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State Committee, Second Norfolk District (One Man and One Woman) Francis C. Eaton had one hundred and twenty-one (121) votes Bertrand E. Shannon had one hundred and thirty (130) votes Blanks, thirty-two (32) Marion Curran Boch had one hundred and seventy-two (172) votes Frances W. Hallowell had eighty-eight (SS) votes Blanks, twenty-three (23)
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Charles F. Holman had two hundred and forty-seven (247) votes George M. Ruboy had two hundred and two (202) votes Esther J. Deeb had two hundred and twenty-five (225) votes William J. L. Lynch had one hundred and eighty-eight (188) votes Joseph E. Traylor had two hundred and fourteen (214) votes Ralph B. Hersey, Jr. had two hundred and eleven (211) votes Ernest G. Paciorkowski had two hundred and seven (207) votes Doris C. Dauksis had two hundred and eighteen (218) votes Mary H. Hemman had two hundred and nineteen (219) votes Luella A. Gahm had two hundred and seven (207) votes Roger H. Woodworth had two hundred and eleven (211) votes Arthur V. Wilson had two hundred and nineteen (219) votes Channing W. Souther, Jr. had two hundred and twelve (212) votes George H. Shackley, Jr. had one hundred and ninety-eight (198) votes Herbert A. Wiggin had two hundred and twenty-four (224) votes Walter J. Dempsey had two hundred and twenty-three (223) votes James J. Drummey had two hundred and eleven (211) votes Milo R. Bacon had two hundred and fifteen (215) votes Marion Curran Boch had two hundred and fifteen (215) votes Julius J. Stuck had one hundred and ninety-seven (197) votes Roger L. Sortevik had two hundred and one (201) votes Raymond Lawrence Cook had two hundred and two (202) votes John M. Macchi had two hundred and one (201) votes Raymond P. Wragg had two hundred and twenty (220) votes Harry E. Fraser had two hundred and nineteen (219) votes Stephen C. Traudt had two hundred and thirteen (213) votes J. Herbert Lindblom had two hundred and twenty-nine (229) votes Robert E. Erickson had two hundred and eight (208) votes Winfred H. Schaier had two hundred and ten (210) votes Arthur B. Rodgers had two hundred and twenty (220) votes Eli L. Chamberlain had two hundred and fifteen (215) votes Alonzo F. Swift had two hundred and nineteen (219) votes Robert C. Holman had two hundred and twenty-one (221) votes John W. Stonefield had two hundred and twenty-two (222) votes Henry J. Gullich had two hundred and thirty-two (232) votes Blanks, twenty-three hundred and sixty-nine (2,369) votes
Not Grouped
Bertrand E. Shannon had forty-one (41) votes
Presidential Preference
Richard Nixon had one hundred and eighty-seven (187) votes Nelson Rockefeller had nine (9) votes John Kennedy had nine (9) votes Adlai Stevenson had one (1) vote Henry C. Lodge had one (1) vote Blanks, seventy-six (76)
Attest: BARTLEY W. CONNOLLY Town Clerk and Accountant
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
April 27, 1960
On a warrant duly issued by the Seleetmen under the date of April 18, 1960, and signed by Harry B. Butters, James J. Drummey, John A. Abdallah, Charles L. Rich and Walter J. Dempsey, Seleetmen of Norwood, the meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Walter J. Gotovich. The proper service of this warrant was duly attested by James E. Quinn, Constable of Norwood.
All the requirements of the statutes and by-laws relating to elections and town meetings were complied with. The warrant calling the meeting was read by Town Clerk and Accountant, Bartley W. Connolly.
The meeting was opened with a prayer by Rev. Ferdinand Miszkin.
The artieles in the warrant and the action thereunder being as follows :
ARTICLE 1. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the further expense for sewer construction, said appropriation to be provided for by taxation or by transfer from available funds in the Treasury, or by borrowing, or take any other action in relation thereto.
VOTED: That the sum of $29,315.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated.
ARTICLE 2. To see what smm of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the further expense of water construction, said appropriation to be provided for by transfer from available funds in the Treasury, or by borrowing, or take any other action in relation thereto.
VOTED: That the sum of $11,065.86 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated.
ARTICLE 3. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the further expense for Engineering Department, said appropriation to be provided for by taxation or by transfer from available funds in the Treasury or take any other action in relation thereto.
VOTED: That the sum of $11,270.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and Appropriated.
ARTICLE 4. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the further expense for Light Department Operation, said appropriation to be provided for by Taxation or by transfer from available funds in the Treasury or take any other action in relation thereto.
VOTED: Indefinite Postponement.
ARTICLE 5. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the expenses for land damage, in connection with the relocation and construction of Sumner Street.
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VOTED: That the sum of $7,275.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated to meet the expense for land damages on Sumner Street.
ARTICLE 6. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the expense for relocation and construction of Lenox Street, including land damages, said appropriation to be provided for by transfer from available funds in the Treasury or take any other action in relation thereto.
VOTED: That the sum of $40,000.00 be transferred from the receipts of "Highway Bond Issue Chapter 718 Acts of 1956 and appropriated to meet the expense of land damages in connection with the relocation and construction of Lenox Street.
ARTICLE 7. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise, and appropriate or transfer from available funds in the Treasury for the Stabilization Fund created under authority of Chapter 40, Section 5B of the General Laws. (On petition of the Finance Commission)
VOTED: That the sum of $200,000.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated.
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 sixteen-class-room elementary school; determine the site upon which it is to be built; and determine whether the money shall be provided for by appropriation from availbale funds in the Treasury, by taxation or by borrowing; or taken any other action in the matter. (On petition of the School Committee.)
VOTED: By amendment, that a Committee of Nine be appointed by the Moderator to consist of one member each from the Board of Selectmen, Finance Commission, Planning Board, School Committee, Capital Outlay Committee, Elementary School Building Committee, P.T.A. Census Com- inittee, and two members at large to study the need for elementary school housing and publish a report thereof not later than October 1960; and that following this the committee study and publish a further report of all foreseeable school-housing requiremens. Be it further voted that the sum of $500.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated for this purpose.
ARTICLE 9 To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise from available funds and/or by borrowing and appropriate the same for the installation of automatic sprinklers in certain publie schools in the Town; to dissolve the present Study Committee, and to authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee to carry out the aforesaid purpose. (On petition of the Sprinkler Committee)
VOTED: That the motion of the Finance Commission be amended by striking out "That action under this article be postponed pending the completion of the study and report to be made by the Committee
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appointed under Article 8 to study school housing needs through 1966" and inserting in place thereof "That the sum of $14,065.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and the sum of $66,000.00 be raised by taxation and appropriated for the purpose of installing automatic sprinklers in the school buildings as recommended by the committee; and be it further voted that the present study committee be dissolved and that the Mod- erator appoint a committee to carry out the aforesaid purpose."
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constrneting and originally furnishing, but not including motor vehicle equipment, 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 the said purposes or take any other action in the matter. (on petition of the New Fire Honse Committee)
VOTED: That action under this article be deferred pending a study of municipial office space requirements by the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Commission to be completed not later than September 30, 1960; and be it further voted that the sum of $500.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue for the expense of the above survey.
ARTICLE 11. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the expense of extending fire alarmns, electric serv- ices, water services and traffic control system in connection with the proposed fire station, or take any other action in the matter. (On petition of the New Fire Honse Committee)
VOTED: Indefinite Postponment.
ARTICLE 12. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise by transfer from available funds and/or by borrowing, and appropriate the same for the purchase of the Holman property on Central Street, or take any other action in the matter.
VOTED: Indefinite Postponement.
ARTICLE 13. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate from available funds in the Treasury to defray the incidental expenses of the Building Code Board of Appeal.
VOTED: That the sum of $200.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated.
ARTICLE 14. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Capital Outlay Committee or take any other action in the matter. (On petition of the Capital Ontlay Com- mittee)
VOTED: That the sum of $900.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated.
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ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to anthorize the Moderator to appoint a committee to study means for the disposition of the Veterans' Memorial Building Fund.
VOTED: That the Moderator is authorized to appoint a committee of seven to study means for the disposition of the said Fund; that two members of such committee shall be appointed from the membership of the present Veterans' Memorial Building Committee, two members from the Veterans' Council, and three members at large; that such committee shall report back to the Town at a town meeting before December 31, 1960 and that the sum of $200.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated to meet the incidental expenses of such committee.
ARTICLE 16. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the Treasury, to meet unpaid bills incurred by the Board of Health prior to December 31, 1959, or take any other action in the matter. (On petition of the Board of Health)
VOTED: That the sum of $836.15 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated.
ARTICLE 17. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the expenses of the so-called Holman Property Committee, or take any other action in the matter. (On petition of the Holman Property Committee.)
VOTED: That the sum of $150.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated to meet the expenses of the so-called Holman Property Committee.
ARTICLE 18. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate by transfer from available funds in the Treasury to defray expenses in connection with the Veterans Honor Roll.
VOTED: That the sum of $182.58 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated.
Meeting Dissolved.
A True Record
Attest: BARTLEY W. CONNOLLY Town Clerk and Accountant
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
June 23, 1960
On a warrant duly issned by the Seleetmen under the date of June 13, 1960, and signed by Harry B. Butters, James J. Drummey, John A. Abdallah, Charles L. Rich and Walter J. Dempsey, Seleetmen of Norwood, the meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Walter J. Gotovich. The proper service of this warrant was duly attested by James E. Quinn, Constable of Norwood.
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All the requirements of the statutes and by-laws relating to elections and town meetings were complied with. The warrant calling the meeting was read by Town Clerk and Accountant, Bartley W. Connolly.
The meeting was opened with a prayer by Rev. Allen Keedy.
The articles in the warrant and the action thereunder being as follows:
ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of purchasing the Congregational Church property for library purposes; and to determine whether the money shall be provided by appropriation from available funds in the Treasury, by taxation or by borrowing; or take any other action in the matter. (On petition of Library Trustees)
VOTED: That no action be taken under this article.
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to amend the existing Zoning By-Law by altering the district boundaries established under Section 17 of said By-Law with respect to that portion of the present Single Residence District, Namely; that area bonnded as follows:
Begining at a point in the northerly line of Walpole Street, said point being N 88° 16' 10" E and distant 161.53' from the end of the curve connect- ing the northerly line of Walpole Street with the easterly line of Winter Street and runs thence N 86° 46' 10" W a distance of 34.35'; thence N 87º 07' 40" E a distance of 56.36 feet; thence N 82° 32' 00" E a distance of 23.08 feet; thence N 15° 14' 52" W a distance of 20.66 feet; thence N 19° 24' 52" W a distance of 179.77 feet; thence S 71º 43' 00" E a distance of 15.47 feet; thence N 23º 45' 00" W a distance of 30.10 feet; thence S 73º 28' 00" W a distance of 98.78 feet; thence S 23° 45' 00" E a distance of 30.22 feet; thence S 73º 26' 00" W a distance of 191.33 feet; thence S 26º 06' 00" E a distance of 104.85 feet to a curve of a radius of 40.00 feet; thence running a distance of 45.69 feet along said enrve to the point of beginning by withdrawing said portion from Single Residence and establishing same as Business as shown by a map thereof to accompany said amendment and made a part thereof and thereby altering the existing map showing existing boundaries to conform to such change of District Boundaries. (On petition of the Planning Board)
Motion Lost
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to amend the existing Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Norwood by deleting in Section 1 the words "eight districts" and substituting in place thereof "nine districts," and by adding at the end of the list of districts in said Section 1 (after item 8), the following:
9. Limited manufacturing districts.
II. Amend the Zoning By-Law of the Town of Norwood by inserting therein a new Section 5B (after Section 5A), as follows: Section 5B.
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LIMITED MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS.
(A) Permitted Uses.
In a Limited Manufacturing District, except as provided in paragraph (B), no building or structure or part thereof shall be designed, constructed, altered, enlarged, extended, reconstructed, or used, and no premises shall be used, for any purpose except one or more of the following:
1. Any use and accessory purpose permitted in a Business District except dwellings, unless such dwellings are authorized by the Board of Appeals as hereinafter provided. (For the purposes of this Section, a dwelling is a building, or any part thereof, containing accommodations for permanent human occupancy, including residences for one or more families, apartments, boarding or lodging honses, but not including transient accom- modations such as in hotels or motels).
2. Commercial greenhouse, kennel, animal or veterinary hospital.
3. Establishment for the repair or storage of boats, trailers, trucks, farm implements or machinery.
4. Truck terminal or motor freight station.
5. Printing or publishing establishment.
6. Storage in bulk of, or warehouse for, Inmber and other building sup- plics, contractors' equipment, cotton or wool, livestock feed, fertilizer, food, furniture, hardware, metal, heating fnel with above ground storage limited to twenty-five thousand (25,000) gallons, paint and paint supplies, paper, pipe, rubber, shop supplies, tobacco, tools, wood or any products of manu- facturing activities permitted by this paragraph (whether or not produced on the premises.
7. Power landry, dry cleaning or dying works, carpet or rug cleaning plant.
8. Research, experimental or testing laboratory.
9. Plant for bottling of beverages or packing of food products but not including meat and fish prodnets unless anthorized by the Board of Appeals subject to the provisions for anthorizing other lawful uses in this District. (Sec paragraph (B).)
10. Plant for light metal fabrication or finishing, but not including heavy punch presses or drop hammers unless authorized by the Board of Appeals subject to the provisions for authorizing other lawful nses in this District. (See paragraph (B).)
11. Plant for manufacturing of electrical or electronic devices, appli- ances, apparatus or supplies.
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12. Plant for manufacturing of medical, dental or drafting instruments, optical goods, watches or other precision instruments.
13. Plant for manufacturing of advertising displays, awnings or shades, bakery prodnets, beverages, brushes, books, candy, elothing or other textile products, jewelry, ice, leather goods, textiles, toys or wood products.
14. Sign as hereinafter permitted (Sce paragraph (C).)
15. Accessory purpose enstomarily ineident to a permitted main use and subordinate thereto, provided sneh purpose does not, in effeet, convert the main nse to one not permitted.
(B) Uses by Special Permission Only
In a Limited Manufacturing District, the Board of Appeals may in a specific case give permission, in accordance with the procedure provided in Section 21, for any of the following additional nses:
1. Any other lawful business, service, storage or light manufacturing nse provided that: (a) sneh use is not dangerons to the vicinity throngh fire, explosion, emission of wastes or any other canse, and (b) snch nse is not likely to create more noise, vibration, dnst, heat, smoke, fumes, odor or glare than the minimum amount normally resulting from any of the nses specifically listed hereinbefore.
2. Dwelling, provided that snch dwelling is accessory to a permitted main nse (such as the dwelling of a caretaker, watchman, or operator of a business or manufacturing establishment on the same premises), and snb- ject to the condition that such dwelling conforms to the regulations of this By-Law which would apply if it were located in a Business District.
(C) Permitted Signs.
In a Limited Manufacturing District, the following exterior signs are permitted and no others:
1. One non-flashing sign not over one hundred (100) square feet in area for each premises, provided sneh sign is attached flat against the exterior wall of a building and does not project above or beyond snch wall. (For the purposes of this Section, premises means one or more contignous lots in the same ownership or nse, together with all buildings and struc- tures thereon.)
2. Two other non-flashing signs not over twelve (12) square feet in area for each premises, for each two hundred (200) linear feet of lot frontage on the principal street, or for each two thousand (2000) sqnare feet of gross floor area on the ground floor of the main building to which the signs pertain (whichever allows the greater number of signs) ; provided, however, that no such signs shall have a height greater than the highest point of the roof beams of the main building to which they pertain (whether or not attached thereto.)
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(D) Lot Area and Frontage
In a Limited Manufacturing Distriet, no land laid out after the adoption of this amendment shall have a lot area of less than three (3) aeres, or a frontage of less than two hundred and fifty (250) feet, measured as provided in Seetion 18 (22). No building shall be constructed or otherwise placed on a lot in this District unless said lot conforms to these area and frontage requirements or is expressly exempted therefrom by statute, and not more than one main building, together with its accesory buildings and structures, shall be constructed or otherwise placed on each such lot.
(E) Height and Open Space Requirements
In a Limited Manufacturing District, no building or structure shall be designed, constructed, altered, enlarged, extended, or reconstructed so as to:
1. Exceed in any part a height of thirty-five (35) feet, measured as provided in Section 18 (15).
2. Oecupy at ground level, together with all other buildings and structures on the lot, more than fifty (50) per cent of the area of the lot.
3. Be nearer than fifty (50) feet to any street line.
4. Be nearer than twenty-five (25) feet to the line of any adjoining lot.
(F) Enclosure and Screening
In a Limited Manufacturing District, all permitted uses, including all nses' necessary thereto, shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building except the following :
1. Uses permitted in the Single Rseidence and the General Residence Districts, whether or not requiring permission of the Board of Appeals.
2. The dispensing of fuel, Inbrieants or fluids at a public garage, gasoline selling station or service station.
3. Automobile parking lots.
4. Exterior signs, as permitted by this Section.
5. The open display or storage of goods, produets, materials or egnip- ment, where accessory to a permitted main use conducted in a completely enelosed building on the same premises, provided that:
a. The total ground area devoted to such open use does not exceed twenty-five (25) per cent of the ground area covered by said building.
b. No portion of such open use shall extend nearer to any street line than the corresponding clear distance specified for buildings in the same District. (See paragraph (E).)
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(G) Buffer Strip
Where a lot in a Limited Manufacturing District abuts or is within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the boundary line of any residence distriet, ineluding any residence district in an adjacent municipality, there shall be provided on all portions of said lot within one hundred and fifty (150) feet of said bonndary line a buffer strip, as follows:
1. The one hundred (100) feet of such buffer strip nearest the distriet boundary line shall be used and maintained as a planting area for lawns, trees, shrubs or other landseape materials.
2. The remaining fifty (50) feet of space may be used for off-street parking of other permitted open nses, providing such nses are sereened from view at normal eye level on said residence district boundary line.
3. No building or structure shall be constructed or otherwise placed within any portion of the buffer strip, whether or not used for limited manufacturing purposes. (On petition of the Planning Board)
VOTED: To so amend.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to amend the existing Zoning By-Law by altering the district boundaries established under Sec- tion 17 of said by-law with respect to that portion of the present Mannfactur- ing distriet, namely; that area bounded as follows:
Beginning at a point on Purgatory Brook said point being 600 feet southerly from Everett Street along the easterly sideline of the Boston- Providence Turnpike and running in a southeasterly direction along Purga- tory Brook approximately 4600 feet; thence running N 39º 38' 05" E a distance of 2196.20 feet; thence S 51º 51'30" E a distance of 191.68 feet; thence S 43º 16' 10" E a distance of 21.07 feet; thence S 40° 05' 50" W a distance of 2174 feet to Purgatory Brook; thence running along Purgatory Brook in a northwesterly direction a distance of approximately 200 feet to the point of beginning by withdrawing said portion from Manufacturing and establishing same as Limited Manufacturing District as shown by a Map thereof to accompany said amendment and made a part thereof and' thereby altering the existing map showing existing boundaries to conform to such change of District Boundaries (On petition of the Planning Board.)
VOTED: To so amend.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to amend the existing Zoning By-Law by altering the District Boundaries established under See- tion 17 of said By-Laws with respect to that certain portion of the present General Residence district described as follows:
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