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6485.55
Junior High School Project, Docket 5197
268724.94
Article 4, Supervised Play at Playground
45.00
State Census Survey
600.00
Article 30, Rebate Beer Licenses
25.00
Article 31, Steam Pump
11209.36
Article 6, Water Main Purchase
1002.12
Amount carried forward
$511363.77
Amount carried forward
$511363.77
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State and County Aid to Highways
4373.21
Water Department Accounts Receivable
3513.67
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Amount brought forward
$511363.77
Amount brought forward
$511363.77
Federal Grant to School Construction
$112700.00
Junior High School, Auditorium and Gymnasium
$113000.00
Loans Authorized Account
300.00
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
515000.00
Sewer Loan, 1920
12000.00
Outfall Sewer Loan, 1923
95000.00
High School Loan, 1916
10000.00
Shawsheen School Loan, 1923
99000.00
Water Loan, 1910
6000.00
Junior High School Loan
293000.00
Amount carried forward
$1139363.77
Amount carried forward
$1139363.77
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TRUST ACCOUNTS
Amount brought forward $1139363.77
Amount brought forward $1139363.77
Trust Funds Cash and Securities
$249434.12
Punchard Free School Fund
$83991.66
Draper Fund, Punchard School 1473.11
Goldsmith Fund, Punchard School
306.38
Barnard Fund, Punchard School
1025.85
Book Fund, Class of 1917
100.00
Edna G. Chapin Fund, Punchard School
2076.27
Memorial Hall Library Fund
73203.59
John Cornell Wood and Coal Fund
5035.17
Emeline S. Lincoln Fund
1015.00
Edward Taylor Fund
376.75
Richardson School Fund
1323.79
Draper School Fund
1112.73
Holt School Fund
86.08
Dr. Edward C. Conroy Fund
296.35
Alfred V. Lincoln Spelling Bee Fund
515.82
Varnum Lincoln Spelling Bee Fund
593.19
Abbie M. Smart Special Cemetery Fund
1108.32
Isaac Giddings Burial Ground Fund
1000.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
74794.06
Total
$1388797.89
Total
$1388797.89
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DEFERRED REVENUE
Amount brought forward
$1388797.89
Amount brought forward
$1388797.89
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Not Due $1793.78
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due:
1935
$232.10
1936
232.09
1937
232.08
1938
232.04
1939
232.04
1940
216.55
1941
211.17
1942
205.71
Total $1390591.67
Total
$1390591.67
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Treasurer's Report
Receipts and payments for the year (exclusive of the Junior High School special account) were as follows:
Balance, January 1, 1934
$ 63665.55 875512.78
Receipts
939178.33 871544.15
Payments
Balance, December 31, 1934
$ 67634.18
Included in these figures is $225,000.00 borrowed in anticipa- tion of taxes and repaid during the year. With taxes payable earlier in 1935, it is hoped that less money will have to be bor- rowed, although, on account of unprecedently low interest rates in 1934, the cost to the Town was unusually small.
Expenditures were 12% greater than in 1933 and involved the issuance of 8651 checks. Payments were in accordance with 58 warrants, prepared by the Accountant and approved by the Selectmen.
Statements of the Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds and other Trust Funds, in the custody of the Treasurer and on deposit in the Andover Savings Bank, amounting to $82,428.58, will be found elsewhere in the Town Report.
Four new tax titles were taken for non-payment of taxes, and three were redeemed, leaving 13 accounts, amounting to $5,567.03 -three times as much as a year ago.
The funded debt has doubled this year and now stands at $515,000.00, of which 78% is for schools and 21% for sewers.
For the first time in over ten years the Town resorted to long term borrowing, and the interest rate of 214% on the Junior High School bonds, which mature serially from 1935 to 1943, was the lowest on record. Of the $293,000.00 borrowed, $24,275.06 has been spent.
As prompt payment of taxes is vital to the Town's credit, it is very much to be hoped that the percentage of payment during the year of levy, which has declined from 83% to 75% over a six-year period, will improve from now on.
THAXTER EATON, Treasurer
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Report of Tax Collector
1931
Amount of Warrant
$350.01
Amount of Old Age Assistant Warrant
5.00
Amount of Excise Warrant
107.71
Amount of Sewer Assessment
39.40
Interest on Taxes
29.12
Interest on Excise
8.33
Taxes Collected
$201.41
Old Age Assistance collected
3.00
Excise taxes collected
58.23
Sewer Assessment collected
10.00
Interest on Taxes collected
29.12
Interest on Excise collected
8.33
Taxes abated
148.60
Old Age Assistance abated
2.00
Excise taxes abated
49.48
Sewer Assessment uncollected
29.40
$539.57
$539.57
1932
Amount of Warrant
$30310.23
Amount of Moth Warrant
67.05
Amount of Excise Warrant
1415.74
Amount of Old Age Assistance Warrant
155.00
Interest on Taxes
2867.30
Interest on Excise taxes
91.39
Taxes Collected
$27399.31
Moth Collected
66.00
Excise Taxes collected
850.66
Old Age Assistance collected
89.00
Interest on Taxes collected
2867.30
Interest on Excise collected
91.39
Taxes abated
1375.96
Poll
$114.00
Personal
346.80
Real Estate
915.16
Amount Carried Forward
$34906.71
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$34906. 71
Amount Brought Forward
Moth abated
1.05
Excise abated
451.28
Old Age Assistance abated
57.00
Taxes credited
Tax Titles taken over by town
1514.76
Taxes uncollected
20.20
Excise uncollected
113.80
Old Age Assistance uncollected
9.00
$34906.71 $34906.71
1933
Amount of Warrant
$ 91953.75
Amount of Moth Warrant
203.32
Amount of Excise Warrant
4606.52
Amount of Old Age Assistance Warrant
873.00
Amount of Sewer Assessment (apportioned) balance from 1933
173.21
Interest on Taxes
3525.71
Interest on Excise
137.06
Interest on Sewer
.30
Refunds on Taxes
21.97
Refunds on Excise
26.00
Taxes collected
$ 69803.06
Moth collected
132.03
Excise collected
3042.67
Old Age Assistance collected
514.00
Sewer Assessment collected (appor- tioned)
10.30
Interest on Taxes
3525.71
Interest on Excise
137.06
Interest on Sewer
.30
Taxes abated
782.58
Poll $ 2.00
Personal
53.24
Real Estate
727.34
Amount Carried Forward
$101520.84
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$101520.84
Amount Brought Forward
Moth abated
3.00
Excise abated
74.68
Taxes credited
2355.29
Tax Titles taken over by Town
Moth credited
2.25
Tax Title taken over by Town
Taxes uncollected
19034.79
Moth uncollected
66.04
Excise uncollected
1515.17
Sewer uncollected-apportioned
162.91
Old Age Assistance uncollected
359.00
$101520.84 $101520.84
1934
Amount of Warrant
$479825.48
Amount of December Warrant
311.56
Amount of Moth Warrant
1198.98
Amount added to Polls
60.00
Amount of Sewer Assessment (apportioned)
221.79
Amount of Sewer Assessment (unapportioned)
3418.50
Amount of Committed interest on apportioned sewer
267.28
Amount of Excise Warrant
19870.15
Interest on Taxes
173.19
Interest on Excise Taxes
27.80
Refunds on Taxes
53.84
Refunds on Excise taxes
390.42
Taxes Collected
S356789.62
Moth collected
1027.03
Sewer collected (apportioned)
12.55
Sewer collected (unapportioned)
90.45
Excise collected
14758.13
Interest on taxes collected
173.19
Interest on Excise collected
27.80
Committed interest on Sewer collected
7.31
Amount Carried Forward
$505818. 99
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$505818.99
Amount Brought Forward
Taxes abated
1062.57
Poll $ 2.00
Personal
110.63
Real Estate 949.94
Moth abated
1.80
Excise abated
1082.43
Taxes uncollected
122398.69
Moth uncollected
170.15
Sewer uncollected (apportioned)
209.24
Sewer uncollected (unapportioned)
3328.05
Committed Int. on apportioned Sewer uncollected
259.97
Excise uncollected
4420.01
$505818.99 $505818.99
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Summary Collector's Cash Account
1934
1933
1932
1931
Total
Taxes
$356789.62
$69803.06
$27399.31
$201.41
$454193.40
Moth
1027.03
132.03
66.00
1225.06
Old Age
514.00
89.00
3.00
606.00
Excise
14758.13
3042.67
850.66
58.23
18709.69
Sewer:
Apportioned Unapportioned
12.55
10.30
22.85
90.45
10.00
100.45
Interest on Taxes
165.88
3525.71
2867.30
29.12
6588.01
Interest on Sewer-apportioned
7.31
30
7.61
Interest on Excise
27.80
137.06
91.39
8.33
264.58
$372878.77
$77165.13
$31363.66
$310.09
$481717.65
Certificate of Municipal Liens
1.00
$481718.65
WILLIAM B. CHEEVER
Collector of Taxes
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Assessors' Report
We herewith submit our annual report:
Number of assessed polls 3150
Valuation of personal estate $ 3202363.00
Valuation of real estate
12849095.00
$16051458.00
Tax on polls
6300.00
Tax on personal estate
94470.78
Tax on real estate
379054.70
$479825.48
Moth assessment
1198.98
Abatements
Poll taxes
2.00
Personal estate
110.63
Real estate
949.94
Moth
1.80
Rate of Taxation on $1000
29.50
Number of assessed
Horses
147
Cows
558
Neat Cattle
105
Swine
159
Fowl
24925
Dwellings
2517
Acres of land
17297 more or less
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX
Number of vehicles assessed 3294
Assessed valuation
$733680.00
Excise
19870.15
Abatements
1082.43
Rate on $1000
32.14
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DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS
Number of assessed polls 30
Valuation of personal estate
$1500.00
Valuation of real estate
9050.00
Tax on polls
60.00
Tax on personal estate
44.25
Tax on real estate
267.31
FRANK H. HARDY
JEREMIAH J. DALY HOWELL F. SHEPARD
Board of Assessors
Municipal Properties and Public Improvements
Land and Buildings
Equip. and other property
Total
Town Hall
$ 95800
$ 5150
$100950
Fire Department
59508
27564
87072
Police Department
275
1000
1275
Schools
623595
26179
649774
Library
122600
39170
161770
Water Department
89000
517000
606000
Sewer Department
2500
400000
402500
Highway Department
4300
8045
12345
Infirmary
44125
2538
46663
Cemeteries
20500
1000
21500
Weights and Measures
350
350
Town Scales
500
500
Old Schoolhouse, Ballardvale
14470
14470
Punchard School Fund
77000
77000
Memorial Hall Investment Funds
73000
73000
Nine Acres Land, Burnham Rd.
2500
2500
Pomps Pond Beach
2000
2000
Totals
$1147173
$1183496
$2330669
Park Department
66000
66000
Tree Warden and Moth Department
5000
5000
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Report of Planning Board
The present Planning Board was organized July 11, 1934, to carry on the work started after the Town Meeting March 1927.
We prepared a Zoning By-Law, which was presented to the Voters at a Special Town Meeting, October 1, 1934. This article was postponed to the regular Town Meeting this year.
A real effort has been made to explain the purpose of the Zoning By-Law, and the Planning Board members have addressed about seven hundred citizens at meetings of organizations throughout the town. We have asked for suggestions in drawing up an ac- ceptable By-Law.
Zoning means putting the right building in the right place, and protection to the owner. Our Town is the natural location of future development of homes. More homes will increase valua- tion, and help reduce tax rate. Our homes must be protected, and only by a Zoning By-Law can we give protection.
Existing conditions are not to be changed. We are planning for the future. Andover should have a Zoning By-Law. Over sixty cities and towns have this protection, and our town should be one of the first to accept this opportunity to conserve our interests.
Our proposed By-Law is fair, sound and necessary for the pro- tection and security of every home owner. We have been assisted by the State Planning Board and Town Counsel. The By-Law may not meet all future conditions, but if approved, amend- ments can be made to conform to new conditions.
WALTER M. LAMONT, Chairman ROY E. HARDY, Secretary RALPH S. BAILEY SIDNEY P. WHITE EDWARD P. HALL
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Proposed Zoning By-Law Andover, Massachusetts 1935
SECTION I
PREAMBLE. By virtue of and pursuant to the provisions of Gen- eral Laws, Chapter 40 and 143, sections 29-33 of Chapter 93, and Chapter 269 of the Acts of 1933 and any and all amendments and additions to all of said Chapters; the use, con- struction, repair, alteration, height, location and area of buildings and structures and the use of premises in the Town of Andover are hereby regulated as herein provided; in order to promote the health, safety, convenience, morals and general welfare of the inhabitants, to lessen the danger from fire and to improve and beautify the Town.
SECTION II
DEFINITIONS. In this By-Law the followng terms shall have the meanings assigned to them :
"A" A one-family house is a detached dwelling intended and designed to be occupied by a single family.
"B" An accessory use or building is the use of land or building customarily incident to, and located on, the same lot with another use of land or a building.
"C" Non-conforming use of land or building is an existing use of land or a building which does not conform to the regulations for the district in which such use of land or building exists.
"D" A street as used in this By-Law, shall be interpreted to mean any public way laid out for vehicular traffic or any private way laid out for or used as a public way for such traffic.
"E" A lot is that area of land described in an application for a permit.
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SECTION III
USE REGULATIONS. For the purpose of this By-Law, the Town of Andover is hereby divided into four types of Districts designated as follows :
1. Single Residence Districts.
2. Educational Districts.
3. Business Districts.
4. Industrial Districts.
The boundaries of said districts are shown on a map accom- panying this By-Law, entitled, "Zoning Map of the Town of Andover, Mass. Dated Jan. 31, 1935," signed by the Planning Board, and on file with the Town Clerk; and said map and all explanatory matter thereon are hereby made a part of this By- Law.
The boundaries between the districts are, unless otherwise indi- cated, the center-lines of streets, avenues or railroad rights-of- way. Wherever any uncertainty exists as to the exact location of the boundary line, the location of such a line shall be determined by the Inspector of Buildings.
SECTION IV
SINGLE RESIDENCE DISTRICTS. In Single Residence Districts, except as herein otherwise pro- vided, no new building or structure and no alteration, enlarge- ment or extension of an existing building or structure shall be de- signed, arranged or constructed, and no land, building, structure, or part thereof shall be used, except for one or more of the follow- ing purposes :
1. One family detached houses or double houses to conform to neighboring residences.
2. The taking of boarders, or the leasing of rooms by a . family residing on the premises, but not permissible to construct or operate over-night camps.
3. Boarding and lodging houses, and hotels. Subject to permit by Board of Appeals as provided in SECTION XIII, Article 3.
4. Churches, schools, public buildings, public libraries, public museums and parish houses.
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5. Cemeteries, hospitals, sanatoria, philanthropic institu- tions, and airports with essential accessories. Subject to permit by Board of Appeals as provided in SECTION XIII, Article 3.
6. Private clubs not conducted for profit, subject to permit by Board of Appeals as provided in SECTION XIII, Article 3.
7. Public parks, playgrounds, recreational buildings, water towers and reservoirs.
8. Farms, truck gardens, nurseries and greenhouses includ- ing the sale of produce raised or home manufactured products made on the premises and provided that the front yard set back is observed. Subject to further pro- visions under SECTION XIII, Article 1.
9. Telephone exchanges provided there is no service yard or garage and that the design of the building is approved by the Planning Board in writing after being assured of its architectural harmony with the surrounding district.
10. Real estate signs, of not over six square feet in area ad- vertising the sale or rental of only the premises on which they are located; lodging, boarding houses and tourist signs of not over 2 sq. ft. and signs or bulletin boards of not over 10 sq. ft. accessory to uses specified in Pars. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of this Sec., and placed as Planning Board may direct; excepting that signs having a larger area may be allowed accessory to uses specified in Par. 8 of this Sec., under permit from the Board of Appeals, and not incon- sistent with Sec. 29-33 inclusive, of Chap. 93 of the Gen- eral Laws, or with rules and regulations of the Division of Highways.
11. Railroad passenger stations or rights-of-way including cus- tomary accessory services therein; not including switch- ing, storage or freight yards or sidings.
12. Such accessory purposes as are customarily incident to the foregoing purposes, and are not injurious to a neigh- borhood as a place of residence. Subject to provisions of SECTION XI.
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SECTION V
EDUCATIONAL DISTRICTS. In Educational Districts no building or structure shall be so arranged or designed to be used in any part except for one or more of the following purposes :
1. Any use permitted in Single Residence Districts.
2. Private school, college, academy, institute, or other use of an educational character.
3. Recreational buildings, amusement buildings, institution power and heating plants.
4. Such accessory uses as are customary in connection with the uses enumerated in clauses 1, 2, 3.
SECTION VI
BUSINESS DISTRICTS.
1. Any use permitted in a Single Residence or Educational District.
2. Apartment or tenement houses and hotels, subject to other by-laws.
3. Banking houses or office buildings.
4. Retail stores, and shops for custom work or the making of articles to be sold at retail on the premises. Subject to provisions of SECTION XI, Article 4.
5. Places of amusement or assembly.
6. Restaurants and other places for serving food.
7. Gasoline filling stations and oil stations, garage repair shops, sales rooms for motor vehicles and stables. Subject to provisions of SECTION XIV and permit by Board of Appeals.
8. Any building used for commercial or business purposes in- cluding that of a barber, caterer, clothes cleaner and press- er, confectioner, decorator, dressmaker, electrician, florist, furrier, hair dresser, hand laundry, manicurist, milliner, motor vehicles sales room, news dealer, optician, painter, paperhanger, pastry shop, photographer, printer, publisher, shoemaker, shoe repairer, shoe shiner, tailor, undertaker; and of a blacksmith, baker, builder, carpenter, contractor, dyer, mason, plumber, roofer, tinsmith, upholsterer; and
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similar uses which the Board of Appeals may in specific instances find to be compatible with the uses above men- tioned and subject to provisions of SECTION XIII, Arti- cle 3.
9. Signs or/and billboards as regulated by law and by-laws.
SECTION VII
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
1. Any use permitted in Single Residence, Educational or Business Districts.
2. Lumber, fuel, feed, and ice establishments, and con- tractors yards.
3. Railroad yards, sheds, and roundhouses; but not including repair shop except as accessory to said uses.
4. Any industry or manufacturing which will not be seriously detrimental or offensive to adjoining districts or tend to reduce property values in said district or adjoining dis- tricts by reason of dust, odor, fumes, smoke, gas, wastes, refuse matter, noise or excessive vibration or danger of ex- plosion or fire; and subject to a permit from the Board of Appeals as provided under SECTION XIII, Article 4.
SECTION VIII
HEIGHT REGULATIONS.
1. In Single Residence and Educational Districts, the limit of height of buildings shall be two and one-half (21/2) stories, not to exceed thirty-five (35) feet in any part measured above the top of the foundation; except, that municipal and school buildings, dormitories and hotels, where prmitted in said districts may be three (3) stories in height not to exceed forty feet, and further excepting farm buildings located on farms of not less than ten acres in area, which are not limited in height.
2. In Business Districts, the limit of height of buildings shall be three (3) stories, not to exceed forty, (40) feet, measured above the top of the foundation.
3. In Industrial Districts, the limit of height of buildings shall be four (4) stories, not to exceed sixty, (60) feet measured above the top of the foundation; except that dwellings
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shall not exceed three stories in height measured as set forth above.
4. Exceptions. The limitations of height shall not apply in the case of chimneys or ventilators or towers, spires or other ornamental features of buildings permitted in said districts and in no way used for living purposes.
SECTION IX
AREA AND YARD REGULATIONS. In Single Residence and Edu- cational Districts.
1. Size of Lots. Land subdivided after the adoption of this By-Law shall provide for lot frontages of not less than 75 feet and for lot areas of not less than 10,000 square feet.
2. Existing Lots of Record. Lots duly recorded and/or shown on plans filed at the Registry of Deeds at the time this By- Law is adopted may be used provided that the yard re- quirements as set forth below are fulfilled.
3. Front Yards.
(a) No building or structure or alteration or addition thereto shall extend within thirty feet of the street line toward which it faces, except that open porches, small bays, and eaves be exempt from the above pro- visions; but in no case shall such projections extend within twenty feet of said street line.
(b) On corner lots the above provisions shall apply only to one side of the building or structure, and the other side shall not extend within twenty feet of the street line and no structure, fence, tree or shrub, shall ob- struct the traffic visibility around the corner.
(c) Exceptions. Where there are other existing buildings within 200 feet on each side of the lot in question and within the same block and district, the structure may extend as near the street line as the average alignment of said existing adjacent principal build- ings, except that where such buildings are more than 30 feet from said street line-a new building shall not extend nearer said line than the average setbacks of such existing buildings.
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4. Side Yards. At each side of every dwelling there shall be a side yard not less than 15 feet in clear width, between the side of the house and the side lot line, except in specific cases when existing lots are less than the minimum width prescribed in this By-Law. In such cases a side yard not less than ten feet in width may be permitted by the Board of Appeals.
5. Rear Yards. Behind every dwelling there shall be provided a back yard between the rear line of the house and the rear lot line, not less than thirty feet in depth. A rear yard may contain accessory buildings not over one and one-half stories high and covering not over thirty percent of its area.
6. Yards For Non-Residential Buildings. Any use, not resi- dential or accessory, permitted in a Single Residence or Educational District, shall observe all provisions of this By-Law in regard to depth and width of yards as applied to dwellings.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION X
NON-CONFORMING USES.
1. Existing Buildings. Any building or part of a building which at the time of the adoption of the Andover Zoning By-Law was and still is being put to a non-conforming use, may continue to be used for the same purpose or for pur- poses not substantially different and may be repaired or structually altered; but, no such building if destroyed to the extent of 100% of its assessed value shall be rebuilt un- less the Board of Appeals after a public hearing as set forth in SECTION XIII, Article 4, finds that such action is re- quired to prevent unnecessary hardship or gross economic loss to the owner and is not injurious to the district in which it exists; and then only by permit from the Board of Appeals and otherwise subject to the terms of the pro- visions set forth.
2. Removal of Earth, etc. The removal for sale of loam, sand, gravel or quarried stone, bordering on, or within 250 feet of a street line, shall not be permitted except by permit
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from the Board of Appeals. No loam to be removed for sale for more than one-half of its depth in any part of the Town except when incidental to, and in connection with the construction of a building, for which a permit has been is- sued.
3. Wherever a non-conforming use has been changed to a more restricted use, it shall not again be changed to a less restricted use.
SECTION XI
ACCESSORY USES.
1. Accessory uses shall be on the same lot with the buildings of the owner or lessee, and shall be such as do not alter the character of the premises on which they are located.
2. The housing of employees in Single Residence and Educa- tional Districts on the property of the owner shall be deemed an accessory use.
3. The use of a room or rooms in a dwelling as a professional office or studio or for customary home occupations by a person resident in the dwelling may be permitted and a small professional sign of not more than two square feet area may be used; but no public display of goods shall be permitted.
4. Where manufacturing of any kind is permitted as an acces- sory use, it shall be restricted to such light manufacturing as is incidental to a permitted use and where the product is customarily sold on the premises by the producer to the consumer.
5. In farm area, buildings incidental to a farm requirement, shall be considered as accessory, and on lots of five acres or over, the keeping of riding or driving horses, all subject to Board of Health regulations.
SECTION XII
BOARD OF APPEALS. A Board of Appeals of three members to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen is hereby created under provisions of Chapter 40 of the General Laws and any and all amendments and additions thereto, includ-
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