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Art. 53. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zon- ing Plan and Zoning By-Law so that the property shown as Lots A-3 and A-4 on Assessors' Plan 1042 be zoned for busi- ness, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter,. agreeable to the petition of Charles E. Stillings and others.
Art. 54. To see if the Town will vote to amend the zon- ing map and zoning by-law so that the premises situated on the Newburyport Turnpike and shown as lots A-14 and A-28 on Assessors' Plan 1036 will be zoned for business, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to, the petition of George C. Cronin and others.
Art. 55. To see if the Town will vote to amend the zon- ing map and zoning by-law so that the premises situated on the Newburyport Turnpike and shown as Lots A-4, A-6, and A-8 on Assessors' Plan 1048 will be zoned for business, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of George C. Cronin and others.
Art. 56. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $51.10 to pay the hospital and medical bills incurred by Patrolman Thomas F. Spencer as a result of in- juries received in the line of duty, agreeable to the petition. of L. Elmer Day and others.
Art. 57. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by right of eminent domain or by purchase for highway purposes that.
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· described parcel of land shown as a right of way on a plan filed in the Land Registration office in Case No. 6284, which right of way is off Main Street, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Lalia Ed- : wards and others.
Art. 58. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to carry out the provisions of Article 57, in- cluding costs of plans, recording fees, and other incidental expenses, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Lalia Edwards and others.
Art. 59. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $3204.00 for extending the water mains on Walnut Street, beginning at 51 Walnut Street and extending about 1000 feet along said street, agreeable to the petition of Charles E. Still- ings and others.
Art. 60. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $2000 to gravel, oil, roll, and shape Auburn Street, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of John A. Anderson and others.
Art. 61. To see if the Town of Saugus will vote to ap- propriate the sum of $3500.00 for the cost of materials to be furnished by the Town of Saugus for the reconstruction of Dudley Street, labor to be taken care of under the WPA, or to see what action the Town will take, agreeable to the petition of Orrin H. Schmuck and others.
Art. 62. To see if the Town of Saugus will vote to accept 300 feet, that portion of Jasper Street from land of James L. Biffin to and including land of Theodore R. Schumacher ac- cording to the plan and specifications filed with Planning Board, agreeable to the petition of Theodore R. Schumacher and others.
Art. 63. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zon- ing By-Law and the Zoning Map so that the land on that sec- tion of Broadway lying between Walnut Street and the Lynn- field line be zoned for business purposes to a depth of 200
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feet, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Alice E. Lewis and others.
Art. 64. That the sum of one thousand dollars ($1000.00) be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the services, materials, supplies, to be used on a project or pro- jects sponsored by the National Youth Administration, same to be expended under the direction of the Playground Com- mission, or to see what action the Town will take in the mat- ter, agreeable to the petition of the Board of Playground Commissioners.
Art. 65. That the sum of three thousand, five hundred dollars ($3500) be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of erecting all steel concrete bleachers and a new football gridiron on Stackpole Field. All labor connected to this project will be paid for by the Federal Government. Same to be expended under the direction of the Playground Commission, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the Board of Playground Commissioners.
Art. 66. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain for street purposes the following described parcels of land for the pur- pose of extending Smith Road from its present terminus to Clifton Avenue, viz. :
A parcel of land shown as lot 735, A-58, plan 2012, on file in the Assessors' Office, bounded and described as fol- lows: Beginning at the northwest corner of Clifton Avenue, and Oak Street, running north by Oak Street 136.6 feet west by land of Clement Smith, et al, 25.4 feet, south by land of Raddin, 140.7 feet, thence east by Clifton Avenue, 25 feet to the point of beginning, containing 2466 square feet, more or less ;
Also another parcel of land shown as lot 736, A-59, plan 2012, on file in the Assessors' office, bounded and described as follows : Beginning at a point on Clifton Avenue, and run- ning north by land of Stames, 140.7 feet, thence west by land of Smith 25.4 feet, thence south by land of Kanellopoulos
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144.9 feet, thence east by Clifton Avenue, 25 feet to the point of beginning, containing 3570 square feet, more or less ;
Also another parcel of land shown as lot 737, A-60, plan 2012, on file in the Assessors' office, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on Clifton Avenue and run- ning north by land of Raddin 144.9 feet, thence west by land of owners unknown 25.4 thence south by land of Blamy 149 feet, thence east by Clifton Avenue, 25 feet to the point of beginning, containing 3673 square feet, more or less ;
Also another parcel of land shown as lot A-96, plan 2012 on file in the Assessors' office, the same being a strip of land two feet in width and 40 feet in length, containing 80 square feet, and being situated at the easterly end of Smith Road and abutting on lots A-58, 59, 60 on plan on file in the Assessors' office and appropriate a sum of money for such purchase or for damages for takings, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the Planning Board.
Art. 67. To see if the Town will vote to accept a section of Summit Avenue, as per plan and lay-out on file with the Town Clerk. Board of Selectmen.
Art. 68. To see if the Town will vote to accept Highland Avenue as per plan and lay-out on file with the Town Clerk. Board of Selectmen.
Art. 69. To see if the Town will vote to accept Allard Street, as per plan and lay-out on file with the Town Clerk. Board of Selectmen.
Art. 70. To see if the Town will vote to accept that portion of Clifton Avenue from Endicott Street to Baker Street as per plan and lay-out on file with the Town Clerk. Board of Selectmen.
Art. 71. To see if the Town will vote to accept Bufford Street as per plan and lay-out on file with the Town Clerk. Board of Selectmen.
Art. 72. To see if the Town will vote to amend the zon- ing by-law of the Town of Saugus as follows: So that the wording of Section 17 now stating: "Permit by Selectmen
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required" shall read, "Permit by Board of Appeals required." Board of Appeals.
Art. 73. To see if the Town will adopt the following by-law or some modification thereof for the purpose of regu- lating billboards or other outdoor advertising devices.
TOWN BY-LAW, ARTICLE No. ...
Regulation of Advertising Signs and Billboards
Section 1. Statutory Authority. In pursuance of the authority granted to the Town in Section 29 of Chapter 93 of the General Laws, and pursuant to all other provisions of law, and without relaxing any restrictions now imposed on outdoor advertis- ing devices by Sections 29 to 33 inclusive of said chapter or by any lawful state regulations there- under, such devices are hereby further restricted in the Town of Saugus as provided in the following sections.
Section 2. Exemptions. This by-law shall not apply to signs or other devices in or over public ways, described in Sections 1, 2 or 8, of Chapter 85, General Laws, or to signs or other devices on or in the rolling stock, stations, subways or structures of or used by common carriers, except advertising de- vices on bridges or viaducts or abutments thereof. It also shall not apply to any advertising device legally permitted and maintained on the date of the taking effect of this by-law, until one year after the first day of July next following said date.
Section 3. Definitions.
"Advertising devices" shall mean billboards, paint- ed bulletins, poster panels, signs, placards and other outdoor units designed to call public attention to the matter displayed thereon.
"Advertising sign" or "sign" shall mean any out- door advertising device.
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"Sign-board" shall mean any structure designed for displaying an outdoor advertisement.
"Highway" or "street" shall mean any public way twenty feet or more in width.
"Public park" shall mean a piece of public land of at least five thousand square feet set apart for beauty and public enjoyment.
"Public reservation" shall mean a piece of public land set apart for recreational use, as a state or municipal forest, as a protection to a public water supply, as a memorial, or cemetery, or as a place of unusual scenic or historical interest.
"Permitted" shall mean authorized by an official permit.
"Display" shall mean to make or maintain visible from any highway, public park or reservation.
"Area" of a sign or sign-board shall mean the area of the face view of the entire device, including all attachments except supports and lattice at the base thereof.
"Residential district" shall mean any area zoned as residential.
"Non-conforming business" shall mean a business located in a residential or rural district, other than such rural business as farming or the raising and sale on the same premises of farm, garden or orchard products
"Lawful sign" shall mean any outdoor advertising device not prohibited by any provision of law or by any lawful state regulation.
"Accessory sign" shall mean any outdoor advertis- ing device which carries only advertisements strict- ly incidental and subordinate to a principal use of the premises on which it is located, including signs indicating business transacted or goods sold or pro- duced on the premises or an occupant thereof, but not including any sign which is rented or controlled
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by any party except the owner or occupant of the premises.
"Sign on a wall" shall mean a sign closely attached throughout to and facing with that wall, or on a window or door therein.
"Lot" shall mean a plot of ground containing and devoted to the purposes of a building, or laid out to contain a building, with all required open spaces; or a tract of unbuilt, undivided land under one own- ership.
Section 4. Prohibitions. No person, firm, asso- ciation, or corporation, except the owner or a tenant occupant of the premises, shall be permitted or al- lowed to erect, display or maintain any billboard or other outdoor advertising device thereon except in pursuance of written authority from such owner or tenant and unless either the name and address of the party holding such authority or a lawful permit number from the state licensing authority be dis- played on such device.
No billboard or other outdoor advertising de- vice shall be erected, displayed or maintained :
(a) Upon any rock, tree, fence or pole.
(b) Within one hundred feet of any church, public building, monument or memorial, or within three hundred feet of any public park, play- ground, or public reservation, if within view from any portion thereof; except that this provision shall not apply to accessory signs on the walls of buildings.
(c) If it contains any obscene, indecent or immoral matter.
(d) Unless all parts and attachments and the ground about the base thereof are kept in neat and safe condition.
Section 5. General Restrictions. No adver- tising sign or signboard shall be permitted or al-
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lowed to be so located as to obstruct a view between any points or connecting streets within fifty feet of a corner of the rights of way; or to extend more than twenty feet above the surface on which it stands; or to obstruct any door, window or fire es- cape on a building; or, if on a roof or wall of a building, to extend above the legal limit of height for such building or wall; or, in a residential dis- trict, to extend more than six inches nearer to any boundary of the lot or premises on which it is lo- cated than it would be lawful to maintain a build- ing, except as provided in paragraph (c) of Section 6.
Section 6. Restrictions in Residential District. No person, firm, association or corporation shall erect, display or maintain, or allow to be displayed or maintained on his or its property, in a residential district, any billboard or other outdoor advertising device, except devices specified in paragraphs (a) (b) (c) and (d) of this section.
(a) Any lawful accessory sign or signs not exceed- ing five square feet in aggregate area on any one building or lot; or any lawful sign or signs advertising only the sale or rental of the prem- ises, not exceeding a total area of ten square feet; or, on the premises of any public build- ing, public recreation ground, farm, garden, tree-nursery or forest, any lawful accessory signs not exceeding all together fifteen square feet in area within the limits of said premises ; or any lawful accessory signs on the front wall of any building occupied by a non-conforming business.
(b) Any lawful sign displayed by the town, or any sign displayed by the United States, the state or the county relative to government business.
(c) At any boundary line of the town a law- ful sign not exceeding five square feet in area
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indicating the meetings of any civic organiza- tion located therein.
(d) On property owned or principally occupied by a religious, civic or charitable organiza- tion, association of war veterans or the like, any lawful accessory sign displayed by written permission of the Selectmen, with the approval of the inspector of buildings if any, for a limit- ed period not exceeding sixty days.
Section 7. Administration. Whenever notice of an application to a state authority for a permit for an advertising device to be erected or displayed in the town is received by the Town Clerk or any other town official, he shall immediately transmit it to the Inspector of Buildings [or other officer charged with the administration of this by-law). Such officer, or, in the lack of other responsible offi- cer, the Town Clerk, shall thereupon make an ex- amination of the case and, as promptly as possible, within thirty days of the receipt of the application by the town, shall send written notice to the state authority to whom the application is addressed, stating whether or not the proposed advertising de- vice would violate any provisions of this by-law, and, if he finds such violation, specifying what pro- visions would be violated. In case of such viola- tion, he shall send like notice also to the applicant and to the owner or tenant of the proposed location of the device.
Any person desiring to erect a sign in the town may file a description thereof and of its proposed lo- cation with the officer charged with the enforcement of this by-law, who shall thereupon make an exam- ination of the case and shall give written notice to the applicant whether or not the proposed advertis- ing device would violate any provision of this by- law, and if so, what provision.
Said officer shall preserve for record all de- scriptions, notices of applications, letters and other
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papers received by him and copies of all notices is- sued and letters sent by him relating to out-door ad- vertising.
Section 8. Penalties and Enforcement. The Selectmen or any officer charged with the enforce- ment of this by-law shall give written notice of any violation of Sections 4, 5 or 6 of this by-law. to the party violating the same and to the owner or tenant of the property concerned, with orders to remove promptly any device in violation thereof, and shall cause any party who continues such violation for fifteen days after such notice to be prosecuted ; shall pursue appropriate legal processes to restrain the erection or maintenance of devices in violation of this by-law and to cause their removal or abatement in accordance with Chapter 93, Sections 29, 31 and 33; and shall also notify the state regulatory author- ity of outdoor advertising of any known violations of lawful state regulations that come to his notice.
Section 9. If any provision of this by-law is declared unconstitutional or illegal by any Court, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby.
Section 10. No provision of this by-law shall be construed in such a manner as to be inconsistent with the rules and regulations now or hereafter in force, concerning outdoor advertising, of any state authority having jurisdiction.
agreeable to the petition of the Planning Board.
Art. 74. To see if the Town will vote to change the Zoning Laws and Zoning Map so that the area in the follow- ing parcel of land may henceforth be used for business pur- poses.
DESCRIPTION : Commencing at a point on the Northerly line of Howard Street, said point being a stone bound situated in the driveway to the house of one Manfredonia and marking the beginning of a
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piece of tangent, thence the line runs South 69° 21' West along said north line of Howard Street, a dis- tance of approximately one hundred thirty-seven and forty-four one hundredths (137.44}) feet to in- tersection with Westerly line of said Manfredonia. property, thence North 2° 56' East a distance of two. hundred forty-three and fifty-eight one hundredths (243.58) feet along Westerly line of above property to a post, thence North 88° 38' East a distance of one hundred ninety-one and twenty-four one hundredths (191.24) feet, thence South 1° 22' East a distance of one hundred seventy-three and fifty-eight one hun- dredths (173.58) feet to the Northerly line of said Howard Street, thence turning and running Wester- ly along North line of Howard Street by a curve with radius of eight hundred sixty feet a distance of approximately eighty-three (83;) feet more or less to a point of beginning (SB) and containing 40726 sq. ft. more or less ;
or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agree- able to the petition of Adelade Manfredonia and others.
Art. 75. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following By-law:
It shall be illegal for handbills, flier leaflets, free newspapers, political propaganda, advertising circulars printed in the form of newspapers, or any- thing of like character, to be distributed and left at homes within the Town of Saugus.
Violation of this By-law shall result, upon con- viction, of a fine not more than $20.
or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agree- able to the petition of Arthur P. Smith and others.
Art. 76. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to be spent under the direction of the Sewer Committee, for the purpose of preparing an ap- plication or applications for funds from the Federal Govern- ment and the supporting data and plans for such applica- tions and for doing all other work necessary to obtain funds-
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from the Federal Government, said applications to relate to the construction of a part or all of a system of sewers, in- cluding the construction of a force main for discharging the Town's sewage into the outfall sewer of the City of Lynn and the payment of an Entrance Fee to the City of Lynn as pro- vided by an "Agreement between the Town of Saugus and the City of Lynn Regarding Discharge of Saugus Sewage into Lynn Outfall Sewer," or to take any action relative thereto, agreeable to the petition of the Board of Selectmen.
Art. 77 To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money, to be spent under the direction of the Sewer Committee, for any or all of the following pur- poses (1) negotiating for the acquisition of a right-of-way for constructing, operating, maintaining and repairing a main sewer or force main to be built in Lynn along the right-of- way of the Boston & Maine Railroad and across private pro- perty and (2) preparing plans and specifications and secur- ing necessary approvals for constructing a main sewer or a force main for discharging the Town's sewage into the out- fall sewer of the City of Lynn as provided for by an "Agree- ment between the Town of Saugus and the City of Lynn Re- garding Discharge of Saugus Sewage into Lynn Outfall Sewer," or to take any action relative thereto, agreeable to the petition of the Board of Selectmen.
Art. 78. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to be spent under the direction of the Sewer Committee for the purpose of laying out and constructing a system of main drains and common sewers and a force main for discharging the Town's sewage into the out- fall sewer of the City of Lynn, for acquiring land or ease- ments and for paying an entrance fee to the City of Lynn as provided by an "Agreement between the Town of Saugus and the City of Lynn Regarding Discharge of Saugus Sewage into Lynn Outfall Sewer," dated December 31, 1935, all in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 350 of the Acts of 1929 as amended by Chapter 259 of the Acts of 1933 and Chapter 259 of the Acts of 1929 as amended by Chapter 71 of the Acts of 1933, said appropriation to be used by itself or in conjunction with any funds which the Federal Govern-
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ment may make available for the project, or to take any ac- tion relative thereto, agreeable to the petition of the Board of Selectmen.
Art. 79. To see if the Town will vote to purchase or take by eminent domain, for highway purposes, 1980 square feet of land on Clifton Avenue, as shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk's office, agreeable to the petition of the Board of Selectmen.
Art. 80. To see if the Town will vote to accept Buena Vista Street as per plan and lay-out on file with the Town Clerk. Board of Selectmen.
The polls will open at 12 o'clock, noon, and will close at 8 o'clock P. M., and you are hereby directed to serve this WARRANT by posting attested copies thereof at the usual places seven days, at least, before the time of holding said meeting, and to distribute copies as provided by the By-Laws at least four days before.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this WAR- RANT, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and Town Seal this eleventh day of February, A. D. Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-seven.
JOHN J. MULLEN, C. F. NELSON PRATT, GEORGE H. QUARMBY, Board of Selectmen.
A true copy. Attest :
W. CHARLES SELLICK,
Constable.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex, ss.
February 19, 1937.
Pursuant hereunto I have served the within warrant as directed by posting an attested copy at the several precincts
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and afterwards by delivering to the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus, in accordance with the By-Laws.
W. CHARLES SELLICK,
Constable.
A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON, Town Clerk.
February 20, 1937.
In compliance with Chapter 55 of the Acts of 1928 and also with Section 2 of the By-Laws of the Town of Saugus, I hereby certify that today I personally mailed to all Limited Town Meeting members a printed copy of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 1, 1937.
Signed : VIOLA G. WILSON, Town Clerk.
A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
TOTAL VOTE CAST FOR TOWN OFFICERS
* Elected
March 1, 1937
Town Clerk
PRECINCTS
Russell E. Chesley
220
Two 92
Three 122
Four 172
Five 113
79
Seven 107
Eight 239
1144
Clarence Kenerson
103
135
79
73
96
120
68
69
743
Francis A. Walsh
68
19
41
46
30
37
18
95
354
*Viola G. Wilson
427
435
484
475
297
408
367
393
3286
Blanks .
32
28
36
29
29
24
21
25
224
Total
850
709
762
795
565
668
581
821
5751
Selectmen
Philip M. Bryer
42
35
23
90
47
43
40
65
385
*C. Carroll Cunningham
262
324
299
324
283
278
164
341
2275
Edward Gibbs, Jr. .
245
195
225
288
112
154
176
284
1679
John J. Mullen . :
140
87
129
124
137
144
61
166
988
John C. Pitman . .
198
194
129
130
63
110
206
136
1166
C. F. Nelson Pratt
177
191
247
267
213
204
146
279
1724
Dexter G. Pratt .
46
58
138
43
52
74
37
58
506
* George H. Quarmby .
394
194
208
220
147
191
184
264
1802
Harold P. Rice . . .
215
158
233
256
187
230
153
224
1656
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Total
One
Six
Selectmen (Continued)
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