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ARTICLE 29
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the eradication of mosquitoes, the same to be spent under Chap. 252 of the General Laws as amended by Chap. 457, Acts of 1923, and subsequent amendments, espe- cially Chap. 268 of the Acts of 1929. Elberta F. Copeland.
Voted, Yes $10,000.
ARTICLE 30
Will the Town raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed $10,000 for the eradication of mosquitoes by the Board of Health in co-operation with the Mosquito Control Committee, and in accordance with the authority of Chapter 96 of the Acts of 1930, or act thereon? Board of Health and Mosquito Control Committee.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 31
Will the Town accept the report of the Civic Center Com- mittee appointed in 1930, to determine the jurisdiction and the care of the grounds, and raise and appropriate the sum of $1,825 for the purpose, or act thereon? Civic Center Commit- tee.
Voted, That we accept the report of the Committee ap- pointed at the Special Town Meeting held June 11, 1930 to con- sider the care and custody of the grounds and hereby desig- nate that the Selectmen shall have jurisdiction, care and cus- tody of that part of the Civic Center grounds containing the Town Hall and described as follows: Parcel A, as shown on plan herewith : Beginning at a point in the westerly line of the Civic Center one hundred seventy (170) feet distant from the
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southerly line of First Parish Road, then turning easterly at right angle and running one hundred seventy-five (175) feet, thence turning a right angle and running northerly to the southerly line of the oval driveway; thence turning to the left and following the westerly and northerly and westerly side of the driveway to the intersection with the southerly line to point of beginning.
Also Parcel B, as shown on said plan, containing the old Cudworth house; beginning on the easterly side of the main driveway entrance at First Parish Road and running with the curve of the oval driveway southerly and southeasterly to the point where the said oval intersects with the easterly drive- way, thence following the northerly line of said easterly drive- way to its point of intersection with First Parish Road, thence westerly with the southerly line of First Parish Road to point of beginning.
All the remaining portion of the Civic Centre Grounds is hereby designated as under the jurisdiction, care and custody of the School Committee.
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,825 for the care of the Civic Center, of which sum $1,525 shall be expended under the direction of the School Committee, and $300, under the direction of the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 32
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200 to purchase a Lot of Land to enlarge the present lot of the North Scituate Fire Station? Fire Department.
Voted, No.
ARTICLE 33
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $900 for the taking of Lots 183 to 188 inclusive and Lots 51- 53-55-57 as shown on Plan marked Humarock Beach, Section 3 Plan of Land in Scituate, December, 1914, William L. Sprague, C. E., for the purpose of providing locations for Po-
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lice, Fire and Comfort Stations, and Parking Space, for the in- habitants of the Town, or act thereon. Selectmen.
Voted, Yes $900.
ARTICLE 34
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $6,500 for the protection of fore-shores, the same to be ex- pended by the Department of Public Works in conjunction with appropriations and contributions to be provided by the County of Plymouth, individuals especially benefited, and the Depart- ment of Public Works, if, and as provided for, in legislation now pending which provides for an expenditure of $30,000 by said participants for protection of certain fore-shores in the Town of Scituate, and determine the way and manner in which said $6,500 shall be raised, or act thereon. Selectmen.
Voted, Yes $6,500.
ARTICLE 35
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 to be added to the School Committee Budget to defray the expenses of the use of the High School Auditorium for other than Town Meetings and School purposes, and to ap- prove a cost charge not to exceed $20 for the use of the Hall, to reimburse the Town Treasury, or act thereon. School Com- mittee.
Voted, Yes $1,000.
ARTICLE 36
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the purchase and maintenance of Town Forests and legitimate expenses of the Town Forest Committee, or act thereon? Town Forest Committee.
Voted, Yes $500.
ARTICLE 37
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $37.02 for payment to Robert S. Boles for labor and supplies rendered in
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1930 in placing and maintaining channel markings and buoys on the River Channel at Humarock, and the sum of $62.98 to provide for same maintenance in 1931, or act thereon? Select- men.
Voted, Yes $100.
ARTICLE 38
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 in conjunction with a like appropriation by the Town of Marsh- field, and a contribution of $20,000 by the Department of Pub- lic Works, for the purpose of dredging portions of the North and South Rivers under the direction of said Department of Public Works, and any action by the Town hereunder shall only be valid in event that the Town of Marshfield shall ap- propriate $10,000 for such dredging at its Annual Town Meet- ing, and that said Department of Public Works shall contri- bute an amount equal to 50% of such sum as shall be expended - for this purpose, or act thereon? Selectmen.
Voted, No.
ARTICLE 39
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500 for the purpose of installing and maintaining a Comfort Station in the building on the Town Pier, said Comfort Station to be under the supervision of the Board of Health, or act thereon? Board of Health.
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Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 40
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,800 to extend the Fire Alarm System to the West part of the Town? Fire Department.
Voted, Yes $2,800.
ARTICLE 41
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of
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$458 (Firemen's Compensation) in accordance with the pro- visions of the Acts of the General Court on May 14, 1926, or act thereon: Selectmen.
Voted, Yes $458.
ARTICLE 42
To see what amount the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, and choose a Town Director as provided in Sections 41-45, Revised Chapter 128 of the Gen- eral Laws, or act thereon.
.Voted, $250.
Director, Ferdinand Feola.
ARTICLE 43
Will the Town raise and appropriate a sum of money to defray the expense of investigation and defense on account of the demands of the Scituate Water Company for increase in rates as have been or may be incurred by the Committee ap- pointed at the last Special Town Meeting and by the Selectmen for said investigation and defense, or act thereon? Selectmen.
Voted, To raise $2,000 and continue Committee.
ARTICLE 44
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for the observance of Armistice Day, November 11, 1931, or act thereon? The American Legion.
Voted, Yes $400.
ARTICLE 45
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $150 to be used for legitimate expenses of the Scituate Public Safety Committee? Public Safety Committee.
Voted, Yes $150.
ARTICLE 46
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of
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money and appoint a Committee for the annual clean-up for 1931, or act thereon. Clean-Up Committee.
Voted, Yes $375.
Voted, That the same Committee serve as last year: Mrs. Arthur N. Sampson, Mrs. Willis B. Parsons, Mrs. Russell J. Wilder, Rev. Allan D. Creelman, Mr. Frederic T. Bailey, Stan- ley H. Blanchard and John F. McCormack.
ARTICLE 47
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $85 for the care of the Old Cemetery on Cudworth Road, or act thereon. Selectmen.
Voted, Yes $85.
ARTICLE 48
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $118.85 to purchase the Band Stand now located on the athletic field at the High School, or act thereon? American Legion.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 49
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $50 to pay Donald A. Whittaker for salary as Constable for 1930, or act thereon? Selectmen.
Voted, No.
ARTICLE 50
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $40 to pay for stones taken from the farm of Mrs.| Julietta F. Hunt for Edward Foster Road? A. Wallace Hunt, et al.
Voted, Yes $40.
ARTICLE 51
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $475 for airport construction on the spillway of the Boston Sand & Gravel Company and accept the use of said premises without
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considerations for a period not to exceed five years, or act there- on. Airport Committee.
Voted, Yes $475.
ARTICLE 52
To see if the Town will appoint a Committee consisting of the Chairman of Selectmen, Town Counsel, J. F. Dwight, Wal- ter Vinal, and D. J. Dyer to report at the next special or regular Town Meeting on the advisability of a town building for the use of the resident fishermen of Scituate and to bring in plans, specifications, and estimates for building, suggest location for same, and other proper data and to prepare article for insertion in the warrant for the erection of said building. John L. Rothery, et al.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 53
Will the Town vote to take over the Scituate Water Company for the purpose of supplying water to its inhabitants, and to procure its whole water rights, estates, boundaries and privi- leges, and thereby become entitled to all its rights and privileges according to Chapter 40, Section 38, of General Laws of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, or under the provisions of the present Charter, or act thereon ? John F. McCormack, et al.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 54
Will the Town direct the Moderator to appoint a committee of five (5) citizens of Scituate, one of whom shall be the Town Counsel, to take over the Water Company in conjunction with Article 53, they to supervise, collect, deposit, and disburse, in the name of Town of Scituate, all revenue pertinent to the Water Company. Said Committee to be paid a stipulated sum to be de- termined, and continue in office until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or act thereon? John F. McCormack, et al.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
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ARTICLE 55
Will the Town raise and appropriate a sum of money to cover such expenses as may be incurred by the Committee ap- pointed to take over the Water Company in the Town of Scituate, or act thereon? John F. McCormack, et al.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 56
Will the Town instruct its Selectmen as to its choice in the time of holding its future Town Meetings, whether in the day time or evening ? Selectmen.
Voted, To hold meetings in day time.
ARTICLE 57
Will the Town vote to dedicate the new bridge on Edward Foster Road as a memorial to the Scituate World War Veterans, and appoint a Committee to design or have designed an appro- priate bronze tablet that the Bridge Committee may have molded and inset in said bridge, or act thereon? Selectmen.
Voted, To dedicate said bridge and that the Moderator ap- point as a Committee, Mrs. Foye M. Murphy, George H. Otis, and Dr. Robert T. Stearns.
ARTICLE 58
Will the Town vote to accept General Laws, Chapter 82, Sec- tion 37, as amended by the Acts of 1925, Chapter 130, which pro- vides that building lines may be established in the same way that streets are laid out and subject to such claims for damages as may result therefrom, or act in any manner thereon? Planning Board, et al.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 59
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the Overlay Surplus or other available fund, the sum of $6,000 to the Reserve Fund, or act thereon. Selectmen.
Voted, Yes.
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ARTICLE 60
Will the Town vote to establish salaries and compensation of all elected Town officers, or act thereon? Selectmen.
Voted, Selectmen $750.00 for each member and legitimate expenses, and $1,750.00 additional for Chairman providing he gives full time to the work.
Board of Public Welfare, $125.00 for each member and legitimate expenses.
Assessors-$500.00 for each member and legitimate ex- penses, $1,500.00 additional for Chairman, and $1,000.00 addi- tional for clerical assistance.
Highway Surveyor-$2,800.00; he to furnish his own con- veyance while in the performance of his duties and receive $300.00 to cover expense of same.
Town Clerk-$1,200.00 and legitimate expenses.
Tax Collector-$2,000.00 and legitimate expenses.
Treasurer-$1,700.00 and legitimate expenses.
Tree Warden-$500.00.
Board of Health:
Voted, That the sum of $1,000.00 be paid to the Board of Health for the full salary for all members of the Board, and this sum shall include their charges for all services performed by them or either of them, other than inspection of plumbing, in- spection of meat, and inspection of cattle; from appropriation for Board of Health.
Park Commission :
Voted, That each member be paid 65 cents per hour for work actually performed; this in accordance with vote of the special meeting of June 11, 1930.
Moderator-$10.00 for each meeting.
ARTICLE 61
Will the Town hear the report of the Zoning Committee of fifty and consider the provisions of the Zoning by-law submitted herewith and after determining which if any of the following described areas shall be approved as Zone A of said by-laws, vote that the by-laws be adopted, or act thereon.
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ZONING BY-LAW PRESENTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF FIFTY
Section 1. The town of Scituate is hereby divided into zones known as Zones A and Zones B, each of which shall be subject to the regulations hereinafter set forth as to construction and use of buildings, structures and premises therein located.
Sect. 2. In an "A" zone no building, structure or premises shall be erected, altered or used for any purpose except one or more of the following :
(1) A single family or a two-family detached dwelling.
(2) A club house, except one whose chief use is for a ser- vice customarily carried on as a business.
(3) A church or school.
(4) A farm, garden, nursery or green house.
(5) Any accessory purpose customarily incidental to the foregoing purposes, including a private garage for not more than three automobiles.
(6) · A private garage for more than three automobiles to be used in connection with and as an incident to one of the foregoing purposes, provided as to each gar- age that after a public hearing by the board of select- men fourteen days' notice of which shall be published in a local paper and mailed to the last known address of each owner of property within five hundred feet of the proposed garage location, the Selectmen shall rule that such garage will not be detrimental or injurious to the neighborhood.
(7) A purpose forbidden in an "A" zone, provided the same shall be incidental to use as a residence.
Any building, structure or premises in an "a" zone which at the time of the adoption of this by-law is being used for a purpose not permitted hereunder, may be continued to the same extent in such use or in a use not substantially different there- from. Any building or structure in an "a" zone which at the time of the adoption of this by-law does not conform to the kinds of buildings or structures permitted hereunder may be main-
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tained and may be structurally altered or enlarged to the extent of the entire contiguous premises owned on the date of the pas- sage of this by-law by the then owner of said building or struc- ture. Should any non-conforming building occupied by a non- conforming use be partially or wholly destroyed by a fire or other casualty it may be repaired or replaced by a building or structure substantially the same in character and used for the purpose for which it was formerly used or for a use not substan- tially different therefrom, provided such repair or replacement is commenced within one year from the date of such destruction and the work thereon prosecuted with reasonable dispatch.
Sect. 3. In a "B" zone there shall be no restriction as to the construction or use of the buildings, structures and premises therein located.
Sect. 4. Where a boundary line of an "A" zone divides a single lot at the time of the adoption of this by-law, if said lot does not extend more than twenty-five feet within said boundary line of an "A" zone it shall not apply to said lot, except that if said entire lot has no frontage on a street in a "B" Zone said entire lot shall be subject to the restrictions of an "A" zone.
Sect. 5. The following sections of portions of the town of Scituate are hereby respectively designated as "Zone A."
Description of portions of the Town of Scituate in which only approval as Residential, "Zone A" areas was expressed
at the Regional meetings held by the Committee,
there being no one opposed.
1. That portion of the town of Scituate known as North Scituate Beach and Farm Neck, described as follows:
Beginning at the ocean at the southerly boundary of land of Frank H. Torrey on Surfside Road, thence westerly in a straight line across Musquashcut pond to the Musquashcut brook, thence following the northerly side of the brook in a general westerly direction across Gannet Road and continu- ing along the northerly bank to the Gulph and as far as the boundary line between Scituate and Cohasset. Thence north- easterly with said boundary line to Bailey's Creek and follow-
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ing the shore of said Creek northerly and westerly to Cohasset Harbor. Thence along the ocean line to and around the Glades, and in a general southeasterly direction with the ocean line to the first mentioned point.
2. That portion of the town of Scituate lying southerly of the first mentioned portion, and known as Egypt, Mann Hill and Scituate Center, bounded as follows :
Beginning in the most northerly part of said area at the ocean line at its junction with the southerly line of land of Frank H. Torrey, thence westerly across Musquashcut Pond to Musquishcut Brook, and continuing with the southerly side of said brook to a point 300 feet westerly of the center line of Hatherly Road, thence turning and running southerly in a straight line to the center of the crossing of Curtis Street and the tracks of the N. Y. N. H. & H R. R. Thence turning westerly and following said railroad to a point 300 feet westerly of the center line of Hollet Street. Thence in a line parallel to and 300 feet distant from said Hollet Street to its junction with Country Way. Thence in a straight line southerly to a point 300 feet southerly of the center line of First Parish Road. This last line passes 100 feet easterly of the house of Kap- lan. Thence turning and running easterly in a straight line to the property of the said Railroad at a point 1500 feet southerly of the center of the railroad crossing at First Par- ish Road. Thence following the said Railroad location north- erly to the center of the crossing at Beaver Dam Road. Thence westerly with the center of the Beaver Dam Road to a point 200 feet easterly of the insection of the center lines of First
Parish Road and Branch Street. Thence northerly in a straight line to a point 200 feet southeasterly of the inter- section of Tilden Road and Egypt Beach Road. Thence in a generally northerly direction parallel to and 200 feet easterly of the center of said Egypt Beach Road to the Ocean. Thence northwesterly with the ocean to point of beginning.
3. That portion of the town of Scituate known as Shore Acres, Hatherly Beach and Sandhills, bounded as follows :
Beginning at the ocean at a point 200 feet easterly of
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Egypt Beach Road and following in a general southerly direc- tion in a line parallel to and 200 feet easterly of said Egypt Beach Road to a point in Tilden Road 200 feet southeasterly of the junction with said Tilden Road, thence running southerly in the easterly line of parcel No. 2 about 220 feet, and south- easterly in a line parallel with and 200 feet southwesterly of the center line of said Tilden Road to a point 200 feet south of its intersection with Turner Avenue. Thence running easterly and northeasterly in a line parallel with said Turner Avenue and 200 feet distant therefrom to a point 200 feet southwest- erly from the center line of said Hatherly Road. Thence run- ning southeasterly in a line parallel with Hatherly Road and 200 feet southwesterly therefrom to the Harbor. Thence fol- lowing the shore of the harbor northerly and easterly to the ocean, thence following the ocean line in a general northwest- erly direction to point of beginning.
That unplotted portion of the "Proving Grounds" lying on the northeasterly side of Hatherly Road between Sixth and Ninth Avenues, and that unplotted portion of said grounds lying on the southwesterly side of Hatherly Road between Second Avenue on the north and a line from Eleventh Avenue to the junction of Turner Avenue and Tilden Road on the South, lying within the above described portion, are not in- cluded in the residential district, but shall remain an unre- stricted area classed as Zone B.
4. That portion of the town of Scituate known as First Cliff, Second Cliff and Third Cliff, described as follows :
Beginning at the most northerly point of First Cliff, thence following the southerly shore line of the Harbor to a point easterly of the town Pier, thence in a general southerly direc- tion with the thread of the stream to the center of Edward Foster Bridge, thence following the westerly branch of the stream to its nearest approach to Kent St., thence in a straight line westerly to a point 200 feet easterly of the center line of said Kent Street, thence in a line generally southerly and paral- lel to said Kent Street and 200 feet easterly therefrom to its intersection with Driftway. Thence runinng S 20° W. eighteen
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hundred feet, thence running in a general southeasterly direc- tion, passing 200 feet southerly of the extreme southerly line of Collier Road, to the ocean. Thence along the shore north- erly to the mouth of the harbor and point of beginning.
Nothing contained in items three and four shall be con- strued as affecting the Mossing industry.
All the above parcels or portions of land are shown on a plan filed herewith entitled "January 28, 1931, Zoning Map of the Town of Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, In- corporated 1636." Zoning Committee of Fifty.
Sect. 6. All the remaining portions of the town of Scitu- ate are hereby respectively designated as "Zone B."
Sect. 7. Whoever violates any provision of this by-law shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty ($20.) dollars to be paid into the treasury of the town of Scituate.
Sect. 8. The invalidity of any section or provision of this by-law shall not invalidate any other section or provision hereof.
Sect. 9. This by-law may be repealed or modified at a town meeting after notice as provided by law and an oppor- tunity to objectors to be heard, by a two-thirds vote of said town meeting.
Sect. 10. So much of this by-law as is approved by the Attorney-General shall go into effect upon its publication as required by law.
Report of the Committee of fifty read by Mr. Frederic T. Bailey.
Voted, To take up the four zone areas separately. Residential;
Number 1. That portion of the Town of Scituate known as North Scituate Beach and Farm Neck.
Voted No. Yes 110, No 207.
Number 2. That portion of the Town of Scituate lying southerly of the first mentioned portion and known as Egypt, Mann Hill and Scituate Center.
Voted, No. Yes 106, No 209.
Number 3. That portion of the Town of Scituate known as Shore Acres, Hatherly Beach and Sand Hills.
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Voted, No.
Number 4. That portion of the Town of Scituate known as First Cliff, Second Cliff and Third Cliff.
Voted, No.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone Article 61, any and all parts, and that the Committee of Fifty be discharged with a vote of thanks.
ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will adopt the following zoning by-law or act in any manner thereon.
ZONING BY-LAW
Section 1. The Town of Scituate is hereby divided into zones each of which shall be subject to the regulations here- inafter set forth as to the construction and use of buildings, structures and premises therein located.
Sect. 2. A. The following portions of the Town of Scitu- ate are hereby respectively designated as zone "A."
(1) That portion of the Town of Scituate lying northerly and northeasterly of a red line as shown on a plan entitled Zoning Map, North Scituate Beach Section of the Town of Scituate dated January 29, 1931 and filed with the Town Clerk, and which plan is made a part hereof.
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