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5th year of service
Chief
$7,383.00
$7,704.00
$8,015.00
Sergeant
5,778.00
6,045.50
6,313.00
6,580.50
6,848.00
Patrolmen
5,243.00
5,457.00
5,671.00
5,885.00
6,099.00
(Petition)
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to amend the "Per- sonnel Administration Plan of the Town of Medfield" as adopted on November 30, 1964 by deleting in its entirety Section 8 entitled "Step Increases" and substituting therefor the following section: or do or act anything in relation thereto:
STEP INCREASES
8. Progression through the rate changes may be accomplished through length of service or on recommendation of the Department Head and Personnel Board.
(Petition)
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Per- sonnel Administration Plan for the Town of Medfield adopted November 30, 1964 as amended, by deleting under the caption "Part time and Temporary Positions" the words and figures "Town Counsel $3,000.00 per year
and by substituting therefor the words and figures
"Town Counsel - Minimum $2,000.00 - Maximum $6,000.00 per year"
or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Town Counsel)
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ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to appoint one of its members as Water Superin- tendent, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Water and Sewerage Board)
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of As- sessors to appoint one of its members as Clerk, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Assessors)
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Health to appoint one of its members as Agent for the Board of Health, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Health)
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Ceme- tery Commissioners to appoint one of its members as Superintendent, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Cemetery Commissioners)
ARTICLE 20. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer and/or borrow for the purpose of mak- ing extraordinary repairs and alterations to the existing public library at Main and Pleasant Streets, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Trustees of the Public Library)
ARTICLE 21. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer and/or borrow for the purpose of con- structing, originally furnishing and equipping a new public library building on land presently owned by the Town on Pleasant Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Trustees of the Public Library)
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Public Li- brary Building Committee and to authorize it to make extraordinary repairs and alterations to the existing public library building at Main and Pleasant Streets and to construct, originally equip and furnish a new public library building on land presently owned by the Town on Pleasant Street; to enter into contracts for all of the same; to employ architects and engineers in connection therewith; to accept the work when completed and to enter into contracts and agreements relative to State or Federal aid relative to the project with any appropriate Agency of the State or Federal governments, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Six Thousand, Seven Hundred Dollars ($6,700.) for the reconstruction and resurfacing of Main Street (Route 109) and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into any and all contracts necessary or incidental thereto; said money to be used with funds allotted by the County and State, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Eight Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($850.) to install a guard fence on the easterly side of Spring Street and extending from Kings- bury's Pond southerly for a distance of two hundred (200) feet, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum of money and appropriate it to the Street Improvement Pro- gram for the purpose of reconstructing a section of Granite Street, and further to see what sum the Town will appropriate for paying land dam- ages for land taking incidental and necessary thereto, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Eleven Thousand Dollars ($11,000.) and appropriate it to the Street Resurfacing Program; said funds to be expended for the resurfacing of Spring Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate and/or borrow, and/or transfer the sum of Twelve Thousand Dol- lars ($12,000.) for the purchase of a dump truck for the Steet Depart- ment, and authorize the Selectmen to sell or trade the Walter Snow- fighter as part of the purchase price, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate and/or transer the sum of Seven Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.) for the purchase of a dump truck for the Street Department, and authorize the Selectmen to sell or trade a 1956 Dodge Dump Truck as part of the purchase price, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
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ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate and/or transfer the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.) for the purchase of a four-wheel drive pickup truck and plow for the Street Department and authorize the Selectmen to sell or trade a 1959 Dodge pickup truck as part of the purchase price, or do or act anything in rela- tion thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to purchase and equip a new motor vehicle for use as a police cruiser, and to author- ize the Board of Selectmen to trade or sell as part of the purchase price the present 1964 Chevrolet sedan, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Police Department)
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to purchase a Radar-Timer for use by the Police Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Police Department)
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to defray the expenses and costs of having the Chief of Police attend the National Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy for three months, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Police Department)
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to be used to paint Pavement Markings on Public Ways, or do ir act anything in relation thereto.
(Police Department)
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the provi- sions of General Laws, Chapter 90, Section 20B, as amended, and to adopt the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 90, Section 18A, or to adopt either of them, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 35. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer and/or borrow for the purchase and installation of traffic and pedestrian controls signals at the intersection of Spring and Main Streets, at the intersection of North, Main and Pleasant Streets and at the intersection of South and Main Streets and
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for the synchronization of all of them with existing traffic control lights and with each other, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 36. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer and/or borrow for the purchase and installation of mechanized machine accounting equipment for the use of all Town Departments, including the School Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer and Selectmen to execute and deliver Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.) School Project Loan Act of 1948 bonds datd December 1, 1964 and payable December 1, 1984, with coupons attached beginning with those payable June 1, 1965, to replace bonds which have been lost by the owner therof, with such security as they may deem satisfactory to indemnify the town and its officers against any additional expense or liability on account of the issue of the replacements bonds.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following By-Law:
"No person shall hunt, fire or discharge any firearms or explosives of any kind within the limits of any highway, park or other public property except with the written permission of the Board of Select- men given after due consideration of the public safety; or private property except with the written permission of the owner or legal occupant thereof; provided, however, that this By-Law shall not apply to the lawful defense of life or liberty or the defense of life or liberty or the defense of property nor to any law enforcement officer acting in the discharge of his duties. Any person who violates this By-Law shall be punished by a fine of not more than Twenty Dollars. (20.)"
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to accept as public ways the following named streets or parts thereof; viz: Arnold Drive, Belnap Road, Blacksmith Drive, Crest Circle, Fox Lane, Haven Road, Hearthstone Drive, Homestead Drive, Lower Lane, Pine Grove Road, and Wildewood Drive, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen on Febru- ary 15, 1966 and shown on plans referred to in the Orders of Layout' and one file with the Town Clerk's Office and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by eminent domain or otherwise such rights, titles
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and easements, including drainage easements, as may be necessary to ac- complish such purpose, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board Selectmen)
ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Three Hundred and Twenty-seven Dollars and Eleven Cents ($327.11) for the purpose of paying land damages arising from the relocation of Bridge Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board Selectmen)
ARTICLE 41. To hear and act on the reports of any special com- mittees appointed at any previous Special Town Meeting or Annual Town Meeting or appointed by the Moderator or Selectmen as author- ized by the vote of the Town.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 42. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and apropriate, transfer and/or borrow for the purpose of making extraordinary repairs to the former North Street School, so called, so as to convert the same for use as a municipal office building, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 43. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds for the use of the Town Common and Parking Area Committee appointed under the provisions of Article 16 of the Special Town Meeting of November 22, 1965, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase, taking by eminent domain or other- wise, in behalf of the Town for school purposes, 10 acres of land, more or less and bounded and described as follows:
Southerly by School Street, 621 feet, more or less;
Westerly by land now or formerly of Reggio, 400 feet, more or less; Southeasterly by land now or formerly of said Reggio, 511 feet, more or less;
Southwesterly by land now or formerly of Byng, 650 feet, more or less ;
Northeasterly by land now or formerly of Cunning, 1356 feet more or less ;
Easterly by North Street, 350 feet, more or less; and again gen- erally
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Southeasterly by the curved intersection of North Street and School Street.
and to see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate and/or borrow or transfer from available funds to defray the cost of acquisition of said premises, or do or act anything in relation thereto. Said premises are believed to belong to Evelyn Byng.
(Land Acquisition Committee for School Building Needs)
ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase, taking by eminent domain or other- wise, in behalf of the Town for school purposes, 20 acres of land, more or less and bounded and described as follows :
Southeasterly by land now or formerly of Cunning, 575 feet, more or less;
Southwesterly by land now or formerly of Byng, 1540 feet, more or less;
Westerly by land now or formerly of Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, 192 feet, more or less;
Northerly by land now or formerly of Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, 715 feet, more or less;
Northwesterly by land now or formerly of Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, 260 feet, more or less; and
Northeasterly by land now or formerly of Wardner Farm Trust, 950 feet, more or less.
and to see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate and/or borrow or transfer from available funds to defray the cost of acquisition of said premises, or do or act anything in relation thereto. Said premises are believed to belong to Frances M. Cunning.
(Land Acquisition Committee for School Building Needs)
ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase, taking by eminent domain or other- wise, in behalf of the Town for school purposes, 58,864 square feet of land and 4,908 acres of land, situated on the Southwesterly side of Pleas- ant Street and being shown as Parcel A and Parcel B, respectively, on a certain plan recorded with Norfolk Deeds as Plan No. 70 of 1946 in Book 2584, page 98, and see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or borrow or transfer from available funds to defray the cost of acquisition of said premises, or do or act anything in relation thereto. Said premises are believed to belong to Beckwith Post No. 110, Inc., American Legion.
(Land Acquisition Committee for School Building Needs)
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ARTICLE 47. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or borrow or transfer from available funds in the Treasury for the purpose of purchasing vacant land adjacent to the land presently owned by the Town of Medfield and used in conjunc- tion with the Swimming Pond, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Park and Recreation Commission)
ARTICLE 48. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer from available funds in the Treasury for the purpose of surfacing the Parking Field at the Town Swimming Pond on Green Street, and to do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Park and Recreation Commission)
ARTICLE 49. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow, or transfer from available funds in the Treasury fo the purpose of installing certain capital improvements to the Town's swimming facility off Green Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Park and Recreation Commission)
ARTICLE 50. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow, or transfer from available funds in the Treasury for the purpose of improving the Bakers Pond area and to do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Park and Recreation Commission)
ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to disburse from its annual appropriation mis- cellaneous sums of money for entry fees, the purchase of prizes, and awards, and the like in connection with the participation of groups spon- sored by the Commission in meets, contests, and competitions both within and without the confines of the Town of Medfield, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Park and Recreation Commission)
ARTICLE 52. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town By-law of 1926, as amended by the vote taken under Article 8 of the Special Town Meeting of April 4, 1955 and as amended by the action taken under Article 1 of the Special Town Meeting of November 26, 1956 by revoking the amendments threby enacted and by substituting therefore the following Article 1, after Section 3, a new section which shall read as follows:
"(4) In the event that the Annual Adjourned Town Meeting or any Special Town Meeting shall not have been completed by 10:45
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P.M. it shall be adjourned to a place and time determined by a majority of the voters then present; however, the Town Moderator shall be authorized to keep any such Annual or Special Town Meet- ing in session for an additional half hour period, if, in his opinion, the meeting will thereby be enabled to complete the remaining business."
(Moderator and Town Counsel)
ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.) for the purpose of repairing a section of cemetery wall on Main Street, or do or act any- thing in rlation thereto.
(Cemetery Commissioners)
ARTICLE 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money, such sum to be used for surfacing the drives in Vine Lake Cemetery, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Cemetery Commissioners)
ARTICLE 55. To see if the Town will vote to accept certain gifts made to the Clara Savage Littledale Fund prior to June 24, 1964, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Town Treasurer)
ARTICLE 56. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate or transfer a sum of money for the purpose of providing recreation for the physically and mentally handicapped, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 57. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-law of the Town of Medfield adopted April 21, 1938, as amended by making the following alterations and additions thereto, viz:
By deleting in its entirety the paragraph numbered 1. of Section III. "B" RESIDENCE DISTRICT USES and by substituting therefore the following :
1. Any use permitted in an "AA", "A" and "C" Residence District unless specifically prohibited by this Zoning By-law.
By adding to SECTION III. "B" RESIDENCE DISTRICT USES the following paragraph:
3. Apartment Buildings - subject to the rules and regulations governing apartment buildings. Section VI)
By changing the caption SECTION VI. NON-CONFORMING USES to SECTION VII. NON-CONFORMING USES.
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By changing the caption SECTION VII. AREA REGULATIONS TO SECTION VIII. AREA REGULATIONS (Not applicable to Apart- ment house lots)
By changing the caption SECTION VIII. ADMINISTRATION to SECTION IX. ADMINISTRATION.
By deleting in their entirety the paragraphs numbered 1. and 2. of SECION IV. BUSINESS DISTRICT USES and by substituting for said numbered paragraphs the following:
1. Any use permitted under Paragraph 1. and 2. of SECTION III. "B" RESIDENCE DISTRICT USES.
2.
By adding the following new Section :
SECTION VI. APARTMENTS
An apartment or apartment house is herewith defined as a building intended and designed to be occupied by more than two families living independently in separate dwelling units. Each dwelling unit shall be separated by sound proof party walls and/or floors from each other, with each apartment having individual living, sleeping, kitchen and toilet facilities. Each apartment building shall occupy one lot in single owner- ship throughout. Professional offices and home occupations are specific- ally excluded from apartment house units.
Apartments or apartment houses may be constructed in "B" Resi- dence Districts only, subject to the following rules and regulations:
1. Height and Bulk Regulations
(a) Maxium height shall be limited to thirty-five (35) feet above the average elevation of the finished grades of the building lot. Height shall be measured to the highest point on the roof of the building.
(b) Maximum number of stories shall be limited to three, includ- ing the basement level. A story is defined as that part of a building between any floor and the floor or roof next above. For the purpose of this Zoning By-Law, where a building is not divided into stories, a story shall be considered fifteen (15) feet in height. Steeples, cupolas, stage lofts, and the like shall not be considered as additional stories. A basement, or cellar, the ceiling of which extends more than five (5) feet above the average finished grade of the lot, shall be considered a story within the meaning of this By-law.
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(c) Floor-area ratio shall not exceed 0.40. The floor-area ratio is defined as the ratio of the net floor area of the apartment building to the total lot area. Net floor area is the sum of the areas used for living, sleeping, kitchen and toilet use only, of the several floors of a building, measured from the exterior faces of the walls but shall not include areas used for hallways, closets and the like.
(d) The minimum usable green space shall not be less than 25% of the area of the lot. Green space is defined as space in a yard or within a setback area on a lot that is unoccupied by build- ings, unobstructed to the sky, not devoted to service driveways or off-street loading or parking spaces and available to all occupants of the building on the lot.
(e) The minimum residential floor area shall be five hundred (500) square feet of living space per dwelling unit. Living space shall mean the total of the floor area of rooms used or intended to be used as living, sleeping, and kitchen purposes only.
2. Area and Width Regulations
(a) The minimum lot size shall consist of not less than twelve thousand (12,000) square feet for the first two (2) family units, plus an additional three thousand (3,000) square feet for each additional family unit, and not less than one hundred (100) feet wide. (See SECTION VIII. Par. 5 for lot width re- quirements)
3. Yards
(a) Rear Yard - minimum depth shall not be less than fifty (50) ft.
Rear yard shall mean a space, unoccupied, extending for the full width of the lot between the rear line of the building wall and the rear lot line.
(b) Side Yard - minimum width shall not be less than twenty (20) ft.
Side yard shall mean an unoccupied space extending for the full length of a building between the nearest building wall and the side lot line.
(c) Front Yard - minimum depth shall not be less than forty (40) ft.
Front Yard small mean a space extending for the full width of the lot between the front line of the nearest building wall and the front lot line.
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(d) Corner Lots
Yard requirements for lots located on the corners of two streets shall be considered as two (2) front yards, one (1) side yard, and one (1) rear yard.
(e) Projections into the required yards or other required open spaces shall not exceed four (4) feet.
4. Off-street Parking
(a) Two (2) off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each family unit.
(b) The minimum size for each parking space shall be ten (10) feet wide by twenty (20) feet long - two hundred (200) square feet. Access areas and maneuvering space shall be in addition to the required parking space area.
(c) No off-street parking space or accessory off-street parking shall be permitted within the front yard area.
(d) All parking areas containing more than five (5) parking spaces shall be effectively screened on the side that faces the side and/or rear lot line. The screening shall consist of a solid fence or wall not less than four (4) feet nor more than six (6) feeet in height, or by use of shrubbery, or by both.
(e) Parking spaces shall be arranged so that no motor vehicle will be parked within ten (10) feet of any side lot line, or within ten (10) feet of any rear lot line.
5. Waste Water Disposal
(a) All waste water shall be disposed of by means of adequate connection to the sewerage system of the Town of Medfield.
6. Site Plans
(a) A Site Plan shall be submitted to the Building Inspector and shall show the following :
(1) Dimension of the lot.
(2) All proposed buildings.
(3) Structures.
(4) Parking facilities.
(5) Service areas.
(6) Open space.
(7) Front, side and rear yard areas.
(8) Any other information as may be necessary to determine that the requirements of the preceding sections (Section VI. Sub-sections 1 through 5) shall be met.
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(b) Upon approval of the Site Plan, the builder of the apartment or apartment house may apply for a Building Permit under the appropriate section of the Building Code, Town of Med- field, Massachusetts.
By adding the following new paragraph to SECTION VIII. AREA REGULATIONS.
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