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on plans referred to in the Orders of Layout and on file with the Town Clerk's Office and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by eminent domain or otherwise such rights, titles and easements, includ- ing drainage easement, as may be necessary to accomplish such purpose.
Article 40. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $327.11 for the purpose of paying land damages arising from the relocation of Bridge Street.
Article 41. (Voted that Articles 42 to 44 be considered prior to action on Article 41.
Article 41. Voted to hear and act on reports of any committees appointed at any previous Town Meetings or by the Moderator or Select- men.
The report of the Town Garage Committee was read and accepted.
The Town Common and Parking Committee had no report at this time.
Voted that the Committee appointed to study the North Street School for use other than School Purposes be discharged.
Voted that the committee to study Land Acquisition for School Purposes be discharged.
A resolution was unanimously made to give the School Land Acqui- sition Committee a sincere vote of thanks for their extensive work.
Article 42. Voted that this article be dismissed wherein a sum of money was sought for extraordinary repairs to the former North Street School to convert the same for use as a municipal office building. NOTE : The following Resolution was submitted to the meeting at this time:
Resolved, that the Park and Recreation Commission be instructed to study the North Street School for the purposes of a Community Recreation and Youth Center and that the Medfield Youth Center Committee be asked to help in this study and report back at the next Special Town Meeting.
Article 43. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the use of the Town Common and Parking Area Committee appointed under Article 16 of the Special Town Meeting of November 22, 1965.
Article 44. Voted to dismiss this article wherein authorization to purchase a lot of land for school purposes from Mr. Byng was sought.
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Article 45. Voted to dismiss this article wherein authorization to purchase a lot of land for school purposes from Mrs. Frances M. Cun- ning was sought.
Article 46. Voted to dismiss this article wherein authorization to purchase a lot of land for school purposes from the Beckwith Post No. 110, Inc., American Legion was sought.
Article 47. Voted to dimiss this article wherein the Park and Recreation Commission sought a sum of money for the purchase of land adjacent to the Swimming Pond land.
Article 48. Voted to dismiss this article wherein a sum of money for surfacing the Swimming Pond Parking Area was sought.
Article 49. Voted to dismiss this article wherein a sum of money was sought for capital improvements to the Town Swimming Facility off Green Street.
Article 50. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purpose of improving the Baker's Pond area.
Article 51. Voted to authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to disburse from its annual appropriation miscellaneous sums of money for entry fees, the purchase of prizes and awards, and the like in con- nection with the participation of groups sponsored by the Commission in meets, contests, and competitions both within and without the confines of the Town of Medfield.
Article 52. Voted 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 Spe- cial Town Meeting of November 26, 1956 by revoking the amendments thereby enacted and by substituting therefor 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 P.M. it shall be adjourned to a place and time determined by a majority of the voters then present; however, the Moderator shall be authorized to keep any such Annual or Special Town Meeting in session for an additional half hour period, if, in his opinion, the meeting will thereby be enabled to complete the remaining business."
NOTE: The vote on this article was nearly unanimous. (2 dissenting)
Article 53. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the purpose of repairing a section of Cemetery wall on Main Street.
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Article 54. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the purpose of surfacing the drives in Vine Lake Cemetery.
Article 55. Voted to accept certain gifts made to the Clara Savage Littledale Fund prior to June 24, 1964.
Aricle 56. Voted to raise and appropr.ate the sum of $900.00 for the purpose of providing recreation for the physically and mentally handicapped.
Article 57. Voted 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 therefor 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
By changing the caption SECTION VII. AREA REGULATIONS to SECTION VIII. AREA REGULATIONS (Not applicable to Apartment 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 SECTION IV. BUSINESS DISTRICT USES and by substituting for said numbered paragraphs the following:
1. Any use permitted under Paragraphs 1. and 2. of SECTION III. "B" RESIDENCE DISTRICT USES.
2.
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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 partition 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 District only, subject to the following rules and regulations :
Height and Bulk Regulations 1.
(a) Maximum 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, cup- olas, stage lofts, and the like shall not be considered as additional stories. A basement, or cellar, to be inhabited, must have the ceiling not less than five (5) feet above the average elevation of the land immediately surrounding the building foundation wall.
(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 buildings, un- obstructed 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.
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(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. (SECTION VII. Par. 5. for lot width requirements).
3. Yards
(a) Rear Yard - minimum depth shall not be less than fifty (50) feet.
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) feet.
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) feet.
Front yard shall 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.
(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. Offstreet Parking
(a) Two. (2) off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each family unit.
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(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) feet 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) Dimensions 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 deter- mine that the requirements of the proceeding sections (Section VI. Sub (sections 1 through 5) shall be met.
(b) Upon approval of the Site Plan, the builder of the apartment or apartment house may apply for a Building Permit under the apropriate section of the Building Code, Town of Medfield, Massachusetts.
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By adding the following new paragraph to SECTION VIII. AREA REGULATIONS.
9. Corner Lots in All Districts. A corner lot is defined as a lot which has an interior angle of less than 135 degrees at the inter- section of the two street lines. On corner lots, the building lot shall be considered as having two (2) front yards, (one facing each street), one (1) side yard, and one (1) rear yard.
168 voted in favor of passage of the article
61 voted against passage of the article
NOTE:
Amendments to the foregoing article which were submitted by the Planning Board were voted and incorporated under the fore- going SECTION VI. APARTMENTS as follows:
(a) Change the word "party" to "partition" so that it will read "sound proof partition walls". (fourth line)
(b) Under paragraph 1, Height and Bulk Regulations, sub- paragraph (b) - Change the last sentence to read: "A basement, or cellar, to be inhabited, must have the ceiling not less than five (5) feet above the average elevation of the land immediately surrounding the building foundation wall."
Article 58. Voted to authorize the Moderator to appoint a com- mittee of five (5) members and authorize it to make arrangements and to spend a sum of money appropriated under Article 3 for the observ- ance of Memorial Day. (Those appointed were William Mann, John J. O'Keefe, Lindsey Ripley, Patrick Walker & E. M. Wheelwright.
Article 59. Voted to transfer the sum of $85,000.00 from Free Cash in the Treasury for the reduction of the 1966 tax rate.
Article 60. Voted to accept the following named sums as Per- petual Trust Funds for the care of lots in the Vine Lake Cemetery, the interest thereof or as may be necessary to be used for said are, viz:
Richard Janssen Lot $100.00
Tubridy-McCarthy Lot $100.00
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Voted that the meeting be adjourned at 10:30 P.M. A true copy attest :
CHARLES W. KEIRSTEAD Town Clerk
Copy of Legal Notice published in the Suburban Free Press and the Suburban Recorder on May 6, 1966:
PUBLIC NOTICE
The following is an official copy of the acceptance by the Attorney General of the Building Code for the Town of Medfield which was voted for under Article 33 of the Adjourned Special Town Meeting of No- vember 23, 1965:
Boston, Mass. April 20, 1966 The within Building Code adopted under Article 33 is hereby approved.
Edward W. Brooke - Attorney General
PUBLIC NOTICE
The following is an official copy of the acceptance by the Attorney General of amendments to the Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Medfield relative to APARTMENTS which were adopted under Article 57 of the Adjourned Annual Town Meeting of March 21, 1966:
Boston, Mass. April 20, 1966
The foregoing amendments to Zoning By-Laws are hereby approved. (Article 57)
Edward W. Brooke, Attorney General
NOTE :
In compliance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 12, true copies of both the Building Code and the Zoning By- Laws relative to Apartments were made available for Public Inspection at five (5) public places in the Town on April 27, 1966, namely at:
Selectmens Office in the Town Hall Town Clerk's Office in the Town Hall Medfield Public Library Medfield Post Office Harding Post Office
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The five (5) copies of the Attorney General's acceptance of the two aforementiond documents were left posted for three (3) weeks. A true copy attest :
CHARLES W. KEIRSTEAD Town Clerk
TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Medfield, in said County, greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Dale Street School in said Medfield on Monday the 27th day of June A.D. 1966 at 7:30 P.M. then and there to act on the following articles:
ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire on behalf of the Town for public parking and Town Common purposes, by purchase, taking by eminent domain or otherwise, all of the land now owned, or recently owned, by Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc. lying northerly of Main Street and easterly of North Street and being more particularly bounded and described in a certain deed from the estate of Waldo Fitts to Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc. dated December 14, 1962 and recorded with Norfolk Deeds in Book 4402, Page 425 and to see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or borrow and/or transfer from available funds to defray the cost of such acquisition, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Town Common and Parking Area Committee)
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to appoint a committee to enter into and execute any and all manner of contracts, in behalf of the Town of Medfield, in connection with the con- version of the land referred to in the preceding Article into a Town Common and Parking Area and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate by borrowing or transferring from available funds or otherwise for said conversion, or take any other action relative thereto.
(Town Common and Parking Area Committee)
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ARTICLE 3. To sse if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to appoint a committee to enter into and execute any and all manner contracts, in behalf of the Town of Medfield, in connection with the construction of a Town Common and Parking Area on land adjacent to the Town Hall, presently being used for municipal purposes, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate by bor- rowing or transferring from available funds or otherwise for the pur- poses of this Article, or take any other action relative thereto.
(Town Common and Parking Area Committee)
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Seven Hundred and Ninety-eight and 71/100 Dollars ($798.71) for the purpose of paying land damages arising from the relocation of Hospital Road, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds or otherwise raise and appropriate Four Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-five and 17/100 Dollars ($4,735.17) to a Treasurer's Other Fi- nance Account to cover the costs of issuing loans, or take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to transfer that land pres- ently owned by the Town of Medfield situated at 4 Pleasant Street and more particularly bounded and described in a certain deed from Vincent Bravo and Antoinette C. Bravo to the Town of Medfield, dated the 14th day of December 1965 and recorded with Norfolk Deeds in Book 4316, Page 533 and that land presently owned by the Town of Medfield situ- ated at 6 Pleasant Street and more particularly bounded and described in a certain deed from the Needham Cooperative Bank to the Town of Medfield dated the 21st day of October 1965 and recorded with Norfolk Registry District Land Court, Certificate number 79285, Book 397, Page 85, to the jurisdiction and control of the Board of Trustees of Memorial Public Library, Medfield, or take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to transfer to the Memorial Public Library of Medfield the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Five and 25/100 Dollars ($1,505.25) received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under the provisions of Chapter 760, Acts of 1960, as amended, an Act providing State aid to cities and towns for free public libraries, or take any other action relative thereto.
(Trustees of the Memorial Public Library)
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ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to the Board of Trustees of the Memorial Public Library to be used for the expenses to be incurred in having a study made and plans prepared for the reno- vation of the present library building and the conversion of the former Needham Cooperative Bank building for library uses, or take any other action relative thereto.
(Trustees of the Memorial Public Library)
ARTICLE 9. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for grading and seeding that certain parcel of land situated at 4 Pleasant Street, between Memorial Public Library and the former Needham Cooperative Bank Building, or take any other ac- tion relative thereto.
(Trustees of the Memorial Public Library)
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds the sum of Thirteen Hundred Dol- lars ($1,300.) for the purpose of an additional aerial mosquito spray, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Superintendent of Insect Pest Control)
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to repeal the Building By- law as it existed immediately prior to the adoption of the Building Code at the adjourned Town Meeting of November 23, 1965 or take any other action relative thereto.
(Planning Board)
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Building Code adopted at the adjourned Special Town Meeting of November 23, 1965 by adding a section 107.7 concerning safeguards as follows:
107.7 SAFEGUARDS - All swimming pools, excavations, construction, buildings or other structures that the Building In- spector determines to be dangerous to the general public, shall be provided with fences, barriers or such other safeguards as the Building Inspector shall order.
or take any other action relative thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to amend the by-laws of the Town of Medfield adopted March 8, 1926 by changing Section 1. of Article I to read as follows:
Section 1. The Annual Town Meeting for the election of of- ficers and other matters as may be voted on the official ballot shall be held on the first Monday in March, each year, and the Annual
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Town Meeting for the transaction of business shall be held on the second Monday in March of each year. The polls for the election of town officers and such other matters as may be voted on official ballots shall be opened at 6:00 o'clock A.M. and shall be closed at 8:00 o'clock P.M.
or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to amend the by-laws of The Town of Medfield adopted March 8, 1926 by changing Section 4. of Article I. to read as follows:
Section 4. The number of voters necessary to constitute a quorum at any Town Meetings shall be two hundred and fifty (250) provided that a number less than a quorum may from time to time adjourn the same. This section shall not apply to such parts of meetings as are devoted exclusively to the election of town officers. or do or act anything in relation thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following named sums as Perpetual Trust Funds for the care of lots in the Vine Lake Cemetery, the interest thereof or as may be necessary to be used for said care, viz :
The Langley Lot $2,500.00
Joseph Hazel Lot 50.00
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof, in the usual place for posting warrants in said Medfield, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 17th day of June A.D. Nineteen hundred and sixty-six.
AUSTIN C. BUCHANAN JOHN J. O'KEEFE RICHARD G. CONNORS Selectmen of Medfield GEORGE W. KINGSBURY Constable of Medfield
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
Medfield, Massachusetts June 18, 1966
By virtue of this warrant I have notified and warned the inhabi- tants of the Town of Medfield, qualified to vote in elections to meet at the time and for the purpose named by posting attested copies of said warrant in not less than five public places in the Town at least seven days before the time of holding the meeting.
GEORGE W. KINGSBURY Constable of Medfield
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
June 27, 1966
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant the meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7:30 P.M. at the Dale Sreet School and after read- ing the warrant notice and Constables' return, action was taken on the articles as follows: (voters furnished with copy of warrant)
NOTE:
Prior to voting that a written ballot be used for action on Article 1, Mr. Fred Clarridge gave a very informative description of the cost and advantages of the proposed plan for a Town Common and Parking Area on the northeasterly corner of North and Main Streets.
Article 1. Voted that this article be dismissed wherein authorization to acquire on behalf of the Town for public parking and Town Common purposes, all of the land now owned, or recently owned by the Socony Mobil Oil Company lying northerly of Main Street and easterly of North Street was sought.
285 voted for dismissal of article.
154 voted against dismissal of article.
Voted that the Town Common and Parking Area Committee be dis- missed and a sincere vote of thanks from the Town be extended to them for their extensive and consciencious work on this project.
Article 2. Voted that this article be dismissed as Article 1 failing to pass nullified its purpose.
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