. To Westwood Line via Washington Street, 1.5 miles, 2 minutes, 16 sec.
Proposed Site
The site which your committee recommends as the location for a new central fire station is a portion of that land situated on the Northeasterly side of Nahatan Street, between Lenox and Monroe Street, and commonly called Dunn's Field. This site is centrally located, both as to time and distance to all parts of the town, and has roads accessible to each area of the town. The fact that the town now owns most of the land results in a considerable savings for its acquisition.
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Dunn's Field was acquired by the Town of Norwood by authority of article 6, of the Town Meeting held July 25, 1938. The area was acquired for public playground purposes. Your committee is of the opinion that by utilizing the Easterly portion of this area, together with the acquisition by purchase ir otherwise, of an area 30 ft. x 200 ft., adjoining the town owned property, it will be possible to improve the remaining portion of the town owned land for playground purposes and to make available in the basement of the new proposed central fire station toilet facilities for those enjoying the playground facilities of the remaining land.
Proposed New Central Fire Station
Your committee proposes the erection of a new central fire station on the site above described and in accordance with preliminary plans prepared by Korslund, LeNormand & Quann, Inc., Architects. which are attached to this report. The estimated cost for the erection of the building is $294,000.
Your committee has been authorized to bring in estimates of the furnish- ing of the building, which necessarily is dependent upon the completion of the final plans for the construction of the building.
The furnishing will be under the direction of the fire chief, subject to the approval of the Selectmen. Your committee, considers this the responsi- bility of other town Boards and officials, and has not detailed the furnish- ings necessary, but has allocated the sum of $4,000.00 for such furnishings.
Extension of Services and Other Costs
Since the erection of any Municipal building involves costs which are not necessarily chargeable to the building, but are definitely part of the cost which the Town will have to bear, your committee feels that they should appraise the voters that the following cost would necessarily be expended, although probably chargeable to the respective departments.
1. Acquisition of land 30 x 200 ft. estimated $1,000.00.
2. Extending fire alarm lines $2,500.00.
3. Electric services $1,000.00
4. Water services $2,700.00
Estimated Total Cost
Building $294,000
Furnishings $4,000
Other Costs
$7,200
Recommendations
It is the unanimous opinion of your committee that a new central fire station be erected on the proposed site and to accomplish that purpose your committee recommends the following:
A. That the Selectmen be instructed to call a special town meeting to consider the problem and that the warrant contain articles necessary to accomplish the following purposes:
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1. That sufficient land be transferred from playground purposes to fire department purposes.
2. That the sum of $1000 be appropriated for the acquisition of the adjoining area of 30 x 200 ft.
3. That the sum of $6200 be appropriated and chargeable to the proper Town Departments to defray the expense of extending fire alarms, electric services and water services.
4. That the Moderator appoint a building committee of five to construct the fire station and that the sum of $298,000 be appropriated to develop the necessary portion of the site and to erect and furnish the building in accordance with this report.
Respectfully submitted,
HERBERT A. WIGGIN, Chairman DENNIS P. O'LEARY, Sec. JOHN C. METTERS HAROLD W. KNUDSON JAMES B. CUFF
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing and originally equipping and furnishing a fourteen-classroom elementary school on the so-called Nichols Street site; determine whether the money shall be provided for by appropria- tion from available funds in the treasury, by taxation, or by borrowing under the authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948 as amended by Chapter 528 of the Acts of 1950; or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: That the sum of $712,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of constructing and originally equipping and furnishing a fourteen room elementary school on the so-called Nichols Street site and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $12,000.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $700,000.00 under the authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, pay- able in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than 20 years from the date of issue of the first bond or note.
Voted: That a vote of thanks be given to the Committee on Construction of the Junior High School.
The Report of the Committee of Seven under Article 8 is as follows:
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF SEVEN ON TWO NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Town Meeting Members:
As a result of the Special Town Meeting held on December 5, 1956:
Article 9. to hear and act upon the report of the Committee of Nine ap- pointed to make a survey with reference to the need and location of additional
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school buildings and to see if the Town will vote to determine a site or sites for a new school building or school buildings; to appoint a committee to obtain plans and estimates for a suitable building or buildings on such site or sites as the Town may determine; to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the use of said committee; to determine whether the money shall be provided by appropriation from available funds in the treasury or other- wise; or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Recommended By The Finance Commission
Voted: 1. That a Committee of Seven be appointed by the Moderator: a. To secure the services of an architect or architects, have prelimi- nary plans and estimates of costs prepared for the two elementary schools to contain 14 classrooms each, two of which would be for kindergarten purposes, with auxiliary facilities and that the commit- tee report to a Town Meeting as soon as possible and not later than June 1, 1957, with these plans and estimates of costs. And be it further voted that the sum of $5,000.00 be transferred from schools, Instruc- tion Salaries, and appropriated for the above purpose.
b. To proceed, as soon as funds are made available by Town Meeting, with the construction of the school in the Nichols Street site to be opened not later than September 1958, and with the construction of the school on the Neponset Street site to be opened not later than September of 1959.
2. That the Committee of 7 confer with the Committee of 9 and have access to its records during the planning stage.
3. That the Moderator appoint a Committee of 9 in January of 1959 to consider the school needs as they then exist and to report to Town Meeting not later than October 30, 1959.
Offered by: Herbert Wiggin
Duly seconded by: James J. Drummey On rising vote-Voting Yes - 73 No - 7
Motion declared carried.
A True Copy
Attest: WALTER A. BLASENAK Town Clerk and Accountant
On December 31st, Acting Town Moderator, Daniel E. Callahan, Jr. ap- pointed the following Committee: Arthur B. Rodgers, Walter E. Dolan, Mary H. Hemman, Channing W. Souther, Jr., Henry E. Diggs, Ernest G. Paciorkow- ski, and J. Herbert Lindblom.
We proceeded as follows:
A meeting to organize was held on January 7, 1957 at which time Arthur B. Rodgers was unanimously elected Chairman. The Committee has had 22 business meetings. The work laid out was clear. The Committee of Nine con- sisting of Fred A. Carlson, Chairman; William C. Kendrick, Andrew M. Mona- han, Frances L. Blanchot, Walter J. Gotovich, Clement R. McCormack, A.
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