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Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee to make a complete survey of the Fire Department and make recommenda- tions to the Town with respect to a long-range program of capital expendi. tures involving fire stations, alarm systems, and fire fighting equipment, and will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the construction of housing for the Fire Department, additions to the alarm system and for the purchase of new trucks, or do or act.
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Voted that the Town appoint a Committee of 7 to be composed of 2 engineers of the Fire Department to be designated by the Engineers, 1 member of the Planning Board to be designated by the Planning Board, 1 member of the Finance Committee to be designated by the Finance Committee, and 3 members to represent the public at large to be designated by the Selectmen, to make a complete survey of the Fire Department, including:
(1) a long-range program of capital expenditures involving fire stations, alarm system and fire-fighting equipment
(2) a study of fire insurance rates in the Town
(3) recommendations as to probable costs, priority and scheduling of the steps to be taken and procedure to be followed.
and that the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $5,000 for the construction of housing for the Fire Department, additions to the alarm system and the purchase of fire-fighting equipment, none of the money to be spent until a report has been made to the Town and instructions for its use voted.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $18,500, for the purchase of a 750-gallon fire truck pumper, to replace the present pumper at the Wayland Fire Station, or do or act.
Voted to pass over the Article.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $6,400, for the purchase of fire alarm boxes, for the intersection of Millbrook Road and Nob Hill Road; the intersection of Plain Road and Glen Road; the intersection of Draper Road and Plain Road; the intersection of State Road East and Westway Road; the intersection of Rich Valley Road and State Road East; the intersection of Morse Road and State Road East; the intersection of Bennett Road and State Road East, and the necessary material for its installation, or do or act.
Voted to pass over the Article.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $950 for the purchase of a fire alarm box and the necessary material for its installation, to be located 2,750 feet in on Rice Road from Commonwealth Road East, or do or act.
Voted to pass over the Article.
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Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $430 for the purchase of a fire alarm box and the necessary material for its installation at the intersection of King Street and Mitchell Street, or do or act.
Voted to pass over the Article.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $485 for the purchase of a fire alarm box and the necessary material for its installation at the bathing beach on Lake Cochituate, or do or act.
Voted that the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $485 for the purchase and installation of a fire alarm box at the Lake Cochituate bathing beach, the work to be done under the supervision of the Engineers of the Fire Department.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $2,020 for the purchase of a fire alarm box and the necessary material for its installation, to be located at the intersection of Stonebridge Road, Shore Drive and Overlook Road, a distance of 6,320 feet from Old Connecticut Path, or do or act.
The motion under this article was defeated.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $460 for the purchase of a fire alarm box and the necessary controls, and material for its installation, to work in conjunction with the automatic sprinkler system at the Wayland Grammar School, or do or act.
Voted to pass over the Article.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public town way, under the provisions of the Betterment Act, the road known as "Fuller Road," or a portion thereof, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and as shown on a plan, or plans, on file with the Town Clerk, and authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire necessary land by pur- chase, gift or otherwise, and appropriate a sum of money for the ac- quisition of any such land and the construction of such way, or any portion thereof, and determine how the money should be raised, or take any action relative thereto.
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Voted to dispense with the reading of the Laying Out of Fuller Road
Voted that the Town accept the laying out as a public way of Fuller Road, as described in the Order of Laying Out of the Board of Selectmen dated February 26, 1951, and as shown on a plan entitled "Plan and Profile of Fuller Road in Wayland, Mass." dated January 15, 1951, drawn by Everett M. Brooks Company, Civil Engineers, which has been on file in the Office of the Town Clerk, with assessment of betterments under the Betterment Act as provided in the Order of Laying Out; that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to acquire any necessary land by eminent domain, by purchase, gift or otherwise; and that $7000 be appropriated and assessed for the acquisition of any such land and the construction of such ways and other costs in connection with the project.
Vote
Yes 203 No 1
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to install water pipes and hydrants in the ways named in the foregoing article, or in any portion thereof, and to appropriate a sum of money for the expense thereof, and determine how the money shall be raised; and will authorize such sum, or any portion thereof, to be included in any betterments that may be assessed under the preceding article, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $6500 for the installation of water pipes and hydrants in Fuller Road for a distance of about 1550' from West Plain Street to the end of Fuller Road, work to be done under the supervision of the Water Department and that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to assess betterments therefor under the Betterment Act.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public town way, under the provisions of the Betterment Act, the road known as "Parmenter Road," or a portion thereof, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and as shown on a plan, or plans, on file with the Town Clerk and authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire necessary land by purchase, gift or otherwise, and appropriate a sum of money for the acquisition of any such land and the construction of such way, or any portion thereof, and determine how the money should be raised, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted to dispense with the reading of the Laying Out of Parmenter Road.
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Voted unanimously that the Town accept the laying out as a public way of Parmenter Road, as described in the Order of Laying Out of the Board of Selectmen dated February 26, 1951, and as shown on a plan entitled "Plan and Profile of Parmenter Road in Wayland, Mass." dated January 6, 1951, drawn by Everett M. Brooks Company, Civil Engineers, which has been on file in the Office of the Town Clerk, with assessment of betterments under the Betterment Act as provided in the order of laying out; that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to acquire any necessary land by eminent domain, by purchase, gift or otherwise; and that $3500 be appropriated and assessed for the acquisition of any such land and the construction of such ways and other costs in connection with the project.
Voted unanimously to consider Article 25 before Articles 23 and 24.
Article 25. To see if the Town will take any action with respect to the establishment of a new public way leading from Maiden Lane to Cochituate Road at a point near its intersection with School Street, and the establishment of the exterior lines of such a way under General Laws, Chapter 41, section 81-J, or otherwise, and authorize the Board of Select- men to acquire any necessary land for such a way by eminent domain, purchase, gift or otherwise, and appropriate a sum of money for the acquisition of any such land and the construction of such way, and determine how the money shall be raised, or take any such action with respect to such a way or any portion thereof, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted that the Town authorize the Planning Board, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to secure an option for the laying out of a new route between Cochituate Road and Old Connecticut Path over such land as the Wayland Real Estate Company is prepared to give to the Town;
That the Planning Board be instructed to proceed with the negotia- tions for the acquisition of land necessary for the western third of the route ;
That the Planning Board prepare detailed plans, exact layouts and estimates of all costs that might be involved in land acquisition, road construction and water pipe installation in the route and submit these to the next town meeting.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the installation of a 12-inch line instead of an 8-inch
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line, for about 1,700 feet on Happy Hollow Road Extension, or do or act.
Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $3500 for the excess cost of installing a 12" water line instead of an 8" line for a distance of about 1700' on Happy Hollow Road Extension, the money to be used only in conjunction with, and at such time as, the developer of such road is ready to install an 8" line and has had installa- tion of the water line approved by the Water Board and installation of the road by the Planning Board.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to be applied to the additional cost of installation of water mains in new roads in subdivisions resulting from requirement by the Planning Board of water mains larger than those necessary to serve the subdivision itself, in order to provide for water mains of adequate size to serve land not included in the subdivision, and determine how the money shall be raised, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted to pass over the Article.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the installation of a 6-inch water line in River Road from the end of the existing water line to the land of Joseph S. Vacaro, a distance of about 350 feet, or do or act.
Voted that the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $1400 for the extension of a 6" water line for a distance of 350' along the River Road to the end of the existing water line to the land of Joseph S. Vacaro on the condition that there be deposited, with the Town Treasurer, $350 by Joseph S. Vacaro under the same terms and conditions as were in effect on December 15, 1950 in connection with funds voted under Article 6 of the Special Town Meeting of April 28, 1948.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws in any or all of the following respects:
1. By striking out from part (a) 4 of Section X, the phrase "exist- ing at the time this by-law is adopted."
2. By striking out the phrase "two family house" in part (a) 4 of Section X, and substituting therefor the phrases "multiple family house."
3. By adding at the End of the Second sentence of part (h) of
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Section IX the phrase, "and none of which shall extend within ten feet of any lot line except as authorized by special permit issued by the Board of Appeals," so that said second sentence shall read as follows:
"A back yard many contain accessory buildings each of which shall not be more than one and one-half stories high and which together shall cover not more than thirty per cent of its area, and none of which shall extend within ten feet of any lot line except as authorized by special permit issued by the Board of Appeals."
4. By adding at the end of part (c) of Section IX an additional sentence as follows:
"In single residence districts when there are four or more dwellings on the same side of a street between two streets consecutively intersecting such street and within four hundred feet of the lot in question (whether such dwellings are constructed before or after this by-law shall take effect ) any new building shall extend only as near such street line as the average alignment of such dwellings."
Each section under this article was considered separately.
1. Voted No.
2. Voted to pass over this section.
3. Voted to lay this section on the table.
4. Voted to pass over this section.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the purchase, taking by eminent domain and/or acquisition by other means, on behalf of the Town, for park, school or other municipal purposes, of all or any part of a parcel of now vacant land on the southerly side of Pelham Island Road constituting a part of premises now or formerly owned or believed to be owned by Susie K. Erwin, or any interests therein, with or without any trees and structures thereon, said parcel being described substantially as follows:
Beginning at a stone bound on the southerly side of Pelham Island Road about thirty (30) feet westerly from the westerly side line of the dwelling house on said premises of Susie K. Erwin; thence running
SOUTHERLY by a line parallel with the easterly boundary of said
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premises of Susie K. Erwin to land of the Town of Wayland; thence turning and running
WESTERLY by said land of the Town of Wayland to a point; thence turning and running
NORTHERLY by a line parallel with said easterly boundary of said premises of Susie K. Erwin to Pelham Island Road; thence turning and running
EASTERLY by Pelham Island Road five hundred fifty (550) feet to the point of beginning;
and appropriate a sum of money for the foregoing purposes, and deter- mine how the money shall be raised; or take any action relative thereto.
Voted unanimously that the Board of Park Commissioners be authorized to acquire on behalf of the Town, in fee simple, the following parcel of land being described substantially as follows:
Beginning at a stone bound on the southerly side of Pelham Island Road about thirty (30) feet westerly from the westerly side line of the dwelling house on said premises of Susie K. Erwin; thence running
SOUTHERLY by a line parallel with the easterly boundary of said premises of Susie K. Erwin to land of the Town of Wayland; thence turning and running
WESTERLY by said land of the Town of Wayland to a point; thence turning and running
NORTHERLY by a line parallel with said easterly boundary of said premises of Susie K. Erwin to Pelham Island Road; thence turning and running
EASTERLY by Pelham Island Road five hundred fifty (550) feet to the point of beginning;
Located in the Wayland Center, the exact lines and boundaries to be established by the Board of Park Commissioners, together with all trees thereon and all rights of way and other rights appurtenant thereto and with or without any structures thereon as said Board may determine in its discretion, such acquisitions to be taken by eminent domain, by pur- chase or by acceptance of deed or gift or release, as said Board may determine in its discretion, that any purchase hereunder made shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Selectmen and that there be appropriated for such acquisition the sum of $1000.
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Article 29. To see what sum, if any, the Town will vote to transfer from available funds to meet any of the appropriations made in the foregoing articles.
Voted that the sum of $25,000 be transferred from available funds to meet any of the appropriations made under the foregoing articles.
Voted to return to Article 27.
Vote
Yes 94 No 4
Voted unanimously that Section 3 under Article 27 be taken from the table.
A request for a count of the voters present was made to determine if a quorum was still present. One hundred five voters counted. Counted by tellers.
Section 3.
Voted that the second sentence of part (h) of Section IX of the Zoning By-Laws be amended by adding at the end thereof the phrase "and none of which shall extend within ten feet of any lot line except as authorized by special permit issued by the Board of Appeals," so that said second sentence shall read:
"A back yard may contain accessory buildings each of which shall not be more than one and one-half stories high and which together shall cover not more than thirty per cent of its area, and none of which shall extend within ten feet of any lot line except as authorized by special permit issued by the Board of Appeals."
Vote
Yes 88 No 5
A request for a count of the voters present was made to determine if a quorum was still present. One hundred fifteen voters counted. (Section 3 approved by Attorney General Francis E. Kelly, August 17, 1951.)
Section 4. Reconsidered.
Voted that at the end of part (c) of Section IX of the Zoning By-Laws be amended by adding at the end thereof an additional sentence;
"In single residence districts when there are four or more dwellings on the same side of a street between two streets consecu- tively intersecting such street and within four hundred feet of the
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lot in question (whether such dwellings are constructed before or after this by-law shall take effect), any new building shall extend only as near such street line as the average alignment of such dwellings."
Vote
Yes 87 No 16
Voted to dissolve the meeting 11:40 P. M.
M. ALICE NEALE Town Clerk of the Town of Wayland.
A true copy: attest :
VOTES ENACTED AT THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JUNE 20, 1951
Town Clerk's Office Wayland, Massachusetts, June 20, 1951
Howard S. Russell, Moderator:
Pursuant to the following warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Wayland met this day after the Moderator declared a quorum present proceeded to transact the following business.
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Building Committee, appointed under Article 19 of the Warrant for the 1947 Annual Town Meeting, to bring up to date its studies on school building and equipment needs of the Wayland school system and to appropriate a sum of money for expenses incidental thereto, said Com- mittee to report its findings and recommendations to the Town at its next meeting.
Voted that the Town authorize the School Building Committee appointed under Article 19 of the Warrant for the 1947 Annual Town Meeting, to bring up to date its studies on school building and equipment needs of the Wayland school system and appropriate and assess $2500 for expenses incidental thereto, said Committee to report its findings and recommendations to the Town at its next meeting.
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Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to amend the existing zoning by-laws, section IX, paragraphs (e) and (f) in any or all of the following ways:
1. In every instance where the wording "Residence Zone 10,000 sq. ft. 80 ft. Front" appears, the number "80" shall be amended to read "100"; and in every instance where the wording "eighty feet" appears, it shall be amended to read "one hundred feet."
2. In every instance where the wording "Residence Zone 15,000 sq. ft. 100 ft. Front" appears, the number "100" shall be amended to read "125"; and in every instance where the wording "one hundred feet" appears, it shall be amended to read "one hundred and twenty-five feet."
3. In every instance where the wording "Residence Zone 20,000 sq. ft. 110 ft. Front" appears, the number "110" shall be amended to read "150"; and in every instance where the wording "one hundred and ten feet" appears, it shall be amended to read "one hundred and fifty feet."
Or to amend said by-laws by increasing the frontage required by said paragraphs (e) and (f) otherwise, or do or act.
Each section of this article was considered separately and the entire article voted afterwards.
Section 1. In every instance where the wording "Residence Zone 10,000 sq. ft. 80 ft. Front" appears, the number "80" shall be amended to read "100"; and in every instance where the wording "eighty feet" appears, it shall be amended to read "one hundred feet."
Vote Yes 227 No 31
Section 2. In every instance where the wording "Residence Zone 15,000 sq. ft. 100 ft. Front" appears, the number "100" shall be amended to read "125"; and in every instance where the wording "one hundred feet" appears, it shall be amended to read "one hundred and twenty-five feet."
Vote Yes 256 No 32
Section 3. In every instance where the wording "Residence Zone 20,000 sq. ft. 110 ft. Front" appears, the number "110" shall be amended to read "150"; and in every instance where the wording "one hundred and ten feet" appears, it shall be amended to read "one hundred and fifty feet."
Vote Yes 247 No 30
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Voted that the Town amend the zoning by-law, Section IX, para graphs (e) and (f) as follows:
1. In every instance where the wording "Residence Zone 10,000 sq. ft. 80 ft. Front" appears, the number "80" shall be amended to read "100"; and in every instance where the wording "eighty feet" appears, it shall be amended to read "one hundred feet"; and by adding at the end of paragraph (e), the following: "pro- vided, however, that if a parcel or lot of land is shown on a plan recorded at the Registry of Deeds on or before the effective date of an amendment to the Zoning By-Law increasing the area or frontage requirements enacted at the Special Town Meeting called for June 20, 1951, and if such parcel or lot conformed to the requirements of the Zoning By-Law before such amend- ment, but not afterwards, then such parcel or lot shall be con- sidered to meet the requirements of such amendment; but no division of such parcel or lot shall be made which will increase the extent of non-conformity between the parcel or lot and the amended requirements of the Zoning By-Laws."
2. In every instance where the wording "Residence Zone 15,000 sq. ft. 100 ft. Front" appears, the number "100" shall be amended to read "125"; and in every instance where the wording "one hundred feet" appears, it shall be amended to read "one hundred and twenty-five feet."
3. In every instance where the wording "Residence Zone 20,000 sq. ft. 110 ft. Front" appears, the number "110" shall be amended to read "150"; and in every instance where the word- ing "one hundred and ten feet" appears, it shall be amended to read "one hundred and fifty feet."
Vote
Yes 257 No 28
Approved by Attorney General, Francis E. Kelly, November 30, 1951.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to amend the existing zoning by-laws, section IX, paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) in any or all of the following ways:
1. In every instance where the wording "Residence Zone 10,000 sq. ft. 80 ft. Front" or the like appears, the number "10,000" shall be amended to read "15,000"; and in every instance where the wording "ten thousand square feet appears, it
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shall be amended to read "fifteen thousand square feet."
2. In every instance where the wording "Residence Zone 15,000 sq. ft. 100 ft. Front" or the like appears, the number "15,000" shall be amended to read "22,500"; and in every instance where the wording "fifteen thousand square feet" appears, it shall be amended to read "twenty-two thousand and five hundred square feet."
3. In every instance where the wording "Residence Zone 20,000 sq. ft. 110 ft. Front" or the like appears, the number "20,000 shall be amended to read "30,000"; and in every instance where the wording "twenty thousand square feet" appears, it shall be amended to read "thirty thousand square feet."
Or to amend said by-laws by increasing the area required by said paragraphs, (e), (f) and (g) otherwise, or do or act.
Each section of this article was considered separately and the entire article voted afterwards.
Section 1. In every instance where the wording "Residence Zone 10,000 sq. ft. 80 ft. Front" or the like appears, the number "10,000" shall be amended to read "15,000"; and in every instance where the wording "ten thousand square feet" appears, it shall be amended to read "fifteen thousand square feet."
Vote Yes 270 No 28
Section 2. In every instance where the wording "Residence Zone 15,000 sq. ft. 100 ft. Front" or the like appears, the number "15,000" shall be amended to read "22,500"; and in every instance where the wording "fifteen thousand square feet" appears, it shall be amended to read "twenty-two thousand and five hundred square feet."
Vote Yes 248 No 27
Section 3. In every instance where the wording "Residence Zone 20,000 sq. ft. 110 ft. Front" or the like appears, the number "20,000" shall be amended to read "30,000"; and in every instance where the wording "twenty thousand square feet" appears, it shall be amended to read "thirty thousand square feet."
Vote Yes 269 No 27
Voted that the Town amend the zoning by-law, Section IX, paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) as follows:
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1. In every instance where the wording "Residence Zone 10,000 sq. ft. 80 ft. Front" or the like appears, the number "10,000" shall be amended to read "15,000"; and in every instance where the wording "ten thousand square feet" appears, it shall be amended to read "fifteen thousand square feet."
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