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RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-Five Hundred and no/100 ($2500.00) Dollars for the purpose of settling a claim for dam- ages to the claimant's property as a result of the lay out and the construction of Sheila Avenue; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 1t. To see if the Town will vote to em- power and authorize the Selectmen to sell at private sale or public auction the buildings and the contents therein located on Princeton Street, comprising the old Princeton Street Grammar School buildings and contents ; or act in re- lation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will empower and authorize the Selectmen to sell at private sale or public
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auction a certain parcel of land off Second Street and to give a good and sufficient deed conveying all right, title and interest of the Town; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand and no/100 ($10,000.00) Dollars or some other sum for the purpose of defraying part of the cost of installing signal lights at the railroad crossing on Wotton Street, so-called ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to hold a Tercentenary Celebration ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE ?1. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Committee to have charge and manage the Tercentenary Celebration and to appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of defraying the cost of said Tercentenary Cele- bration ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED. Recommend that the same com- mittee be appointed. Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-Six Hunded and no/100 ($2600.00) Dollars or some other sum for the purpose of purchasing a truck to be used in the Cemetery Department, said purchase to made under the supervision of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Cemetery Commissioners
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of 6F of Chapter 10 of the General Laws which pertain to the repairs by the Town on private ways; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
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ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of pur- chasing two automobiles for the Police Department, said purchase to be under the supervision of the Board of Select- men : or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 25. In the event of an affirimative vote under Article 24. to see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen, by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale, to sell the two 1953 automobiles now used by the Police Department; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of in- stalling traffic control lights in the area in front of the Chelms- ford Fire Station, said contract to be awarded under the direction of the Board of Selectmen ; or act in relation thereto.
NOT RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE ?1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of ex- tending the water main at least seven hundred (100) feet at the Town owned Dump, located off Swain Road, said contract to be awarded under the direction of the Board of Selectmen ; or act in relation thereto.
NOT RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a conimittee with powers of engaging an architect to formulate plans and specifications for a Fire Station to be located on land now owned by the Town, known as the Princeton Street School Site at the intersection of Washington Street and Princeton Street, said Committee to report at the next Annual or Special Town Meeting; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
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ARTICLE 29. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 28, to see if the Town will raise and appropriate a cer- tain sum of money to defray costs of said Committee; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote that the actions taken under any article at this annual Town Meeting or any subsequent annual or special meeting calling for the adoption, amendment, recission, alteration or addition to the present by-laws, shall not be valid unless the vote under such article shall be by a two-thirds majority of the voters present and voting thereon ; or act in relation thereto.
NOT RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to Authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver to the South Chelmsford Gun and Rod Club, Inc. a cofirmatory deed to land previously conveyed to said South Chelmsford Gun and Rod Club, Inc. by deed of the Town by the authority contained in a Motion under Article 28 at the annual Town Meeting held on March 9, 1953 ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to move the "Veterans Honor Roll" situated on the lawn at the Town Hall to the Common adjacent to North Road; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient amount of money to defray the ex- pense of removing and relettering the "Veterans Honor Roll"; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 657 of the Acts of 1948, amending General Laws, Chapter 149, Section 33-A, an Act authorizing five-day and
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forty-hour week for employees of certain cities and towns; or act in relation thereto.
BY PETITION, NOT RECOMMENDED
ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will (1) adopt a by-law fixing job classifications, pay schedules, and terms of employment, for persons in the service of the Town and authorize the establishment of a Personnel Board to administer the said by-law: (2) establish new rates of pay and terms of employment for certain Town employees and officials ; or act in relation thereto.
NOT RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 51A of Chapter 48 of the General Laws, the provisions of said Section are: An Act providing that Firefighters and certain others in certain cities and towns shall be given an additional day off duty or, under certain circumstances, an additional day's pay when they are required to work on certain legal holidays ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to con- tinue the present by-law committee, and that said committee be instructed to make a further study of the existing town ordinances and by-laws, make recommendations for their revision, recommend new by-laws and ordinances and to report at a special or annual town meeting, codify the ex- isting by-laws and ordinances and print them in book form, said books to be sold by the Town Clerk for a sum to be set by the Board of Selectmen ; or act in relation thereto.
BY PETITION NOT RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Building Code of the Town of Chelmsford in the Following particulars : Article VIII. Sec. 2. Paragraph 1, Sentence 1 : after the word dwelling add the words - "and attached garages", and after the words "finished grade" add the words-
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"including the footing" so that the sentence will read as follows : All dwellings and attached garages must have a foundation wall which extends (42) forty-two inches below the finished grade including the footing; or act in relation thereto
BY BUILDING INSPECTOR
NO RECOMMENDATION-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Building Code of the Town of Chelmsford in the following particulars': Article VIII, Sec. ? , Paragraph 3: After the word "Masonry" strike out the words-"and plain concrete" so that the paragraph will read; Hollow or Solid Masonry .; or act in relation thereto.
BY BUILDING INSPECTOR
NO RECOMMENDATION-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Building Code of the Town of Chelmsford in the following particulars : Article VIII, Sec 2, Paragraph 4, Sentence1 : Strike out sentence one and substitute the following sentence : All hollow or solid masonry foundation walls shall be not less than twelve (1?") inches thick from footing to a point not more than twenty-four (?4") inches below finished grade and not less than (8") inches thick for all remaining courses .; or act in relation thereto.
BY BUILDING INSPECTOR NO RECOMMENDATION-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Building Code of the Town of Chelmsford in the following particulars : Article X, Sec. 1, Paragraph ?: Strike out the figure "3" and substitute the figure "4" so that the Paragraph will read : Sills shall be not less than 4 x 6 inches when laid flat on a solid foundation bearing ; for a boxed sill, not less than the size of the floor joists, and over openings or piers shall be designed for their imposed loads .; or act in relation thereto.
BY BUILDING INSPECTOR
NO RECOMMENDATION-Board of Selectmen
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ARTICLE 42. To see if the town will vote to amend the Building Code of the Town of Chelmsford in the following particulars : Article X, Sec 1, Paragraph ?: After the word "wire" add the words "or gypsum" so that the paragraph will read: "Attached garages shall be wire or gypsum lathed and plastered on the ceiling and on walls common with the main building." or act in relation thereto.
BY BUILDING INSPECTOR
NO RECOMMENDATION-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Building Code of the Town of Chelmford in the following particulars : Article X. Sec. 1. Paragraph ?- under Roof Raf- ters : After the word "for" and before the word "roof" add the word "all," and after the word "joists" add the words "Table 1, of the Appendix," so that the paragraph will read : Spacing and spans for all roof rafters on slopes less than 5 to 12 inches shall be the same as for floor joists in Table 1, of the AAppendix. : or act in relation thereto.
BY BUILDING INSPECTOR NO RECOMMENDATION-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Building Code of the Town of Chelmsford in the following particulars : Article X, Sec.1, under Floor joists-add the following Paragraph-all cutting of floor timbers for the passage of pipes shall be on their upper edges, and not cut shall exceed two (?") inches in depth, or be made more than three feet from the bearing point of the timber unless the con- sent of the Building Inspector has been obtained. No cutting in the under side of a floor timber will be allowed for any reason, ; or act in relation thereto.
BY BUILDING INSPECTOR NO RECOMMENDATION-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Building Code of the Town of Chelnisford in the following particulars : Article X. Sec. 1, Paragraph 1, under the heading Floor Joists-strike out the words "in dewellings," so that
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the paragraph will read: "For maximum allowable spans for floor joists, see Table 1 in the Appendix."; or act in relation thereto.
BY BUILDING INSPECTOR NO RECOMMENDATION-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Building Code of the Town of Chelmsford in the following particulars : Appendix, Table 1-In the heading-"Maximum Allowable Spans for Floor Joists in Dwellings," strike out the words "in Dwellings" so that the heading will read, "Maximum Allowable Spans for Floor Joists"; or act in rela- tion thereto.
BY BUILDING INSPECTOR
NO RECOMMENDATION-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Building Code of the Town of Chelmsford in the following particulars : Following Paragraph 2, under "Roof Rafters", insert the following, "Flat roofs on all buildings shall be designed to withstand a forty (40) pound snow load."; or act in relation thereto.
BY BUILDING INSPECTOR
NO RECOMMENDATION-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 48. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Birch Street, as shown on a plan of said Street duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
BY BUILDING INSPECTOR
NO RECOMMENDATION-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 49. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of re- constructing Birch Street ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 50. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Diamond Street, as shown on a plan of said Street duly filed in the office of Town Clerk ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
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ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of re- constructing Diamond Street ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 52. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Pleasant Avenue, as shown on a plan of said Avenue duly filed in the office of Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of re- constructing Pleasant Avenue ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Edgelawn AAvenue, as shown on a plan of said Avenue. duly filed in the office of Town Clerk ; or act in re- lation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 55. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of re- constructing Edgelawn AAvenue ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 56. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of New Spaulding Street, as shown on a plan of said Street duly filed in the office of Town Clerk ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 5%. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of re- constructing New Spaulding Street ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 58. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Carolyn Avenue, as shown on a plan of said Avenue duly filed in the Office of Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
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ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of re- constructing Carolyn Avenue ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Waverly Avenue, as shown on a plan of said Avenue duly filed in the Office of Town Clerk ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 61. . To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of re- constructing Waverly Avenue ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Erlin Road, as shown on a plan of said Road duly filed in the Office of Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of re- constructing Erlin Road : or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 64. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Ideal Avenue, as shown on a plan of said Avenue duly filed in the office of Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 65. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of re- constructing Ideal Avenue ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 66. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Bradford Road, as shown on a plan of said Road duly filed in the Office of Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
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ARTICLE 61. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of re- constructing Bradford Road or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 68. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Joyce Street, as shown on a plan of said Street duly filed in the Office of Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 69. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of recon- structing Joyce Street ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Bellevue Street. as shown on a plan of said Street duly filed in the Office of Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE :1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of re- constructing Bellevue Street ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE :2 To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Stevens Street, as shown on a plan of said Street duly filed in the Office of Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of re- constructing Stevens Street ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Old Middlesex Turnpike, as shown on a plan of said Turnpike duly filed in the Office of Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
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ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of re- constructing Old Middlesex Turnpike ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Brain Road, as shown on a plan of said Road duly filed in the Office of Town Clerk ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE :. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of re- constructing Brain Road ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Eugenie Terrace, as shown on a plan of said Terrace duly filed in the Office of Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of re- constructing Eugenie Terrace ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE SO. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Douglas Road, as shown on a plan of said Road duly filed in the Office of Town Clerk ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 81. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of re- constructing Douglas Road; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 82. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Clear Street as shown on a plan of said Street duly filed in the Office of Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
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ARTICLE 83. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of re- constructing Clear Street ; or act in relation thereto.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 84. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws by striking out all of the language in Paragraph (a) under section 5 and substitute the following ; (a) Size of Lots.
Minimum area shall be 15,000 square feet and the minimum frontage shall be 100 feet.
RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE $5. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws by striking out all of the language under Paragraph (d) of Section > and substitute the following :' (d) Side yards.
There shall be on each side of every building, except a building of accessory use, a side yard having a minimum width of twelve feet, and provided that on no lot held under separate and distinct ownership from adjacent lots and of record at the time this by-law takes effect, shall the buildable width be reduced by this requirement to less than 30 feet. No accessory building in a side yard shall be nearest than three feet to the boundary line, said distance to be measured from the nearest part of the building to the boundary line.
BY PLANING BOARD
NO RECOMMENDATION-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 86. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws by striking out all of the language under Paragraph (k) of Section 5 and substitute the following :
When a dwelling is converted into two or more apart- ments or tenements by permit of the Board of Appeals a sketch showing the lot area, frontage, side and rear yard depths shall be filed with said board and they shall determine the minimum size of the lot but it shall not be less than that required for a single family dwelling. RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
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ARTICLE 8 :. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws by striking out all the language in Paragraph 2 under Section 6 and substitute the following :
2. House for not more than two families, except that group houses shall be permitted on lots of not less than 15,000 square feet, said houses consisting of not more than four attached family houses which are separated by vertical divisions or party walls.
BY PLANNING BOARD
NO RECOMMENDATION-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 88. To sec if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws by striking out all the language in the last paragraph under Paragraph + of Section 6, and substitute the following :
Other Requirements.
Lot size, set back, front, side, and rear yards shall con- form to those required in the single residence district.
BY PLANNING BOARD
NO RECOMMENDATION-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 89. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws by adding to the end of Section II under General Provisions the followng language :
The removal of sand, loam, sod and gravel for commercial purposes is expressly prohibited unless a permit is granted by the Board of Appeals after a public hearing. However, nothing herein contained shall prohibit the removal of the same in connection with the construction of a building for which a permit has been duly issued or for the land- scaping of a lot from which said sand, loam, sod or gravel is removed.
NOT RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 90. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law :
AUTHORITY OF POLICE
All persons shall be prohibited from riding or driving any animal on a public way in the Town of Chelmsford after Sunset or before Sunrise without having some suitable re- flectors or lights attached to rider or driver which is clearly visible to a motorist or pedestrian for a distance of at least one hundred feet. Penalty-Fine not to exceed $20.00.
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BY CHIEF OF POLICE NO RECOMMENDATION-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 91. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law :
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to park a vehicle on any street for a period of time longer than thirty (30) minutes between the hours of 1:00 A. M. to 6:00 A.M., from November 15th to April 1st.
BY CHIEF OF POLICE
NO RECOMMENDATION-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 92. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law :
Any person who is employed as an attorney by another interested in any matter under discussion at a Town Meeting shall disclose the fact of his employment before speaking thereon.
NOT RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 93. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law :
It shall be unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to stop, stand or park said vehicle for a period of time longer than is necessary for the expeditions loading or unloading of pass- engers, or for the unloading and delivery or pickup and the loading of materials, in any place marked as a loading zone. In no case shall the stop for loading and for unloading of materials exceed thirty (30) minutes, and shall park parallel with the curb.
NOT RECOMMENDED-Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 94. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law :
Any person who willfully defaces, injures, moves, ob- structs or interferes with any official traffic sign, signal or marking shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty ($20) dollars for each and every offense.
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