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4,500 00
2,800 00
25,000 00
Eighteenth Issue, Acts of 1916
11,500 00
Nineteenth Issue, Acts of 1916 Twentieth Issue, Acts of 1916
7,000 00
4,000 00
Twenty-first Issue, Acts of 1923
15,000 00
$351,800 00
20,000 00
90,000 00
3,000 00
8,500 00
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Water Bonds and Notes Paid.
Fifth Issue
$42,000 00
Sixth Issue
5,500 00
Seventh Issue
1,100 00
Eighth Issue
1,000 00
Ninth Issue
3,000 00
Tenth Issue
2,000 00
Eleventh Issue
6,000 00
Twelfth Issue
3,600 00
Thirteenth Issue
3,500 00
Fourteenth Issue
3,000 00
Fifteenth Issue
3,000 00
Sixteenth Issue
2,000 00
Seventeenth Issue
3,000 00
Eighteenth Issue
500 00
Nineteenth Issue
500 00
$79,700 00
Total Bonds Outstanding
$272,100 00
Less Sinking Fund
125,147 18
Net Water Debt
$146,952 82
Water Bonds and Notes Due in 1924.
Fifth Issue, Bonds No. 43-44-45
$3,000 00
Sixth Issue, Bond No. 12
500 00
Seventh Issue, Bond No. 28
100 00
Eighth Issue, Bond No. 11
100 00
Twelfth Issue, Note No. 345
500 00
Thirteenth Issue, Note No. 364
500 00
Fourteenth Issue, Note No. 429
500 00
Fifteenth Issue, Note No. 460
500 00
Sixteenth Issue, Note No. 542 Seventeenth Issue, Bond No. 4
1,000 00
Eighteenth Issue, Bond No. 2
500 00
500 00
Nineteenth Issue, Bond No. 2 Twentieth Issue, Note No. 109 Twenty-first Issue, Note No. 94
1,000 00
1,000 00
$10,200 00
500 00
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[Dec. 31
Sewer Bonds and Notes Issued to December 31, 1923.
Issued
Paid
Series A, Acts of 1902
$120,000 00
$63,000 00
Series B, Acts of 1902
4,000 00
2,100 00
Series C, Acts of 1902
40,000 00
21,000 00
Series D, Acts of 1902
20,000 00
10,500 00
Series F, Acts of 1903
13,000 00
11,000 00
Series G, Acts of 1903
12,000 00
10,000 00
Series H, Acts of 1903
14,000 00
13,000 00
Series 1911, A, Acts of 1903
8,500 00
8,500 00
Series 1911, B, Acts of 1903
3,100 00
3,100 00
Series December 30, 1911, Acts of 1903
4,000 00
4,000 00
Series May 1, 1912, Acts of 1903
8,000 00
2,750 00
Series September 1, 1912, Acts of 1903
2,646 00
2,646 00
Series December 1, 1912, Acts of 1903
700 00
700 00
Series July 1, 1913, Acts of 1913
7,500 00
5,000 00
Series October 1, 1914, Acts of 1913
22,700 00
11,700 00
Series May 1, 1915, Acts of 1913
24,000 00
8,000 00
Series May 1, 1916, Acts of 1913
29,150 00
10,500 00
Series November 1, 1916, Acts of 1913
9,200 00
3,700 00
Series May 1, 1917, Acts of 1913
6,500 00
3,000 00
Series 1920, Acts of 1920
13,000 00
3,000 00
Series 1921, Acts of 1920
42,000 00
4,000 00
Series 1922, Acts of 1920
18,300 00
1,300 00
Series 1923, Acts of 1920
9,000 00
Nothing
Series Bonds and Notes outstanding
228,800 00
$431,296 00
Sewer Bonds and Notes Due in 1924.
Series A, Acts of 1902
$3,000 00
Series B, Acts of 1902
100 00
Series C, Acts of 1902
1,000 00
Series D, Acts of 1902
500 00
Series F, Acts of 1903
1,000 00
Series G, Acts of 1903
1,000 00
Series H, Acts of 1903
1,000 00
Series May 1, 1912, Acts of 1903
250 00
Series July 1, 1913, Acts of 1913
500 00
Series October 1, 1914, Acts of 1913
1,000 00
Series May 1, 1915, Acts of 1913
1,000 00
Series 1916, Acts of 1913
2,000 00
Series 1917, Acts of 1913
500 00
Series 1920, Acts of 1920
1,000 00
Series 1921, Acts of 1920
2,000 00
Series 1922, Acts of 1920
1,000 00
Series 1923, Acts of 1920
1,000 00
$17,850 00
$431,296 00
$202,496 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT
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Town Debt December 31, 1923.
Permanent Improvement Bonds
Water Bonds Sewer Bonds
$291,900 00 272,100 00 228,800 00
Less Water Sinking Fund
Net Debt
$667,652 82
General Debt Statement Indicating the Borrowing Capacity, as of December 31, 1923.
Total Bonded Debt
$792,800 00
Less.
Water Debt
$272,100 00
Sewer Debt
228,800 00
500,900 00
Net Debt
$291,900 00
Val. 1921, less abatements, $15,614,834 64
Val. 1922, less abatements, 16,731,492 78
Val. 1923, less abatements, 17,688,375 11 Gross three years' valuation
Average valuation
$50,034,702 53 $16,678,234 17
Three per cent. of average valuation
$500,347 00
Less. Net Debt
291,900 00
Borrowing capacity
$208,447 00
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES W. LIBBY, Town Treasurer.
$792,800 00 125,147 18
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[Dec. 31
Report of the Trust Fund Commissioners
Joanna Morse Library Fund.
Balance, January 1, 1923
Principal
$5,196 00
Income accrued
1,716 89
$6,912 89
Dividends
332 22
Total
$7,245 11
Less withdrawals
398 49
Balance, December 31, 1923
$6,846 62
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund.
Principal, January 1, 1923
$2,000 00
Income accrued
338 40
$2,338 40
Dividends
99 14
Balance, December 31, 1923
$2,437 54
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund.
Balance, January 1, 1923
Principal
$1,000 00
Income accrued
245 75
$1,245 75
Dividends
59 84
Balance December 31, 1923
$1,305 59
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Fund for Perpetual Care of Cemetery Lots.
Balance, January 1, 1923
Deposits and transfers
$14,524 28 5,420 65
Dividends
$19,944 93 680 85
Less withdrawals, care of lots
239 00
Balance, December 31, 1923
$20,386 78
A. Frank Nesbitt, General Cemetery Fund.
Transferred to Fund for Perpetual care of Cemetery Lots in ac- cordance with Chapter 176 of the Special Acts of 1916.
A. Frank Nesbitt, Private Cemetery Fund.
Transferred to Fund for Perpetual Care of Cemetery Lots in ac- cordance with Chapter 176 of the Special Acts of 1916.
Municipal Insurance Fund.
Balance, January 1, 1923
Principal
$3,500 00 783 94
Income accrued
$4,283 94
Dividends
185 26
Balance, December 31, 1923
$4,469 20
Phillips School Medal Fund.
Balance, January 1, 1923 Principal
$1,000 00
Income accrued
941 52
Dividends
89 92
Less withdrawals for medals
35 64
Balance, December 31, 1923
$1,995 80
Chlotilda Farrar Fund for Perpetual Care of Cemetery Flower Bed.
Transfered to Fund for Perpetual Care of Cemetery Lots in ac- cordance with Chapter 176 of the Special Acts of 1916.
$1,941 52
$2,031 44
$20,625 78
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[Dec. 31
High School Alumni Fund (see note)
Balance, January 1, 1923
Principal
$1,795 95
Additions to Principal
Received from Swampscott Woman's Club $100 00
Received from Swampscott
High School Dramatic Club 52 36
Received from Swampscott
High School Class of 1923 50 00
202 36
Total Principal
$ 1,998 31
Income accrued
$648 87
Dividends during 1923
109 06
$757 93
Less
Withdrawal, payment made on account of Scholarship awarded by Executive Com- mittee of High School Alumni Asso- ciation 100 00
657 93
Balance, December 31, 1923
$2,656 24
Note .- This is not a town of Swampscott trust fund as defined by Chapter 282 of the General Acts of 1915, but is held by the Town Treasurer as Trustee for the Swampscott High School Alumni. It is included in this report in order that the members of the High School Alumni may be kept informed of its existence.
Respectfully submitted, For the Trust Fund Commisioners, JAMES W. LIBBY. Treasurer of Trust Fund Commissioners and Custodian of all its funds and securi- ties, as provided for by Chapter 282 of the General Acts of 1915. NATHAN G. BUBIER, HENRY S. BALDWIN, Trust Fund Commissioners.
SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1923.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF SELECTMEN
1923]
Report of Board of Assessors
To the Citizens of Swampscott.
The Board of Assessors submit the following report for the year 1923 :-
The real estate valuation April 1, 1923, was $16,158,425, an increase over the previous year (1922) of $836,913. The valuation of personal estate assessed by the local Assessors April 1, 1923, was $1,526,754, an increase over the previous year (1922) of $112,332.
Total valuation of the town April 1, 1923, was $17,685,179, an in- crease over the previous year (1922) of $949,245. The appropriation and overlay raised in 1923 by taxation, transfers, and receipts was $593,874.72, an increase over the previous year (1922) of $56,848.98.
The increase of $1.00 on the Tax rate was caused by the loss in revenue from the bank tax, and an increase in the appropriations.
In order to keep the present tax rate of $26 per $1000 the appropria- tion for 1924 must not be increased to any extent over 1923.
The new plans of the town were completed this year. They were compiled by the Town Engineer, Wallace W. Platt, under the juris- diction of Clarence B. Humphrey of the Board of Assessors. The town now has as good a set of property plans as any city or town in the State. The plans are a great help to the Assessors in assessing property, and also to the citizens who are locating property they wish to purchase, or to be assessed to them.
This year the Assessors hope to have a street book completed that will show every piece of property located on every street in town.
For departmental expenses we recommend an appropriation of $3,100 for the fiscal year 1924.
EDWARD A. MAXFIELD, CLARENCE B. HUMPHREY, JOHN B. EARP.
SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1923.
Board of Assessors.
ASSESSORS' PROPERTY REPORT.
Valuation of the town of Swampscott April 1, 1923. Table of aggregate of polls, property, and taxes assessed April 1, 1923. Number of residents assessed on property 2,530
Number of firms, corporations, etc., assessed on property 55
Number of non-residents assessed on property 395
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[Dec. 31
Number of non-residents firms, corporations, etc., assessed on property
28
Number of persons assessed on property
3,008
Number of persons assessed on poll tax only
1,234
Total number of persons assessed
4,242
Number of male polls assessed
2,413
Value of assessed personal estate
$1,526,754
Value of assessed buildings, excluding land
9,636,880
Value of assessed land, excluding buildings
6,520,545
Total value of assessed real estate
16,157,425
Total value of assessed estates
17,684,179
Number of dwelling houses assessed
1,924
Taxes for State, County and Town Purposes.
On personal estate
$39,695 54
On real estate
420,093 05
On polls
12,065 00
Total tax
471,853 59
Tax rate per $1,000
26 00
$238,892 92
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Statistics of the Town of Swampscott, 1881-1923
ASSESSORS' VALUATION APRIL I.
JANUARY I.
YEAR.
REAL ESTATE
PERSONAL
TOTAL
RATE TAXES PER $1,000
YEAR.
PAYABLE
1923
$16,157,425
$1,526,754
$17,684,179
$26.00
1924
$291,900.00
1922
15,321,512
1,414,422
16,735,934
25.00
1923
343,900.00
I92I
14,226,510
1,391,298
15,617,808
24.00
1922
341,500.00
1920
14,007,916
1,316,938
15,324,854
23.00
192I
344,100.00
1919
12,771,170
1,179,422
13,950,592
20.00
1920
236,600.00
1918
12,619,556
I,IIO,776
13,730,332
20.00
1919
251,750.00
1917
12,141,32I
1,000,682
13,142,003
20.00
1918
312,000.00
1916
II,532,432
4,928,18I
16,460,513
20.00
1917
330,800.00
1915
10,810,305
5,028,193
15,838,498
17.80
1916
363,900.00
1914
10,508,225
3,531,119
14,039,344
16.80
1915
344,100.00
1913
10,028,325
3,174,590
13,202,915
16.40
1914
293,500.00
1912
9,413,525
2,974,38I
12,387,906
16.00
1913
276,600.00
I9II
9,050,850
2,771,167
11,822,017
15.00
1912
273,150.00
19IO
8,489,200
2,698,340
11,187,540
15.00
I9II
194,639.00
1909
7,675,905
2,450,02I
10,125,926
16.00
I9IO
184,295.00
1908
7,312,165
2,680,490
9,992,655
16.00
1909
191,295.00
1907
7,099,090
2,317,468
9,317,468
14.50
1908
176,420.00
1906
6,303,625
2,093,820
8,397,445
14.50
1907
167,320.00
1905
6,030,185
2,117,442
8,147,627
14.50
1906
151,320.00
1904
5,489,12I
2,206,172
7,695,293
12.90
1905
II0,020.00
1903
5,135,124
4,286,981
6,422,105
II.50
1904
114,770.00
I902
4,762,665
1,744,874
6,507,539
12.00
1903
75,270.00
I90I
4,668,985
1,598,745
6,267,730
12.00
I902
70,600.00
1900
4,446,900
1,138,275
5,585,175
II.OO
I90I
68,100.00
1898
4,135,582
1,318,59I
5,454,173
14.00
1899
59,000.00
1897
3,997,975
1,304,163
5,302,138
12.00
1898
71,000.09
1896
3,896,059
1,245,245
5,141,304
12.00
1897
78,250.00
1895
3,756,900
1,444,947
5,201,847
I2.00
1896
84,500.00
1894
3,619,525
1,529,675
5,149,200
II.OO
1895
66,333.30
1893
3,439,975
1,649,953
5,989,928
II.OO
I894
71,166.66
1892
3,271,279
1,504,170
4,775,449
10.00
1893
37,499.90
189I
3,122,350
1,771,373
4,893,723
10.00
1892
42,333.36
1890
3,001,550
1,857,777
4,859,327
10.00
I891
48,666.66
1889
2,585,43I
1,453,30I
4,038,732
8.40
1890
52,500.00
1888
2,465,256
1,501,530
3,966,792
8.50
I889
56,000.00
1887
2,417,556
1,288,498
3,706,054
8.00
1888
57,500.00
I886
2,383,055
1,275,405
3,658,460
9.50
1887
55,500.00
1885
2,365,280
1,130,863
3,496,143
9.00
I886
47,500.00
1884
2,371,610
1,135,215
3,506,825
II.00
1885
49,000.00
1883
2,259,855
1,589,566
8.50
I884
50,500.00
I882
2,228,330
1,264,938
3,849,4II 3,493,268
6.00
I883
49,000.00
I88I
2,121,080
807,159
2,928,239
7.20
1882
30,500.00
1899
4,200,175
1,199,045
5,399,220
II.50
1900
64,300.00
NOTES
PROPERTY
VALUATION
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[Dec. 31
Report of Collector of Taxes
Philip E. Bessom, Collector of Taxes, in Account Current with the Town of Swampscott. 1923 DR.
State tax
$32,280 00
County tax
30,542 53
Charles River Basin tax
1,781 70
Metropolitan Park tax
9,937 73
State Highway tax
472 05
Municipal Account tax
821 92
Sewer assessment
788 93
Sidewalk assessment
2,332 68
Moth tax
1,851 75
Town tax
378,952 66
Overlay
5,000 00
Poll tax
12,065 00
Poll tax (supplementary)
85 00
Supplementary tax
223 60
Supplementary sidewalk assessment
85 84
Supplementary sewer assessment
17 44
Interest on taxes at 6 percent. from October 15. 1923, to January 1, 1924
155 90
$477,394 73
CR.
Cash paid on moth tax
$1,639 75
Cash paid on sidewalk assessment
1,275 50
Cash paid on sewer assessment
329 99
Cash paid on poll tax
10,645 00
Cash paid on taxes
402,283 70
Cash paid on interest on taxes from October 15, 1923, to January 1, 1924
155 90
Abatement on taxes poll
1,275 00
Abatement on taxes
3,443 74
Uncollected moth taxes
212 00
Uncollected sidewalk assessment
1,143 02
Uncollected sewer assessment
476 38
Uncollected poll taxes
230 00
Uncollected taxes
54,284 75
$477,394 73
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WATER SERVICES, 1921. DR.
Water rates
Cash paid Abatements Uncollected
$119 64 18 83 261 71
$400 18
1922 DR.
Water rates
$6,242 91
CR.
$5,639 83 25 90
577 18
$6,242 91
1923
DR.
Water rates
$55,283 18
Cash paid Abatements Uncollected
$44,636 58 175 70 10,470 90
$55,283 18
WATER SERVICES. 1922.
DR.
Water service
$641 63
Cash paid Uncollected
$409 18 232 45
$641 63
WATER SERVICES, 1923.
DR.
Water service
$3,871 74
Cash paid Abatements Uncollected
$2,940 79 10 00 1,920 95
$3,871 74
RENTS, MISCELLANEOUS, 1923.
DR.
Rents
$1,192 90
CR.
Cash paid Uncollected
$535 00 657 90
$1,192 90
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REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
$400 18
CR.
Cash paid Abatements Uncollected
CR.
CR.
CR.
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[Dec. 31
Report of Park Commissioners
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
Herewith is submitted the annual report of the Park Commission- ers for the year ending December 31, 1923.
The organization of the board has been the same as that of the previous year, James T. Lyons, Chairman, and Stuart P. Ellis, Secre- tary.
Monument Avenue Parkway.
The manner in which the grounds included in this reservation have been kept the past year has been the subject of much favorable com- ment. Although the services of a caretaker are required almost con- tinually on the grounds, the results obtained seem to justify the ex- pense, and the parkway continues to be a most attractive entrance to a large and growing section of the town.
Jackson Park.
The past year has seen considerable improvement in this park. Early in the spring a start was made on the grading of the newly acquired strip of land on the westerly border of the field, fronting on Essex street. The entire area was levelled to the grade of the ball field, covered with loam and seeded. By midsummer this presented a fine appearance and the additional space thus gained proved its value during the season of baseball and football. Larger numbers of spectators attended these games than in any year previously and the grounds are gradually being improved to a point where they will compare favorably with other well kept parks in this vicinity.
The toboggan slide continues to provide great enjoyment to old and young, and with good winter conditions, hundreds of people gather here daily to watch or to participate in the sport. Some little amount of underbrush is cleared out yearly in the wooded sec- tions of the park, in order to give opportunity for unrestricted growth for the several thousand pine trees which have been planted in the past few years.
Abbott Park.
This plot should be improved the coming year by regrading with loam a large portion of the field. The grass has almost entirely dis- appeared and only by the addition of loam and seed can the exposed surface of the clay subsoil be covered and the former condition re- stored. For the first time since these grounds have been flooded for skating purposes has a remedy been applied for preventing leakage of water through the drains. By the installation of traps in the catch- basins on the grounds, it has been found that the water is all saved in the flooded area, and a solidly frozen field has resulted.
The fact that this park provides a perfectly safe skating pond for children, accounts for the large numbers who daily and nightly are seen here when the weather conditions are favorable.
Blaney Beach Reservation.
The bathing beach was visited by more people in 1923 than in any
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1923]
previous year. On every favorable day it was used and enjoyed by a large throng. The safety and comfort of this large number of people was entrusted to Dr. N. R. Martin, and by reason of the tact and good judgment displayed by him, no complaints were registered with the Commissioners during the season.
A small row boat was purchased for the use of the beach patrol, and this has proved its worth in the added feeling of security given to the bathers. By the courtesy of the Massachusetts Humane Society several life-preservers were added to the equipment of the beach and bathing raft. Frequent removal of sea weed and refuse has been nec- essary in order that a clean and wholesome condition may prevail during the bathing season.
Phillips Park.
This spot has received more than its usual share of attention the past year, and the attention of the citizens has been brought more forcibly than ever to the fact that by the expenditure of a moderate amount each year, this park can be made an enjoyable place for the enjoyment of hundreds of our townspeople.
Several hundred cubic yards of loam were spread on the field, which after seeding and rolling, produced a very good surface, this being much appreciated by the large number of people resorting here for the ball games. For the first time in the history of the park the grass was kept cut by lawn mowers and all summer presented the ap- pearance of a well kept lawn.
A large area of the low land was cleared of brush and stumps and can be made available for early use by a moderate amount of filling. The Commissioners deem it advisable to close the public dump now being used in this park. The privilege of dumping here has been so abused, and so little good filling material is gained, that we do not see any economy for the town in the daily expense necessary to keep the place in a presentable condition.
Large quantities of garbage were placed here last summer, this being done after the daily working hours; an immense amount of loose paper and brush, together with old boilers and bed springs, none of which we regard as suitable material for the proper develop- ment of the grounds. Add to this the smoke and noxious odors of continuous dump fires and a condition is created which we propose to abate. The grounds adjacent to the portable building which has been erected on the park should be improved by grading and planting, and a fence erected to prevent any further dumping at this point. The need is apparent for some sort of seating facilities, as at present there is not even a clean grass plot on the bank next to the street where men and women may comfortably view the ball games.
For the maintenance and improvement of the parks during the en- suing year we recommend the appropriation of $8,760.
Respectfully submitted, JAMES T. LYONS, STUART P. ELLIS, ARCHIBALD MILLER. Park Commissioners.
SWAMPSCOTT, December 31, 1923.
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[Dec. 31
Report of the Zoning Committee
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
In the town report of 1922 the Board of Selectmen called the at- tention of the citizens to the provisions of the statutes relating to zoning, and subsequently, at the annual meeting, under Article 45 in the warrant, the moderator was instructed to appoint a committee to study the advisability of dividing the town into zones or districts, and to limit buildings according to their use or construction. The committee did not organize until late in November, but since that time it has held meetings each Tuesday evening, has investigated to some extent the work done by other towns and cities along these lines, and has tried, by holding meetings in each precinct, to get the sentiment of the property owners in regard to this law.
Each town, depending upon its age and its location, has problems which are sometimes local, and at other times must be considered in conjunction with its neighbors.
Our present problem is purely local. Swampscott has rapidly de- veloped from a small fishing village to a purely residential town, and, due to the foresight of a few men, and to the fact that these men controlled large tracts of land they, without the assistance of town by-laws, developed these tracts along very creditable lines.
The Phillips holdings at the eastern end of the town, together with the large holdings of the properties formerly known as the Mudge and Stetson estates, made possible developments that can only be accomplished when large areas are to be considered and developed as one. Their work was further enhanced by the employment of ex- perienced engineers and landscape architects.
These properties now developed are all occupied by substantial residences and the streets contain all of the services required in a modern town or city. The restrictions which were placed upon these lands for periods of from ten to thirty years are gradually expiring, so that we are now confronted with the condition that in certain sections business is encroaching upon residential districts.
It seems to your Committee that its real purpose is to find out what the sentiment of its citizens is in regard to keeping the con- ditions in Swampscott substantially as they are today, and, except where needed, to keep the small business stores where they belong and not allow them to creep into a well settled residential street, thereby not only being a blot on the street itself but having a ten- dency to lower the value of the street for residential purposes.
The town readily adapts itself to be divided into three districts:
1. Single Residence District.
2. General Residence District.
3. Business District.
181
REPORT OF ZONING COMMITTEE
1923]
The regulations which would be applied to these districts are more fully set forth in a tentative set or draft of zoning by-laws sub- mitted herewith, the adoption of which the Committee recommends. These regulations and the zoning map which accompanies this re- port have been prepared after a study of conditions now existing, and is to be considered as tentative only and subject to amendment or revision as facts develop through further publicity or hearings.
The committee has not had sufficient opportunity to study the area designated on the accompanying map as "1" and therefore recom- mends that it be continued in power with instructions to consider the needs of this district and report thereon at a subsequent meet- ing with such recommendations as it feels should be made.
Respectfully submitted, CLARENCE B. HUMPHREY, HENRY S. BALDWIN, JAMES W. SANTRY, JAMES L. TAYLOR, MARTIN L. QUINN,
ERNEST M. FOLGER, Secretary.
182
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Zoning By-Law
ARTICLE I.
Authorization and Division.
By virtue and in pursuance of the powers delegated by Section 25 to Section 33, inclusive, of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, the Town of Swampscott is divided into the following districts, viz., 2. General Residence District; 3. Single Residence District.
ARTICLE 2.
General Residence District.
In District 2, except as herein otherwise provided, no building shall be used, and no building shall be erected or altered which is intended or designed to be used for a store or shop, or for man- ufacturing or commercial purposes, or any other purpose except. one or more of the following:
1. Residence for not more than two families.
2. Boarding, rooming, or lodging house.
3. Church.
4. Public school or other municipal building.
5. Private school, library, museum, or other building of an edu- cational character.
6. Club, except a club which carries on a business or is in the na- ture of a business.
7. Park, playground, or community purpose.
8. Farm, market garden, nursery, or greenhouse.
9. Private garage with provision for not more than two motor vehicles.
10. Private stable with provision for not more than two horses.
11. Such accessory purposes as are customarily incident to the fore- going purposes, and are not injurious to a neighborhood as a place of residence, but such accessory purposes shall not in- clude any business, industry, trade, manufacturing or com- mercial purpose.
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