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The record collection has been well used, and a program of replacing worn discs is now under way. A gift of $100 worth of records from the 9.29- er's Banjo Club helped to increase our collection.
Circulation of pictures to school teachers is not as large as it used to be, but the use of our collection is spreading to other groups in the com- munity. Among the more unusual requests during the year were for pic- tures of - The Four Freedoms, the Dove of Peace, and Rain Forests, while subjects most frequently asked for were Ancient and Modern Rome, Italy, Egypt and Greece. New subjects added to the collection include Artificial Satellites and Rockets, Seasonal Pictures, and Antiques. There is an in- creasing demand for religious pictures.
One service to the community which is time consuming, and too often unproductive is the reminder card sent to a borrower whose books are not returned on time. When the first reminder is ignored and others have to be sent public money is being used unproductively, and books which should be available for other people are lying unused in someone's home. The fact that we have collected more than $3000 in fines on overdue books is some indication of the number of notices sent.
Service through Branch Libraries
For those people who live in Greenwood and Montrose, library service at all levels is provided through two branch libraries.
At the Montrose branch between 40 and 50 pre-school children attend the Wednesday morning story hour. Grade school children use the branch extensively for study as well as recreational reading, and although most High School students use the main library, some find it more convenient to use the branch. Seventh and eighth grade students are expected to use the new Junior High School library as a general rule.
New reference books have been added and the collection of science books for young people increased to meet demand. It is difficult to keep up with the demand for new books from adult readers, but the stock is sup- plemented by borrowing from the main library.
Montrose is a growing community, and many new families have regis- tered as borrowers at their library.
The Greenwood branch, situated in the basement of the Greenwood school, has been operating under difficulties since September when the school authorities needed more room for first grade students. The branch library was reduced to half its normal size, hours were restricted and books and furniture rearranged to make the best use of existing conditions.
In the spring, teachers brought classes to the branch for instruction in the use of the library and help in book selection; now Miss Bolster, branch librarian, visits the classrooms to talk to the children.
A successful summer reading program was held, with reading club members reporting on the books they had read.
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It is obvious that alternative accommodation must be found quickly if Greenwood is to continue to have adequate library service.
Community Service to the Library
While the library exists to serve the community, it has been helped in many ways by members of the community.
Our show cases in the main and branch libraries are supplied with interesting exhibits by both children and adults, and gifts of books and records have enriched our collection.
During National Library Week we relied on the community for com- mittee members, speakers and hostesses.
The Trustees and staff of the library are grateful for the interest shown and help given to the library by the residents of Wakefield, and hope that together they may create better library service to the town.
D. MARJORIE TAYLOR
Librarian
FINANCIAL STATISTICS 1961
Library Funds held by the Wakefield Trust Company
Original Fund Book Value
Income
Junius Beebe Trust Fund
$ 23,030.00
$ 35,818.38
$ 1,912.84
Decius Beebe Trust Fund
14,000.00
15,779.10
1,251.78
Marcus Beebe Trust Fund
15,000.00
18,476.99
1,436.42
Frederic Beebe Trust Fund
5,000.00
6,463.67
418.27
Eleanor H. Beebe Trust Fund
5,000.00
5,830.32
288.18
Katherine E. Beebe Trust Fund
5,000.00
5,791.91
189.70
Charles S. Beebe Trust Fund
1,000.00
1,183.41
29.70
John H. Beebe Trust Fund J. Oliver Beebe Trust Fund
5,000.00
5,533.53
164.22
George O. Carpenter Trust Fund
1,000.00
1,137.85
46.93
Sylenda B. Stearns Trust Fund
2,000.00
2,228.81
72.95
Alice Beebe Carpenter Trust Fund
5,000.00
5,661.87
256.22
$ 83,530,00
$106,748.94 $ 6,178.52
Library Funds held by the Trustees
Harris Mason Dolbeare Memorial Fund
$ 1,154.53
Edwin McDuffie Fund
1,000.00
James H. Keough Fund
3,254.23
Wakefield Savings Bank Income Fund
212.58
Helen Frances Carleton Memorial Fund
439.45
Eva Gowing Ripley Memorial Fund
320.65
Robert V. Chipman Memorial Fund
612.78
Ethel K. Dutton Fund
2,087.19
John J. Round Fund
2,000.00
$ 11,081.41
2,500.00
2,843.10
111.31
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Library Funds held by the Town Treasurer
Principal
Income
John Gould Aborn Fund
$ 1,689.00
$ 63.92
Cyrus G. Beebe Fund
2,000.00
65.60
Frederic Beebe Fund
1,000.00
38.66
Hiram Eaton Fund
1,000.00
37.84
Robert Parker Dolbeare Fund
500.00
18.92
Willard Donnell Fund
500.00
18.92
Milledge Elliott Fund
1,000.00
37.84
Rev. Thomas A. Emerson Fund
500.00
19.64
Flint Memorial Fund
1,000.00
38.66
Merrill W. Gove Fund
500.00
19.64
Melvin J. Hill Fund
500.00
18.92
Francis P. Hurd Fund
2,500.00
81.87
Franklin Poole Fund
500.00
19.33
Mary H. Pratt Fund
200.00
7.56
Ashton H. Thayer Fund
500.00
18.92
Cyrus Wakefield Fund
500.00
19.33
Annie L. Cox Fund
2,000.00
75.69
$601.26
*Frank P. Wakefield Fund
1,000.00
39.34
13.36
$ 17,389.00
$ 640.64 $614.62
*To be spent for scientific works.
LIBRARY EXPENSES 1961
Books and Periodicals
$ 15,046.73
Supplies
2,333.07
Records
619.53
Contractual Services
9,398.41
Out of State Travel
150.00
Sundry Charges
74.00
Capital Outlay
640.00
Salaries - Library Service
54,504.08
Salaries - Custodial
7,242.76
$ 90,008.58
SUMMARY
Town Appropriation
$ 83,097.14
Dog Tax
2,170.00
Income from Library Trust Funds
6,178.52
Income from Town Funds
614.62
$ 92,060.28
Expenditures
90,008.58
Unexpended Balance
$ 2,051.70
Money returned to the town in 1961 from fines, lost books and non-resident fees $ 3,217.81
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CIRCULATION STATISTICS 1961
Fiction Non Fiction
Total
Main
Adult
39,287
40,399
79,686
Youth
14,455
13,398
27,853
Juvenile
33,639
15,970
49,609
Total
87,381
69,767
157,148
Greenwood
Adult
4,815
3,370
8,185
Youth
3,191
2,216
5,407
Juvenile
11,110
5,762
16,872
Total
19,116
11,348
30,464
Montrose
Adult
6,019
4,314
10,333
Youth
3,233
2,255
5,488
Juvenile
11,477
4,225
15,702
Total
20,729
10,794
31,523
Books Borrowed - 219,135
Books loaned to other Libraries - 100
Pictures Borrowed - 4,472
Records Borrowed - 3,777
Books borrowed from other Libraries - 60 Books loaned to Schools - 12,800
Recorded Reference Questions - 13,875
Total Circulation for Year 1961 (exclusive of schools) - 227,384
REGISTRATION STATISTICS
Main Library
9,777
Greenwood Branch
1,382
Montrose Branch
980
Non Residents
34
Total
12,173
LIBRARY RESOURCES
Volumes belonging to Library January 1, 1961
86,702
Volumes added 1961
4,327
Volumes withdrawn 1961
4,239
Volumes belonging to Library December 31, 1961
86,790
Periodicals purchased
246
Periodicals received as gifts
95
341
Recordings
(Long Play)
501
(78's)
113
614
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT Town Meetings Births Marriages Deaths Election Results Jurors
TREASURER'S REPORT
CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT
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Report of Municipal Light Board -
January 2, 1962
To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield:
We submit for your consideration the sixty-eighth annual report of the Municipal Light Board for the year ending December 31, 1961.
The net profit of the Department was $216,148.23 as compared to $213,- 142.03 in 1960. The sale of gas increased 5.6% and electricity 6.1%.
The balance in the Operating Fund was $168,983.36 as compared with $210,810.69 in 1960.
The sum of $80,000.00 was paid to the Town to be used in computing the tax rate for 1961. The total amount paid to the Town is $1,118,229.57.
The Manager's report including financial statements for the year are included in this report.
Respectfully submitted,
JEAN C. HARTSHORNE, Chairman JAMES B. WISWALL, Secretary JOHN MORLEY
To the Board of Light Commissioners:
Gentlemen:
The following condensed Profit and Loss Statement shows the financial operations of the Department for the year ending December 31, 1961 and the changes from the previous year:
Sale of Gas and Electricity
$1,783,322.11
Increase
$100,742.43
Cost of Gas and Electricity
1,002,444.59
Increase
57,748.20
Gross Revenue
780,877.52
Increase
42,994.23
Operating Expense
564,565.76
Increase
38,732.22
Operating Revenue
216,311.76
Increase
4,262.01
Other Revenue
4,194.99
Decrease
66.97
Total Gross Revenue
220,506.75
Increase
4,195.04
Other Expense
4,358.52
Increase
1,188.85
Net Income
216,148.23
Increase
3,006.19
Paid to Town in lieu of Taxes
80,000.00
Increase
5,000.00
Net
$ 136,148.23
Decrease $ 1,993.81
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ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT
Our new Matthew J. Burns substation was placed in service and one underground circuit was installed from this station to supply power to part of the West Side.
New manholes were constructed in Wakefield Square and Tuttle Street and transformers were installed to provide additional capacity in these areas.
Forty-six transformers, totalling 3921 KVA, were added to our lines. A total of 87 new street lights were installed during the year.
Our electric load increased 61/2% over 1960.
GAS DEPARTMENT
The gas main and services were replaced in the section of Albion Street that was reconstructed.
We continued our practice of clamping cast iron gas mains in several sections of Town.
The usual Summer and Winter surveys were made for gas leakage prevention.
We thank the members of the Municipal Light Board for their guid- ance and counsel and the employees for their loyalty and cooperation.
Financial Statement Follows
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1961
ASSETS
PLANT INVESTMENT:
Gas Department (Schedule A)
$ 293,631.87
Electric Department (Schedule B)
1,167,094.01
General Equipment (Schedule C)
43,660.92
Combination Gas & Electric Building
87,217.95
Office Building
8,920.50
Total
$ 1,600,525.25
CURRENT ASSETS:
Operation Fund
$ 168,983.36
Depreciation Fund
131,395.08
Imprest Fund
200.00
Change Fund
300.00
Special Deposits
46,893.67
Accounts Receivable
200,969.02
Materials and Supplies
70,982.82
Paid to Town
$
80,000.00
Bonds Paid
5,000.00
Property Abandoned
6,783.94
Total
$ 91,783.94
Surplus, December 31, 1961
$ 1,564,241.12
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Total COST OF GAS CONVERSION PREPAID INSURANCES
$
619,723.95
$ 92,421.22
$ 3,111.77
Total Assets
$ 2,315,782.19
LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Consumers' Deposits
$ 46,893.67
Interest on Consumers' Deposits
1,730.56 180.00
Interest on Bonds
Total
$ 48,804.23
BONDS PAYABLE
$ 45,000.00
COST OF GAS CONVERSION AMORTIZED
$ 87,803.98
APPROPRIATED SURPLUS: Loans Repayment $ 518,300.00
Appropriation for Construction Repayment 51,632.86
Total SURPLUS (Schedule D)
$ 569,932.86
$ 1,564,241.12
Total Liabilities and Surplus
$ 2,315,782.19
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENSES Year Ending, December 31, 1961
GAS DEPARTMENT
INCOME FROM THE SALE OF GAS:
Residence
$ 201,761.45
Commercial
60,796.17
Heating
125,091.45
Municipal
1,688.43
Minimum
478.26
Total
$ 389,815.76
DEDUCT - OPERATING EXPENSES:
Gas Purchased
$ 182,356.65
Distribution
84,877.86
Commercial
18,695.16
New Business
405.93
General
27,003.16
Depreciation
24,040.34
Total
$ 337,379.10
$ 52,436.66
OPERATING INCOME ADD - OTHER INCOME
Jobbing
$ 58.89
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Income from Rents Interest on Bank Balance
795.00 445.32
Total
$ 1,299.21
GROSS INCOME
$ 53,735.87
DEDUCT - OTHER EXPENSES:
Interest on Bonds
$ 222.00
Interest on Consumer's Deposits
462.02
Bad Debts
823.98
Total
$ 1,508.00
NET INCOME TO SURPLUS (Schedule D) $ 52,227.87
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENSES Year Ending - December 31, 1961
ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT
INCOME FROM THE SALE OF ELECTRICITY:
Residence
$ 577,086.62
Commercial
219,828.39
Power
511,963.99
Municipal Lighting
8,572.36
Municipal Power
33,687.55
Street Lighting
42,000.00
Minimum
367.44
Total
$ 1,393,506.35
DEDUCT - OPERATING EXPENSES:
Electricity Purchased
$ 820,087.94
Distribution
184,474.27
Commercial
43,644.26
New Business
2,076.54
General
48,638.80
Depreciation
130,709.44
Total
$ 1,229,631.25
OPERATING REVENUE
$ 163,875.10
ADD - OTHER INCOME:
Jobbing
$ 1.70
Income from Rents
1,855.00
Interest on Bank Balance
1,039.08
Total
$ 2,895.78
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GROSS INCOME
$ 166,770.88
DEDUCT - OTHER EXPENSES:
Interest on Bonds
$ 517.98
Interest on Consumers Deposits
1,263.57
Bad Debts
1,068.97
Total
$ 2,850.52
NET INCOME TO SURPLUS (Schedule D)
$ 163,920.36
PLANT INVESTMENT
GAS DEPARTMENT - SCHEDULE A
Land
$ 6,604.47
Boiler Plant Equipment
969.11
Miscellaneous Power Plant Equipment
12.75
Street Mains
169,748.52
Services
73,718.54
Consumers' Meters
29,777.62
Consumers' Meter Installations
12,800.86
Total
$ 293,631.87
ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT - SCHEDULE B
Land
$ 6,121.82
Structures
13,011.94
Substation Equipment
366,389.44
Poles, Fixtures and Overhead Conductors
245,858.53
Underground Conduits
41,142.47
Underground Conductors
118,620.44
Consumers' Meters
63,327.07
Consumers' Meter Installations
1,386.83
Line Transformers
172,165.87
Transformer Installation
66,891.44
Street Lighting Equipment
72,178.16
Total
$ 1,167,094.01
GENERAL EQUIPMENT - SCHEDULE C
Office Equipment
$ 1,222.70
Store Equipment
2,722.82
Transportation Equipment
21,553.96
Tools, Shop, and Garage Equipment
3,188.92
Laboratory Equipment
632.84
Miscellaneous Equipment
14,339.68
Total
$ 43,660.92
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SURPLUS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1961
Balance, January 1, 1961
$ 1,435,150.48
Profit from Electric Operation 163,920.36
Profit from Gas Operation
52,227.87
Income from the Sale of Junk Wire, Cable, etc.
4,726.35
Total
$ 1,656,025.06
DEBITS
COST OF GAS
Total Cost at Plant
$ 182,356.65
Cost per M Cubic Feet
$ 1.025
Average Cost delivered per M Cubic Feet
$ 1.932
Average Selling Price per M Cubic Feet
$ 2.232
Total Gas Purchased - Cubic Feet
177,808,400
Total Gas Sold - Cubic Feet
174,212,300
COST OF ELECTRICITY
Total Cost at Switchboard
$ 820,087.94
Cost per Kilowatt hour
$ .01428
Average Cost delivered per K.W. Hr.
$ .02332
Average Selling Price per K.W. Hr.
$ .02651
Total Electricity Purchased - K.W. Hr.
57,392,539
Total Electricity Sold - K.W. Hr.
52,523,364
Respectfully submitted,
MICHAEL F. COLLINS Manager.
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Report of Town Clerk
Special Town Meeting, January 30, 1961
Meeting called to order at 7:40 P.M. by Moderator Roger H. Wingate, who read the call for the meeting.
On motion by William K. Lawrence:
Voted: That further reading of the warrant, with the exception of the Constable's return, be dispensed with.
Constable's return read by the Town Clerk.
The unanimous consent of the meeting was granted to television station W.B.Z., whose cameramen were present to get pictures of the action in a New England town meeting for showing on a film entitled "Suburbia" to be shown on February 24 at 8 P.M.
Rev. Forrest Musser offered the opening prayer.
ARTICLE 1
To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-laws by inserting before SECTION 4. BUSINESS DISTRICTS a new section numbered 4A. entitled LIMITED BUSINESS DISTRICTS reading as follows:
Uses in Limited Business Districts
In any Limited Business District (a) No building or premises shall be erected, altered or used for any other purpose than
1. Churches, parish houses, convents and similar religious buildings.
2. Schools.
3. Professional and business offices and financial institutions.
4. Hotels providing lodging for persons, with or without meals, intend- ed for the accommodation of transients and so designed that normal access and egress are controlled from a central point.
5. Restaurants if located in and part of a hotel or office building.
6. Accessory uses customarily incidental to a permitted use on the same premises. In hotels, accessory uses shall include but not be limited to news- stands, cigar stores, drug stores, barber shops and gift shops which may be conducted for the convenience of the occupants of the hotel, provided there is no entrance to such place of business except from the inside of the building.
7. Signs pertaining only to a business or other occupancy of the same premises.
Set-Back
(b) No part of any building shall be built within 50 feet from the line of the principal street adjacent and accessible to the lot, nor within 20 feet from the line of any additional street adjacent to the same lot. Yards
(c) No building shall be built within a distance of less than 20 feet from any side or rear lot line. No building shall be built within 50 feet from the shore line of any lake.
Height
(d) No building shall exceed 50 feet in height.
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Area and Frontage of Lot
(e) No building shall be erected or placed on a lot containing less than 40,000 square feet or having a frontage of less than 150 feet on a street but this provision shall not prevent the construction or placing of a permitted building on any lot in a Limited Business District containing a smaller area or having a less frontage, provided such lot on the effective date hereof does not adjoin any other land of the same owner available for use in connection with said lot.
Front Yards
(f) A continuous landscaped strip not less than 10 feet wide shall be maintained between the street line and the balance of the lot, which strip shall be traversed by not more than two driveways, each not more than 30 feet wide, except that there may be one additional driveway for each additional 200 feet of frontage in excess of 150 feet.
Off Street Parking Space
(g) Off street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 5B, but not less than the following:
For offices and financial institutions, one space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area of the building.
For hotels, one space for every sleeping room; and, in addition, one space for each 30 square feet of floor area used for dining-room purposes.
All parking spaces shall be located on the same lot as the building which they serve and shall be located not less than 10 feet from any street line, or side or rear lot line and not less than 50 feet from the shore line of any lake.
Any parking area open to the public later than one hour after sunset or earlier than one hour before sunrise shall be sufficiently lighted so as to provide a minimum of 2/10 (0.2) lumens per square foot throughout the area of the lot. All lights shall be covered with a standard globe and shall be shaded in such a manner that no disturbing glare is visible to adjacent property owners or to motorists using the public streets.
Chairman Kenneth W. Thomson read the report of the Planning Board, stating that, after advertising in the Wakefield Daily Item, a hearing was duly held according to law, and it was unanimously voted to recommend favorable action on Article one, and that the hearing and report includes the recommendation under Article 2 and Article 3 - that of favorable action.
After considerable discussion, on motion by Mr. Thomson, it was
Voted: That the Town Zoning By-laws be amended by inserting be- fore Section 4, Business Districts, a new section numbered 4A, entitled "Limited Business Districts", as set forth in Article 1.
The vote in the affirmative was: YES, 494 - NO, 56.
ARTICLE 2
To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-laws by changing the present number of SECTION 4. BUSINESS DISTRICTS to SECTION 4B. BUSINESS DISTRICTS.
-Planning Board.
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On motion by Planning Board:
Voted: To amend the Town Zoning By-laws by changing the number of Section 4, Business Districts, to 4B.
The vote in the affirmative was unanimous.
ARTICLE 3
To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-laws and Zoning Map by changing from a Single Residence District to a Limited Business District a tract of land containing about seventeen (17) acres located on the Easterly side of North Avenue Southerly of and adjacent to the present Business District along the Southeasterly side of Route 128 bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the Easterly side line of North Avenue at the present Business District Southerly of Route 128, thence Southerly along the Easterly side line of North Avenue one thousand twenty-five (1025) feet, thence turning at a right angle and extending Easterly six hundred ten (610) feet to a point, thence Northerly by a line parallel to North Ave- nue about one thousand three hundred (1300) feet to a point in the present Business District, thence Southwesterly by the present Business District about six hundred seventy (670) feet to the point of beginning.
-William J. Lee and Others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To amend the Town Zoning By-laws by changing the area described in Article 3 from Single Residence to a Limited Business District. The vote in the affirmative was: YES, 464 - NO, 79.
ARTICLE 4
To see if the Town will amend Section 3, General Residence Districts, of its zoning By-laws by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph as follows: Additions (g) The area of each floor of an existing building shall not be increased for dwelling purposes by an addition thereto of more than twenty-five per cent (25%), provided, however, that the other require- ments of these By-laws are complied with. The Board of Appeals may, after a public hearing, authorize an increase in the area of each floor up to fifty per cent (50%), if it determines that such increase is not detri- mental or objectionable to the neighborhood.
-Planning Board.
Mr. Thomson read the report of the Planning Board stating that, after a public hearing duly held and advertised according to law, the Planning Board recommended favorable action.
After an amendment by Bernard Johnson, that the words multiple family be stricken out was voted in the negative, and after some discus- sion, and a motion by Sabatino Benedetto to invoke the "previous ques- tion" was voted favorably, the original motion by Mr. Thomson, as follows, was:
Voted: To amend Section 3, General Residence Districts, of the Zoning By-laws by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph as follows:
Additions (g) The area of each floor of an existing building shall not be increased for multiple family dwelling purposes by an addition thereto of more than thirty-five per cent (35%), provided, however, that the other
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requirements of these By-laws are complied with. The Board of Appeals may, after a public hearing, authorize an increase in the area of each floor in excess of thirty-five (35%), if it determines that such increase is not detrimental or objectionable to the neighborhood.
The vote in the affirmative was: YES, 268 - NO, 93.
ARTICLE 5
To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-laws and Zoning Map by changing from a General Residence District to a Single Residence District a tract of land in that part of Wakefield called Greenwood, bounded and described as follows: on the SOUTH by the Single Residence District on Spring Street; on the WEST by the Single Residence District westerly of the center line of the Boston and Maine Railroad right-of-way; on the NORTH by a line one hundred (100) feet northerly of and parallel to the northerly side line of Cooper Street; on the EAST by a line one hundred (100) feet westerly of and parallel to the westerly side line of Main Street; on the SOUTH by the Single Residence District on the northerly side of Humphrey Street; and on the EAST by the Single Residence District easterly of the center line of Renwick Road.
-J. Gilbert Parsons and Others.
Chairman Thomson read the report of the Planning Board, stating that, after a public hearing duly held and advertised according to law, a majority of the board voted in favor of favorable action.
On motion by Mr. Thomson:
Voted: That the Town amend its Zoning Map and Zoning By-laws by changing the area described in Article 5 from a General Residence to a Single Residence District.
The vote in the affirmative was unanimous.
ARTICLE 6
To see if the Town will amend its Zoning Bylaws and Zoning Map by changing from Business and General Residence districts to a Single Resi- dence District a tract of land two hundred and fifty (250) feet wide on the Easterly side of the Boston & Maine Railroad location, and adjacent to a Single Residence District, described as follows: Beginning one hun- dred (100) feet Northeasterly of Lowell Street and running Southwesterly across Lowell Street adjacent to and parallel with the Boston and Maine Railroad location to the Northerly side line of Salem Street.
Wendell V. Weyland and Others.
Mr. Thomson read the report of the Planning Board, stating that a hearing, duly advertised according to law, was held, and the Planning Board recommended favorable action.
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