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2. The word "inhabitant" shall mean residents occupying dwelling units within the Town and their families and households actually residing with them and their house guests.
3. No person shall throw or cause to be thrown or placed upon said park- ing area any nails, glass, bottles, tin cans, rubbish or filth of any kind or commit any nuisance thereon.
4. No person shall park a vehicle in said parking area between the hours of eleven o'clock in the evening and five o'clock in the morning.
5. The Selectmen shall prepare rules and regulations governing the use of said parking area and the parking of vehicles therein and may alter, rescind or add to any rules and regulations previouslymade by them which shall include the issuance of permits by the Chief of Police to the owner or owners of each motor vehicle of a person entitled to such a permit under Section 1. Such permit may be in the form of a window sticker, so-called, for the display of such sticker on the window of each vehicle so covered by such permit or tags. A fee in an amount set by the Selectmen shall be charged for each permit and such fee turned into the Town Treasurer.
6. Signs warning all persons of the provisions of these regulations shall be erected at the entrances and exits of said parking area and no person shall be held liable for violation of these regulations except when such signs are actually in place.
7. Whoever violates any provisions of these regulation shall be liable to a penalty of not more than Twenty Dollars ($20. 00) for each offense.
Or take any other action in relation thereto.
MOVED by the Appropriation Committee:
That the Town vote to adopt the following as By-Laws of the Town reg- ulating the use of Wessagussett Beach Parking Area:
1. The use of the Parking area off North Street in Weymouth shown as Lot A on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in (North) Weymouth, Mass.", (at the end of Parker and Massasoit Roads) dated November 18, 1954, made by Russell H. Whiting, Registered Land Surveyor, on file in the Town Clerk's office shall, from and after the effective date of these regulations, be limited to such person or persons who have been issued a permit for such use and no other person or persons shall use the same as a parking area or space for vehicles or trespass upon the same for any purpose whatsoever.
2. No persons shall throw or cause to be thrown or placed upon said parking area any nails, glass, bottles, tin cans, rubbish or filth of any kind or commit any nuisance thereon.
3. No person shall park a vehicle in said parking area between the hours of eleven o'clock in the evening and five o'clock in the morning.
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4. The Selectmen shall prepare rules and regulations governing the use of said parking area and the parking of vehicles therein and may alter rescind or add to any rules and regulations previously made by them which shall include the issuance of permits by the Chief of Police to the owner or owners of each motor vehicle of a person granted such a permit. Such permit may be in the form of a window sticker, so-called, for the display of such sticker on the window of each vehicle so covered by such permit or tags.
5. Signs warning all persons of the provisions of these regulations shall be erected at the entrances and exits of said parking area and no person shall be held liable for violation of these regulation except when such signs are actually in place.
6. Whoever violates any provisions of these regulations shall be liable to a penalty of not more than Twenty Dollars ($20. 00) for each offense.
Discussion ensued involving several of the Town Officials and Town Meeting Members.
MOVED the following substitute motion by Mr. Lane:
That the Town vote to adopt the following as By-Laws:
1. The use of the Parking area off North Street in Weymouth shown as Lot A on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in (North) Weymouth, Mass. ", (at the end of Parker and Massasoit Roads) dated November 18, 1954, made by Russell H. Whiting, Registered Land Surveyor, on file in the Town Clerk's office shall, from and after the effective date of these regula- tions, be limited in inhabitants of the Town of Weymouth and no other person or persons shall use the same as a parking area or space for vehicles or trespass upon the same for any purpose whatsoever.
2. The word "inhabitant" shall mean residents occupying dwelling units within the Town and their families and households actually residing with them and their house guests.
3. No person shall throw or cause to be thrown or placed upon said park- ing area any nails, glass, bottles, tin cans, rubbish or filth of any kind or commit any nuisance thereon.
4. No person shall park a vehicle in said parking area between the hours of eleven o'clock in the evening and five o'clock in the morning.
5. The Selectmen shall prepare rules and regulations governing the use of said parking area and the parking of vehicles therein and may alter, re- scind or add to any rules and regulations previously made by them which shall include the issuance of permits by the Chief of Police to the owner or owners of each motor vehicle of a person entitled to such a permit under Section 1. Such permit may be in the form of a window sticker so-called, for the display of such sticker on the window of each vehicle so covered by such permit or tags. A fee in an amount set by the Selectmen shall be charged for each permit and such fee turned into the Town Treasurer.
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6. Signs warning all persons of the provisions of these regulations shall be erected at the entrances and exits of said parking area and no per- son shall be held liable for violation of these regulations except when such signs are actually in place.
7. Whoever violates any provisions of these regulations shall be liable to a penalty of not more than Twenty Dollars ($20. 00) for each offense.
Further discussion ensued involving several Town Officials and Town Meeting Members.
MOVED By Mr. Chubbuck the following amendment to the substitute motion by Mr. Lane:
Add to Paragraph 2 in the substitute motion by Mr. Lane, "and members of any yacht club in Weymouth. "
Further discussion ensued involving several Town Officials and Town Meeting Members.
Comes now the question on the amendment by Mr. Chubbuck to the substitute motion by Mr. Lane.
Vote was taken and the Moderator declared the amendment by Mr. Chubbuck to the subsititue motion by Mr. Lane LOST.
Comes now the question on the substitute motion by Mr. Lane.
Vote was taken and the Moderator being in doubt a Teller count was ordered. Vote and count were taken and the Tellers reported 89 votes in the affirmative and 46 votes in the negative. The Moderator then declared the substitute motion by Mr. Lane.
SO VOTED
(Recess from 10:06 P.M. to 10:18 P. M.
(Articles 34 and 35 were previously considered. )
ARTICLE 36. (Request of the Committee to remodel the old high school and vocational school buildings). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate by taxation, transfer from available funds and/ or borrowing, for the purpose of remodeling and modernizing including the purchasing of new equipment, the old high and vocational school buildings, said money to be expended under the direction of the Committee appointed under Article 45 of the 1961 Annual Town Meeting, or take any other action in relation thereto.
MOVED by Mr. Newton of the Appropriation Committee:
That the Building Committee be continued and that the subject matter of this article be referred to the next special Town Meeting and further provided that the sum of $16, 000. 00 be raised and appropriated from the tax levy for the purpose of revising the plans and specifications and for securing new bids.
MOVED the following subsititute motion by Mr. Tanguy of the Appro- priation Committee:
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That the Town vote to raise and appropriate from the tax levy, the sum of $150, 000. 00, said sums to be expended under the direction of the Building Committee appointed under Article 45 of the 1961 Annual Town Meeting for the purposes of doing the necessary work required by the State Department of Public Safety and other alterations in the old High and Vocational School buildings, including the purchase of equipment and architectural services.
MOVED the following substitute motion by Mr. Madden of the School Building Committee:
That the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $513, 000 for the purpose of remodeling, including the purchase of new equipment, the old High and Vocational School buildings; said money to be expended under the direction of the Committee appointed under Article 45 of the 1961 Annual Town meeting, and to meet said appropriation $204, 238 shall be appropriated from the Stabilization Fund; no more than $56, 000 shall be expended for equipment, and the entire amount expended for equipment shall be paid from the appropriation from the Stabilization Fund; $8, 762 shall be raised and appropriated from tax levy and the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed $300, 00 for said remodeling and to issue bonds and notes under Chapter 275 of the Acts of 1948 as amended, payable in not more than 10 years from their dates.
Lengthy discussion ensued involving several Town Officials and Town Meeting Members.
Comes now the question on the substitute motion by Mr. Madden.
The Moderator ordered a Teller Count. Vote and count were taken and the Tellers reported 135 votes in the affirmative and 6 votes in the negative. The Moderator declared that there being more than the neces- sary two-thirds vote in the affirmative that the substitute motion by Mr. Madden was
SO VOTED
ARTICLE 37. (Request of the School Committee). To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase or take by right of eminent domain, the fee, for street and highway purposes Anthony Road Beginning at Gary St reet and extending easterly for a distance of 650 feet, more or less, to the existing driveway of the new school, all as shown on a plan drawn by Frank S. Lagrotteria, Town En- gineer dated December 31, 1962, No. 1443B, filed in the Town Clerk's Office, and to raise and appropriate by taxation, transfer from available funds and/or borrowing, a sum of money therefor or take any other action in relation thereto.
Upon motion duly made by the Appropriation Committee, it was
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: That the Town vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase, or take by Right of Eminent Domain, in fee or any lesser interest, for Street and Highway purposes, Anthony Road, beginning at Gary Street, and extending Easterly
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for a distance of 650 ft., more or less, on the existing driveway to the new High School, all as shown on a plan drawn by Frank S. Lagrotteria, Town Engineer, dated Dec. 31, 1962, filed in the Town Clerk's office and that the sum of $1. 00 be raised and appropriated from tax levy for said taking, and that the sum of $600. 00 be raised and appropriated from tax levy for con- struction costs, all work to be done by the Department of Public Works.
ARTICLE 38. (Request of the School Committee). To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase or take by right of eminent domain, in fee, for school purposes, certain parcels of land, with the buildings thereon, owned or supposedly owned by the estate or heirs of Wallace D. Cowing and Mabel Cowing, being shown as Lots 18 and 19, Block 245, Sheet 18, of the Town Atlas, also shown as Lots 8, 9 and 10 on Land Court Plan 12964J filed in the Norfolk Land Court Office, Dedham, and Lot 23, Block 245, Sheet 18, of the Town Atlas, owned or supposedly owned by the estate or heirs of Wallace D. Cowing, having a frontage of approximately 100 feet on Commercial Street and a depth of 100 feet, more or less, or however otherwise bounded and described, all as shown on a plan drawn by Frank S. Lagrotteria, Town Engineer, dated December 31, 1962, No. 1444B, filed in the Town Clerk's office; and to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate by taxation, transfer from available funds and/or borrowing, a sum of money therefor, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Upon motion duly made by the Appropriation Committee, it was UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: No action.
ARTICLE 39. (Petition of the Industrial Development Commission). To see if the Town will vote to amend Article X, Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Weymouth as follows:
To amend Section IV-A, Sub-section 2, by adding, after the word "Selectmen", in the last line, the following words: "in accordance with the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts;" so that said para- graph, as thus amended, will read as follows: "Research, experimental and testing laboratories and manufacture which is incidental to research and experimental laboratories; subject however, to license when required by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. "
To amend Section IV-A, Sub-section 3, by deleting the word "now" in the last sentence and inserting, in place thereof, the word "not", so that said sentence, as thus amended, would read as follows: "There shall also be filed therewith, written authorization for such use of any land not owned by the applicant. "
To amend Section IV-A, Sub-section 5, by deleting the word "eighty" in the second line and inserting, in place thereof, the word "twenty" and by deleting the word "two" in the last line, and inserting, in place thereof, the word "one"; and by adding, after the word "feet" in the last sentence, the following: "except in areas where there is rear land for development that may require access through the lots involved, then the width will be two hundred feet"; so that said paragraph, as thus amended, will read
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as follows: "Required lot area width: For each establishment, not less than twenty thousand square feet, having a width of not less than one hundred feet, except in areas where there is rear land for development that may re- quire access through the lots involved, then the width will be two hundred feet. "
To amend Section IV-A, Sub-section 6, by deleting the word "twenty" in the second line and inserting, in place thereof, the word "sixty", so that said paragraph, as thus amended will read as follows: "Percentage of lot coverages: All buildings, including accessory buildings, shall not cover more than sixty per cent of the area of the lot. "
To amend Section IV-A, Sub-section 8, by adding, after the words "property line" in the last line, the following: "Except when one hundred to one hundred ninety-nine feet width is authorized, then the building shall be not less than fifteen feet from the side property line"; so that said para- graph, as thus amended will read as follows: "Yards required: Buildings shall be not less than forty feet from any street line and fifty feet from any side property line, except when one hundred to one hundred ninety- nine feet width is authorized, then the building shall be not less than fifteen feet from the side property line. "
Add new Sub-section "8-A": "Where an industrial area is to be developed that abuts a presently developed residential area, a six foot solid fence or screen planting may be required at the discretion of the Building Inspector. "
Section IV-B: Delete in its entirely.
Or take any other action in relation thereto.
MOVED by Mr. Heffernan, Chairman of the Planning Board:
That the subject matter of the Article be referred to the next Special or Annual Town Meeting.
The Appropriation Committee concurred in the motion.
Discussion ensued involving several of the Town Officials and Town Meeting Members.
MOVED the following substitute motion by Mr. Lane:
That the Town vote to amend Article X, Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Weymouth as follows:
To amend Section IV-A, Sub-section 2, by adding, after the word "Selectmen", in the last line, the following words: "in accordance with the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts;" so that said paragraph, as thus amended, will read as follows: "Research, experi- mental and testing laboratories and manufacture which is incidental to research and experimental laboratories; subject however, to license when required by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with the Gen- eral Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. "
To amend Section IV-A, Sub-section 3, by deleting the word "now" in the last sentence and inserting, in place thereof, the word "not", so that said sentence, as thus amended, would read as follows: "There shall also be filed therewith, written authorization for such use of any land not owned by the applicant. "
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To amend Section IV-A, Sub-section 5, by deleting the word "eighty" in the second line and inserting in place thereof, the word "twenty" and by deleting the word "two" in the last line, and inserting, in place thereof, the word "one"; and by adding, after the word "feet" in the last sentence, the following: "except in areas where there is rear land for development that may require access through the lots involved, then the width will be two hundred feet"; so that said paragraph, as thus amended, will read as follows: "Required lot area width: For each establishment, not less than twenty thousand square feet, having a width of not less than one hundred feet, except in areas where there is rear land for development that may require access through the lots involved, then the width will be two hundred feet. "
To amend Section IV-A, Sub-section 6, by deleting the word "twenty" in the second line and inserting, in place thereof, the word "sixty"; so that said paragraph, as thus amended will read as follows: "Percentage of lot coverages: All buildings, including accessory buildings, shall not cover more than sixty per cent of the area of the lot. "
To amend Section IV-A, Sub-section 8, by adding, after the words 'property line" in the last line, the following: "except when one hundred to one hundred ninety-nine feet width is authorized, then the building shall be not less than fifteen feet from the side property line"; so that said paragraph, as thus amended will read as follows: "Yards required: Buildings shall be not less than forty feet from any street line and fifty feet from any side property line, except when one hundred to one hundred ninety-nine feet width is authorized, then the building shall be not less than fifteen feet from the side property line. "
Add new Sub-section "8-A": "Where an industrial area is to be developed that abuts a presently developed residential area, a six foot solid fence or screen planting may be required at the discretion of the Building Inspector. "
Section IV-B: Delete in its entirety.
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The presence of a quorum being doubted the Moderator ordered a Teller count. Count was made and the Tellers reported 131 Town Meeting Members present. The Moderator then declared that 128 being necessary for a quorum and 131 being present that the presence of a quorum was established.
Comes now the question on the substitute motion by Mr. Lane.
The Moderator ordered a Teller count. Vote and count were taken and the Tellers reported 110 votes in the affirmative and 17 votes in the negative. The Moderator then declared that there being more than the necessary two-third vote in the affirmative that the substitute motion by Mr. Lane was
SO VOTED
ARTICLE 40. (Petition of the Industrial Development Commission). To see if the Town will vote to amend its present Zoning Map, Article X of the Town By-Laws, by changing the districts zoned "Industrial
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District - B" to "Industrial District - A"; or take any other action in re- lation thereto.
MOVED by Mr. Heffernan, Chairman of the Planning Board:
No action until the Master Plan is completed and the subject matter be referred to the next Annual or Special Town Meeting.
Mr. Connolly of the Industrial Development Commission spoke on the motion.
MOVED the following substitute motion by Mr. Amabile of the Board of Selectmen:
That the Town vote to amend its present Zoning Map, Article X of the Town By-Laws, by changing the districts zoned "Industrial District - B" to "Industrial District - A".
Comes now the question on the substitute motion by Mr. Amabile.
Vote was taken and there being votes in the negative the Moderator ordered a Teller count. Vote and count were taken and the Tellers re- ported 94 votes in the affirmative and 24 votes in the negative. The Moderator then declared that there being more than the necessary two- thirds in the affirmative that the substitute motion by Mr. Amabile was
SO VOTED
MOVED by Mr. Bell:
That the Annual Town Meeting adjourn until 7:45 o'clock in the evening, Friday, March 8, 1963.
Comes now the question on the motion by Mr. Bell.
Vote was taken and the Moderator declared the motion by Mr. Bell LOST.
ARTICLE 41. (Petition of the Industrial Development Commission). To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning Laws and Zoning Map, Article X of the Town By-Laws, by making the following changes:
Change of District
From Residential to Limited Industry - A, land shown on the Town of Weymouth Assessors' Maps revised to Jan. 1, 1961 as Lots 4, 5, and 6, Block 642, Sheet 62; beginning at the Weymouth-Abington line on the east- erly side of Pond Street; westerly by the easterly side-line of Pond Street; northerly by the northerly property lines of Lots 5 and 6, Block 642, Sheet 62; easterly by Old Colony Railroad; southerly by Weymouth-Abington Town Line; or take any other action in relation thereto.
MOVED by Mr. Heffernan, Chairman of the Planning Board:
No action.
MOVED the following substitute motion by the Appropriation Committee.
That the Town vote to amend its Zoning Laws and Zoning Map, Article X of the Town By-Laws, by making the following changes:
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Change of District
From Residential to Limited Industry - A, land shown on the Town of Weymouth Assessors' Maps revised to Jan. 1, 1961 as Lots 4, 5 and 6, Block 642, Sheet 62; beginning at the Weymouth-Abington line on the east- erly side of Pond Street; westerly by the easterly side-line of Pond Street; northerly by the northerly property lines of Lots 5 and 6, Block 642, Sheet 62; easterly by Old Colony Railroad; southerly by Weymouth-Abington Town Line.
Discussion ensued involving several Town Officials, Town Meeting Members, and citizens of the Town.
Comes now the question on the substitute motion by the Appropriation Committee.
The Moderator ordered a Teller count. Vote and count were taken and the Tellers reported 101 votes in the affirmative and 14 votes in the nega- tive. The Moderator then declared that there being more than the necessary two-third vote in the affirmative that the substitute motion by the Appropria- tion Committee was
SO VOTED
The presence of a quorum being questioned the Moderator ordered a Teller count. Count was made and the Tellers reported 129 Town Meeting Members present. The Moderator then declared that there being 129 Town Meeting Members present and 128 being necessary for a quorum that a quorum was present.
ARTICLE 42. (Petition of the Industrial Development Commission). To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning Laws and Zoning Map, Article X of the Town By-Laws, by making the following changes:
Change of District
From Business and Limited Business to Limited Industrial - A, the land in its entirety bounded by Main, Washington and Winter Streets.
Also the land on the easterly side of Washington Street; commencing at a point on Washington Street opposite the intersection of Congress Street and extending northeasterly at right angles to Washington Street, to the division line between Precinct 10 and Precinct 6 and extending along in a southerly direction along the division line between Precinct 10 and Pre- cinct 6, thence continuing in a southwesterly direction along the division line between Precinct 4 and Precinct 6 to a point opposite the end of the present Limited Business Zone; or take any other action in relation thereto.
Upon motion duly made by Mr. Heffernan, Chairman of the Planning Board, it was
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED: No action.
ARTICLE 43. (Petition of the Industrial Development Commission). To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning Laws and Zoning Map, Article X of the Town By-Laws by making the following changes:
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Change of District
From Residential to Limited Industry - A, land shown on the Town of Weymouth Assessors' Maps revised to Jan. 1, 1961 as a portion of Lots 2, 3, 18, 19 and 23, Block 447, Sheet 35; also a portion of Lots 1 and 10, Block 448, Sheet 35; said land being a 260 foot strip between the 240 foot strip of Limited Business District on the southerly side of Washington Street and the Limited Industrial District - B, 500 feet back from said sideline of Washington Street and the remaining portion of said Lot 18, Block 447, as shown on the Town Zoning Map of Limited Industrial Dis- tricts that is not within the existing said Limited Industrial District - B.
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