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F. Duties of Members
It shall be the duties of the members to answer all company alarms and to obey all orders of their officers while on duty. It shall be the duty of the members to attend all meetings and prac- tices of their respective companies; and they shall attend at least eight (8) meetings each year. Upon the request of his Deputy Chief any member missing a fire, practice or meeting, or neglec- ting his duty, shall give an acceptable excuse therefor.
G. Meetings
Each company shall hold one regular meeting each month. Any company may make any rules for the use of its own company property.
C. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL
All officers and members of the department will be subject to the duties,responsibilities and supervision as defined by Section 7 of the By-Laws of the Town of Acton entitled "Personnel By-Law for Wage and Salary Deter- mination and Administration".
Article 6
Voted unanimously: To amend the By-Laws of the Town of Acton, Section 7 entitled "Personnel By-Law for the Wage and Salary Determin- ation and Administration" by removing from Schedule C position number 2206 and its compensation rate, and inserting 2206F, variable, 1.48, 1.55, 1.63, 1.70, 1.78 and furthermore to amend Schedule CI by removing 2206 Custodian (Fire) (P. T.), and inserting 2206F Functions Custodian (P. T.), and further amend Schedule B by adding to Grade J6 the follow- ing position nember:
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1.72 82.56 359.14
1.80
1.88
1.97
2.06
90.24
94.56
98.88
411.34
430.13
4309.63
86.40 375.84 4510.08
392.54 4710.53
49 36.03
5161.54
and amend Schedule B1, Protection of Persons and Property by adding Grade J6, position number 2205R titled Firefighter (Fire).
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Article 7
Voted unanimously: To amend the By-Laws of the Town of Acton, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 21, (11), by inserting in Section 1 a new Article as follows:
Article 6. Disposal of personal property. That any Board or Officer in charge of a Department of the Town, may, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, transfer to another Town Department or trans- fer by sale, any personal property of the town within the possession or control of the Department which has become obsolete or is not required for further use by the Department; provided, however, that this property, the aggregate value of which, in the opinion of the Board of Selectmen, exceeds $1,000.00 shall be disposed of by public bid in a manner pre- scribed by said Board of Selectmen.
Article 8
Voted unanimously: That the following sums of money be appro- priated for the several purposes hereinafter designated and that the same be expended only for those purposes, under the direction of the respective Boards, Committees, or Officers of the Town and that the total sum of money be raised in the 1964 Tax Levy.
General Government
Moderator:
1. Salary
$ 160.00
Finance Committee:
2. Expenses 400.00
Selectmen:
3. Salaries
1,650.00
4. Expenses
3,300.00
5. Capital Outlay
1,600.00
6. Legal Services
3,500.00
7. Extra Legal Services 3,000.00
Town Office Clerical Staff:
8. Salaries
29,912.00
Engineering Department:
9. Salaries and Wages
16,579.00
10. Expenses
1,800.00
Town Accountant:
11. Salary
2,125.00
12. Expenses
255.00
Town Treasurer and Collector:
13. Salary
6,250.00
14. Expenses
2,550.00
Town Assessor:
15. Salary
3,815.00
16. Expenses
1,950.00
Town Clerk:
17. Salary
2,150.00
18. Expenses
500.00
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Election and Registration: 19. Salaries and Wages 20. Expenses
$ 4,100.00 3,000.00
Planning Board: 21. Expenses
1,500.00
Board of Appeals: 22. Expenses
25.00
Industrial Development Commission: 23. Expenses 650.00
Conservation Commission: 24. Expenses 100.00
Town Report Committee: 25. Expenses 2,600.00
Archives Committee:
26. Expenses 50.00
Public Ceremonies and Celebrations Committee: 27. Expenses 1,000.00
Buildings and Grounds:
28. Salaries and Wages 5,800.00
29. Expenses 10,000.00
Miscellaneous
30. Expenses
500.00
Total General Government $110,821.00
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department:
31. Salaries and Wages
63,544.00
32. Expenses 8,000.00
33. Capital Outlay
750.00
Fire Department:
34. Salaries and Wages
38,063.00
35. Expenses
13,185.00
Fire Alarm System:
36. Salaries and Wages
8,635.00
37. Expenses 2,910.00
38. Fire Hydrant Rental
17,245.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
39. Salary and Travel
365.00
40. Expenses
90.00
Moth Department:
41. Wages
4,119.00
42. Expenses
1,700.00
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Town Forest Committee:
43. Maintenance
$ 100.00
Tree Department:
44. Shade Tree Replacement
425.00
45. Wages
3,455.00
46. Expenses
1,520.00
Wire Inspector:
47. Wages and Travel
2,000.00
48. Expenses
25.00
Inspector of Gas Piping & Appliances and Deputy:
750.00
49. Wages 50. Expenses
100.00
Building Inspector and Agent for Enforcement of Zoning By-Law:
51. Salary and Wages
5,910.00
52. Expenses
850.00
Dog Officer:
53. Wages and Travel 520.00
Building Committee:
54. Expenses
200.00
Civil Defense:
55. Expenses
350.00
Total Protection of Persons and Property $174,811.00
Health and Sanitation
Salaries:
56. Board of Health
350.00
57. Secretary
58. Town Nurse
5,521.00
59. Assist. Town Nurse 787.00
60. Agent & Assist. Agent
5,000.00
Expense:
61. Board of Health
2,000.00*(see below)
62. Town Nurse
1,540.00
63. Medical Supplies 400.00
64. Laboratory Fees 600.00
65. Hospitals and Sanatoriums
1,000.00
66. Clinics 1,500.00
67. Garbage Collection 13,150.00
Inspector of Animals:
68. Wages
150.00
69. Expenses
30.00
Plumbing Inspector and Deputy:
70. Wages 2,000.00
71. Mosquito Control
2,500.00
Total Health and Sanitation
$ 36,528.00
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Highways
72. General Highway Maint. $10,150.00
73. Drainage
16,083.00
74. Chapter 81 Highways
17,375.00
75. Chapter 90 Highways 2,000.00
76. Snow Removal
37,500.00
77. Traffic Signs and Lines 4,120.00
78. Vacations and Holidays 2,800.00
79. Sidewalk Maintenance 800.00
80. Highway Machinery Maint. 10,500.00
81. Stree Lighting 16,500.00
Town Dump:
82. Salaries
4,980.00
83. Expenses
1,770.00
84. Capital Outlay
550.00
Total Highways
$125,128.00
Charities
.85. District and Local Welfare
Admin. Salaries 1,600.00
86. Public Assistance 45,000.00
Total Charities $ 46,600.00
* Motion: To strike out $2,000.00 in Item #61 and insert $2,300.00. Total vote: 507; Yes - 252; No - 255. Motion lost.
Veteran's Aid
87. Salary
1,720.00 275.00
88. Expenses
89. Aid
8,500.00
Total Veteran's Aid
$ 10,495.00
Education
Local Schools:
90. Instruction
418,059.00
91. Plant Operation & Maint. 44,245.00
92. Transportation 47,198.00
93. Non-Instructional Services 5,000.00
94. Administration 11,850.00
95. Blanchard Auditorium 9,725.00
96. Capital Outlay 7,087.00
97. Contingency Fund 1,000.00
Total Local Schools
Regional School-Acton's Share: 98. Instructions 387,495.29
99. Plant Operation & Maint. 35,696.59
100. Transportation 17,154.82
101. Non-Instructional Services 12,091.26
102. Administration 12,503.58
103. Blanchard Auditorium 6,100.06
$544,164.00
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104. Capital Outlay
105. Athletic Fund
106. Contingency Fund
Total Regional Schools
Total Education
$ 3,558.90 7,611.40 556.35
$482,768.25
$1,026,932.25
Libraries
Memorial Library:
107. Salaries and Wages
11,225.00
108. Expenses
3,202.00
109. Books
7,000.00
110. Capital Outlay
300.00
West Acton Library:
111. Salaries and Wages
625.00
112. Expenses
600.00
Total Libraries
$ 22,952.00
Recreation
113. Wages
1,835.00
114. Expenses
600.00
115. Capital Outlay
950.00
Total Recreation $ 3,385.00
Cemeteries
116. Salaries and Wages
18,500.00
117. Expenses 3,371.00
Total Cemeteries $ 21,871.00
Insurance
118. Workman's Compensation 7,000.00
119. Surety Bond 615.00
120. Fire Insurance, Town Bldgs.6,000.00
121. Boiler & Machinery 940.00
122. Motor Vehicle Liability 3,000.00
123. Money and Securities
124. Group Health 7,200.00
Total Insurance $ 24,755.00
Pensions
125. Pension Fund 12,798.00
126. Expenses 689.11
127. Military Service Fund 4.80
Total Pension $ 13,491.91
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Maturing Debt and Interest
Regional School:
128. Maturing Debt
129. Interest
$42,370.00 32,637.25
Julia McCarthy Elementary School:
130. Maturing Debt
15,000.00
131. Interest 2,500.00
Julia McCarthy School Addition:
132. Maturing Debt
15,000.00
133. Interest
1,170.00
Florence E. Merriam School:
134. Maturing Debt
45,000.00
135. Interest
20,520.00
South Acton Fire Station:
136. Maturing Debt
12,000.00
137. Interest
900.00
West Acton Fire Station: 138. Maturing Debt
139. Interest
Anticipation of Revenue Notes: 140. Interest 1,200.00
Total Maturing Debt and Interest $188,297.25
Total Budget to be raised and appropriated
$1,806,067.41
Voted: To observe one minute of silence in memory of Henry Erikson.
Special Articles
Art. 11. Stabilization Fund $10,000.00
Art. 13. Fire Alarm System-
Spruce St. & Kinsley Rd. 1,000.00
Art. 19. Water Safety Program 1,824.00
Art. 20. Fence-Jones Field 750.00
Art. 21. Recreation Director
1,000.00
Art. 22. Vocational Tuition and transportation 2,000.00
Art. 23. Bell and Clock System- Towne School 1,250.00
Art. 24. Sprinkler System-
Towne School 15,000.00
Art. 25. Repaint interior Towne School 9,000.00
Art. 26. Desks & chairs - Towne School 5,000.00
Art. 27. Radar unit & control signs 1,321.00
Art. 28. Police Cruisers 5,500.00 Art. 29. Additional Police Officers 6,000.00 Art. 32. Sewerage Study Committee 300.00 Art. 36. High Street (new way) 6,900.00
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Total to be raised and appropriated under Special Articles
$66,845.00
Transfers
From Overlay Surplus and Surplus and Surplus Revenue To
Art. 10. Stabili zation Fund ( SR) 25,000.00
Art. 14. Police Station ( SR) 6,000.00
Art. 15. Conservation Fund ( SR) 7,899.73 Art. 45. Reserve Fund ( Overlay Surplus) 15,000.00
$53, 899.73
Other Transfers
Art. 12. From Stabilization Fund To Ladder Truck 32,000.00
Art. 34. From Machinery Fund
To Highway Truck
12,000.00
$44,000.00
Borrow
Art. 14. Police Station 100,000.00
$100,000.00
Grand Total $2,070,812.14
Article 9
Voted: To authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1964 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 10
Voted unanimously: To transfer from Surplus Revenue the sum of $25,000.00, for the Stabilization Fund, pursuant to the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5B.
Article 11
Voted unanimously: To raise and appropriate from available funds the sum of $10,000.00 for a Stabilization Fund, pursuant to the provision of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5-B.
Article 12
Voted: To transfer from the Stabilization Fund the sum of $32,000.00 to purchase a new ladder truck for South Acton, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to trade-in, sell or otherwise dispose of the old ladder truck.
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Article 13
Voted unanimously: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to extend the fire alarm system on Spruce Street from Arlington Street to End, and on Kinsley Road from Massachusetts Avenue to a point near the end, and install 2 fire alarm street boxes.
Voted: To adjourn at 11:00 P. M. on completion of Article then under discussion until Monday, March 16, 1964 at 7:30 P. M.
Article 14 Police Station
Voted unanimously: To authorize the Town Building Committee to enter into contracts on behalf of the town for the constructing, equipping and furnishing of a Police Station in that part of Acton called Acton Center and located on Lot 16 Main Street, owned by the Town of Acton; and to appropriate the sum of $106,000.00, $6,000.00 to be transferred from Surplus Revenue and $100,000.00 to be borrowed under Chapter 44 of the General Laws for not more than five years.
Article 15 Conservation
Voted: To appropriate from Surplus Revenue the sum of $7,899.73 for the Conservation Fund.
Article 16 Sidewalk Committee
Voted: To authorize the appointment of a committee consisting of five (5) members to be appointed by the moderator, said committee to investigate the cost of constructing and maintaining sidewalks, and to report its findings at a special Town Meeting not later than the Fall of 1964.
Moderator appointed: Margaret M. Coughlan, John E. Dunphy, Jr., Beatrice C. Perkins, Irene M. Rhodes and Francis J. Schell.
Article 17 Equipment
Motion: To raise and appropriate the sum of $8,500.00, for the pur- chase of Town Hall equipment, for the Collector and Treasurer.
Same tellers except moderator substituted Warren L. Newell as teller in place of Clyde J. Horne.
Total votes 476. Yes - 200 No - 276. Motion Lost.
Article 18
Voted: To lay on table. See after Article 30.
Article 19 Water Safety Program
Voted unanimously: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,824.00, for the support of the Water Safety Program which is jointly sponsored by
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the Red Cross, School Department and the Acton Recreation Commission.
Article 20 Jones Field
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $750.00, for the purchase and installation of 310 running feet of chain link fence to be installed at Jones Field.
Article 21 Recreation
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00, for the Acton Recreation Commission to employ a Recreation Director.
Voted: Total votes - 458 Yes - 274 No - 184 Article 22 Vocational
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00, for the payment of vocational tuition and transportation according to the provisions of Chapter 74 of the General Laws.
Article 23 Marion L. Towne School
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,250.00, for the re- placement of a bell and clock system at the Marion L. Towne School.
Article 24 Schools
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $15,000.00, for the in- stallation of a sprinkler system at the Marion L. Towne School.
Article 25 Schools
Motion: To raise and appropriate the sum of $9,000.00, to repaint the interior of the Marion L. Towne School.
Motion: To strike out $9,000.00 and insert $4,500.00.
Total vote - 369 Yes - 118 No - 251
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $9,000.00, to repaint the interior of the Marion L. Towne School.
Article 26 Schools
Motion: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00, for the replac- ment of desks and chairs at the Marion L. Towne School.
Motion: To strike out $5,000.00 and insert $2,500.00
Total vote - 372 Yes - 169 No - 203
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00, for the
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replacement of desks and chairs at the Marion L. Towne School.
Article 27 Police
To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,321.00 for a Radar Unit and ten (10) Radar Control signs for the Police Department.
Article 28 Police
Voted unanimously: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,500.00, for the purchase of two (2) Police cruisers and authorize the Board of Selectmen to transfer one of the present cruisers to the Engineering Department and to sell or otherwise dispose of the second cruiser and the present Engineering Department car.
Article 29 Police
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00, and authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint two (2) additional Police Officers.
Article 30 Sewerage Study Commission
Motion: To create a five-man Sewerage Study Committee, one mem- ber to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen, two members by the Board of Health and two members by the Planning Board; said committee to undertake studies on the needs for sewerage projects as assigned by the Town or the Board of Selectmen.
Motion: To strike out two (2) members by the Board of Health and insert one (1) member of the Conservation Commission and one (1) member of theBoard of Health.
Motion lost.
Voted: To create a five-man Sewerage Study Committee, one mem- ber to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen, two members by the Board of Health, and two members by the Planning Board; said com- mittee to undertake studies on the needs for sewerage projects as assigned by the Town or the Board of Selectmen.
Appointed: Paul R. Nyquist (by Board of Selectmen), Bruce D. Smith, Robert J. Ellis (by Board of Health), Alton B. Avery and H. Raymond Durling, Jr. (by Planning Board).
Adjourned at 11:00 P. M.
Moderator called the meeting to order at 7: 30 P. M. on Monday, March 16, 1964.
Voted to take Article 18 from the table.
Article 18 Library
Motion: To authorize the Town Building Committee to enter into contract on behalf of the Town for the preparation of working drawings
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for an addition to the Library in that part of Acton called Acton Center and located on the present site of the Acton Memorial Library, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 for this purpose.
Motion: To amend motion under discussion by adding the following: The total cost of the Library addition, including building, equipment, architect fees, contingencies, remodeling of existing, all costs in moving sand storage shed and all other expenses, shall not exceed $100,000.00 including any financial aid from any government agency.
Moderator appointed the following tellers: John Mclaughlin, Philip Harris, David Tinker, Sarah Hinckley, Margaret Coughlan, Dorothy Williams, Beverly Tuttle and John Whittier.
Total vote - 461 Yes - 217 No - 244
Amendment lost.
Voted: To authorize the Town Building Committee to enter into con- tract on behalf of the Town for the preparation of working drawings for an addition to the Library in that part of Acton called Acton Center and located on the present site of the Acton Memorial Library, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 for this purpose.
Resolution
Voted unanimously: The following resolution:
Resolved: That the Board of Selectmen be instructed and empowered to convey to the Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth the VOTE of the inhabitants of the TOWN OF ACTON, assembled at its Annual Town Meeting, PROTESTING any discontinuance or curtailment of the Passenger Service of the Boston and Maine Railroad on its Fitch- burg Division.
Article 31
Voted: To authorize the Sewerage Study Committee to make appli- cation to the United States of America under the terms of Public Law 560, 83rd Congress of the United States, as amended, for an advance of funds not to exceed $30,000.00 and to expend the same for surveys, pre- liminary plans, cost estimates and reports on a town sewerage system in all its various phases with the understanding that the Town will reim- burse the United States, at no interest, for that part of the cost propor- tioned to a particular sewerage project when the construction of that project is subsequently voted by the Town, said plans and reports to be rendered by an engineer selected and employed by the Sewerage Study Committee, said funds or so much thereof that may be required and ad- vanced from the United States to be received by and administered by the Town Treasurer under the direction of the Sewerage Study Committee.
Article 32
Voted: To raise and appropriate the amount of $300.00 to be used by the Sewerage Study Committee to defray the costs of this office.
Article 33
Motion: To raise and appropriate the sum of $9,000.00 to be held by the Planning Board for the purposes of the completion of the paving of the remaining portions of Oakwood, Redwood, Pinewood and Fernwood Roads
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left unpaved by the developer of the so called Brucewood Area; such sums being generally appropriated under the authority of Chapter 41 and for the purpose of indemnifying the Planning Board from any liability for its failure to retain the funds placed under its control for the above purposes.
Motion: To strike out "$9,000.00" and insert "$4,500.00".
Voted: To lay this article on the table.
Article 34
Motion: To appropriate $ 4,000.00 from Surplus Revenue and $12,000.00 from the Machinery Fund for the purchase of a new truck for the Highway Department.
Voted: To strike out "$4,000.00 from Surplue Revenue".
Voted: To appropriate $12,000.00 from the Machinery Fund for the purchase of a new truck for the Highway Department.
Article 35
Voted: To reassign the $6,900.00 appropriation by the Town for Chap- ter 90 Construction under Article 9 of the 1963 Annual Town Meeting in conjunction with $6,900.00 allotted by the County and $13,800.00 allotted by the State, from Arlington Street to a new way to be construced running from High Street in a southeasterly direction to Powder Mill Road, and Central Street from Massachusetts Avenue to the Acton-Boxboro Town Line
Motion: To amend original motion by deleting "and Central Street from Massachusetts Avenue to the Acton-Boxboro Town Line".
Motion: Lost.
Article 36
Voted unanimously: To raise and appropriate the sum of $6,900.00, for Chapter 90 Construction on a new way running from High Street, approximately at the intersection of Adams Street, and extending in a southeasterly direction to Powder Mill Road, and on Central Street from Massachusetts Avenue to the Acton-Boxboro Town Line. Said money to be used in conjunction with $6,900.00 to be allotted by the County and $13,800.00 to be allotted by the State.
Article 37
Voted: To lay this article on the table.
Article 38
Motion: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,750.00 to remove ledge beside the Acton Center Fire Station to provide access for parking in the rear of the building.
Total vote. - 411. Yes - 123 No - 288
Motion lost.
Motion: To take up Article 44.
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Motion lost.
Motion: That this meeting adjourn on completion of Article under dis- cussion at 11:00 P. M. and adjourn until Saturday at 2:00 P. M.
Motion lost.
Article 39
Motion: To authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint an executive secretary in accordance with the provisions of Section 23A. of Chapter 41 of the General Laws of this Commonwealth as amended or as it may be amended.
Total vote - 455. Yes - 129 No - 326
Motion lost.
Article 40
Voted unanimously: To amend the Protective Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Acton by adding the following to Section III A 3:
b. Light Industrial 1-2
Article 41
Motion: To amend the Protective Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Acton by adding to Section IV Subsection D, the following:
2. In a Light Industrial District 1-2, a building or structure may be erected or altered, and a building, structure or premise may be used for the following purposes:
a. Scientific or research laboratory, office for executive or administrative purposes, public utility or community use.
b. Manufacturing electrical or electronic devices, medical, dental or drafting instruments, optical goods, watches, or other precision instruments; light metal fabrication or finishing, but not including heavy punch presses or drop hammers.
c. Additional uses by special permit only. The Board of Appeals may, in a specific case, issue a special permit for any other lawful storage, distribution or light manufacturing use, prov- ided that such use is not in violation of the requirements of Section II - I (Performance Standards) and that it meets the criteria of Section VI B 3b and 3c.
Motion: To amend by deleting 2-c.
Motion lost.
Voted unanimously: To amend the Protective Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Acton by adding to Section IV Subsection D, the following:
2. In a Light Industrial District 1-2, a building or structure may be erected or altered, and a building, structure or premise may be used for the following purposes:
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a. Scientific or research laboratory, office for executive or administrative purposes, public utility or community use.
b. Manufacturing electrical or electronic devices; medical, dental or drafting instruments, optical goods, watches, or other precision instruments; light metal fabrication or finishing, but not including heavy punch presses or drop hammers.
c. Additional uses by special permit only. The Board of Appeals may, in a specific case, issue a special permit for any other lawful storage, distribution or light manufacturing use, pro- vided that such use is not in violation of the requirements of Section II - 1 (Performance Standards) and that it meets the criteria of Section VI B 2b and 3c.
Article 42
Voted unanimously: To amend the Protective Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Acton by adding the following at the end of Section V Subsection B. Intensity Regulation Schedule:
I - 2 All permitted uses 40,000 100 45 20
Article 43
Voted: To rezone from Residential District R-2 to Light Industrial District I - 2, the land on the northerly side of School Street in South Acton, Bounded as follows:
Beginning at a point on the northerly sideline of School Street, 1,095.98 feet easterly from a stone bound at the intersection of School Street and Laws Brook Road, thence 425.69 feet at North 22 00' 00" West, thence 154,75 feet at North 29 30' 55" West, thence 340.48 feet at South 72 10' 03" West, thence 187.50 feet at South 73 37' 29" West, thence 218.00 feet at South 82 44' 1811 West, thence 41,25 feet at North 60 18' 55" West, thence 106.79 feet at North 65 33' 41" West, thence 50.70 feet at North 63 45' 13" West thence 776.08 feet at North 13 08' 51" East, thence 394.77 feet at South 78" 04' 26" East, thence 113.51 feet at South 13 01" 11" West, thence 519.76 feet at South 89 01' 53" East, thence 155.55 feet at North 69 56' 57" East, thence 345.39 feet at South 39 13' 43" East, 563.70 feet at South 31 26' 00" East to the northerly sideline of School Street, thence by the northerly sideline of School Street, 94.79 feet at South 49 16' 50" West, thence 189.37 feet along a right curve of radius 548.14 feet, thence 379.25 feet at South 69 04' 30" West to the point of beginning.
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