USA > Massachusetts > Essex County > Saugus > Town annual report of Saugus 1937 > Part 7
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27
113
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
1937]
main drains and common sewers and a main sewer or force main or either of them; (2) the purchasing or taking of any lands, easements, or rights therein; and (3) the payment of an entrance fee to the City of Lynn, all in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 350 of the Acts of 1929 as amended by Chapter 259 of the Acts of 1933 and the provisions of Chapter 259 of the Acts of 1929 as amended by Chapter 71 of the Acts of 1933. 10:20 P. M.
Voted: to take Article 49 from the table.
Article 49.
Voted that the Selectmen be requested to consider rais- ing the pension paid to the widow of the late Mellen R. Joy. 10:35 P. M.
Voted : to indefinitely postpone Article 49. 10:35 P. M.
Article 64. Voted to indefinitely postpone. Yeas 69. Nays 32. 10:44 P. M.
Voted : to take Article 74 out of order. Yeas 58. Nays 26.
Article 74. Received the report of the Planning Board.
Voted: to indefinitely postpone. Yeas 77. Nays 13. 11:10 P. M.
Voted: that the meeting be adjourned without date. Yeas 84. Nays 0. 11:11 P. M.
A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON, Town Clerk.
April 23, 1937.
At a meeting of the Emergency Finance Board of the Commonwealth, held on the 23rd day of April, 1937, a ma- jority of said Board being present, the following vote was unanimously passed :
Voted : To approve for the Town of Saugus the following Appropriation Order, as passed at the
114
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Special Town Meeting held on March 10, 1937:
Appropriation : Amount
Planning Board $800.00
EMERGENCY FINANCE BOARD by :
PAUL E. SOULLIERE,
Chairman.
THEODORE N. WADDELL, Secretary.
A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON, Town Clerk.
This is to certify that the following is a true copy of the action of the Adjourned Annual Town Meeting of March 29, 1937, under Article 53 of the Warrant.
Article 53.
Voted: That the Town do amend the Zoning By-Law and the Zoning Map so that the following described land shall hereafter be zoned for business purposes: a portion of lots A-3 and A-4 of Assessors plan beginning at the corner of Hawkes Street and Broadway and running northerly for a distance of 176 feet thence easterly for a distance of 300 feet, thence southerly for a distance of 176 feet, and thence westerly a distance of 300 feet to the point of beginning. Yeas 88. Nays 6. 9:33 P. M.
A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON, Town Clerk.
Boston, Mass., April 26, 1937.
The foregoing amendment to by-laws is hereby ap- proved.
PAUL A. DEVER, Attorney General.
115
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
1937]
A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON, Town Clerk.
This is to certify that the following is a true copy of the action of the Adjourned Annual Town Meeting of April 5, 1937, under Article 54 of the Warrant.
Article 54.
Voted: that the zoning map and the zoning by-law be, and the same hereby is, amended so that that portion of lot A-28 on Assessors' Plan 1036 as are shown within shaded lines on plan entitled "Plan of Land in Saugus Assessors Plan 1036, Art. 54, Annual Town Meeting, March, 1937", copy of which plan hereto annexed and made a part hereof, shall be- zoned for business purposes.
That portion of lot A-28 is bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the westerly line of Broad- way, which point is distant 500 feet southwesterly from the junction point of the southeasterly side line of the Lynn Fells Parkway and Broadway, thence the line runs southwesterly 1300 feet to Thomas Street; thence the line turns and runs westerly and southwesterly along said Thomas Street 815 feet to Forest Street; thence the line turns and runs north- westerly along said Forest Street 250 feet; thence the line turns and runs northwesterly, northerly and northeasterly in a curved line 100 feet along said Forest Street and said Park- way; thence the line runs northeasterly along said Parkway 1000 feet. thence the line turns and runs southeasterly 350 feet to Broadway and the point of beginning; be all of said measurements more or less. Yeas 98. Nays 21. 10:21 P. M. A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON, Town Clerk ..
Boston, Mass., April 26, 1937.
The foregoing amendment to by-laws is hereby ap- proved.
PAUL A. DEVER, Attorney General.
116
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
Appropriations for the Year 1937
General Government
2. Finance Committee $ 400.00
3. Planning Board 800.00
4. Selectmen's Department 4,200.00
2,500.00
5. Accountant's Department 5,400.00
6. Treasurer's Department
7. Tax Collector's Department
7,600.00
.8. Tax Title Expense 4,000.00
9. Assessors 9,725.00
10. Registration Town Notes 75.00
11. Law Department
1,600.00
12. Town Clerk's Department 972.00
13. Election & Registration
3,100.00
14. Town Hall Account
4,800.00
15. Public Works Department
7,000.00
16. Removal of Ashes
4,485.00
17. Board of Appeals 300.00
18. Engineering Department 3,750.00
Protection of Persons and Property
19. Police Department
33,250.00
20. Pensions 4,614.80
21. Town Constable 100.00
22. Firemen's Salaries
32,773.50
23. Fire and Police Station Building Maintenance
2,588.00
24. Superintendent of Fire Alarms .
2,000.00
25. Fire Department Expenses
9,700.00
26. Forest Fire Warden
200.00
27. Inspector of Buildings
1,050.00
28. Sealer of Weights and Measures
1,820.00
29. Gypsy Moth Department
5,000.00
30. Tree Warden
800.00
31. Safety Committee 100.00
31a. Harbor Master
200.00
117
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
1937]
Education and Libraries
32. Schools
211,000.00
33. Schoolhouse Repairs 4,000.00
34. Public Library 7,500.00
Charities and Soldiers' Relief
35. £ Board of Welfare 37,500.00
35a. Old Age Assistance 27,500.00
36. Infirmary 4,000.00
37. State and Military Aid 4,000.00
38. Soldiers Relief 19,000.00
39. Soldiers Burial 100.00
Highways, Fences and Bridges
40. Highways, Fences and Bridges . . 20,000.00
40a. Asphalt and Pea Stone 5,000.00
41. Snow and Ice Removal 2,800.00
42. Street Lighting 13,500.00
Enterprises and Cemeteries
43. Water Purchase 22,000.00
44. Water Maintenance 19,800.00
45. Water Extension 1,500.00
46. Water Meters 250.00
47. Cemetery
8,700.00
48. Installing Gates 300.00
49. Hydrants
1,000.00
Health and Sanitation
50. Health Department
13,400.00
51. Vital Statistics 100.00
52. Inspector of Plumbing 1,025.00
53. Inspector of Cattle 550.00
54. Inspector of Milk 300.00
55. Collection of Garbage 2,949.00
Recreation and Unclassified
56. Memorial Day
500.00
57. Printing & Distributing Reports 1,400.00
58. Insurance 9,000.00
.59. Playgrounds 4,000.00
1.18
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
60. Reserve Fund 8,000.00
61. Trade School Tuition 1,200.00
Interest and Maturing Debt
62. Interest on Temporary Loans 10,000.00
63. Interest on School Loans 3,582.50
64. Interest on Water Loans 818.75
65. School House Loan Bonds
18,500.00
66. Water Loan Bonds 2,500.00
67. Welfare Loans, Notes & Bonds 20,000.00
68. Interest on Welfare Notes 1,362.50
69. Fire & Police Station Bonds 5,000.00
70. Interest on Fire & Police Station Bonds 2,275.00
Special Articles
Art. 4. Validity of Tax Titles
850.00
Art. 6. W. P. A. Projects
13,500.00
Art. 7. Unpaid Bills :
Board of Selectmen . $ 52.33
Election and Registration .
13.50
Law Department
5.37
Public Works Department
41.84
Police Department
103.21
Fire & Police Station
Maintenance
305.87
Fire Dept. Expense
12.57
Fire Alarm Div.
151.69
Gypsy Moth
11.40
Board of Health
1,296.65
Highway Department
400.10
Snow and Ice
170.21
Tools & Equipment
151.06
Street Lighting
633.21
Board of Public Welfare .
6,446.44
Infirmary
493.25
Soldier's Relief
2,891.65
E. R. A.
215.02
Insurance
81.96
119
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
1937]
Water Purchase 4,537.18
Water Maintenance 456.90
Fire & Police Station Building Account 148.00
Pension
67.50
$18,686.91
Art. 8. Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital 6,107.09
Art. 10. Filling Monteith Property . 3,000.00
Art. 18. Road Equipment Account .. 500.00
Art. 19. Walnut Street
3,000.00
Art. 20 Improvement Woodbury Ave. 2,000.00
Art. 21 Chapter 90 Maintenance . .
1,000.00
Art. 24 Lincoln Avenue 1,000.00
Art. 27 Land Damages Woodbury Avenue 375.00
Art. 28. Land Damages Section 1 Woodbury Avenue 200.00
Art. 29. Land Damages Section 2
Woodbury Avenue 6,000.00
Art. 30. Elm Street Bridge
1,000.00
Art. 51. Mosquito Control 850.00
Art. 56 Hospital Bills,
Thomas F. Spencer
51.10
Art. 59. Water Extension,
Walnut Street
3,204.00
Art. 61 Reconstruction
Dudley Street
3,500.00
Art. 65 Concrete Bleachers, Stackpole Field 3,500.00
$739,140.15
120
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Bond Issue: Water Mains-Broadway
Art. 36.
$ 634.82
Art. 37.
2,799.78
Art. 38.
2,746.88
Art. 39.
4,118.00
Art. 40. 974.30
Art. 41.
16,820.12
Art. 43.
281.85
Art. 44. 911.35
Art. 45.
6,712.90
Art. 46.
3,300.00
Art. 42.
700.00
$40,000.00
May 19th, 1937.
At a meeting of the Emergency Finance Board of the Commonwealth, held on the 19th day of May, 1937, a ma- jority of said Board being present, the following vote was unanimously passed :
VOTED : To approve the Budget for the Town of Saugus for Seven Hundred Thirty-Nine Thou- sand, One Hundred Forty Dollars and Fifteen Cents ($739,140.15), as submitted, which includes Six Thousand, One Hundred Seven Dollars and Nine Cents ($6,107.09) Tuberculosis Hospital As- sessment, but excludes Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) for Water Extension which has been previously approved.
EMERGENCY FINANCE BOARD by :
PAUL E. SOULLIERE, Chairman, WILLIAM B. COY, DANIEL F. DOHERTY, WILLIAM E. HURLEY, THEODORE N. WADDELL.
A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
121
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
1937]
May 26, 1937.
At a meeting of the Emergency Finance Board of the Commonwealth, held on the 26th day of May, 1937, a major- ity of said Board being present, the following vote was unani- mously passed :
VOTED: To approve the Renewal by the Treasurer of the Town of Saugus of so much of the Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) Tax Title Loan, which was originally approved by the Board on May 29th, 1936, as is outstanding on June 10th, 1937. The rate of interest on the renewal notes is to be one per cent (1% ) payable at maturity.
EMERGENCY FINANCE BOARD by :
PAUL E. SOULLIERE, Chairman, WILLIAM B. COY., DANIEL F. DOHERTY, WILLIAM E. HURLEY, THEODORE N. WADDELL.
A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
May 26, 1937.
At a meeting of the Emergency Finance Board of the Commonwealth, held on the 26th day of May, 1937, a major- ity of said Board being present, the following vote was unani- mously passed :
VOTED: To approve the Renewal by the Treasurer of the Town of Saugus of so much of the Thirty Thousand Dollar ($30,000.00) Tax Title Loan, which was originally approved by the Board on May 20th, 1936, as is outstanding on June 2nd, 1937. The rate of interest on the renewal notes it to be at one per cent (1% ) payable at maturity.
122
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
EMERGENCY FINANCE BOARD by :
PAUL E. SOULLIERE, Cairman, WILLIAM B. COY, DANIEL F. DOHERTY, WILLIAM E. HURLEY, THEODORE N. WADDELL.
A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON, Town Clerk.
May 26th, 1937.
At a meeting of the Emergency Finance Board of the Commonwealth, held on the 26th day of May, 1937, a major- ity of said Board being present, the following vote was unani- mously passed :
VOTED : To approve the Renewal by the Treas- urer of the Town of Saugus of so much of the Forty Two Thousand Dollar ($42,000.00) Tax Title Loan, which was originally approved by the Board on May 29th, 1936, and is outstanding on June 10th, 1937. The rate of interest on the renewal notes is to be one per cent (1% ) payable at maturity.
EMERGENCY FINANCE BOARD by :
PAUL E. SOULLIERE, Chairman.
WILLIAM B. COY, DANIEL F. DOHERTY, WILLIAM E. HURLEY, THEODORE N. WADDELL. .
A true copy.
Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
123
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
1937]
June 4th, 1937.
At a meeting of the Emergency Finance Board of the Commonwealth, held on the 4th day of June, 1937, a major- ity of said Board being present, the following vote was unani- mously passed :
VOTED : To approve the Renewal by the Treas- urer of the Town of Saugus of so much of the Sev- enty Five Thousand Dollar ($75,000.00) Tax Title Loan, which was originally approved by the Board on June 6th, 1935, as is outstanding on June 24th, 1937, The rate of interest on the renewal notes is to be at one per cent (1% ) payable at maturity.
EMERGENCY FINANCE BOARD by :
PAUL E. SOULLIERE, Chairman. WILLIAM B. COY, DANIEL F. DOHERTY, WILLIAM E. HURLEY.
A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON, Town Clerk.
July 21st, 1937.
At a meeting of the Emergency Finance Board of the Commonwealth, held on the 21st day of July, 1937, a major- ity of said Board being present, the following vote was unani- mously passed :
VOTED: To approve the borrowing by the Treasurer of the Town of Saugus of the sum of Sev- enty Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933, as most recently amended by Chapter 281 of the Acts of 1936. The proceeds of this loan are to be used for the payment of Rev- enue loans of 1936. The notes to be given the Com- monwealth for this money are to bear interest at one per cent (1% ) payable at maturity.
124
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
EMERGENCY FINANCE BOARD by :
PAUL E. SOULLIERE, Chairman. WILLIAM B. COY, DANIEL F. DOHERTY, THEODORE N. WADDELL.
A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
TOWN OF SAUGUS Primary Election
August 24, 1937.
Essex, ss. To W. Charles Sellick, Constable of the Town of Saugus:
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus qualified to vote to meet at the several voting precincts of the Town on Tuesday, September 14, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Seven at Twelve O'Clock M., then and there to bring in their ballots for the following :
To nominate candidates from the Republican and Demo- cratic Parties to fill a vacancy for Congress in the Seventh (7th) Congressional district.
The polls will be open at 12 noon and will close at 8 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 primary elec- tion.
Given under our hand and the Town Seal this Twenty- fourth day of August, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Seven.
WILLIAM S. ROCKHILL, GEORGE H. QUARMBY, C. CARROLL CUNNINGHAM, Selectmen of Saugus.
125
PRIMARY ELECTION
1937]
A true copy. Attest :
W. CHARLES SELLICK,
Constable.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
September 1, 1937.
Essex, ss.
Pursuant hereunto I have served the within Warrant as directed by posting attested copies at the several precincts at least seven days before said meeting according to the By-Laws.
A true copy. Attest :
W. CHARLES SELLICK,
Constable.
A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
TOWN OF SAUGUS
September 14, 1937
CONGRESSMAN (Seventh District) to fill vacancy Republican
PRECINCTS
One
Two 2
3
7
1
4
3
Eight 10
34
Joseph A. Langone, Jr.
3
0
4
1
4
4
0
1
17
C. F. Nelson Pratt . .
210
180
224
164
132
140
182
294
1526
Edward Devlin Sirois
116
28
56
48
19
29
48
41
385
Lawrence Connery
2
2
4
1
6
5
3
2
1
5
27
Total
337
213
293
225
159
179
234
351
1991
Democratic
29
50
45
29
58
53
13
47
324
Joseph A. Langone, Jr.
2
6
2
2
0
7
3
2
24
C. F. Nelson Pratt .
1
1
2
Arthur E. Gustafson
1
1
Blanks .
1
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
12
Total
32
60
49
33
59
61
17
52
363
.
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Total
Leonard C. Atkinson .
4
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
126
Special Primary Election
Blanks
Lawrence J. Connery
1937]
Union
PRECINCTS
Total
One
2
Fred G. Bushold
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Blanks .
Total
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
PRIMARY ELECTION
Eight
Seven
Six
Five
Four
Three
Two
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
127
128
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
457 Lincoln Avenue, Saugus, Mass. September 14, 1937.
Mrs. Viola Wilson, Town Clerk, Saugus, Mass.
Dear Mrs. Wilson :
I hereby resign as the Treasurer and my membership in the Saugus Democratic Town Committee, also town meet- ing member,
Yours truly, PAUL J. HAYES.
A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON, Town Clerk.
September 13, 1937.
Mrs. Viola G. Wilson, Town Clerk, Saugus, Mass.
Dear Mrs. Wilson :
I hereby tender my resignation as Selectman of the. Town of Saugus, said resignation to become effective imme- diately.
I take this step with extreme regret but realize that there is no alternative for an employee of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, which has a strict rule that none of its employees can serve as elected officials while in the employ of the Corporation.
My associations this year have been most pleasant and I am very grateful to those officials and employees who have in any way assisted in my administration of town business.
Signed : C. CARROLL CUNNINGHAM, 376 Lincoln Avenue, Saugus, Mass.
A true copy. Attest :
· VIOLA G. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
129
SPECIAL ELECTION
1937]
TOWN OF SAUGUS
State Election
September 7th, 1937.
Essex, ss.
To W. Charles Sellick, Constable of the Town of Saugus:
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus, qualified to vote to meet at the several voting precincts of the Town on Tuesday, September 28, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Seven, at Twelve O'Clock M., then and there to bring in their ballots for the following:
To fill a vacancy for Congress in the Seventh (7th) Con- gressional District.
The polls will be open at 12 noon and will close at 8 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 election.
Given under our hands and the Town Seal this Seventh day of September, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Seven.
WILLIAM S. ROCKHILL, GEORGE H. QUARMBY, C. CARROLL CUNNINGHAM, Selectmen of Saugus.
A true copy. Attest :
W. CHARLES SELLICK, Constable.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
September 13, 1937.
Essex, ss.
Pursuant hereunto I have served the within Warrant as directed by posting attested copies at the several precincts
130
TOWN DOCUMENTS [Dec. 31
at least seven days before said meeting according to the By- Laws.
A true copy. Attest :
W. CHARLES SELLICK,
Constable.
A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON, Town Clerk.
TOWN OF SAUGUS Special Election September 28, 1937
CONGRESSMAN (Seventh District) to fill vacancy
PRECINCTS
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Total
Fred G. Bushold (U)
5
4
6
3
2
2
3
0
25
Lawrence J. Connery (D)
174
152
192
145
173
237
73
197
1343
Edward Devlin Sirois (R)
343
206
245
199
135
150
280
216
1774
Pratt .
1
1
2
Blanks
1
2
4
1
8
Total
522
363
445
347
314
390
357
414
3152
A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
131
1937]
SPECIAL ELECTION
,
·
·
132
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING October 4, 1937
ESSEX, SS.
To W. CHARLES SELLICK, Constable of the Town of Saugus.
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus, qualified to vote in Town Elections and Town Affairs to assemble in the TOWN HALL, on MON- DAY EVENING, OCTOBER, FOURTH, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Seven, at Eight O'Clock to hear and act on the fol- lowing articles, viz :
Article 1. To hear and act on reports of Committees.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will adopt the following by- law or some modification thereof for the purpose of regula- ting billboards or other outdoor advertising devices.
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 re- strictions now imposed on outdoor advertising devices by Sections 29 to 33 inclusive of said chapter or by any lawful state regulations thereunder, such devices are hereby further restricted in the Town of Saugus as pro- vided in the following sections.
Section 2. Exemptions. This by-law shall not ap- ply to signs or other devices in or over public ways, de- scribed 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 com- mon carriers, except advertising devices on bridges or
133
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
1937]
viaducts or abutments thereof. It also shall not apply to any advertising device legally permitted and main- tained on the date of the taking effect of this by-law, un- til one year after the first day of July next following said date.
Section 3. Definitions :
"Advertising devices" shall mean billboards, painted bulletins, poster panels, signs, placards and other out- door units designed to call public attention to the mat- ter displayed thereon.
"Advertising sign" or "sign" shall mean any outdoor ad- vertising device.
"Sign-board" shall mean any structure designed for dis- playing an outdoor advertisement.
"Highway" or "street" shall mean any public way twen- ty 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 attach- ments except supports and lattice at the base thereof.
"Residential district" shall mean any area zoned as resi- dential.
"Non-conforming business" shall mean a business lo- cated in a residential or rural district other than such
134
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
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 de- vice not prohibited by any provision of law or by any lawful state regulation.
"Accessory sign" shall mean any outdoor advertising device which carries only advertisements strictly inci- dental and subordinate to a principal use of the premises on which it is located, including signs indica- ting business transacted or goods sold or produced on the premises or an occupant thereof, but not including any sign which is rented or controlled by any party ex- cept 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 de- voted 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 ownership.
Section 4. Prohibition. No person, firm, associa- tion, or corporation, except the owner or a tenant occu- pant of the premises, shall be permitted or allowed to erect, display or maintain any billboard or other outdoor advertising device thereon except in pursuance of writ- ten 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 li- censing authority be displayed on such device.
No billboard or other outdoor advertising device 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, playground, or public reservation, if within view from any portion
135
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
1937]
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 advertising sign or signboard shall be permitted or allowed to be so located as to obstruct a view between any points on con- necting 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, win- dow or fire escape on a building ; or, if on a roof or wall. of a building to extend above the legal limit of height for such a building or wall, or, in a residential district, to ex- tend more than six inches nearer to any boundary of the lot or premises on which it is located than it would be lawful to maintain a building, except as provided in paragraph (c) of Section 6.
Section 6. Restrictions in Residential District. No. person, firm, association or corporation shall erect, dis- play or maintain, or allow to be displayed or maintained on his or its property, in a residential district, any bill- board or other outdoor advertising device, except devices specified in paragraphs (a) (b) (c) and (d) of this sec- tion.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.