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Chapter 90 - New Construction, County 6,900.00
Chapter 90 - New Construction, State
13,800.00
$43,775.00
Article 11
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00, as its contribution to the West and South Water Supply District of Acton toward the cost of ex- tending a six-inch water main from Hosmer Street to the Acton town dump on Massachusetts Avenue.
Article 12
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00, for the Stabili- zation Fund, pursuant to the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5-B.
Article 13
Voted: To pass over the Article.
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Article 16
Voted: To have the Selectmen appoint a committee of five to make a study of housing for the aged and to make a report to the next annual Town Meeting.
Adjourned at 10:47 P.M.
The Moderator called the meeting to order at 6:00 P.M. on Tuesday, March 12, 1963.
Article 62
Voted unanimously: To transfer the sum of $14,000.00 from the Julia McCarthy School Addition Account to be known as the 1962 Arlington Street Elementary School Building Account.
Article 14
Voted: That seven firefighters be appointed on a full time basis, and that the sum of $23,500:00 be raised and appropriated to pay their salaries for the balance of the year.
Article 15
Voted unanimously: To raise and appropriate the sum of $550.00 for the Personnel Board to have a study made of the Town By-Laws pertaining to the Fire Department, Job Classifications and Wage and Salary Determination and Administration.
Article 21
Motion: To appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $7,084.25 for the Conservation Fund.
8:58 P.M. Voted: To adjourn at call of the chair.
10:03 P.M. Reconvened after Special Town Meeting called at 9:00 P.M.
Article 21
Voted: To appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $7,084.25 for the Conservation Fund.
Voted: That no articles be started after 10:45 P.M. and that the meet- ing be adjourned until 8:00 P.M., Wednesday, March 13, 1963 at Blanchard Auditorium.
Article 17
Motion: (1) The Board of Selectmen be and is hereby authorized and directed to acquire by purchase or take by eminent domain under G. L. Chapter 79, as amended, four parcels of land totaling 25 acres more or less situated near Kelley's Corner on the Westerly side of Main Street adjacent to Route 2 and hereinafter more particularly described, for municipal
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purposes, to wit, a police station, appurtenant facilities and related purposes (approximately 2 acres), a new public library, appurtenant facilities and re- lated facilities (approximately 4 acres), public highway and access road (ap- proximately 2 acres), drainage area, (approximately 1 acre), highway depart- ment facilities, storage and related facilities (approximately 5 acres), and school purposes (recreational area, related facilities and drainage) (approxi- mately 11 acres) - all as generally and more specifically shown on a plan prepared by Town of Acton Engineering Department, dated February 28, 1963, entitled "Proposed Land Use for 25 Acres of Land" filed with the mod- erator, a copy of which shall be filed with the records following the minutes of this meeting.
(2) The land, the acquisition of which was hereinbefore authorized, is more particularly described as follows:
Parcel #1 - "Todd Land" containing 7 acres more or less: All of the land presently owned by Ethel L. Todd with the exception of the lot on which her house, garage and summer cottage presently stands and bounded as hereinafter described: In the South by Main Street (Route 27) and above mentioned house lot; in the West by School land owned by the Town of Acton; in the North by land now or formerly of the heirs of Mary T. Coughlin; in the East by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Route 2 limited access highway layout.
Parcel #2 - "Coughlin Lot", containing 16 acres more or less: All the land in above area presently owned now or formerly by the heirs of Mary T. Coughlin and bounded as hereinafter described: in the South by previously described "Todd Land", in the West by School land and the Athletic field owned by the Town of Acton, in the North by the Athletic Field owned by the Town of Acton, and by land now or formerly of the X-4 Corporation; in the Northeast by land now or formerly of undertermined ownership, sometimes referred to as the Edward Tuttle lot and by land now or formerly of Ina M. Larson; in the East by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Route 2 limited access highway layout:
Land of undertermined ownership
Parcel #3 - "Tuttle Land", containing 3/4 acres more or less: South of Hayward Road and West of Route 2 and bounded as hereinafter described; in the South by previously described Coughlin land, in the North by Hayward Road and in the East by land now or formerly of Ina M. Larson;
Parcel # 4 - "Larson Land" containing 1-1/4 acres more or less: All the land Southwesterly of the intersection of Hayward Road and Route 2 presently owned by Ina M. Larson and bounded as hereinafter described: In the West by previously described "Tuttle Land", in the North by Hayward Road, in the East by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Route 2 limited access highway layout and in the South by previously described Coughlin Land.
(3) The sum of $25,000.00 be and hereby is appropriated for the pur- pose of acquiring the said land and to meet said appropriation the sum of $14,000.00 shall be transferred from available revenue funds in the surplus revenue account and the sum of $7,500.00, shall be included in the tax levy for the current year.
Substitute Motion: (1) That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is authorized and directed to acquire by purchase or take by eminent domain under G. L. Chapter 79, as amended, one parcel of land totaling 2 acres more or less, on Main Street adjacent to Route 2 and hereinafter more particularly described, for municipal purposes, to wit, a police station,
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appurtenant facilities, drainage and related purposes - as shown on a plan prepared by the Town of Acton Engineering Department, dated March 11, 1963, entitled "Proposed Land Use for 2 Acres of Land" filed with the Mod- erator, a copy of which shall be filed with the records following the minutes of this meeting.
(2) The land, the acquisition of which was hereinafter authorized is more particularly described as follows:
SOUTHERLY by Main Street (Route 27):
EASTERLY by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Route 2 limited access highway layout;
NORTHERLY by land now or formerly of the heirs of Mary T. Coughlin; and WESTERLY by land now or formerly of Todd.
(3) The sum of $4,900.00 be and hereby is raised and appropriated for the purpose of acquiring the said land.
Article 17
Voted: To table substitute motion.
Voted: To table original motion.
Article 18
Voted: To pass over the Article.
Article 19
Voted: To postpone indefinitely.
Adjourn at 10:55 P.M.
The Moderator called the meeting to order at 8:00 P.M. on Wednesday, March 13,1963.
Article 20
Voted: To pass over the Article.
Article 22
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $4,500.00 for the payment of vocational tuition and transportation according to the provisions of Chap- ter 74 of the General Laws.
Article 23
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200.00 for the purchase of office furniture and equipment for the Town Hall.
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Article 24
Voted: To pass over the Article.
Article 25
Voted unanimously: To accept the following street, constructed under the requirements of the Subdivision Control Law and laid out by the Board of Selectmen according to a plan on file with the Town Clerk:
Wachusett Drive, 809.75 feet from Nashoba Road, North including the takings or acceptance of easements for drainage, or other purposes where shown on said plans.
Article 26
Voted unanimously: To accept the following streets as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and according to plans on file with the Town Clerk.
North Street, approximately 710 feet from Main Street to Carlisle Road. South Street, approximately 300 feet from Main Street to Cross Street. Cross Street, approximately 540 feet from South Street to North Street. including the takings or acceptances. of easements for drainage purposes as shown on said plans and appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $8,000.00 to grade, surface and provide surface drainage for above roads. All construction must meet the requirements of the Planning Board Rules and Regulations of April 1, 1954. All of the cost of these improvements to be assessed as betterments as per Chapter 80 of the General Laws.
Article 27
Voted: To pass over the Article.
Article 28
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00 for the purpose of preparing and acquiring a Detailed Soils Report and Soils Map of the Town of Acton from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Soils Conservation Service.
Article 29
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $9,100.00 for the construc- tion and equipping of two tennis courts on Town of Acton land at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Charter Road, adjacent to and abutting the westerly end of the existing tennis courts.
Article 30
Voted unanimously: To raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00, for the support of the Water Safety Program which is jointly sponsored by the Red Cross and the School Department.
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Article 31
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purchase and installation of three pedestal type drinking fountains, to be located at Jones Field, Goward Field and Gardiner Field.
Article 32
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 for the restoration of the baseball diamond and repairing of the backstop at Jones Field.
Article 33
Voted unanimously: To raise and appropriate the sum of $236.00, for the loaming and seeding of an area 50 feet by 75 feet at Goward Field.
Article 34
Voted unanimously: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,835.00, for the loaming and seeding of an area 150 feet by 300 feet at Gardiner Field.
Article 35
Voted unanimously: To raise and appropriate the sum of $25.00 for snow removal on the playground pond on Charter Road for the purpose of creating an ice skating area.
Article 36
Voted unanimously: To amend the Town By-Laws, Section 7, Personnel By-Law, Schedules B, B1, C and C1 to indicate the change of grade S7 num- ber 3803 Town Nurse (Board of Health) to read grade S9 number 3803* and grade S7 number 3807 Assistant Town Nurse (P. T.) to read grade S9 number 3807* and to further adjust the Schedule B and B1 to indicate grade S5 po- sition 607 Clerical Assistant (Board of Assessors) and to add section 14 entitled DEATH OF A RELATIVE to read as follows:
Payment will be made for lost time because of death in the immediate family. This includes the individuals parents, spouse and children, lost time up to three (3) days will be paid for.
Funeral of other relatives, payment up to one (1) full day will be made for necessary time to attend funeral of other relatives. This will include: sister, brother, grandmother, grandfather, grandson, grandaughter, mother- in-law, father-in-law, or an aunt or uncle of the employee.
Individual consideration may be given by the Personnel Board for longer absences, or for absences because of the death of a close relative for whose care and support the individual is primarily responsible.
Article 37
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,950.00, to pruchase and install an emergency generator at the South Acton Fire Station.
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Article 38
Motion: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00, for the pur- chase of a Radar unit for traffic for the Police Department.
Motion: lost.
Article 39
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $4,935.00, to split the ex- isting so-called Southeast circuit and extend the fire alarm network from the South Acton Fire Station along School Street, Main Street, High Street, Par- ker Street, Independence Road, River Street and Laws Brook Road; also to install five (5) alarm boxes.
Article 40
Voted unanimously: To appropriate from available funds the sum of $10,963.30, for the purpose of new highway construction on Arlington Street, in accordance with Chapter 782 of the Acts of 1962.
Article 41
Voted: To pass over the Article.
Article 42
Motion: To authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint an Executive Agent in accordance with Section 23A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, as amended or as the same may be amended, and to raise and appropriate from available funds the sum of $5,000.00, for the payment of salary of such Executive Agent.
Moderator appointed the following tellers: John F. Mclaughlin, Harold W. Flood, Theron A. Lowden, Dewey E. Boatman, Warren W. Wheeler, Ed- win H. Christofferson.
Total Vote: 243 Yes - 102. No - 141.
Motion lost.
Adjourned at 10:58 P.M.
The Moderator called the meeting to order at 8:00 P.M. on Monday, March 18, 1963.
Article 43
Voted: To appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $12,500.00, for the Stabilization Fund, pursuant to the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5-B.
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Article 44
Voted: To appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $2,500.00, for the compilation of all Town By-Laws.
Article 45
Voted: To appropriate from the Machinery Fund the sum of $3,000.00, for the purchase of a rebuilt 3-wheel roller (10-12 ton capacity) for the High- way Department and authorize the Board of Selectmen to trade-in, sell or otherwise dispose of the old one.
Article 46
Voted: To appropriate from the Machinery Fund the sum of $850.00, for the purchase of a snow plow for the Highway Department and authorize the Board of Selectmen to trade-in, sell or otherwise dispose of an old one.
Article 47
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of #1,650.00, for the purpose of creating a municipal parking area in the rear of the West Acton Fire Station.
Article 48
Voted: To appropriate from Machinery Fund the sum of $500.00, for the purchase of a cement-mixer (one-half bag capacity) for the Highway De- partment and authorize the Board of Selectmen to trade-in, sell or otherwise dispose of the old one.
Article 51
Voted: To instruct the Board of Selectmen to amend the Traffic Rules and Orders of the Town of Acton by adding a paragraph stating that parking on both sides of Massachusetts Avenue, between Arlington Street and the intersections of Spruce Street and Kinsley Road be limited to one (1) hour between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M., except on Sundays and Holi- days; West side of Windsor Avenue, between Massachusetts Avenue and Pearl Street, and on both sides of Central Street from Arlington Street to Pearl Street be limited to two (2) hours between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M., except on Sundays and Holidays; and to raise and appropriate the sum of $365.00, for the purchase and erection of the necessary signs. This article will not become operable until the municipal parking area in the rear of the West Acton Fire Station voted under Article 47 is completed and ready for use.
Article 52
Voted: To pass over the Article.
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Article 58
Voted: To raise and appropriate from available funds the sum of $475.00 to be used in conjunction with the amount of $625.00, unanimously voted at the Special Town Meeting of June 24, 1957 to purchase five (5) Gonset two-meter communicators for Civil Defense.
Article 59
Voted: To appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $4,300.00, for the purchase of folding bleachers to be installed in Blanchard Auditorium.
Article 60
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $700.00, for the painting of the exterior trim and doors of Blanchard Auditorium.
Article 61
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,200.00, for the construc- tion of a sidewalk and the necessary berms on Main Street in the section covered by the 1962 Chapter 90 Construction.
Article 63
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $750.00, for bodily injury liability insurance, covering the Town buildings.
Article 64
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $310.00, for the purchase and installation of eight (8) speed limit signs.
Article 65
Voted: To appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $533.00 to pay for improvements made on the Citizens Library Association of West Acton property.
Article 66
Voted: To appropriate $10,000.00 from overlay surplus, for a Reserve Fund, pursuant to the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 6.
Moderator relinquished chair and turned the meeting over to Milford B. Bottomley who was appointed Moderator for remainder of meeting.
Article 49
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $440.00, to install electrical wiring to light the Davis Monument.
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Article 50
Motion: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200.00, for the purpose of erecting a permanent memorial to the men and women of the Town of Acton who served in World War II and the Korean Conflict; this memorial to be erected by a joint committee of the Board of Selectmen and the Public Ceremonies and Celebration Committee.
Motion lost.
Article 53
Motion: To rescind the vote of 1890 accepting Chapter 52; Acts and Re- solves of Massachusetts 1890, approved February 27, 1890 to incorporate the Acton Memorial Library, Acton, Mass.
Motion lost.
Article 54
Voted: To pass over the Article.
Article 55
Voted: To pass over the Article.
Article 56
Voted: To pass over the Article.
Article 57
Voted: To pass over the Article.
Article 67
Voted: To dismiss the Article.
Voted: To adjourn at 11:10 P.M.
A true copy.
Attest:
CHARLES M. MacRAE Town Clerk
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ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
March 12, 1963
Article 1
Voted unanimously: (1) That there is hereby authorized the construc- tion, originally equipping and furnishing of an elementary school building to contain approximately twenty classrooms as well as other necessary rooms and facilities to be located on land of the Town on Arlington Street;
(2) That the sum of $900,000.00 is hereby appropriated for the purpose of constructing, originally equipping and furnishing said elementary school and other costs incidental thereto and connected therewith and to meet said appropriation the sum of $75,000.00 is to be transferred from the Stabiliza- tion Fund; the sum of $11,000.00 transferred from the Surplus Revenue Ac- count; the sum of $14,000.00 transferred from the Julia McCarthy School Addition Account; and the Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $800,000.00 under the authority of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1945, as amended, and to issue at one time or from time to time bonds of the Town therefor payable in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, each such issue of bonds to be paid in not more than 20 years from its date of issue, provided, however, that if and to the extent a construction grant for said school project from the Commonwealth under the provisions of Chapter 591 of the Acts of 1959, as amended, or any other en- abling authority, is received prior to the sale of all of the bonds hereinbefore authorized, the proceeds of such grant shall be applied to the cost of the project in lieu of the proceeds from bonds and the amount of the total loan hereinbefore authorized shall be reduced accordingly;
(3) That the Building Committee of the Town of Acton acting for and on behalf of the Town shall have full power and authority to construct, originally equip and furnish said elementary school building including power and author- ity to make necessary contracts for and to have charge and supervision of said construction of said elementary school building, to hire architects and engineers and to take any other action necessary to carry said school project to completion.
A true copy. Attest:
CHARLES M. MacRAE Town Clerk
ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
June 24, 1963
Article 3
Voted unanimously: To accept Chapter 77 of the Acts of 1963, viz: (Chapter 77) An Act Providing that Certain Applicants Who Do Not Meet Certain Minimum Height Requirements Shall Be Eligible For Appointment As Police Officers in the Town of Acton.
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Be it enacted, etc. as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any rule to the contrary regulating the mini- mum height of Police Officers, applicants in the next open competitive exam- ination for police officer in the Town of Acton who meet all other require- ments shall be eligible for certification and appointment providing they are not less than five feet five inches in height.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by the Town of Acton.
Article 1
Motion: To amend the Zoning By-Law by deleting same in its entirety and substituting and adopting therefore the following as to form and content:
Protective Zoning By-Law of the Town of Acton, Mass., as Revised and Amended - June 24, 1963
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I PREAMBLE
II GENERAL REGULATIONS
A. Continued Nonconforming Use of Land and Buildings
B. Temporary Uses
c. Lots in Two Districts
D. Signs and Advertising Devices
E. Trailers
F. Municipal, Educational, Religious, Historical or Conservation uses.
G. Accessory Buildings
III DISTRICTS
A. Classes of Districts
1. Residential
2. Business
3. Industrial
B. Location of Districts
IV USE REGULATIONS
A. General Requirements
B. Residential and Agricultural Districts
C. Business District
D. Industrial District
INTENSITY REGULATIONS
A. General Requirements
1. Applicability
2. Setback
3. Projections
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4. Dwellings
5. Use of Required Yards
6. Parking Area
7. Off-street Loading Facilities
B. Intensity Regulation Schedule
C. Modification and Exceptions
1. Party Walls
2. Open Space
VI ADMINISTRATION
A. Enforcement
B. Board of Appeals
C. Amendments
D. Effect of By-Law
E. Validity
I PREAMBLE
For the purpose of promoting in the Town of Acton the health, safety, convenience and welfare of its inhabitants, to lessen the dangers from fire, congestion and confusion and to encourage the most appropri- ate use of land in the town, this protective by-law is enacted.
II GENERAL REGULATIONS
A. Continued Nonconforming Use of Land and Buildings
1. Nothing in this by-law shall prohibit the continued lawful use of land or buildings in the same or similar manner in which they were used at the time of the adoption of this by-law, but if any nonconforming use shall be discontinued for a period of more than five years, it may not be resumed, except by a permit granted by the Board of Appeals.
2. Necessary repairs and rebuilding of nonconforming structures after damage by fire, storm, or similar disaster are hereby permitted provided they are accomplished without delay and do not substantially change the character or size of the buildings nor the use to which they were put prior to such damage.
B. Temporary Uses
The Board of Appeals may permit a temporary building or use incidental to the development of a neighborhood, such permit to be issued for an initial period of not more than two years and for re- newal periods of not more than one year each.
C. Lots in Two Districts
When a district boundary line divides a lot of single or joint ownership of record at the time this by-law is adopted, the regula- tions for the less restricted portion of such lot shall extend not more than thirty feet into the more restricted portion, provided the lot has frontage on a street in the less restricted district.
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D. Signs and Advertising Devices
Signs and advertising devices shall not be considered structures under this law but shall be licensed by the Selectmen after recom- mendation by the Planning Board. Application for a license shall be made to the Selectmen and shall be accompanied by a complete de- scription of the sign including a graphic pictorial representation thereof. A professional sign of six (6) square feet or less in area shall not require a license provided that said sign is on the premises of the person or company offering the services advertised and, in the case of a real estate sign, is on the premises offered for sale or lease.
Temporary signs for religious, educational and other noncom- mercial uses may be allowed by the Board of Selectmen.
E. Trailers
Hereinafter no person shall use or permit to be used for dwel- ling purposes within the Town, any trailer or similar mobile equip- ment whether registered, or unregistered, mobile or immobile, except the mobile trailers may be used for temporary dwelling purposes, provided such use is licensed by the Selectmen, said license to be applied for by the occupant within three (3) days after the unit is located in the Town, and with no license granted here- under to be for a period exceeding six (6) calendar months.
F. Municipal, Educational, Religious, Historical or Conservation uses.
Nothing in this By-Law shall prohibit the development of any land in any district for municipal, educational, religious, historical or conservation use. Such use shall not be exempt from the general or specific regulations of this By-Law other than the Use Regula- tions.
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