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Further to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purchase or taking of such land, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 74. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to contract with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to widen and improve Bridge Street, North Weymouth, and to as- sume and pay any land, grade and other damage caused by such widening and improvement, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Water Department
Art. 75. To see if the Town will authorize the following ap- propriations, from the income of the Water Department for the current year viz :
Maintenance and Operation
$26,000
Replacement
.. 3,000
Equipment
3,000
Commercial Expense
6,500
General Salaries
1,200
Interest
4,685
Bond Retirement
12,500
Minor Construction
22,000
.: $78,885
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Art. 76. To see if the Town will authorize the issuance of not to exceed $15,000.00 in Bonds or Notes, for the construction of water mains of six inches or more in diameter, said Bonds or Notes to be payable within fifteen years of the date of issue and in accord- ance with Section 19 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Art. 77. To see if the Town will authorize the issuance of not to exceed $10,000.00 in Bonds or Notes, for the installation of a standby pumping unit at Great Pond, said Bonds or Notes to be payable within five years of the date of issue and in accordance with Section 19 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Art. 78. To see if the Town will authorize the appropriation of not to exceed $20,000.00 from the General Fund of the Water Department, for carrying on necessary work, for private parties ; payment for said work to revert to the General Fund.
Art. 79. On petition : To see if the Town will request the Water Commissioners to install water on Randolph Street, from the present main to the Holbrook line, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Miscellaneous
Art. 80. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Memorial Day.
Art. 81. To determine in what manner the alewive fishery shall be conducted the present year, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for said fishery. -
Art. 82. To see if the Town will authorize its Selectmen to commence suit for the recovery of any money or property due it, or to prosecute a bill in equity or any other proceedings in court when in their judgment it is expedient in the interests of the Town to do so.
Art. 83. To see if the Town will authorize its Selectmen to sell any real estate of which it may be possessed and for which it has no further use.
Art. 84. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses.
Art. 85. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purposes of the Planning Board.
Art. 86. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the celebration of the Fourth of July, 1926, being the 150th anniversary of the Independence of the United States, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Art. 87. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $1,000.00 for street signs and guide boards, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 88. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Se- lectmen to petition the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company to discontinue that portion of their track on Broad Street, between Jackson Square and Madison Street.
Art. 89. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $200.00 towards the erection of a forest fire ob- servation tower on the summit of Turkey Hill in the town of Hol- brook, the same to be expended under the direction of the State.
Art. 90. On petition : To see if the Town will vote to com- plete the street numbering throughout the town, the work to be done by the Town Engineer under the direction of the Selectmen,
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and to have a complete set of town sheets showing all numbers filed at the town office, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for this purpose .
Art. 91. On petition: To see if the Town will appoint a committee to consider the needs for larger office accommodations for the various departments and report at the next annual town meeting.
Art. 92. On petition of the Board of Assessors: To see if the Town will continue the printing of the Assessors' Street Lists in excess of what the law requires, or take any other action in re- lation thereto.
Art. 93. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a commit- tee to draft a new set of Town By-Laws and report at some future town meeting.
Art. 94. To see what sum. of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purchase of a parcel of land to pro- vide for an entrance to Legion Memorial Field from Hillside Av- enue, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Art. 95. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for pensions.
Art. 96. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by purchase or gift, under Chapter 143 of the General Laws, land for the pur- pose of reforestation, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Art. 97. To see if the Town will vote to take or purchase land for public domain for the purposes specified in General Laws, Chapter 45, Section 19, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Art. 98. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purchase of land under either or both of the two foregoing articles and for the reforestation and culture of forest trees on said land, or take any other action in reference thereto.
Art. 99. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for a building inspector.
Article 100.
To see if the Town will amend the by-laws of the town by add- ing thereto the following by-laws :
"Building Laws"
Article 1. The Appointment of Inspector of Buildings
Section 1. The board of selectmen shall annually, in April, appoint an inspector of buildings for the term of one year from the first day of May following, or until another is appointed in his stead. His salary or compensation shall be such as the town from time to time may vote.
Article 2. General Duties of Inspector
Section 2. The inspector of buildings shall keep a record of the business of said department; submit to the selectmen a yearly report of such business; ascertain all facts and make all returns which shall be required by law relative to steam boilers or other
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matters connected with his department, and enter upon the premises wherein any fire has occurred, if necessary, in order to investigate the origin of the fire. He shall make a report to the chief inspector of buildings of the Commonwealth in the month of May, as provided in section 45, chapter 481, Acts of 1894.
Section 3. The inspector of buildings shall grant permits for the erection or alteration of buildings, and no buildings shall be built or altered without such a permit, but no such permit shall be issued until the inspector has carefully examined the plans and spe- cifications of the proposed building or alteration, and ascertained that the building has sufficient strength, and that the means of in- gress and egress are sufficient.
Section 4. A copy of the plans and specifications of every public building shall be deposited in the office of the inspector.
Article 3. Examination of Buildings being erected, repaired, etc.
Section 5. The inspector of buildings shall examine all buildings in course of erection, alteration or repairs as often as practicable, and for that purpose shall have the right of entry thereto, and shall make a record of all violations of this by-law, together with the location of the building where such violations are found, the name of the owner, lessee, occupants, architect and master mechanic, and all other matters relative thereto.
Article 4. Buildings reported Dangerous
Section 6. The said inspector shall examine all buildings re- ported dengerous, or damaged by accident or fire, and make a rec- ord of such examination, including the nature and amount of such damage, and for what purpose occupied, and report the facts to the board of selectmen.
Article 5. Buildings to be raised.
Section 7. He shall examine all buildings under applications to raise, enlarge, alter or build upon, and make a record of the same. These records shall always be open to the inspection of the engineers of the fire department and the selectmen of the town.
Article 6. Alterations, Repairs and Additions, Subject to this By-law
Section 8. Any alterations, repairs or additions to any build- ing already erected or hereafter to be built, except necessary repairs, not affecting the construction of the external or party walls, chim- neys or stairways, shall, to the extent of such work, be subject to the regulations of this by-law.
Section 9. No building already erected, or hereafter built, shall be raised or built up in such manner that, were such build- ing wholly built or constructed after the passage of this by-law, it would be in violation of any provision thereof.
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Article 7. Notice to be filed of Intended Alterations
Section 10. Every person intending to build or to alter any building shall, before commencing the same, file an application for a building permit with the inspector of buildings, givng a des- cription of the intended building or alterations. No permit issued by such inspector, whether for a new building or alterations, shall be in force for a longer time than one year. (For public buildings, lodging-houses, hotels, churches, mercantile buildings, etc., see chap- ters 382 and 481, Acts of 1894, chapters 139 and 326, Acts of 1899, and chapter 335, section 1, Acts of 1900.)
Article 8. Definitions
Section. 11. In the construction of this by-law, if not con- sistent with the context, the following terms shall have the re- spective meanings assigned to them :-
"Alteration" shall mean any change or addition.
"Cellar" or "basement" shall mean a lower story, of which one- half or more of the height, from the bottom of the story to the under side of the floor joists of the story next above, is below the mean grade of all the streets, or the mean grade of the natural ground adjoining the building : provided, that said grade of the ground is not below the grade of the street at the principal front.
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"External wall" shall mean every outer wall or vertical enclos- ure of a building, other than a party wall.
"Foundation wall" shall mean that portion of any external wall below the level of the street curb, and that portion of any party wall below basement floor, and of any wall not on the street, that portion of the wall below the level of the ground, outside of the wall.
"Party wall" shall mean every wall used, or built in order to be used, as a separation of two or more buildings, and any two adjoin- ing buildings shall have a party wall between them.
"Partition wall" shall mean any interior wall of masonry or other material in a building.
"Partitions" shall mean any interior dividing wall, not of mas- onry, in a building.
"Height of a building" shall mean the distance from the top of outside foundation wall on street to the highest part on roof.
"Repairs" shall mean any reconstruction or renewal of any ex- isting part of a building, or of its fixtures or appurtenances, which does not lesson the strength or increase the fire risk of the build- ing, and is not made in the opinion of the inspector, for the pur- pose of converting the building in whole or in part into a new one.
"Thickness" of a wall means the minimum thickness of such wall exclusive of air space.
"Under-pinning" means the brick or stone wall from the foun- dation wall to under side of sill.
Article 9. Application for Lines and Grades
Section 12. In case of public streets or squares, where grade lines are established, any person proceeding to erect or make alter-
ation in the location or grade of any fence ,wall or building, which is to abut upon said public street or square, shall first apply to the selectmen for the lines and grade of the street or square upon which he proposes to operate : such application shall be made in writing, at least seven days before the work is to begin, and the selectmen shall, within said time, furnish the required lines and grade, without charge, if in their power so to do. In default of such application, such per- sons shall be held to have waived all claim to damages resulting from such default.
Article 10. Encroachments upon Street Lines
Section 13. Whenever the selectmen ascertain that any structure, placed in violation of the preceding section, encroaches upon the limits of the street, lane, square or alley upon which said structure abuts, they shall forthwith issue an order to the party offending, directing that the structure be removed within the time specified therein, and in case of non-compliance, the selectmen shall cause the incumbance to be removed at the expense of the delinquent.
Article 11. Spacing of Buildings
Section 14. The external walls of any building shall not be placed at a less distance than four feet from the line of the lot upon which the building is to be located, and the space between buildings erected on any lot, and those that shall be built upon the same lot, shall not be less than eight feet; porches, piazzas, bay-windows, etc., are included; unless the board of selectmen, shall, after a hearing to adjoining property owners and the public, grant a permit to place brick or stone building, other than dwellings nearer than the dis- tance above named.
Article 12. Bay-windows and Other Projections
Section 15. No bay-windows or other structure shall be placed on any building so as to project over any public way or square.
Article 13. Buildings Other than Dwellings
Section 16. No building hereafter erected for mercantile or manufacturing purposes shall be built in a range of more than sixty feet, measuring along the line of the wall adjoining the street, with- out the intervention of a brick wall at least twelve inches thick for a building not over two stories high; the top of such wall at any point shall be eighteen inches above the roof, and covered with a metal or stone capping. (For a building over two stories high, see chapter 481, section 25, Acts of 1894.)
Section 17. No person shall hereafter erect or use any build- ing for a planing mill, public hall, hotel or for any manufacturing or me rcantile purpose, without first obtaining a permit from the se- lectmen and the chief inspector of buildings of the Commonwealth, and no such permit shall be granted until after due notice is given to owners of adjoining property, and after a hearing pursuant to such notice.
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Article 14. Dwellings for Two or More Families
Section 18. The requirements of this article shall apply to every building more than two stories high heerafter erected or con- verted to use as a building to be occupied for dwelling purposes by two or more separate families or households.
Section 19. In all such buildings there shall be at least two independent and sufficient ways of egress, accessible on each floor from each suite of apartments. Such ways to egress shall consist of flights of stairs extending from the lowest to the highest floor, and not more than one flight of stairs shall be placed in the same hall way. Every such way of egress, from every such building, shall be kept in good repair and unobstructed. All buildings shall have permanent means of access to the roof, from the inside, by an open- ing that shall not be less than eighteen by thirty inches.
Article 15. Piling
Section 20. When the nature of the ground requires it, all buildings shall be supported on foundation piles not more than three feet apart on centres in the direction of the wall, and the number, diameter and bearing of such piles shall be sufficient to support the superstructure proposed. The inspector shall determine the grade at which the piles shall be put to insure constant immersion. There shall not be less than two rows under all external and party walls. All piles to be capped with block granite levellers not less than sixteen inches thick, each leveller having a form bearing on the pile or piles which it covers; under each pier for support of floor- bearing beams not less than three piles shall be used. The inspector may require any applicant for a permit to ascertain by boring the nature of the ground on which he proposes to build.
Article 16. Wooden Buildings
Section 21. Every wooden building hereafter erected, ex- cept when specified in section 22, shall have a foundation of rubble stone, block granite or brick, laid in mortar and carried to the sur- face of the ground. Every such foundation, if of brick, shall be at least twelve inches thick with a foting eight inches wider than the wall, and stepped up one foot; if of granite block stone, shall be at least sixteen inches thick; if of rubble stone, shall be at least eighteen inches thick, shall be laid at least four feet below any surface exposed to frost, and upon the solid ground. Every such wooden building hereafter erected or altered, the sills of which do not rest directly upon a foundation as above described, but on an under-pinning, shall have such underpinning made of brick or stone or cement block, and if the building is not over two stories high above the highest street level of its principal front, the under-pinning, if of brick, shall be at lcast eight inches thick; and if the buliding is of greater height, the under-pinning, if of brick, shall be at least twelve inches thick; and if of poured cement from cellar bottom up not less than 10 inches thick, if over two stories high 12 inches thick; every under-pinning, if of stone, shall be at least sixteen inches thick.
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Section. 22. Every such wooden building hereafter erected on soft or marshy land, and used for a work-shop or other like pur- pose, or as a temporary structure may, if the building inspector approves, rest on mud-sills or blocks, or on piles cut to the height of grade. Wooden buildings to be used as stables, carriage-houses for the housing of automobiles, or for hen, duck, rabbit or hare houses, not covering over seven hundred square feet on the ground, and not exceeding fifteen feet in height, may be built without gifts or tnoned studs and posts, but in a manner satisfactory to the in- spector of buildings.
Section 23. Every eighth course, at least, of a brick foun- dation shall be a heading or bonding course; the under-pinning may be bonded every eighth course with Flemish headers; where rubble stone is used, one-third of the wall shall be laid with through stone, well bonded.
Section 24. All stone and brick work shall be laid in lime and cement motar, no poorer than equal parts of lime and cement, with a proper proportion of sand as will secure thorough adhesion to the materials with which they are to be used, and the building inspector shall condemn all mortars not so made; all to be well laid with well-filled joints. Bricks when laid shall be wet or dry, as the build- ing inspector may direct; no light, hard or soft brick to be used. Foundation walls shall not be laid on frozen ground.
Section 25. Every wooden building hereafter erected (ex- cept where specified in section 22) or altered shall have all parts of sufficient strength to carry the weight of the superstructure; shall be built with sills, posts, girts, studs and plates, properly framed, mortised, tenoned, braced and pinned in each story; the posts, sills and girts shall not be less than four by six inches, plates four by four inches, and the studs, two by four inches, not more than sixteen inches on centres.
Floor-bearing partitions will have studs two by four inches, the bottom resting on girder of not less than six by eight inches, the stud to have a suitable cap, and the studs in the intermediate stories to have a footing on the cap. All door openings will be trussed over same, as also all self- supporting walls and partitions above the first floor. The attic floor may be supported by a ledger board, cut in the wall studs, but between the studs a two-inch plank, by the width of the stud, shall be cut in to prevent the pass- age of air. All timbers resting on brick walls shall be cut on a splay, and will have suitable anchor irons on the ends of timbers every ten feet, and a continuous tie made across the wall where the timbers meet, by suitable irons, and the opposite end spiked to the outside studs. All headers and trimmers of all openings over four feet square, and all timbers under cross partitions, shall have joists double in width of other timbers.
In all dwelling houses, the size of floor joists shall not be less than the following :-
Clear span of 10 or 11 feet, size of joist 2x7.
Clear span of 12 or 13 feet, size of joist 2x8. Clear span of 14 or 15 feet, size of joist 2x9. Clearspan of 16 or 17 feet, size of joist 2x10.
Clear span of 18 or 20 feet, size of joist 2×12,
and be placed not more than sixteen inches on centres. All floors to be x bridged once in every six feet.
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Section 26. Piers under girders, supporting floors timbers in basement, may be of Iron or Lally Columns not more than nine feet apart; trimmers in first floor over twelve feet in length shall be supported by a pier or column. Footings for all piers shall set on a firm foundation and have levellers one foot larger than the piers; footings to be not less than twelve inches thick. Piers under porches and piazzas shall have suitable foundations at least four feet below the grade.
Section 27. Wooden buildings built in blocks of two or more dwellings shall have brick walls, not less than twelve inches thick, with a footing course eight inches wider than the wall, and stepped up one foot, and carried up to the under side of roof boards; and there shall be a space of four inches between the timbers on each side of wall; the roof boards to be laid and embedded in mortar on wall. Fire-stops or mortar shall be required at the floor and ceiling in each story, on the brick party wall between and flush with the furring. The brick wall to be merchantable hard bricks, and laid as required for foundation walls in section 24 of this by-law. These brick walls are to be built from the inside of outside wall boarding, and must be corbelled out to the cornice.
In case the projection of the cornice will not admit of cor- belling out to make a thorough fire-stop, then the rafters on each side of the wall shall be covered on the sides, and over the planceer board and back of the butter fascia, with galvanized iron or zinc, and the space between filled in with non-combustible material. The spaces between such parts of floor joists as rest upon girders, par- tition heads or sills shall have the spaces filled in solid, between the studs, four inches above the floor, with bricks laid in mortar, or other fire-proof material; the'spaces between stringers of stair-cases and joists of landings, unless unceiled, shall be stopped with some incom- bustible material at two places in every flight of stairs, so as to pre- vent the passage of air. Fire-stops must be put on each floor, be- tween the floors and chimney. All channels and pockets for gas, water and soil pipes must be made smoke tight at each floor.
Article 17. External and Party Walls of Brick Dwelling-houses
Section 28. The external walls of all brick dwelling-houses two stories high shall not be less than eight inches thick above the top of first floor, and not less than one foot thick from the top of the foundation to the top of first floor. In all three-story buildings, the external walls above the top of first floor shall not be less than one foot thick to top of second floor and sixteen inches thick from the top of foundation to top of first floor. If the build- ing is more than sixty feet in height, from the side-walk to ceiling of upper story, the external walls shall not be less than sixteen inches in the first story, and twelve inches thick above that story. Foundations if of brick shall be four inches thicker than the wall in first story ; foundations if of block granite shall be six inches thicker than the wall above, and if of rubble stone, shall be ten inches thicker than the wall above, and shall have a footing course of large size stone eight inches wider than the wall; no round or boulder stone shall be used.
All party walls shall not be less than twelve inches thick. All roof or floor timbers entering the same party wall from op-
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posite sides shall have at least four inches solid brick-work be- tween the ends of said timbers.
The ends of all wooden floor or roof beams in dwellings with masonry walls shall enter the wall to a depth of at least four inches, unless the wall is properly corbelled so as to give a bearing of at least four inches; and the ends of all such beams shall be so shaped or ar- ranged that in case of fire they may fall without injury to the wall.
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