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At this time, Bernard D. Donavan, Chairman, read the report of the Appropriations Committee, which did not approve the ex- penditure necessary for this school at this time and recommended that the matter be deferred for a few years.
The report of the Appropriations Committee was placed on file with the Town Clerk.
A motion was then made and seconded that the vote on the question be by written ballot.
Upon being put to vote, this motion was declared lost.
After discussion the question was called for and a standing vote showed 287 voting in favor and 122 opposed.
The motion was declared carried by more than a two-third's vote.
ARTICLE 4. Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,250.00 to pay the cost of the preparation, certifica- tion and advertising of the School Bonds, said amount to be taken from the unexpended balance of money now in the Treasury ap- propriated for a similar purpose at the Special Town Meeting of June 21, 1955, voted under Article 8 of said meeting. (Motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
ARTICLE 5. It was moved and seconded that the Town vote to accept as a public way or street Blueberry Hill Road northerly
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from Bliss Road a distance of about 1025 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and establish the grade thereof in accordance with a plan dated May 31, 1956 on file in the office of the Town Clerk and authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by Eminent Domain, under Chapter 79 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as amended, purchase or otherwise, slope rights of excavation or embankment along the easterly and westerly bound- ary lines of said way as so laid out; to drain, grade and harden said street ; to install a sanitary sewer in said street and Bliss Road westerly about 465 feet to the easterly end of the present sanitary sewer; to install a water main in said Blueberry Hill Road to con- nect with the present water main in Bliss Road; to install a surface water drain in said Blueberry Hill Road and running southerly across Bliss Road, thence easterly parallel to the southerly line of Bliss Road in land of the Town of Longmeadow about 746 feet to a point ; thence southerly and southwesterly across land of the Town of Longmeadow to Williams Street, thence southwesterly and southeasterly to a point in Williams Street at about Station 68 + 20; to construct a concrete sidewalk on the easterly side of Blueberry Hill Road from Bliss Road northerly about 1025 feet and on the northerly side of Bliss Road from said Blueberry Hill Road westerly a distance of about 415 feet; and that for the fore- going purposes, the sum of $88,000.00 be appropriated; of which the sum of $1.00 is for possible damages for said taking; the sum of $40,000.00 be transferred from Free Cash in the Surplus Reve- nue Account and the balance, in the sum of $48,000.00 be raised by taxation; and authorize the assessment of betterments for the betterments for the sanitary sewer on real estate abutting on Bliss Road which receives benefit therefrom and for the construction of a sidewalk on Bliss Road on the abutting real estate on Bliss Road not to exceed 1/2 the cost of the construction of said sidewalk.
Bernard D. Donavan, Chairman of the Appropriations Com- mittee, read the report of this Committee approving the appro- priation of $88,000.00 for this work and recommending that $40,000.00 be transferred from Free Cash in the Surplus Revenue Account and the balance, in the sum of $48,000.00 be raised by taxation.
This motion was carried by a standing vote 249 voting in favor and 2 opposed.
ARTICLE 6. Voted : That to meet the whole or part of the cost hereafter incurred of laying pipes in public and private ways for the conveyance or distribution of water to the inhabitants of the town, and owner of land which receives benefit from the laying of water pipes in such ways upon which his land abutts or which by more remote means receives benefit through the supply of water to his land or buildings shall pay a proportionate part of the cost
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not already assessed of extending such water supplies to his land, the amount to be charged against each parcel of land to include the cost of the pipes and other material and of the labor in laying them and other expenses incidental thereto and to be ascertained, assessed and certified by the Water and Sewer Commissioners as provided in Sections 42G and 42I of Chapter 40. (Motion was carried by unanimous vote.)
It was then voted to adjourn without day.
FRANK E. SMITH Town Clerk
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State Primary
SEPTEMBER 18, 1956
Result of Vote
REPUBLICAN PARTY
GOVERNOR
Sumner G. Whittier
705
Foster Furcolo
4
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45
Total
754
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Charles Gibbons
725
Blank
29
Total
754
SECRETARY
Richard I. Furbush
727
Blank
27
Total
754
TREASURER
Robert H. Beaudreau
724
Blank
30
Total
754
AUDITOR
Joseph A. Nobile
719
Blank
35
Total
754
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137
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ATTORNEY GENERAL
George Fingold
727
Blank
27
Total
754
CONGRESSMAN
Foster W. Doty
703
Blank
51
Total
754
COUNCILLOR
Kenneth B. Bowen
314
Eunice L. Mannheim
91
Chester J. Setela
17
John M. Turner
294
Raymond F. Sullivan
1
Blank
37
Total
754
SENATOR
Ralph V. Clampit
716
Blank
38
Total
754
REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT
Raymond H. Beach
700
George T. Smith
706
Edmund H. Ward
1
Blank
101
Total
1508
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Wilfred J. Messier
688
Joseph J. Papuzenski 1
26
Sven Anderson
8
Ralph P. Walsh
3
John E.Nelson
1
George Keady
1
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1
1 1
1
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138
Richard E. Jenkins
1
Blank
780
Total
1508
SHERIFF
Henry Clay
660
David J. Manning
11
James Disanti
1
Blank
82
Total
754
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
GOVERNOR
Foster Furcolo
219
Thomas H. Buckley
5
Blank
5
Total
229
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Robert F. Murphy
151
James A. Burke
15
George A. Wells
29
Blank
34
Total
229
SECRETARY
Edward J. Cronin
176
Robert Emmet Dinsmore
19
Blank
34
Total
229
TREASURER
Clement A. Riley
91
John F. Kennedy
58
John E. Buckley
22
Henry Joseph Hurley
12
John M. Kennedy
11
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35
Total
229
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139
1
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AUDITOR
Thomas J. Buckley
193
Blank 36
Total
229
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Joseph D. Ward
126
Edward J. McCormack, Jr.
72
Blank
31
Total
229
CONGRESSMAN
Edward P. Boland
194
Blank
35
Total
229
COUNCILLOR
Stanley Borsa
17
Edward W. Collins
77
John R. Dolan
1
John J. Dwyer
4
Leonard E. Gibbons
9
Arthur James McKenna
15
Raymond F. Sullivan 1
77
John J. Teahan
2
Joseph Topor
4
Blank
23
Total
229
SENATOR
Robert E. Connellan
26
John M. Fitzgerald
27
William J. Granfield, Jr.
53
Joseph C. McIntrye
3
Thomas P. Sullivan
12
Harold J. Hooper Walsh
38
Stanley John Zarod
27
Edmund H. Ward
1
Blank
42
Total
229
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140
REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT
Edmund H. Ward
12
Raymond F. Niles
2
Blank
444
Total
458
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
William F. Stapleton
123
Ralph P. Walsh
203
Daniel B. Buckley
36
Francis McCaffrey
14
Blank
82
Total
458
SHERIFF
David J. Manning
147
John G. Curley
36
James DiSanti
19
Blank
9
Total
229
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FRANK E. SMITH
Town Clerk
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Special Town Meeting
OCTOBER 23, 1956
WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
HAMPDEN ss.
To Frank E. Smith, Collector of taxes or to either of the Con- stables of the Town of Longmeadow, in said county :
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are directed to notify and warn the Inhabitants of the Town of Longmeadow, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet in the COMMUN- ITY HOUSE in said Town on TUESDAY, the TWENTY-THIRD day of OCTOBER, 1956 at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, and if the main hall of the Community House shall not, in the opinion of the Moderator, be adequate to contain said Inhabitants who shall meet, then to meet also in the hall in the basement of said Com- munity House, at such time and places then and there to act on the following Articles, to wit :
ARTICLE 1. To see whether the Town will vote to accept Chapter 178 of the Acts of 1955, entitled "An Act To Authorize The Town of Longmeadow To Incur Indebtedness For The Con- structions of Sewage Treatment Works, And to Construct the Same," or take any other action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 2. To see whether the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Six Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars or a greater or lesser sum of money to be used with any Federal Funds as may be made available under the Provisions of Public Law 660 (84th Congress) for the purpose of laying out and constructing a system of main drains, common sewers, subdrains, connections and other works as may be required for a system or systems of sewer- age and sewage treatment and disposal, including a sewage treat- ment plant, said sewage treatment plant to be constructed on prop- erty now believed to be owned by the Town on the southerly side of Emerson Road and west of the tracks of the New York, New
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Haven and Hartford Railroad, or at some other location; or otherwise providing for such system of sewerage and sewage treat- ment and disposal; and determine how any such appropriation shall be raised, whether by borrowing, by taxation, by transfer from available revenue funds or otherwise; and authorize the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners, acting for and on behalf of the Town, to construct said system of main drains, com- mon sewers, subdrains, connections and works as may be required for a system of sewerage and sewage treatment, and a sewage treat- ment plant at the aforesaid location on the southerly side of Emer- son Road, or at some other location, or otherwise provide for such system of sewerage and sewage treatment and disposal, all as the Town may determine; or take any other action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 3. To see whether the Town will vote to receive a final report submitted by the Planning Board relative to amend- ments and additions to the Zoning By-Law as presented by said Board to the public hearing on October 16, 1956, said amendments and additions being those filed with the Town Clerk and available for public inspection, and act on the same; adopt said amendments and additions to the Zoning By-Law, in whole or in part, as recom- mended in said report, or take any other action relative thereto.
ARTICLE 4. To see whether the Town will amend the Build- ing Ordinance, so-called, by adding thereto a new Chapter 9A to read as follows :
CHAPTER 9A SWIMMING POOLS
SECTION 1. The location of a swimming pool must conform to the requirements of the Zoning By-Law as amended.
SECTION 2. An Application for a permit to erect a swim- ming pool must be accompanied by a plot plan showing conformity with the requirements of the Zoning By-Law, prepared and signed by a licensed engineer or surveyor.
SECTION 3. Such application must also be accompanied by a plan and specifications drawn and prepared by a competent en- gineer, showing all necessary details of reinforcement and con- struction.
Walls shall be not less than 12 inches in thickness of rein- forced concrete of 1 : 2 : 4 mix and shall have a strength of at least twenty-five hundred (2500) pounds per square inch at the age of twenty-eight (28) days.
Floors shall be not less than 6" in thickness of concrete of 1 : 2 : 4 mix and shall rest on a bed of gravel not less than 12 inches in thickness.
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SECTION 4. The swimming pool must be filled from above the top of the pool with an air space between such top and the fill pipe, and no drainage therefrom shall be permitted to enter a san- itary sewer. The Plan accompanying the application must show conformity with this section, or take any other action relative to said Article 4.
ARTICLE 5. To see whether the Town will vote to rescind the vote taken under Article 15 of the Annual Town Meeting held on February 17, 1931, relative to the reconveyance by the Town to Springmeadow Realty Corporation of certain land in exchange for certain other land, all as more fully set forth in said Article and Vote, or take any other action relative thereto.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof in three public places in said Town 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 or before the time of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands this Fifteenth day of October, A. D., 1956.
MACK F. WALLACE J. BUSHNELL RICHARDSON, JR. COLIN O. CATHREW
Selectmen of Longmeadow
I hereby certify that I have posted attested copies of the above as directed.
GEORGE A. YARSLEY, JR. Constable
October 15, 1956
Acting under the authority of the foregoing Warrant, the Qualified voters of the Town met at the time and place appointed. More than a quorum was present and the meeting was called to order by the Moderator.
It was voted to waive the reading of the Warrant.
ARTICLE 1. Voted: That the Town accept Chapter 178 of
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the Acts of 1955, Entitled "An Act to Authorize the Town of Longmeadow to Incure Indebtedness for the Construction of Sew- age Treatment Works, And to Construct the Same." (Motion carried by unanimous vote.)
ARTICLE 2. Moved: The sum of $630,000.00 be and is here- by appropriated, to be used with any Federal Funds as may be made available under the provisions of Public Law 660 (84th Congress) for the purpose of laying out and constructing a system of main drains, common sewers, subdrains, connections and other works as may be required for a system or systems of sewerage and sewage treatment and disposal, including a sewage treatment plant, said sewage treatment plant to be constructed on property now believed to be owned by the Town on the southerly side of Emerson Road and west of the tracks of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad ;
That for the purpose of meeting the aforesaid appropriation the sum of $30,000.00 be transferred from available revenue funds and the balance of said appropriation be borrowed by the issue and sale of general obligation serial bonds of the Town of Long- meadow, as hereinafter provided; and
That the Town Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized with the approval of the Selectmen; (a) to borrow the sum of $100,- 000.00 by the issue and sale of bonds of the Town in that aggregate principal amount, under the authority of and in conformity with the Massachusetts General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 44, Section 7, Clause 1 and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, and (b) to borrow the sum of $500,000.00 by the issue and sale of bonds of the Town in that aggregate principal amount under the authority of and in conformity with Chapter 178 of the Massachu- setts Acts of 1955; that the bonds of each such bond issue shall bear such date, be payable at such times, bear such rate of interest, and be in such form and issue and sold in such manner (except as herein or by law otherwise provided) as shall be determined by the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen;
That the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners, acting for and on behalf of the Town shall have full power and authority to construct said system of main drains, common sewers, subdrains, connections and other works as may be required for a system of sewerage and sewage treatment and a sewage treatment plant at the aforesaid location on the southerly side of Emerson Road.
The powers and authority conferred by this vote to be in addi- tion to and in furtherance of the powers given said Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners under the provisions of Chapter 178 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1955.
Any damages, recoverable against the Town by reason of any
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takings by Eminent Domain by said Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners to be payable from the money appropriated here- under.
No act to be done by said Board of Water and Sewer Commis- sioners, except in the making of surveys and other preliminary in- vestigations until the plans for sewage disposal have been approved by the State Department of Public Health.
This motion was seconded.
Mr. Guffanti, member of the Board of Water and Sewer Com- missioners explained about the proposed sewage treatment plant. He told of visits to several plants by the Commissioners and Select- men and picture slides were shown of these plants.
General discussion of Article 2 followed.
At this time the Appropriations Committee submitted to the meeting the following report.
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT
The Appropriations Committee approves the appropriation of $630,000.00 as proposed under Article 2 of the Warrant, for the construction of drains, sewers and a sewage treatment plant, to be acted upon at the Special Town Meeting to be held Tuesday, October 23, 1956.
We recommend that $600,000.00 be raised by the issuance of bonds and $30,000.00 be transferred from Available Revenue Funds.
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
BERNARD D. DONAVAN SIDNEY R. HUNGERFORD WINDSOR STURTEVANT CHESTER J. CHAMBERS
At this time the privilege of the floor was extended to Edwin R. Albertson of Bowe, Albertson & Associates, the engineers for the project who answered questions regarding the proposed and sim- ilar sewage treatment plants.
After which the question was called for and a standing vote showed 145 voting in favor and 75 opposed.
The motion was declared lost as it was not carried by a 2/3's majority.
A motion was made and seconded that the vote be reconsid-
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ered. Upon being put to vote this motion was lost. A standing vote showed 139 voting in favor and 75 opposed. This motion was declared lost, less than 2/3 's having voted in favor.
It was then moved and seconded that further action under Article 2 be deferred to Tuesday, November 20, 1956 at 7:30 o'clock P. M. at this place, to which time and place this meeting will stand adjourned after action taken under the remaining articles of the Warrant.
ARTICLE 3. Voted : That the Town receive a final report submitted by the Planning Board relative to amendments and additions to the Zoning By-Law as presented by said Board to the public hearing held October 16, 1956, said amendments and addi- tions being those filed with the Town Clerk and available for public inspection.
This report was presented to the meeting by Mr. Bassett, Chairman of the Planning Board and recommended the adoption of the proposed amendments and changes to the Zoning By-Law.
It was then voted that the final report of the Planning Board as received, be accepted and placed on file. This motion was car- ried by unanimous vote.
Mr. Bassett then moved that the copy of the Legal Notice containing proposed Amendments and Additions to the Zoning By-Law published in the newspaper in connection with the Public Hearing held by the Planning Board in the Longmeadow Com- munity House on October 16, 1956, another copy of which was filed by said Board with the Town Clerk, and offered by me to this meeting herewith, be made a part of the records of this Meet- ing in furtherance of action to be taken under this Article.
This motion which was duly made and seconded was carried by unanimous vote.
The following are the amendments and additions to the Zon- ing By-Law published and presented to this meeting and in accord- ance with the foregoing vote made a part of this Article.
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Legal Notice
LEGAL NOTICE TOWN OF LONGMEADOW PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING
The Town of Longmeadow Planning Board will hold a public hearing in the Longmeadow Community House, 735 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow, Mas- sachusetts, on Tuesday, October 16, 1956, at seven-thirty o'clock in the evening, for all those persons interested in pro- posed amendments and additions to the Zoning By-Law of the Town of Long- meadow as prepared by the Town of Longmeadow Planning Board and as delineated herewith :
ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS Substitute a new Item 3:
3. "Abutting Property." A lot abuts upon another when it and the other have a common property line.
Substitute a new Item 6:
6. "Building." A building is a com- bination of materials forming a structure which is enclosed on one or more sides and which is provided with a roof. Substitute a new Item 7:
7. "New," when used herein, shall indicate that the item or matter in ques- tion came into being, or attained its then existing size, shape, or location sub- sequent to the effective date of this By- Law or of any pertinent amendment thereof.
Substitute a new Item 28:
28. "Structure." A structure shall be anything composed of any material or combination of materials which is erected, constructed, or placed upon the property for apparent permanent or sea- sonal use, and which occupies more than four square feet in projected base area, or two feet in maximum horizontal di- mension.
Re-number the present Item 28 as 29 and Item 29 as 30 and Item 30 as 31 and Item 31 as 32
ARTICLE IV. USE REGULATIONS Section A. General Condition
Any building or structure, use of building or structure, or use of land not herein expressly permitted for the zone in which the building or structure or land is located is hereby forbidden, except a building or structure, use of a building or structure, or use of land legally existing prior to the effective date of this By-Law, or any pertinent amendment thereof, unless permission is obtained from the Zoning Board of Ap- peals as provided in Article I of this By-Law.
Section B. Uses in Residence A-1, A, and B Zones
In the Residence A-1, A and B Zones, except as may be hereinafter otherwise provided, no building or structure or land shall be used, and no building or structure shall be erected or altered, which is intended or designed to be used for any purpose except one or more of the following :
1. Detached permanent, single-family dwelling, together with an integral or attached garage capable of housing not more than three automobiles, all of which
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shall be of non-commercial, passenger type.
1.1 In supplement to the use of a dwelling as residence for a single family, the following accessory uses are permitted :
1.1a The renting of bedroom space by the week, or the furnishing of table board by the week, to not more than four persons other than mem- bers of the family.
1.1b The use of one or more rooms as professional offices of a physician, surgeon, dentist, lawyer, or ac- countant who is a resident member of the family.
1.1c The renting of parking space in a completely enclosed garage to the extent that the same space is not required for the storage in a garage of all automobiles stored on the premises.
1.1d Accessory uses shall not in- clude the keeping upon the land of unused and unsightly personal property of a character objectionable to neighbors, nor the storing of un- registered automobiles.
1.1e Accessory uses shall not in- clude the parking, storing, or main- taining of any type of trailer, except within a totally enclosed garage.
1.2 Detached buildings and structures, as enumerated hereunder, may be con- structed and erected as accessory to the dwelling, provided that the total land area occupied by such accessory buildings and structures shall not ex- ceed 50% of the gross land area with- in the property lines and to the rear of the secondary set-back line as defined under Article VI, Section B, Sub- Paragraph 2a.
1.2a Private garage, of such size and construction as to accommodate no more than three automobiles, all of which shall be of the non-com- mercial, passenger type. A detached garage shall be permitted in lieu of, but not in supplement to, any ex- isting like facility.
1.2b Garden tool house, summer house, or children's playhouse.
1.2c Bicycle shed.
1.2d An animal shelter, designed for and used by not more than two domestic pets of the resident family.
1.2e Pool, intended and used for the raising of aquatic plant life and fish, or for wading; whose major dimensions shall not exceed 18 inches in depth, 19 feet horizontally in any direction, and 50 square feet of surface area.
1.2f Pool, intended and used for bathing, swimming, and diving; whose normal water surface area shall not exceed 15% of the net land area to the rear of the secondary set-back line not occupied by other accessory structures, or the ap- plicable limiting figure tabulated be- low, whichever is the lesser.
In the Residence A-1 Zone, 1200 square feet. In the Residence A Zone,
1000 square feet. In the Residence B Zone, 600 square feet.
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Such a pool, or the general area within which it is constructed, must be surrounded by a fence or other barrier at least 4 feet in height and capable of being secured against un- authorized entry. A bath house and enclosure for mechanical equipment incidental to the operation of the pool are
permissible accessory structures.
1.2g Sign, showing name and street number only, which may be affixed to the dwelling or attached to a suitable support. In the case of a physician, surgeon, dentist, lawyer, or accountant, such sign may show, in addition to the name and street number, the class of profession. Such sign shall not exceed one square foot in area, or two feet in linear di- mension. Temporary signs relating to proposed sale or rental of real property may be displayed, but may not exceed four square feet in area.
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