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Accepted and adopted. Sale of Infirmary at public auction.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to repair and renovate the building known as the Town Infirmary Building and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Arttcle 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to be used in increasing the candlewatt power in the street lights from Wheeler Square to Snow Inn Road on Route 28 in Harwich Port and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. No appropriation needed, already in bud- get.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of sixty dollars and thirty cents ($60.30) to reimburse the estate of Burton G. Sears of Harwich for money paid to the Town on the assignment of a tax title improperly assigned by the Town.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate $60.30.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to transfer the Town Offices of Selectmen, Assessors and Board of Health, Town Treasurer, Town Clerk and Tax Collector and any other Town offices to the building known as the Brooks Academy Building, and to equip and make the building suitable for such offices and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed, by standing vote.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to purchase or take by eminent domain the lot of land west of the Pilgrim Church in Harwich Port assessed to Theophilus Baker under deed dated November 25, 1908, and recorded in Book 293, Page 153, Barnstable County Deeds, said lot to be used as a public parking lot.
Indefinitely postponed.
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Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to improve the remaining uncleared por- tion of the schoolhouse parking lot in Harwich Port and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate $500.00.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), to put two seats in Wheeler Park, Harwich Port, and two tables and four benches in Brooks Park, Harwich Center. These seats to be iron frames or such so as not to be easily movable and money left over after the purchase of same shall be used to place a water bubbler in Wheeler Park, this project to be left in the hands of the Park Commissioners and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), for the purpose of establishing public rest rooms at the public bathing beach, lower Bank Street. This building to be 12 ft. by 12 ft. with two sections and entrances, one for men and one for women. Each section to have two toilets and one lavatory and each to be equipped with auto- matic nickel locks to help pay maintenance of same. To be piped with water from the Town water main and a cesspool for waste. The contract for said building to be given to the lowest bidder, under the right to accept or reject any bids not meeting the best require- ments for materials and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00), for band concerts to be given by the Chatham Band in Brooks Park the summer of 1950.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate for band concerts $500.00.
Article 34. To see what action the Town will take regarding the adoption, through the Selectmen, Planning Board or otherwise, of By-Laws or Ordinances, or Rules and Regulations or Orders, creat- ing "No Parking" areas upon the streets and ways of the Town, including penalties for the violation thereof, and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), for the purpose of relocation, alteration, laying out of Town Ways, engineering and surveying of Town property and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Raised and appropriated $5,000.00.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Chief of Police, the Chairman of the Planning Board, Chief of the Fire Department and two members to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen, to act as a committee to study and report back to the next Special or Annual Town Meeting a By-Law governing the making of rules and regulations relative to parking and traffic on all Town Ways within the Town and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted.
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Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), to be used by the moth department in controlling the Dutch Elm disease and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Raised and appropriated $500.00.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fourteen hundred dollars ($1,400.00) to purchase a pick-up truck for use of the Highway Department and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. The sum of $1,400.00 to be taken from surplus funds.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifty-seven hundred dollars ($5,700.00), for the purpose of widening and re-surfacing the so-called Belmont Road leading from Lower County Road to Route 28 and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00), to widen and re-surface the Town road starting from Brewster line on Depot Street in North Harwich and continue as far as money will allow.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-six hundred dollars ($2,600.00), for the purpose of purchasing a new truck for the Highway Department and to authorize the Surveyor of Highways to sell or trade the truck now owned by the Town and the sum received from same to be used towards the purchase of a new truck and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. The sum of $2,600.00 to be taken from surplus funds.
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), to purchase a sand spreader for use of the Highway Department and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. The sum of $1,000.00 to be taken from surplus funds.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600.00), for the purpose of widen- ing and re-surfacing the so-called Gilbert Lane leading from Sisson Road to Doane Road and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Raised and appropriated $600.00.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600.00), to purchase a snow plow for use of the Highway Department and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Raised and appropriated $600.00.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise the salary of the Surveyor of Highways from two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), per year to three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), per year and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
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Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-three hundred dollars ($2,300.00), to purchase and install a suitable heating system and to build a so-called building to house boiler for the new Highway Department garage and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Raised and appropriated $2,300.00.
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Select- men to lay out Mandeville Road in West Harwich for future accept- ance as a Town Way, or take any action thereon and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Select- men to relocate and alter Lothrop Avenue in West Harwich from Gilbert's Lane to the Great Western Road, for future acceptance by the Town, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 49. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00), to have Robbins Road surveyed and graded to make same passable. That the Moderator shall appoint two citizens to spend the aforesaid appropriation for work on said road.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of eight hundred dollars ($800.00), for the purpose of con- structing a sidewalk on the east side of Mansion Street, West Har- wich, starting at Main Street and extending northerly to Smith Street, material to be used for hardening to be left to the road sur- veyor and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of nine hundred dollars ($900.00), to extend the sidewalk from Arthur Chase's house, down the north side of Sisson Road, to South Street and as far down South Street, north toward the elementary school, as the money will go. This walk to be four feet wide and hardened with "hot mix" and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), for the purpose of dredging a channel at the mouth of Herring River, West Harwich, said sum to be used in conjunction with any money contributed by the State Department of Public Works or private subscription and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00.
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), to build two stone jetties for shore protection at points to be designated by the Divi- sion of Waterways, at points on the shore of Nantucket Sound,
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between the Town Beach at the foot of Pleasant Road and Herring River and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), to dredge the mouth of the channel to Allen's Harbor, the money appropriated to be used in conjunction with a like amount allocated by the Department of Public Works Division of Waterways and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00.
Article 55. To see if the Town will assume liability in the manner provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Department of Public Works of Massachusetts for the improve- ment, development, maintenance and protection of rivers, harbors, tide water and foreshores, in accordance with Section 11 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, and to authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Commonwealth.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00), for repairs to the Town Landing at Round Cove, East Harwich.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00.
Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain for a Town Landing lots 57 and 58 as shown on "a plan of Allen's Harbor, Cape Cod Real Estate Trust, June 1926, Morse and Chase, Engrs.", recorded in Barnstable County Deeds Book 18 Page 41, and raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money therefor and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00.
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), to pay North Atlantic Dredging Co., for dredging of the inner channel of Wychmere during the month of May, 1949.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00.
Article 59. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00), to purchase and equip the Fire Department with a (1500 gallon capacity combination tank truck and brush breaker, all wheel drive), which would enable the Fire Department to efficiently protect the many sections of Town with no hydrant service, and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $15,000.00.
Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00), to purchase needed addition to Fire Station, and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to use $7,800.00 from surplus funds.
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Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and seventy dollars and twenty cents ($370.20), to be used to pay John Knowles of West Harwich for work and materials used in connection with the installation of the siren horns on the Fire Station.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $370.20.
Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of seventeen hundred dollars ($1,700.00), for the purpose of purchasing a new police cruiser for the Harwich Police Depart- ment and act fully thereon. Purchase of cruiser to be left in the hands of the Board of Selectmen.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200.00.
Article 63. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of eleven hundred and forty-five dollars ($1,145.00), for the purpose of purchasing a new radio system for the Harwich Police Department and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,145.00.
Article 64. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to extend the water main from Lower County Road on Strandway, Pine Lane, Mill Point Road and Riverway in West Harwich, and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 65. To see if the Town will vote to install a water main on Kelley Street and to determine whether the appropriation shall be provided for by taxation, by transfer from available funds in the Treasury, or by issuance of a loan.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 66. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water mains on Sequatucket Bluffs Road, and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 67. To see if the Town will vote to release to Mildred B. Paine, the present owner of the land, the easement granted by Loring G. Williams and Nellie C. Williams to said Town under date of November 20, 1936; said easement to lay, maintain, operate, repair and renew, etc., a water main from the High School lot to Parallel Street over said land, which easement never has been exercised, and which is recorded with Barnstable County Deeds in Book 521, Page 397; and to authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver said release in the name of the Town.
Accepted and adopted as read.
Article 68. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water mains on Gorham Road and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 69. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00), to be used by the Board of Water Commissioners for extending water mains where requested,
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providing that the estimated income is at least 6% of the cost of installing.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00.
Article 70. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing a standpipe with control valves and appurtenant piping on land owned by the Town known as "Brooks Park Grove," and determine whether the appro- priation shall be provided for by taxation, by transfer from available funds in the Treasury, or by issuance of a loan.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to transfer from surplus funds the sum of $75,000.00.
Article 71. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to the Water Department construction account for extending water mains and appurtenances in such streets and ways, public or private, as the Board of Water Commissioners shall determine. Also, determine whether the appropriation shall be pro- vided by taxation, by transfer from available funds in the Treasury, or by issuance of a loan.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 72. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to purchase a trench digger and backfiller for use by the Water Department.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to take from surplus funds the sum of $3,500.00.
Article 73. To see if the Town will accept and adopt as a By-Law the following Ordinance.
TOWN OF HARWICH AN ORDINANCE BUILDING AND FIRE PREVENTION BY-LAW
Section 1. To promote the health, safety, moral and general wel- fare of its inhabitants, to lessen the danger from fire, and to improve the Town. The construction, repair, alterations of buildings, and structures in the Town of Harwich are hereby restricted and regu- lated as provided under the provisions of Section 3, Chapter 143 of General Laws as amended by Act of 1933, Chapter 544.
Section 2. Notification of intent to build, etc.
Par. 1. No building or structure shall be erected, altered or recon- structed without a permit granted by the building inspector.
Par. 2. This shall not apply to small accessory buildings not to be used for the purpose of habitation, business, or public assembly with a floor space of less than 300 square feet.
Section 3. Applications for building permits shall be accompanied by a plan of the lot showing the actual dimensions of the lot and exact location and size of building structures to be erected, together with location of cesspool or septic tank and water supplies on pro- posed lot and adjacent lots, and streets and alleys on and adjacent to the lot. A record of such applications and plans shall be kept on file in the office of the Building Inspector.
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Section 4. Front yards.
Par. 1. All buildings shall not be less than twenty-five (25) feet from the street line.
Par. 2. All buildings shall be ten (10) feet from property lines and all buildings intended for human inhabitation shall be at least twenty (20) feet from existing dwellings.
Section 5. Chimneys.
Par. 1. All chimneys hereafter built in any building used for habitation, business or public assembly, shall be built of brick or other non-combustible material, constructed from the ground up and not supported or hung in any way by wood or combustible material. All chimneys shall have a terra cotta flue lining and the face walls of fireplaces may be of a 4 inch masonry instead of 8 inch masonry.
Par. 1A. Adequate iron mantel bars or masonry arches shall be used over all fireplaces or grate openings. All jambs and the backs of all fireplaces, range or grate openings shall be at least 8 inches thick, except self-forming metal fireplaces may have 4 inch masonry walls. No hearth shall be laid on any wood or any combustible ma- terial. All framing shall be at least 2 inches from any chimney and all boarding shall be at least 1 inch from chimney.
Par. 2. No smoke pipe or metal flue shall pass through any wooden partitions without a safety thimble of fireproof material, the thimble to extend the full width of the partition or the smoke pipe flue to be 8 inches from any woodwork.
Par. 3. Separate flues should be arranged for fireplaces and heat- ing or cooking units, with a cleanout door at bottom of flue for heating or cooking unit.
Section 6. Fire stops.
All buildings used for habitation, business or for public assembly hereafter erected shall have fire stops at all floor and ceiling lines.
Section 7. Foundations.
All foundations to be of continuous masonry wall, exclusive of window or access openings and shall also have masonry footings. Piers if any shall also have masonry walls and footings.
Section 8. Hazards.
No building permit shall be issued if the construction will consti- tute a hazard.
Section 8A. Sewage.
Par. 1. A cesspool or other means of sewage disposal may be constructed only after a permit is secured from the town Board of Health and installation shall be in accordance with their rules.
Section 9. Inspection of buildings.
No wall or ceiling in any building shall be covered or lathed until the Building Inspector has been notified and has an opportunity to inspect such work. Building Inspector shall forthwith make an inspection within forty-eight (48) hours of the receipt of such notice so as not to hold up any work of construction.
Section 10. Enforcement.
This By-Law shall be administered by the Building Inspector. He shall approve no application of any kind, plans or specifications, which are not in all respects in conformity to this By-Law.
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Section 11. Board of Appeals.
Par. 1. A Board of Appeals is hereby established, to consist of three members to be appointed by the Selectmen. All members shall be residents of the Town of Harwich. The appointments first made shall be for 1, 2, and 3 years respectively, so that the term of one member shall expire each year. All subsequent appointments shall be for the term of three years. Vacancies shall be filled by the Board of Selectmen for the unexpired term. No member shall act in any case in which he is interested and in case any member is so disqualified, the remaining members shall designate a substitute. Every decision of the board shall be in writing and shall require the assent of at least two members, and shall be a matter of public record.
Par. 2. Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the building inspector to issue a permit under the provisions of the By-Law, or by a decision of the Building Inspector made under the pro- visions of this By-Law, may appeal to the Board of Appeals. The Board of Appeals shall hold a public hearing thereon, and render a decision. They may make rules for such hearings, and shall notify abutting owners and all holders of real estate who might be affected, in writing.
Par. 3. No approval shall be granted by the Board of Appeals without considering the effects upon the neighborhood and the Town. If a permit would result in substantial injury, it shall be refused.
Section 12. Penalty.
Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this By-Law shall be fined not more than twenty dollars for each offense. Each day that such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 13. Building Inspector.
(A). The Board of Selectmen shall within one week after the acceptance of this By-Law and thereafter annually, in March, and subsequent to the Annual Town Meeting, appoint an inspector of Buildings to hold office for the term of one year from the first of April following, and until his successor is appointed and qualified.
(B). The person appointed and qualified to act as inspector shall receive such salary or compensation as shall be fixed by the Board of Selectmen within the appropriation for the inspection of build- ings and no other fees or compensation shall be allowed or paid to him.
(C). He shall be under the supervision of the Board of Select- men, and he shall be subject to such rules and regulations as they may prescribe for the proper conduct of this office. He shall submit an annual report in January of each year of the work of his office for publication in the Town report.
(D). The inspector of Buildings shall make inspections of all building operations within this Town and he may, for these purposes, enter upon the premises where such operations are carried on, at all reasonable times, and shall report to the Board of Selectmen all violations of this ordinance, or of the condition of any permit issued.
(E). The Building Inspector, in the name of the Town, may take measures as public safety requires to carry this By-Law in effect.
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Section 14. Fees.
The fee for each permit shall be $1.00.
Accepted and adopted, with the exception of Section 8, Hazards. Also Section 4, Part 2-first line changed to read: "All buildings shall be not less than 10 ft. from property lines."
Article 74. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a suffi- cient sum for building inspection for the year 1950, amount to be left to the discretion of the Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee.
It was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for this article.
Article 75. To see if the Town will vote to amend its By-Laws by accepting and adopting the following section:
BUILDING PERMITS
Section 1. Before any person erects a building of any nature within the Town of Harwich, or remodels and alters any building, there shall be submitted to the Board of Selectmen a request for a permit to proceed with the construction. No construction shall be started until the Selectmen have granted such permit. There shall be a charge of one dollar ($1.00), for each permit.
Section 2. Any person or persons violating this By-Law shall be fined not more than twenty dollars ($20.00).
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 76. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the committee on revision of the By-Laws of the Town, and accept and adopt the amended By-Laws hereby submitted by said com- mittee, and to act fully thereon.
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