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Petitioned for by Donald J. Warnock, et al.
Voted: That the sum of $150.00 be appropriated for the purpose of this article.
On the motion of Mr. Warnock it was further voted; That the Town Administration Building be offi- cially designated, "The Elihu Thom- son Administration Building," and
that appropriate painted signs be placed at the entrances of the build- ing. Unanimous.
ARTICLE 47. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purpose of replacing the World War II Memorial destroyed at the time the Old Town Hall was demolished.
Sponsored by World War II Memorial Committee.
Voted: The Finance Committee recommended that the sum of $300.00 be appropriated for the pur- pose of this article.
On the motion of Mr. Francis Cassidy, it was referred back to the World War II Memorial Commit- tee and the Korean War Committee for further study.
F POLICE
ARTICLE 48. To see what action the Town will take on the purchasing of two automobiles to be used as patrol cars for the Police Department and appropri- ate a sum of money therefor.
Sponsored by Board of Selectmen and Chief of Police.
Voted: That the Town purchase two (2) new ambulettes to be used as patrol cars for the Police Depart- ment, and that the Selectmen be authorized to sell or trade in the two ambulettes now being used by the Police Department, and that the
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sum of $3,000.00 be appropriated therefor.
ARTICLE 49. To see what action the Town will take on the purchase of an automobile to be used as the Chief's car for the Police Department and appropri- ate a sum of money therefor.
Sponsored by Board of Selectmen and Chief of Police.
Voted: That the Town purchase an automobile to be used as the Chief's car for the Police Depart- ment, and that the Selectmen be authorized to sell or trade in the present 1958 DeSoto now being used by the Police Chief, and that
the sum of $2,700.00 be appropri- ated therefor.
ARTICLE 50. To see if the Town will vote to purchase one new motorcycle and authorize the Selectmen to trade, sell, or otherwise dispose of, the present three- wheeled vehicle.
Petitioned for by Chief of Police and Board of Selectmen.
Voted: That the Town purchase one new motorcycle, and that the Selectmen be authorized to sell or trade in the present three-wheeled vehicle now being used by the Fo- lice Department, and that the sum of $925.00 be appropriated therefor.
G PUBLIC WORKS
ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by eminent domain, pur- chase or otherwise, a parcel of land on Essex Street opposite the present ceme- tery, for future cemetery expansion or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Voted: That this article be re- ferred to the Tax Revenue Study Committee, and said Committee shall report to the next annual Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 52. To see if the Town will vote to have the unaccepted part of Pleasant Street taken by eminent domain and laid out by the Selectmen as a Public Way.
Petitioned for by Ernest C. Rafey, et al.
Voted: That this article be indefi- nitely postponed. Unanimous.
ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to lease a portion of the land at 26/28 New Ocean Street for an un-
limited period of time, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Voted: That the Town authorize the Board of Public Works to lease a portion of land at 26/28 New Ocean Street for a period of not less than ten (10) years nor more than thirty (30). Unanimous.
ARTICLE 54. To see if the Town will vote to carry on a Sidewalk Replacement program and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Voted: That the Town carry on a Sidewalk Replacement program and that the sum of $10,000.00 be appropriated therefor.
ARTICLE 55. To see if the Town will vote to purchase approximately 1,000 bleacher seats for Blocksidge Field and appropriate the necessary money there- for or take any action relative thereto.
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Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Voted: That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 56. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from the Chapter 782 Account for the pur- pose of re-surfacing Walker Road, Banks Road, Greenwood Avenue, King Street, Highland Avenue, Redington Street, Monument Avenue, and Farragut Road, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Voted: That the Town resurface Walker Road, Banks Road, Green- wood Avenue, King Street, High- land Avenue, Redington Street, Monument Avenue and Farragut Road and that the sum of $33,724.04 be TRANSFERRED from the Chapter 782 Account for the pur- pose of this article. Unanimous.
ARTICLE 57. To see if the Town will vote to repair and/or replace all pump- ing equipment as needed at the Sewer Station of the Public Works Department and appropriate the necessary money therefor by transferring from available funds, by borrowing or otherwise, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Voted: That the Town repair and/or replace all pumping equip- ment as needed at the Sewer Station of the Public Works Department and that the sum of $5,432.77 be TRANSFERRED as follows : That the sum of $1,267.07 be transferred from the 1956 Sewer Account and that the sum of $4,165.70 be trans- ferred from the 1959 Sewer Account for the purposes of this article. Unanimous.
ARTICLE 58. To see if the Town will vote to reconstruct Elmwood Road and
appropriate the necessary money there- for or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Voted: That action on this arti- cle be indefinitely postponed. Unani- mous.
ARTICLE 59. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to acquire by eminent do- main proceedings or otherwise Plate 15, Lot 5, as shown on the Assessors Plan or take any action relative thereto.
The following is a description of Lot No. 5 on Assessors Plate No. 15 shown also on a plan by Eastman & Bradford dated December 5, 1913, and recorded in Essex South District Registry of Deeds Book 2257 Page 464:
NORTHERLY by the Massachusetts State Highway known as Paradise Road, there measuring one hundred seven and forty one-hundredths (107- .40) feet;
EASTERLY by the curved line connect- ing said Paradise Road and Walker Road there measuring fify-six and six one-hundredths (56.06) feet;
SOUTHERLY by said Walker Road there measuring in two courses a total of one hundred (100) feet;
WESTERLY by land now or formerly of Perry there measuring fifty-three and sixty-seven one-hundredths (53- .67) feet.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Voted: That the Town take favorable action on this article, for street purposes, and that the sum of $1.00 be appropriated therefor. Unanimous.
ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to paint the standpipe or take any action relative thereto.
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Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Voted: That the Town paint the standpipe, and that the sum of $6,000.00 be TRANSFERRED from the Water Available Surplus Ac- count for the purpose of this article.
ARTICLE 61. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 387, Acts of 1953 of the General Laws or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works.
Voted: That Robert Scanlon, an employee of the Public Works De- partment, who retired after more than fifteen years of full-time, per- manent, long and meritorious serv- ice and who is not entitled to a retirement allowance or pension un- der the provisions of any law, and that the public good would be pro- moted by granting said Robert Scanlon; an annuity effective Janu- ary 1, 1963 and that the sum of $2000.00 be appropriated therefor. Unanimous.
ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Public Works to acquire the neces- sary easements in Juniper and Tupelo Roads and to install a drain from about #19 Juniper Road to Puritan Road and to appropriate the necessary funds there- for or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by George C. Lyons, et al.
Voted: That this article be re- ferred to the Board of Public Works for a complete study, and that the Moderator appoint a committee of two residents of this area to meet and confer with the Board of Public Works, said Board and Committee to report their findings and recom- mendations to the next Special or Annual Town Meeting. Unanimous.
ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will
vote to install a drain in Eastman Ave- nue, Fairview Avenue and Brookview Road, and appropriate the necessary money therefor by borrowing or other- wise, or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by Anne E. Wescott, et al.
Voted: That this article be re- ferred to the Board of Public Works for a complete study, and that the Moderator appoint a committee of two residents of this area to meet and confer with the Board of Public Works, said Board and Committee to report their findings and recom- mendations to the next Special or Annual Town Meeting. Unanimous.
ARTICLE 64. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Depart- ment of Public Works to design and construct necessary additions to the Me- morial Field House in accordance with Study Committee recommendations and appropriate the necessary funds therefor from the tax cost or otherwise take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by Field House Study Com- mittee, School Committee Boosters, Youth Fitness Committee.
Voted: That the Town direct the Moderator to appoint a committee to further study the advisability of the Town to design and construct an addition to the Memorial Field House, said committee to report to the next Annual Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 65. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to sponsor a Babe Ruth Baseball program and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Sponsored by the Babe Ruth League.
Voted: That the Town authorize the Board of Public Works to spon- : sor a Babe Ruth Baseball program . and that the sum of $1,000.00 be appropriated therefor.
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ARTICLE 66. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to install permanent surfaces on the tennis courts at Phillips Park and install lighting facilities and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Voted: That the Town authorize the Board of Public Works to in- stall permanent surfaces on the ten- nis courts at Phillips Park and that the sum of $5,000.00 be appropri- ated and TRANSFERRED as fol- lows: that the sum of $616.58 be transferred from Article #46 of the 1962 Warrant, and the balance namely $4,483.42 be appropriated from the tax levy.
ARTICLE 67. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase one (1) leaf collec- tor, one (1) spray rig, one (1) truck for traffic painting and appropriate the necessary money therefor by transferring from available funds, by borrowing or otherwise, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Voted: That the Town authorize the Board of Public Works to pur- chase one (1) leaf collector, one (1) spray rig, one (1) truck for traffic painting and that the sum of $10,- 000 be TRANSFERRED from the Stabilization Fund.
For 135; Against 13; Abstaining 24.
ARTICLE 68. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to supplement funds under Article 52, 1960, for Roy Street widening or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Voted: That the Town appropri- ate the sum of $1,000.00 to supple- ment funds under Article 52 of the 1960 Warrant for the Roy Street widening. Unanimous.
ARTICLE 69. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer a sum of money to the Chapter 90 Account, or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Voted: That the Town appropri- ate the sum of $410,000.00 to the Chapter 90 Account. Unanimous.
ARTICLE 70. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to lay out a new section of the Cemetery, and grade the Avenues and Parks, and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Voted: That the Town authorize the Board of Public Works to lay out a new section of the Cemetery, and grade the Avenues and Parks, and that the sum of $30,000.00 be appropriated therefor.
ARTICLE 71. To see if the Town will vote to reconstruct Shelton Road and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Public Works.
Voted: That the Town vote to reconstruct Shelton Road and that the sum of $10,000.00 be appropri- ated therefor.
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H SCHOOLS
ARTICLE 72. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to install a chain link fence at the Stanley School and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the School Committee and Board of Public Works.
Voted : That action on this article be indefinitely postponed. Unani- mous.
ARTICLE 73. To see if the Town will vote to take by eminent domain for access to the Hadley School Playground, an easement for travel by foot only over a strip of land four feet in width run- ning from Elmwood Road to the pres- ent Hadley School Playground along the westerly edge of the property of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, be- ing part of the premises of said Order, and appropriate money therefor.
Sponsored by William C. Chick.
Voted : That action on this article be indefinitely postponed. Unani- mous.
ARTICLE 74. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen, in case the easement referred to in the fore- going article is taken, to accept in be- half of the Town the grant of an easement of travel by foot only from William C. Chick and Mabel C. Foss over an adjoining strip of land four feet in width running from Elmwood Road to said playground, for purposes of ac- cess to said playground.
Sponsored by William C. Chick.
Voted : That action on this article be indefinitely postponed. Unani- mous.
ARTICLE 75. To see if the Town, in case of favorable action on the foregoing. two articles, will vote to abandon the easement of travel taken by it at the Annual Town Meeting of 1961 over land of William C. Chick and Mabel C. Foss, being an easement over a strip eight feet in width running from Elmwood Road to the Hadley School Playground, and will authorize the Selectmen to exe- cute and deliver to said William C. Chick and Mabel C. Foss a release of said easement in the name and behalf of the Town.
Sponsored by William C. Chick.
Voted : That action on this article be indefinitely postponed. Unani- mous.
ARTICLE 76. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and raise by borrow- ing or otherwise, under any general or special law which authorizes the Town to raise money by borrowing or other- wise, such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for any or all of the pur- poses mentioned in the foregoing articles.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Voted: That action on this article be indefinitely postponed. Unani- mous.
Adjourned: 12:23 a.m.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Tuesday, July 9, 1963
In accordance with the warrant the Town Meeting Members were called to order at 8:07 p.m. The necessary quorum being present. (226)
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The new Town Meeting Members were sworn in by Oliver W. Coughlin, Town Clerk.
The warrant with the return thereon was read by Oliver W. Coughlin, Town Clerk.
The Moderator appointed Edward I. Robinson and Donald J. Warnock as tellers to serve at the Town Meeting, and they were sworn in by Richard B. Johnson, Moderator.
The following is the roll call listing of the Town Meeting Members present at the Meeting:
PRECINCT 1 - I. Murray Adams, Ger- trude P. Balsor, Leonard H. Bates, Wil- liam H. Berry, Chester E. Bradley, Mary A. Cappucio, Laura M. Cole, Lawrence R. Corcoran, John H. Cropley, Jr., Frank E. Crowell, Virginia E. Crowell, Edward F. Flynn, rJ., Geremia Foglietta, Marilyn E. Francis, Alfred N. Frazier, Otto W. Friedman, Ann M. Gallo, Bennett Gallo, C. Frank Hathaway, Juliet C. Hawley, George A. Holt, Selden D. Hulquist, Ralph H. Jackson, Mary R. Lotti, Carl- ton T. Lougee, William E. Mackey, J. Richard Maitland, Harold Norton, Lau- rence F. Picariello, Joseph S. Rodrick, Woodbury L. Rodrick, Jr., Sidney A. Simmons, Clayton W. Smith, Charles E. Snow, Jr., Mary E. Snow, Charles E. Thornton, Antonetta M. Videtta, Frank Williams, Jr.
PRECINCT 2 - Charles L. Blatchford, Laurence Burns, William J. Carlin, Fran- cis J. Cassidy, John R. Daley, Raymond O. Doane, Edmond A. Genest, John A. Gregory, Jr., Israel H. Gross, Herbert C. Heggie, Edward K. Hempel, Philip E. Janvrin, Harold J. Keating, Herbert D. Klein, Semah M. Klein, John E. LaPlante, Cleo Leawood, Edward N. Ludlam, John A. Massey, John J. Mattera, James D. McCarriston, Paul C. Miller, John F. Milo, Pearl D. Morley, John J. O'Shea, Irvin R. Patten, Paul A. Polisson, Wal- ter L. Ranger, Norbert A. Ulman, Don- ald J. Warnock, Dorothy F. Warnock, Philip M. Whitten.
PRECINCT 3-Ezra Andelman, George B. Atkins, Marvin J. Baker, Deborah M. Bogardus, Philip A. Brine, Jr., Robert G.
Byrne, Orville G. Caswell, Charles F. Chapman, Warren J. Doherty, Howard E. Dow, Ann V. Enholm, Harold G. Enholm, Edwin I. Foye, Ralph E. Gould, Vernon M. Hawkins, 3rd, Joseph P. Howard, Harold C. Hudson, John Clarke Kane, Katherine L. Kane, Abraham Kes- sel, John J. Lally, Ernest Manchin, Ester I. Maston, James J. McCarriston, John G. McLearn, Austin D. Mosco, Daniel J. Myers, Harvey P. Newcomb, Priscilla O. Newcomb, Edna Pedrick, Peter M. Rap- poli, Ashley W. Rice, Margaret M. Scan- lon, Thomas M. Scanlon, Arnold L. Snow, Richard A. Wales, Lawrence O. Witter.
PRECINCT 4 - Edward D. Eckerman, Robert L. Benford, Charles H. Bickford, George J. Burke, Frank G. W. Coletti, Francis J. Corcoran, Jr., Richard Cough- lin, Paul C. Curtis, Harry G. Davis, Joseph W. Dilk, James A. Dillon, Charles W. Dwyer, Virginia E. Earle, Ralph B. Earle, Virginia T. Ellis, Irving L. Far- ber, Loring R. Frazier, Vera F. Gould, James E. Hanley, John J. Hughes, John P. Ingalls, Jr., Robert M. Leonard, An- drew R. Linscott, Harry D. Linscott, William A. Ludlam, James R. Maddock, Harris T. Phinney, Harold I. Power, Ed- ward I. Robinson, Fred D. Sargent, Robert C. Smith, Hatherley A. Stoddard, Jr., Frank S. Stowell, George B. Thom- son, John W. Tisdell, Herbert R. Waite, Robert L. Yasi.
PRECINCT 5 - Carl A. Ackermann, Bernard L. Baker, William L. Bartow, William C. Beckert Edith M. Bloch, Israel Bloch, Chester E. Bond, C. Glover Bowes, Leslie L. Broadbridge, James W. Buchanan, Charles F. Buckland, Frederick C. Burk, Joseph Cardillo, Thomas F.
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Collins, Donald E. Costin, Myron Freed- man, John F. Grynkraut, Roger N. Howes, Warren A. Johnson, Leonard N. Kennedy, Jr., Marion Kirkpatrick, Mar- tin Kirkpatrick, Sherman J. Lippa, Fran- cis H. Maitland, Joseph M. Mattera, Ralph S. Maxwell, Charles A. McKenna, June Morse, Marion Doen Morse, Vin- cent P. O'Brien, Carl J. Pagano, William H. Rothwell, 2nd, James W. Santry, Jr., Jacob Shactman, Samuel Smith, J. Camp- bell Soutter, III, Richard D. Stevenson, Harold P. Symmes, Maurice M. Weiner, Kenneth T. White, Lillian I. White, Thomas B. White, Jr.
PRECINCT 6 - Douglas F. Allen, Louise B. Allen, Dorothy K. Allison, Bradlee M. Backman, Ruth Backman, John H. Blodgett, Jr., Dorothy S. Breed, Richard P. Breed, Jr., J. Campbell De- veny, Charles M. Ewing, Paul E. Gar- land, Theodore Goldberg, Martin C. Goldman, Josephine E. Hanson, George W. Howe, Robert U. Ingalls, Bertram C. Jacobs, Chloe Johnson, Harold A. Johnson, E. Leonard Kane, Henry R. Mayo, Jr., Jeanne W. McCarty, William H. McCarty, Jr., John S. McKenney, Richard F. Murray, Allen Myers, Lois Myers, Thomas M. Newth, Arnold L. Nylander, Robert F. O'Neill, Lawrence W. Powers. Arnold C. Reynolds, Joel W. Reynolds, Moses Shectman, A. Hall Stiles, Jr., Crawford H. Stocker, Jr., John A. Waldo, Frank B. Wallis, Edward M. Weinshanker, Ralph L. Williams.
ARTICLE 1. To hear and act on the Reports of Town officials, boards, and committees.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Voted: The reports be read and acted upon.
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws as follows, or take any action relative there- to:
Amendments of Zoning By-Law and Zoning Map to add a new Business B-3 District.
The Zoning By-Law is hereby amended as follows:
(Part 1) Section 1 of ARTICLE I - DISTRICTS is hereby amended by adding immediately following the designation, "Business B-2 District," the following designated class of district:
"Business B-3 District"
(Part 2) ARTICLE III - USE REGU- LATIONS is hereby amended by inserting immediately following Section 5, a new section designated, "Section 6. Business B-3 District," to read as follows:
Section 6. Business B-3 District
1. Use Regulations
In the Business B-3 District, no build- ing, or land shall be used for any pur- pose other than a use permitted in a Residence A-1. Residence A-2. Residence A-3 or Business B-1 District. A clinic, medical building, nursing home, hospital, other than a veterinary hospital, and a use in any of said districts which requires permission from the Board of Appeals, is permissible in this district provided ap- proval of the same is obtained from the Board of Appeals in accordance with the provisions of this Section and of Article VI, Section 4.
2. Area, Yard, and Height regulations
a. A building hereafter erected in this district shall be located on a lot having not less than the minimum requirements set forth below, except as otherwise here- in provided. No more than one dwelling shall be built upon any such lot.
(1) Area: Single or two-family use: 15,000 square feet: all other principal uses: 40,000 square feet.
(2) Street Frontage: Single - or two- family use: 100 feet: all other principal uses: 200 feet.
(3) Front yard: Single - or two- family use: 25 feet: all other principal uses: 100 feet.
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(4) Side Yard: Single - or two- family use: 10 feet: all other principal uses: 40 feet.
(5) Rear Yard: Single - or two- family use: 25 feet: all other principal uses: 40 feet.
(6) Maximum height of building in stories: Single - or two family use: 21/2: all other principal uses: 3.
(7) Maximum height of building in feet: Single - or two-family use: 35 feet: all other principal uses: 40 feet.
(8) Maximum percent of lot that may be covered, including accessory buildings or structures: Single - or two- family use: 25% all other principal uses: 20%.
b. Side and rear yard dimensions for principal uses, other than single - or two-family dwellings, shall be forty (40) feet when adjacent to a Residence Dis- trict, or to a lot being used for residential purposes.
c. No accessory building or structure shall be located within the required front yard area except free standing signs as herein specified, or appropriate fencing.
d. No yard, court, or other open space required for a building by this section shall during the life of such building be occupied by, or counted as open space for another building.
e. Exceptions may be granted from the above area, frontage, set back or lot coverage restrictions if the Board of Appeals finds that compliance with such requirements would be impracticable or unreasonable because of area width, depth or share of the lot, provided the lot was duly recorded in the Registry of Deeds and was held in ownership separate from that of adjoining land located in this district on June 8, 1963.
3. Landscaping
a. Along all boundaries of an area de- veloped for business, except along any
portion of such area which is immediately adjacent to land used for business, there shall be a continuous strip of at least twenty feet in width suitably landscaped with grass and shrubs or trees, broken only where necessary to provide appro- priate access or egress. Where such de- veloped area adjoins land developed for residential use, suitable landscaping shall be interpreted as requiring a sight- impervious screen of foliage at least eight feet in height, of which at least one- third shall be evergreens or less dense planting of shrubs or trees complemented by a sight-impervious fence at least 5 feet and not more than 8 feet in height. Landscaped areas shall be properly main- tained thereafter in a sightly and well- kept condition.
b. The Board of Appeals may waive or modify screening requirements when in its judgment the strict application of such requirements would result in pecu- liar or exceptional difficulties or excep- tional and undue hardship: or in a spe- cific instance where for topographic rea- sons fences, walls and screening as herein required could not possibly screen the activities conducted at ground level on the lot from view from the normal level of a first story window on any lot in a residence district either abutting such business area or abutting on a street across from such business area.
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