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ARTICLE 50. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way, Arcadia Road, a way connecting Sunset Rock Road and Ballardvale Road, as approved by the Planning Board October 4, 1954, and laid out by the Board of Select- men as shown on the plan made by Ralph B. Brasseur, En- gineer, Haverhill, and dated December 10, 1954, both plan and description being on file at the Town Clerk's office and filed and approved by the Land Court December 20, 1954, on petition of Henry K. Jenkins and others.
ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will accept and name as Rock Ridge Road, Brookfield Road, Fox Hill Road and Woodcliff Road, the private ways fifty feet in width shown as Rock Ridge Road, Brookfield Road, Fox Hill Road and Woodcliff Road on Subdivision Plan No. 18975B, filed with Certificate of Title No. 3996, recorded Book 27, Page 185 with the records of registered land in the North Registry District of Essex County, a copy of which is on file at the Town Clerk's Office, on petition of James H. Eaton and others.
ARTICLE 52. To see if the Town will accept as a public way Lantern Road from Hidden Road to Alden Road, a distance of 561 feet, as approved by the Board of Survey and laid out by the Board of Selectmen as shown on a plan entitled "Subdivision and Acceptance Plan for Hidden Acres" made in January, 1947 by Clinton F. Goodwin, C. E. both plan and description referred to being on file at the Town Clerk's office, on petition of Harry Axelrod and others.
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ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will accept as a public way Nutmeg Lane a distance of 682 feet from Lantern Road to the accepted portion of Nutmeg Lane where it intersects with Alden Road, as approved by the Board of Survey and laid out by the Board of Selectmen as shown on a plan en- tiled "Subdivision and Acceptance Plan for Hidden Acres" made in September, 1954 for John Philip Enterprises, Inc. Fred Stowers, registered surveyor, Methuen, both plan and description referred to being on file in the office of the Town Clerk, on petition of Harry Axelrod and others.
ARTICLE 54. To see if the Town will vote to establish as an industrial zone, with the same restrictions as the "West Andover Industrial Zone" except the restrictions relating to area, yards, and setback, the following describ- ed property :
Beginning at the most northerly corner thereof at a point where the easterly line of Andover Street intersects the westerly line of the Boston & Maine Railroad right of way, said point being 484.5 feet more or less southerly from a point which is in range with the southerly side of the abutment supporting the Boston & Maine overpass at Cen- tral Street, thence running southwesterly by the said west- erly location line of the Boston & Maine Railroad 2196 feet more or less to a point at the northerly side of a right of way and land of Chapman, thence running northwesterly by the said northerly side of a right of way and by said land of Chapman 84 feet more or less to a point in the easterly side of Andover Street, thence running northeasterly by several courses and by the said easterly side of Andover Street 2208 feet more or less to the point of beginning, on petition of Sidney P. White and others.
ARTICLE 55. To see if the Town will adopt the following by-law; to establish a Planning Board of Appeals as re- quired by General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 81Z: "A Plan- ning Board of Appeals of three members is hereby created under provisions of Chapter 41, Section 81Z of the General
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Laws and any and all amendments and additions thereto, as required under the so called "Subdivision Control Act."
"The Board of Selectmen shall appoint three members so arranged that the term of one member shall expire each year and such board shall have a chairman elected from its own members and a clerk. And the Board of Selectmen may appoint one or more associate members to the said Plan- ning Board of Appeals for terms of such length as shall be determined by the Board of Selectmen; that the said Planning Board of Appeals shall have powers relative to appeals taken under the Subdivision Control Act, and any and all amendments and additions thereto." And ap- propriate $100 for said Planning Board of Appeals.
ARTICLE 56. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $2,450.00 to cover an overdraft in the Planning Board budget for 1955.
ARTICLE 57. To see if the Town will vote to become a member of the Greater Lawrence Planning District under the provisions of Chapter 40B of the General Laws or take any action thereto.
ARTICLE 58. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by striking out paragraph 2, Section IX and substituting therefor the following :
"2. EXISTING LOTS OF RECORD. Any lots re- corded at the time of the adoption of this amendment may be used for any permitted use in the district in which the lot is located, provided that lots which do not conform are used with the minimum non-conformance as to yards, pro- vided that the adjoining lot is not vacant and in the same ownership and further provided that any lot on which more than one house existed at the time of the adoption of this amendment may be divided and sold to separate owners and used with the minimum non-conformance. This amendment does not apply to lots appearing on definitive plans approved by the Planning Board after the Annual Town Meeting of March. 1954."
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ARTICLE 59. To see if the Town will vote to amend Sec- tion V, Educational Districts, by adding the following pa- ragraph :
"5. Land subdivided in this district shall conform to the area, frontage, yard, and setback requirements of Single Residence B."
ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will vote to change from Single Residence B to Single Residence C as defined in pa- ragraph one of Section IX of the Zoning By-Laws of the Town as most recently amended in March, 1955, a portion of the Town of Andover, bounded easterly by a line which is 220' west of the center line of the Andover By-Pass; south- erly by the Town boundary line against the town of North Reading and the town of Wilmington, westerly by a line which is 220' easterly from the center line of River Street and by a line which is 170' easterly from the center line of High Street; northerly by a line which is 170' southerly from the center line of Andover Street by land of the Town of Andover, used as a Playground, and by a line which is 220' southerly from the center line of Ballardvale Road, 220' easterly from the center line of South Main Street and 220' southerly from the center line of Wildwood Road.
ARTICLE 61. To see if the Town will vote to change from Single Residence B to Single Residence C as defined in pa- ragraph one of Section IX of the Zoning By-Laws of the Town as most recently amended in March, 1955, a portion of the Town of Andover, bounded on the east by a line which is 220' westerly from the center line of Andover Street by a line which is 220' westerly from the center line of Dascomb Road to a point which is approximately 800' southwesterly from the intersection of said Dascomb Road with said An- dover Street, across Dascomb Road with said Andover Street across Dascomb Road at right angles and intersect- ing a line which is again 220' westerly from the center line of Andover Street, by a line which is 170' northwesterly of the center line of Bannister Road, by a line which is coinci-
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dent with the center line of Dascomb Road, by a line which is 170' southwesterly of the center line of Clark Road, by a line which is 170' northwesterly of the center line of Moody Street, by a line which is 170' southwesterly of the center line of Moody Street by a line which is 170' westerly from the center line of Chester Street and from the center line of Tewksbury Street to a point which is 1300' southwesterly. from the intersection of said Tewksbury and Chester Streets; bounded westerly by a line which is drawn from the last mentioned point to a point which is 220' westerly from the intersection of the center line of Lovejoy Road with the center line of Dascomb Road, and by a line which is westerly 220' from the center line of Lovejoy Road and the center line of Greenwood Road to a point which is 220' southerly from the intersection of said Greenwood Road with High Plain Road; northerly by a line which is 220' southerly from the center line of High Plain Road, 220' westerly from the center line of Virginia Road, to a point which is 220' southwesterly of the intersection of Virginia and Shirley Roads, northwesterly by the center line of Lo- well Street to its intersection with Shawsheen and Reserv- ation Roads hence to a point which is 220' southerly from the intersection of said Shawsheen and Reservation Roads, northerly by a line which is 220' southerly of the center line of Shawsheen Road to a point where it meets the "A" zone thence by the "A" zone to where this boundary crosses Red Spring Road easterly by a line which is 220' westerly of Red Spring Road to a point of beginning of description.
ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will vote to change from Single Residence C to Single Residence D in which all pro- perty subdivided within the area described below shall have not less than 2 acres in area, nor less than 250' in frontage and that the residences in said area shall be set back from the street not less than 50', with distances from the side line to the nearest side of the house not less than 50', a por- tion of the Town of Andover bounded easterly by the west- erly line of the proposed Route 28, bounded southwesterly
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by the town line between the town of Andover and the town of Tewksbury and bounded northwesterly by the Merrimack River.
ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will vote to change from Single Residence A to Single Residence B a portion of the Town bounded on the West by Highland Road from Salem Street Northerly to the Town boundary line between Ando- ver and North Andover, on the North by the Town boundary line aforesaid, on the east by the present "B" district and by the Andover By-Pass and on the South by a line which is 170 feet from and parallel with Prospect Hill Road, Apple- tree Lane, Holt Road and by the northerly line of Brothers' Field owned by Phillips Academy, set apart as an educa- tional district.
ARTICLE 64. To see if the Town will vote to change from Single Residence A to Single Residence B a portion of the Town bounded northerly by Haverhill Street and by the educational district accommodating lands of Merrimack Col- lege to Elm Street at the Town boundary line between An- dover and North Andover, northeasterly by the Town bound- ary line between Andover and North Andover to Highland Road, southerly by a line which is 170 feet north of the center line of Summer Street, westerly by a line which is parallel with and 170' east of the center line of Pine Street, by the east and northerly lines of Johnson Acres and by the south bounded by the Town Farm, by the center line of High Street to an extension of the northerly line of the Town Farm and by a line which is 170' westerly from and paral- lel to the center line of High Street.
ARTICLE 65. To see if the Town will vote to change from Single Residence A to Single Residence B a portion of the Town in Shawsheen Village bounded northeasterly by the center line of North Main Street to a point 600 feet norther- ly from the Shawsheen River, east by the westerly line of the Castle Heights Development (so called) ) to a line of the
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Industrial District, extended from the Stevens Mills Pro- perty and by the north and westerly lines of the Beech Circle Development (so called) and across Shawsheen Road to an intersection with the northeasterly line of the present "B" district in the area and bounded southerly by the north- erly line of the present "B" district, which line is 170 feet from and parallel with the center line of Shawsheen Road and the center line of Lincoln Street to a point which is 1100 feet southwesterly from the intersection of Lincoln Street with Lowell Street, northwesterly by a line which is the southeasterly limit of the present developments in this area and by the northerly line of the present developments in this area and by a line which is 70 feet southeasterly from the center line of Lowell Street to the southwesterly limits of the Marwood Drive Development, and by the Southeasterly limits of this development extended to North Main Street aforesaid.
ARTICLE 66. To see if the Town will vote to change from Single Residence A to Single Residence B a portion of the Town northwest of Lowell Street and north of Canterbury Street bounded on the north by Hussey's Brook, and the southeast by a line which is parallel with and 170 feet north- westerly from the westerly line of Lowell Street, on the south by a line which is parallel with and 170 feet northerly from the center line of Canterbury Street, and southwesterly by the "B" district near the Andover Country Club.
ARTICLE 67. To see if the Town will vote to change from Single Residence A to Single Residence B a portion of the Town bounded in part by the boundary line between Law- rence and Andover and in part by the North Andover Town boundary, bounded southerly by the center line of Haverhill Street and bounded westerly in part by the westerly line of High Street and by the easterly line of the existing Educational District.
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ARTICLE 68. To see if the Town will vote to change from Single Residence A to Single Residence B a portion of the Town bounded northeasterly by the Town boundary between Andover and North Andover, easterly by Elm Street, south- erly, westerly, and northerly by the present Educational District located between Haverhill and Elm Streets.
ARTICLE 69. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by striking out that part of paragraph 1 of Section IX which reads: "Or if land is being subdivided for summer camp lots on or near shores of a pond, river, or lake."
ARTICLE 70. To see if the Town will vote to change from Single Residence C to Industrial a portion of the Town known as Lowell Junction and bounded as follows: Begin- ning at the intersection of the Andover-Tewksbury bound- ary with the Shawsheen River; thence proceeding northerly by the Shawsheen River to the Lowell Line of the Boston & Maine Railroad; thence proceeding easterly by the Lowell Line of the Boston & Maine Railroad to its intersection with Lowell Junction Road; thence continuing easterly by Lowell Junction Road to its intersection with River Street; thence proceeding southerly by River Street to the Andover-Wil- mington boundary; thence proceeding southerly by the An- dover-Wilmington boundary to the Andover-Tewksbury boundary ; thence proceeding northwesterly by the Andover- Tewksbury boundary to the point of beginning. There is included herein the entire triangular section encompassed by the Boston & Maine Railroad lines at Lowell Junction.
ARTICLE 71. To see if the Town will vote to change from Single Residence B to Industrial a portion of the Town of Andover in the West District and bounded as follows: Be- ginning at the intersection of Fish Brook and River Road; and thence proceeding by Fish Brook northwesterly to the Merrimack River; thence turning and proceeding northerly and easterly by the Merrimack River to the Andover-Law-
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rence boundary; thence proceeding southerly by the Ando- ver-Lawrence boundary to a point 200 feet north of River Road, thence proceeding westerly parallel with River Road and 200 feet northerly therefrom to a point 200 feet beyond the westerly junction of North Street and River Road; thence turning and proceeding southeasterly by a line paral- lel with North Street and 200 feet southwesterly therefrom to a point 1000 feet northwesterly of the intersection of Greenwood Road and North Street; thence proceeding southwesterly to the intersection of Ledge Road and Chand- ler Road; thence proceeding northwesterly and westerly by Chandler Road to the point of beginning.
ARTICLE 72. To see if the Town will vote to amend Sec- tion VII of the Zoning By-law by inserting "A. Central" before the words "Industrial Districts", and by adding two new subsections as follows :
B. Restricted Industrial District-Lowell Junction area
1. Regulations
a. All industries desiring location in this area must obtain the approval of the Board of Selectmen or its duly authorized appointees as to type and exact na- ture of such industry in which they will engage and as to type, location, and nature of new buildings and/or alterations to existing buildings or facilities.
b. No plant shall be built within 400 feet of outside wall of any existing occupied residence.
c. Any plant shall not occupy more than one-quar- ter of the total owned land in any one site or plot.
d. No plot shall be less than 5 acres.
e. No plant shall be built within 50 feet of an exist- ing highway. No plant shall be built within 100 feet of a property line.
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f. Landscaping must be adequate in accordance with plans submitted to and approved by the Plan- ning Board.
g. Adequate vehicular parking space shall be pro- vided and maintained to specific need with the ap- proval of the Board of Selectmen or its duly autho- rized appointees.
h. Height requirements shall be in accordance with existing regulations of the Town of Andover. Height requirements shall not apply to chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, skylights, ventilators and other necessary appurtenances usually carried above roofs, nor to domes, towers, stacks or spires, if not used for human occupancy and not more than 25% of the ground floor area of the building ; nor to ornamental towers, observation towers, radio broad- casting towers, television and radio antennae, and other like structures which do not occupy more than 25% of the ground floor area.
i. Identifying signs may be erected subject to the approval of the Planning Board.
2. Permissable uses - Lowell Junction
Light industry such as electronics, precision instru- ments, research laboratories, pharmaceuticals and drugs, printing, insurance, etc. plus so called heavy industries such as metal working, automobile manu- facturing and assembly, paper manufacturing and processing, manufacturing of plastic ingredients, terminal warehousing, rubber manufacturing and moulding, tool and die making and such other indus- tries as the Board of Selectmen or its duly authorized appointees may deem advisable.
3. Exceptions - Lowell Junction
Specifically from this area are all of the exceptions
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below plus any others which the Board of Selectmen or its duly authorized appointees may deem unsuited for this area: abbatoirs, stockyards, reduction of garbage, offal or dead animals, incinerators ( except as operated by the Town of Andover), explosives or fireworks, cement and lime manufacture and any other industries as might, in the opinion of the Board of Selectmen, or its duly authorized appointees, create hazards or public nuisances.
C. Restricted Industrial District-West Andover Area
1. Regulations
a. All industries desiring location in this area must obtain the approval of the Board of Selectmen or its duly authorized appointees as to type and exact na- ture of such industry in which they will engage and as to type, location, and nature of the new buildings and/or alterations to existing buildings or facilities.
b. No plant shall be built within 400 feet of outside wall of any existing occupied residence.
c. Any plant shall not occupy more than one-quar- ter of the total owned land in any one site or plot.
d. No plot shall be less than 10 acres.
e. No plant shall be built within 150 feet of an existing highway nor within 100 feet of a property line.
f. Landscaping must be adequate in accordance with plans submitted to and approved by the Plan- ning Board.
g. Adequate vehicular parking space shall be pro- vided and maintained to specific need with the ap- proval of the Board of Selectmen or its duly autho- rized appointees.
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h. Buildings in excess of three stories or 50 feet in height from top of foundations shall not be permit- ted. Height requirements shall not apply to chim- neys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, skylights, ventilators and other necessary appurtenances usual- ly carried above roofs, nor to domes, towers, stacks or spires, if not used for human occupancy and not more than 25% of the ground floor area of the build- ing; nor to ornamental towers, observation towers, radio broadcasting towers, television and radio an- tennae and other like structures which do not occupy more than 25% of the ground floor area.
i. No open storage permitted.
j. Identifying signs may be erected subject to the approval of the Planning Board.
2. Permissable uses -- West Andover
Light industry, especially those industries best suited for the "Industrial Park" type of development, such as electronics, precision instruments, research la- boratories, pharmaceuticals and drugs, plastics (ex- cept manufacturing of ingredients), printing, insur- ance and such professional office buildings as the Board of Selectmen or its duly authorized appointees may approve.
3. Exceptions - West Andover
Specifically excepted from the West Andover area are all of the exceptions below plus any other indus- tries, heavy or light, which the Board of Selectmen or its duly authorized appointees may deem unsuit- ed for this proposed "Industrial Park" area: abba- toirs, stockyards, reduction of garbage, offal or dead animals, incinerators (except as operated by the Town of Andover), explosives or fireworks, cement or lime manufacture and any other industries as
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might, in the opinion of the Board of Selectmen, or its duly authorized appointees, create hazards or public nuisances.
ARTICLE 73. To see if the Town will direct the Modera- tor to appoint a committee of three to study the By-Laws of the Town of Andover and to recommend changes :
1. To eliminate legal loopholes in the existing By-Laws.
2. To recommend any other improvements that they be- lieve will be of advantage to the Town of Andover; and that this committee be directed to present an Article or Articles at the next Annual Town Meeting embodying their recom- mendations, on petition of George A. Grant and others.
ARTICLE 74. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time after January 1, 1957, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year begin- ning January 1, 1957, in accordance with Section 4, Chapter 44, General Laws and to issue a note or notes therefor, pay- able within one year, and to renew any note so issued for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17 of said Chapter 44.
ARTICLE 75. To see if the Town will vote to accept $3,789.00 received in 1955, for the perpetual care of lots in Spring Grove Cemetery, on petition of Thaxter Eaton, Treasurer.
ARTICLE 76. To see if the Town will vote to accept $30.00, the gift of Helen and Harold Rafton, as approved by the School Committee, to be awarded as the Rafton Science Prizes at Punchard High School, on petition of Thaxter Eaton, Treasurer.
ARTICLE 77. To see if the Town will rescind the vote passed under Article 3 at the special town meeting held
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November 21, 1955, and vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $32,000.00 for the purpose of constructing and equip- ping a four room addition to the Shawsheen School, not in- cluding alterations to the existing building, this appropria- tion to be in addition to the $85,000 already appropriated under Article 14 of the town meeting held March 21, 1955 for the purpose of constructing and equipping the addition including necessary alterations to the existing building; and to determine whether the money shall be provided from available funds in the town treasury or by bond issue; or to take any action in relation thereto, on petition of Thaxter Eaton, Treasurer.
ARTICLE 78. To see if the Town will assume liability in the manner provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the Ge- neral Laws, as amended by Chapters 516 and 524, Acts of 1950, for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Department of Public Works of Massa- chusetts for the improvement, development, maintenance and protection of tidal and non-tidal rivers and streams, harbors, tidewaters, foreshores and shores along a public beach outside of Boston Harbor, including the Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers, in accordance with Section 11 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, and authorize the Select- men to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Commonwealth.
ARTICLE 79. To see if the Town will vote to transfer $20,000.00 from Overlay Reserve to the Reserve Fund.
ARTICLE 80. To see if the Town will vote to permit the Assessors to use $60,000.00 free cash to reduce the 1956 tax rate and to offset appropriations for capital outlay voted at the 1956 town meeting.
ARTICLE 81. To see what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations and free cash in the treasury.
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