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13.00
Medical
10.00
Police
11.00
Misc.
38.43
18,868.84
LIBRARY
Repairs :
Plumbing
$124.96
Electrical
31.45
Carpenter
46.88
Painting
137.50
340.79
67
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
MISCELLANEOUS
Memorial Day :
Care of Lots
$20.00
Ammunition
9.59
Flags
46.85
Flowers
99.75
Band
100.00
Lunches
23.50
Veterans of Foreign Wars Lease
750.00
American Legion Lease
750.00
Town Reports.
954.50
Insurance
4,176.06
Care of Clock
20.00
6,950.25
W. P. A.
General Administration:
Salaries
$1,990.00
Clerical
7.20
Gas and Oil
194.58
Transportation
3,119.48
Stationery and Postage
69.19
First Aid
62.77
Telephone
215.73
Tires and Tubes
156.49
Cups
54.23
Tools
4.46
Government Charge
20.50
Boots
51.00
Rent
8.00
Flags
19.90
Pipe
46.35
Labor
52.50
Signs
21.60
Miscellaneous
8.93
6,102.91
68
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Commodity Division :
Supplies
$60.80
Trucks
182.82
Telephone
14.31
Light
15.23
Fuel
13.50
Rent
132.00
Government Charge
363.59
Stationery
4.60
Misc.
5.80
792.65
Sewing :
Trucks
$141.32
Machine Repairing
61.23
Rent
275.00
Government Charge
1,050.00
Misc.
3.24
1,530.79
Hurricane and Tree:
Labor
$65.00
Trucks
692.00
Tools and Repair
247.63
Painting
2.67
Gas and Oil
53.42
Loam
14.00
1,074.72
Main Street Side-walk:
Survey
$58.00
Trucks
448.50
Tools and Repair
174.47
Labor
321.86
Lumber
113.22
Forms
18.25
Gas and Oil
52.70
Gravel
17.75
Cement
1,344.53
2,549.28
69
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
Moth :
Truck
$11.50
Creosote
47.84
Tools and Repair
105.59
Gas
5.65
170.58
Toy, Furniture Project :
Stock
$833.95
Trucks
332.50
Tools and Repair
31.07
Labor
14.00
Coal
187.50
Gas and Oil
7.65
Machine Repairing
7.42
Misc.
11.10
1,425.19
Old Street:
Trucks
$108.00
Gas and Oil
35.36
Labor
4.50
Gravel
3.00
Pipe
649.00
Tools and Repair
22.70
Frames
14.50
Blocks
20.96
Cement
4.93
862.95
Jane Street :
Trucks
$252.00
Gas and Oil
86.72
Tools and Repair
63.37
Labor
236.33
Gravel
25.00
Amprotar
73.00
Machine Repairing
50.00
786.42
70
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Druid Hill Avenue:
Surveying
$7.00
Boots
22.50
Trucks
62.95
Labor
6.00
Gravel
8.75
Gas and Oil
7.05
Pipe
23.60
137.85
Drainage:
Printing
$ .84
Surveying
201.00
201.84
Lafayette Street :
Compressor
$192.75
Trucks
2,681.50
Labor
570.83
Surveying
157.50
Tools and Repair
358.17
Gas and Oil
288.66
Lumber
58.71
Machine Repairing
379.21
Loam and Gravel
104.50
Road Material
387.90
5,179.73
Highland Avenue:
Labor
$57.00
Trucks
121.35
Gas and Oil
44.79
Gravel
15.50
Tools and Repair
4.55
Road Material
194.75
437.94
71
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
Liberty, Canton and Maple Street Sidewalks:
Trucks
$893.00
Lumber
102.87
Labor
404.31
Gas and Oil
231.52
Surveying
80.63
Tools and Repair
196.28
Road Material
1,565.33
Loam and Gravel
63.00
Compressor
192.75
Stone
274.34
4,004.03
Wilmarth Road:
Labor
$110.93
Trucks
32.00
Loam and Gravel
34.00
Gas and Oil
54.40
Pipe
28.62
Tools and Repair
110.54
Road Material
210.71
581.20
Water Main Extension :
Labor
$654.85
Gas and Oil
402.16
Tools and Repair
565.54
Pipe
9,614.60
Gates and Valves
1,182.19
Blasting
173.28
Trucks
346.20
Lead and Jute
636.16
Hydrants
755.87
Gravel
50.00
Road Material
15.75
Boots
54.60
Insurance
38.00
72
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Surveying
10.00
Machine Repairing
41.65
Lumber Freight Misc.
13.93
8.86
26.64
14,590.28
Woodlawn Street Sidewalk:
Truck
$12.00
Labor
71.60
Loam and Gravel
13.50
Gas and Oil
9.31
106.41
Roel Street Sidewalk:
Trucks
$60.00
Gas and Oil
14.75
Labor
9.00
Loam and Gravel
13.50
Road Material
194.94
292.19
Center Street :
Labor
$37.20
Road Material
65.00
102.20
Royal Street:
Tools and Repair
35.00
Misc. Streets :
Surveying
$50.00
Trucks
20.00
Labor
15.00
85.00
Fire Hazard : Tools
63.50
73
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
Infirmary Garage: Plans 35.00
Household Arts :
Truck
1.50
Vital Statistics :
Stationery
$39.40
Rent of Typewriter
2.00
41.40
Graves:
Stationery
$25.36
Tracings
5.36
30.72
Cost and Income :
Maps
$7.50
Stationery
36.74
44.24
Employment Fund:
Labor
$18,295.70
Printing
29.96
Tools
3.90
Loam and Seed
109.25
Gas and Oil
4.80
Plants
125.00
Trucks
432.00
Surveying
11.00
Lumber
42.83
Road Material
364.26
19,418.70
WATER DEPARTMENT
Administration :
Commissioner's Salary
$375.00
Superintendent's Salary
2,000.00
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Register and Clerk's Salary
524.00
Stationery and Postage
77.53
Printing and Advertising
47.75
Telephone
105.67
Insurance
323.74
Bond
12.50
Machine Repairing
27.15
Registration
2.00
Express
2.22
Files
10.65
Misc.
13.99
3,522.20
Maintenance:
Labor
$1,577.15
Trucks
85.03
Pipe and Fittings
272.92
Meters and Fittings
1,171.95
Gas and Oil
127.75
Service Boxes
65.77
Gates and Valves
100.88
Misc.
16.36
3,417.81
Service Connection :
Labor
$374.60
Pipe and Fittings
108.50
483.10
Joint Account :
Oil and Waste
$140.95
Coal
1,424.67
Repairs
125.35
Telephone
81.37
Insurance
252.23
Valves
46.63
Charts
8.75
75
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
Machine Parts
98.34
Preservatives
330.41
Pipe
46.45
Walk
150.00
Light and Power
497.53
Paint
38.12
Express
12.70
Cloth
11.66
Lumber
19.70
Misc.
19.17
Paid Holbrook
1,724.13
5,028.16
INVOICES OF PREVIOUS YEARS
Fire Department:
Labor, Fire Alarm
$153.00
Lighting
15.38
168.38
Health Department:
Supplies
$36.33
Medical
61.50
Hospital
750.60
Advertising
1.00
Pulmotor Parts
6.70
Burying Animals
.50
856.63
Highway Department:
Tools and Repairs
$344.72
Gas and Oil
131.58
Motor Plows
402.50
Horse Plows
136.23
Labor
647.00
Trucks
188.21
Chloride
122.00
Road Material
287.56
2,259.80
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Charities :
Hospital
$802.42
Ambulance
55.00
Groceries
828.58
Fuel
303.97
Medical
704.66
Rent
251.00
Clothing
99.86
Cash
769.00
3,814.49
Schools :
Books
$157.82
Supplies
62.64
Tuition
81.98
Building Material
11.20
Repairs and Replacements
19.10
Household Arts
302.81
635.55
W. P. A .:
General Administration
$78.21
Toy Project
.68
Highway
16.10
Commodities
1.44
Hurricane Tree
10.82
107.25
Water:
Joint Account
93.67
Soldiers' Relief :
Coal
$13.50
Groceries
8.00
21.50
INTEREST
Anticipation of Revenue
$572.40
Anticipation of Reimbursement
4.42
77
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
School Notes
3,400.00
Water Notes
388.75
Filtration Notes
280.00
Fire Engine Notes
120.00
W. P. A. Notes
272.50
Emergency Notes
600.00
Tax Title Notes
294.90
5,932.97
MATURING DEBT
Anticipation of Revenue
$185,000.00
Ant. of Reimbursement
2,000.00
Water Notes
3,000.00
School Notes
14,000.00
Fire Engine Notes
2,000.00
Filtration Notes
2,000.00
Emergency Notes
4,000.00
Tax Title Notes
18,132.53
230,132.53
Agency :
State Tax
$20,340.00
County Tax
7,051.75
Auditing Tax
696.79
Parks and Recreations
363.38
Dog Licenses
1,541.80
29,993.72
Refunds :
Excise Tax
$720.92
Real Estate Tax
451.52
Poll Tax
4.00
O. A. A. Tax
54.94
Interest
.52
1,231.90
Cash, Dec. 31, 1939
82,831.69
$785,093.70
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Temporary Loans
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1939
$185,000.00
Notes issued during 1939
200,000.00
Maturities paid during 1939 $185,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1939 200,000.00
$385,000.00
$385,000.00
Indebtedness Inside Statutory Limit
Outside Jan. 1, 1939
$101,365.93
Maturities paid during 1939 :
*High School Loan $1,183.10
North and E. Randolph Schools 6,000.00
Tower Hill School 4,000.00
Fire Engine 2,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1939 88,182.83
$101,365.93
$101,365.93
Indebtedness Outside Statutory Limit
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1939
$98,147.89
Contracted during 1939
47,000.00
Maturities paid during 1939 :
*High School Loan
$2,816.90
Water Extension Loan
1,000.00
Water Main Loan
2,000.00
Filtration Plant Loan
2,000.00
Emergency Loan
4,000.00
Tax Title Loan
18,132.53
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1939
115,198.46
$145,147.89
$145,147.89
* This loan was contracted for 21/71 % inside and 50/71% outside debt limit.
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH Balance Sheet, December 30, 1939
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash
$82,831.69
Anticipation of Revenue Premiums
$200,000.00
Taxes, 1937
50.22
67.00
Taxes, 1938
46,228.64
Tax Title Revenue
54,832.82
Taxes, 1939
114,624.46
Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue
766.96
Excise, 1937
42.15
Departmental Revenue
17,681.40
Excise, 1938
302.31
Water Revenue
9,210.41
Excise, 1939
422.50
Parks and Recreation Tax
41.85
Tax Titles
43,161.09
Overlay Surplus
139.07
Tax Title Possessions
11,671.73
Tailings
49.18
Accounts Receivable Health
927.00
Reserve Tax Title Debt
490.82
Old Age Assistance
2,332.04
Town Property Sold
501.00
Public Welfare
13,936.36
Excess and Deficiency
48,311.64
Soldiers' Benefits
486.00
Jane and Hall Streets, W. P. A.
1,266.80
Water Rates, 1935
327.32
Land Damages
1,120.42
Water Rates, 1936
534.75
Planning Board (Trees)
50.00
Water Rates, 1937
785.70
Old Age Assistance (Federal)
1,244.61
Water Rates, 1938
2,062.65
A. D. C. (Federal)
230.06
Water Rates, 1939
5,499.99
Deen Fund
416.77
Overlay Deficit, 1934
64.60
Accounts Payable :
Overlay Deficit, 1935
70.38
Legal
865.13
Overlay Deficit, 1936
96.05
Streets
90.00
Overlay Deficit, 1937
4,745.83
Welfare
56.25
Overlay Deficit, 1938
3,953.21
Schools
20.84
Accountant
10.00
Unpaid Bills :
Charities
1,686.84
$339,161.27
$339,161.27
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
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Overlay Deficit, 1939
4,004.60
Dog Licenses
11.40
Net Funded Debt
203,381.29
Water Loan Extension
3,000.00 59,000.00
N. and E. Randolph Schools High School Loan
4,000.00
Filtration Plant
12,000.00
Water Main Extension
10,000.00
Tower Hill School
24,000.00
Fire Engine Loan
4,000.00
W. P. A. Loan
8,000.00
W. P. A. Loan
3,000.00
Emergency Loan
18,000.00
Emergency Loan
12,000.00
Emergency Loan
20,000.00
Tax Title Loans
26,381.29
$203,381.29
$203,381.29
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Trust Fund and Securities
50,673.72
Coddington School Fund
1,900.00
Stetson High School Fund
10,967.93
Turner Reference Fund
1,031.23
Turner Library Fund
36,467.61
Soldiers' Monument Fund
235.11
Playground Fund
71.84
$50,673.72
$50,673.72
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
BORROWING CAPACITY Inside Statutory Limit of Indebtedness
Valuation, 1937
$6,462,945.00
Valuation, 1938
7,803,250.00
Valuation, 1939
7,816,270.00
Less Abatement, 1937
$502,308.00
Less Abatement, 1938
394,375.00
Less Abatement, 1939
306,838.00
$1,203,521.00 22,082,465.00
1,203,521.00
$20,878,944.00
Valuation for three years, less abatements
20,878,944.00
Average for three years, less abatements 6,959,648.00
Total borrowing capacity 3% of this average Outstanding Dec. 31, 1939 $88,182.83
208,789.44
Net borrowing capacity (Inside debt limit Dec. 31, 1939) 120,606.61
$208,789.44
$208,789.44
82
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BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
Date of Maturity
High School Loan
Water Main Loan
Fire Engine Loan
Water Main Loan
Filtration Plant
Tower Hill School
W. P. A. Loan
Emergency Loan
Emergency Loan
Emergency Loan
North and East
Randolph Schools
W. P. A. Loan
Total
1940 $4,000.00 $1,000.00 $2,000.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$3,000.00 $1,000.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$6,000.00 $1,000.00 $28,000.00
1941
1,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
3,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
6,000.00
1,000.00
23,000.00
1942
1,000.00
1.000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
3,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
6,000.00
1,000.00
22,000.00
1943
2,000.00
2,000.00
3,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
6,000.00
19,000.00
1944
2,000.00
2,000.00
3,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
18,000.00
1945
2,000.00
3,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
16,000.00
1946
3,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
14,000.00
1947
3,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
14,000.00
1948
2,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
10,000.00
1949
1,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
8,000.00
1950
5,000.00
5,000.00
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$4,000.00 $3,000.00 $4,000.00 $10,000.00 $12,000.00 $24,000.00 $8,000.00 $18,000.00 $12,000.00 $20,000.00 $59,000.00 $3,000.00 $177,000.00
Tax Title Loan Due 1940, payable each month as collected
26,381.29
$203,381.29
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND PAYMENTS FOR 1939
ACCOUNTS
Appropriations
and Balances
Transfers To
Refunds
Grants and Gifts
Payments
Transfers From
Balances
To Revenue
Moderator
$50.00
$50.00
Selectmen
1,600.00
1,581.58
$18.42
Accountant
1,300.00
1,289.66
$10.00
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Treasurer
3,250.00
$24.00
2,837.79
436.21
Collector
4,020.00
37.80
4,054.88
2.92
Assessors
2,350.00
2,350.00
Legal
1,400.00
534.87
865.13
Finance
150.00
150.00
Planning Board
87.24
85.74
1.50
Park Commissioners (Trees)
50.00
50.00
Town Clerk
1,625.00
1,624.92
08
Election and Registration
1,500.00
1,462.25
37.75
Town Offices
2,060.00
2,060.00
Police
12,750.00
12,749.21
.79
Lock-up
200.00
190.44
9.56
Fire Department
11,185.00
11,184.62
.38
Dog Officer
180.00
180.00
Sealer, Weights and Measures
210.00
210.00
Tree and Moth
1,350.00
1,347.37
2.63
Health
10,155.20
9,391.66
763.54
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
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STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND PAYMENTS FOR 1939
ACCOUNTS
Appropriations
and Balances
Transfers To
Refunds
Grants and Gifts
Payments
Transfers From
Balances
To Revenue
Highway
13,788.16
14.00
13,797.41
Highway, W. P. A.
14,516.80
13,246.18
1,266.80
4.75 3.82
Highway Snow
12,100.00
9.60
12,002.17
107.43
Street Lights
10,548.48
10,548.07
.41
Land Damage
1,253.42
133.00
1,120.42
Street Layouts
500.00
350.00
90.00
60.00
Chapter 90 Repairs
1,000.00
$2,000.00
3,000.00
Old Age Assistance
49,405.71
432.90
34,743.76
83,327.58
1,244.61
10.18
A. D. C.
6,653.31
45.00
1,665.90
7,748.71
230.06
385.44
Public Welfare (Phy. Fees)
500.00
148.30
31,576.87
56.25
15.18
Infirmary
4,500.00
4,499.72
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Soldiers' Benefits
7,250.00
78.50
7,018.86
309.64
Schools
117,936.73
17.16
1,932.84 118,706.71
437.61
742.41
Library Repairs
400.00
340.79
59.21
Unclassified
7,274.50
6,950.25
324.25
Unpaid Bills
9,628.78
15.33
7,957.27
1,686.84
W. P. A. Selectmen
14,000.00
4.44
14,003.51
93
Employment Fund
16,500.00
$2,900.00
19.20
19,418.70
.50
Water Department
13,899.00
8.83
12,451.27
1,456.56
Water, W. P. A.
14,000.00
24.12
14,015.83
8.29
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
500.00
Public Welfare
31,500.00
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND PAYMENTS FOR 1939
ACCOUNTS
Appropriations
and Balances
Transfers To
Refunds
Grants and Gifts
Payments
Transfers From.
Balances
To Revenue
Interest and Discount
7,000.00 25,000.00
5,932.97
1,067.03
Maturing Debt
25,000.00
Tax Title Loan
18,132.53
Premiums
110.00
43.00
67.00
Electric Light Committee
2,900.00
$2,900.00
Revenue Notes
185,000.00
Ant. Revenue
2,000.00
Dog Licenses
1,541.80
County Tax
*7,051.75
7,051.75
State Tax
20,340.00
20,340.00
Park and Rec. Tax
405.23
363.38
41.85
Auditing Tax
696.79
696.79
Refunds
1,231.90
Balance, Dec. 31, 1939
82,831.69
Raised by Assessors.
$785,093.70
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM J. MCLAUGHLIN, T. A.
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Zoning By-Laws for the Town of Randolph
PREAMBLE
In pursuance of the authority conferred by Sections 25 to 30A, inclusive, of Chapter 40 of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.), and for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, convenience, morals or welfare of the inhabi- tants of Randolph by lessening congestion in the streets ; securing safety from fires, panic and other dangers; providing adequate light and air; preventing the over- crowding of land; avoiding undue congestion of popula- tion; facilitating the adequate provision of transporta- tion, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements; and by other means, in accordance with a comprehensive plan; now, therefore,
The By-Laws of the Town of Randolph are hereby amended by adding the following :
ARTICLE -: ZONING
SECTION 1. Definitions.
A. "Lot"-A lot is a parcel of land occupied or in- tended to be occupied by one main building or use, with its accessories, and including the open spaces accessory to it, which is defined in a deed or plan recorded with Norfolk Deeds or registered with the Norfolk Registry District. No land which is within the boundaries of a street, accepted, proposed or dedicated, shall be included in determining lot areas.
B. "Erected" shall include altered, rebuilt, re- modelled, moved.
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C. "Frontage" is that distance between the side lines of a lot, measured along the set-back established in - Section 5 B. On corner lots the owner may elect on which street the same shall front.
SECTION 2. Districts.
A. The Town of Randolph is hereby divided into three districts as follows :
(1) Residential
(2) Business
(3) Industrial
B. Districts shall be bounded as shown on a map called "Zoning Map of the Town of Randolph, Massachu- setts, dated 1938" which map, is hereby specifically re- ferred to and made a part hereof, and which shall be in the charge of and safely kept by the Building Inspector of the Town of Randolph, appointed hereunder.
For the purpose of general designation only, the Districts may be named as follows :
(1) Residential: All the land in Randolph not set off and included in a Business or Industrial District or zone.
(2) Business : Business Districts or zones at or near the following :
(a) The Quincy Line
(b) Pond Street
(c) West Corners
(d) Liberty Street
(e) East Randolph No. 1 and No. 2
(f) The Central area
(3) Industrial: There are two areas adjoining the rights of way of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. at or near the following :
(a) The Randolph Depot
(b) The Holbrook Depot
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SECTION 3. Use Regulations
A. RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
No building nor structure shall be erected which is designed or intended to be used for mercantile, mechanical, manufacturing or other commercial use on land situated in a Residential District or Zone, except as hereinafter provided.
(1) Permitted uses.
The following uses are permitted in a Residential District :
Private dwelling house; municipal, educational, religious uses; agricultural, greenhouse or nursery, in- cluding the sale of produce similar to that raised on the premises ; cemetery ; charitable, philanthropic, hospital, sanatarium ; club not conducted for a profit; public utility buildings and structures ; licensed inns; dwelling houses wherein an incidental use is the manufacture, processing and sale, or any of them, of services performed or articles made or processed upon the premises ; and accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses, except as provided below :
(a) Limitations on accessory uses.
The following are expressly declared not to be accessory uses in Residential Districts or zones and are forbidden therein;
1. Furnishing, advertising or maintaining ac- commodations for more than four boarders, lodgers or paying guests, except as a licensed innholder.
11. Erecting or maintaining any advertising sign, except a real estate sign advertising for sale or rent the premises on which it is placed; or except a sign not over six square feet in area bear- ing the name and occupation of the owner or occupant of the premises on which it is placed.
Rejected by Attorney General.
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B. BUSINESS DISTRICTS.
No building nor structure shall be erected which is designed or intended to be used for manufacturing, mechanical or other industrial use in a Business district or zone, except as hereinafter provided :
(1) Permitted uses.
The following uses are permitted in a Business District :
(a) Any use permitted in a Residential district or zone, and
(b) Retail or wholesale stores and any and all establishments wherein goods and services, or either of them, are sold, rented or offered directly to the consumer, customer or other patron, including, among others, garages, tailor shops, plumbing and heating establish- ments, professional offices, restaurants, and the like.
C. INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
No building nor structure shall be erected which is designed or intended to be used for any injurious, noxious or offensive trade or industry in an Indus- trial district or zone.
Permitted uses.
The following uses are permitted in an Indus- trial District :
(a) Any use permitted in a Residential or Busi- ness District, and
(b) Any manufacturing, mechanical or other industrial use not injurious, noxious or offensive. SECTION 4. Non-Conforming Uses.
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Any building or use of a building or use of land or part thereof lawful at the time this by-law is adopted may be continued, unless and until abandoned, although such building or use does not conform to the provisions hereof. No increase in the extent of the non-conforming use of a building or land may be made except that any such non-conforming building may be added to, enlarged, reconstructed or replaced, and such addition, enlarge- ment, reconstruction or replacement used for the purpose, or for a purpose substantially similar to the purpose, for which the original building may lawfully be used if authorized by the Board of Appeals and subject to ap- propriate conditions, limitations and safeguards stated in writing by the said Board and made a part of the permit. As a basis for such permit the said Board must be satisfied only that such addition, enlargement, recon- struction or replacement and the use to be made thereof will not substantially increase any detrimental or in- jurious effect of the building or use on the neighborhood. SECTION 5. Area Regulations.
A. MINIMUM LOT AREA.
In a residential district or zone no dwelling shall be erected or maintained except on lots containing not less than 7,500 square feet each and having a frontage of not less than 75 feet and not more than one dwelling shall be erected on each such lot. The foregoing provision shall not apply to lots recorded as such with Norfolk Deeds or registered as such in Norfolk Registry District on the effective date of this By-Law.
Notwithstanding the above provision, where the literal enforcement of this section would substantially diminish the value of the land, because of the conforma- tion of the land, the shallowness or other irregularity of the lot boundaries, or the curved or other peculiarity of street location, or other valid reason, the owner thereof may apply to the Board of Appeals for relief and the said
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Board shall grant, upon equitable terms and conditions, such relief as will carry out the intent of this By-Law, but in no event to reduce the frontage to less than 60 feet.
B. FRONT YARDS.
(1) In a Residential district no building shall be erected within 25 feet of the side line of any street; except as follows :
(a) No building shall be erected within 45 feet of the center line of any street which is less than 40 feet in width.
(b) No building shall be erected within 40 feet of the side lines of South Main Street or of the side lines of that part of North Main Street south of the Pond Street business area.
PROVIDED: That no building in a residence district need be set back more than the average set-back of the residence buildings on the abutting lots. A vacant lot, a lot occupied by a non-conforming use, or a building set back more than the required distance, shall be counted as though occupied by a building set back at the prescribed distance for the purpose of determining said average.
(2) In Business and Industrial districts, no building shall be erected within 15 feet of the side line of any street, excepting that part of the east side of North Main Street within the Central Business district.
C. SIDE YARDS.
(1) In a Residential district no building except a fire-proof one-story building of accessory use shall be erected within 6 feet of a side lot line, unless more than 40 feet from the side line of any street.
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(2) In Business and Industrial districts no building shall be erected within 6 feet of a side lot line unless the wall adjoining such side lot line be either a party wall of a wall with its outer face coincident with the said side lot line.
D. REAR YARDS.
(1) In all districts no building shall be erected within 3 feet of any real lot line unless the said building be of fire-proof construction and the wall adjoining said rear lot line be either a party wall or a wall with its outer face coincident with the said rear lot line.
E. PROJECTIONS.
Nothing herein shall prevent the projection of steps, porches, eaves, chimneys, cornices or windowsills into any required yard or open space.
F. CORNER CLEARANCE.
On lots in Residential districts no building, fence nor any other thing which shall obstruct the view shall be permitted to be erected or maintained which prevents an unobstructed view through the space between 4 feet and 8 feet above the ground within the area formed by the intersecting side lines forming the corner of inter- secting streets and a line joining points on such lines 20 feet distant from the point of intersection, provided, however, that where the junction of the side lines of two streets forms a curve, the clearance area shall be deter- mined and certified by the Chief of Police as nearly as may be in accordance with the foregoing and having regard to the safety of the public, and the foregoing pro- visions shall apply to the area thus determined.
SECTION 6. Administration.
A. INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS.
(1) The Board of Selectmen, forthwith upon
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