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Section 3. No sand or gravel shall be removed from place to place within the Town of Harwich, except that a sand and gravel pit may be opened and used for such pur- poses if it is located 100 feet or more from a street line and no more than one entrance and exit can be used. If such sand and gravel pit is opened and used the owner shall burn or cart to the town dumping area all dead trees and stumps when any area thereof amounting to more than 5,000 square feet becomes unsuited for furthur use, and in such cases, such area shall be replanted with trees or shrubs to prevent soil erosion.
Section 4. The foregoing By-Law shall not apply to land in public use nor shall it apply to the case of materials removed or excavated for purpose of improving, grading, landscaping, cultivating the ground, nor for construction of buildings and the making of public or private improvements.
Section 5. Any person violating the provision of this By-Law shall be punished by a fine not to exceed twenty dol- lars ($20.00) for each offense, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Harwich Conservation Commission.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) to be expended for miscellaneous administrative expense for the Conservation Commission. By request of the Harwich Conservation Commission.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Protective By-Law of the Town of Harwich as follows:
(a)-Commercial Districts-Page 33-"East Harwich 10."
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-Delete the last line in this paragraph "to the Town of Brewster line" and substitute therefore-"to the south side of Pleasant Bay Road" so this paragraph will read as follows:
EAST HARWICH 10. East side of Route 137 from junc- tion of Main Street (Queen Anne Road) in a northwesterly direction to junction of Cemetery Road; also beginning at a point approximately two hundred feet (200') south of the hard surfaced crossroad near the junction of Route 39 and Church Street, including all of the triangle at that point and both sides of Church Street and Route 39 in a northeasterly direc- tion to the south side of Pleasant Bay Road.
(a)-Commercial Districts-Page 33-"Harwich Center 7." -Delete this paragraph and substitute therefore:
HARWICH CENTER 7. On the north side of Main Street extending back to former railroad property (Chatham Branch) from Route 124 (Pleasant Lake Avenue) east to a point approximately two hundred feet (200') parallel with the west side of Oak Street. On the south side of Main Street through to the north side of Parallel Street from Sisson Road east to Bank Street.
(a)-Commercial Districts-Page 32-After the last word (streets) in this paragraph add, except in Harwich Center where setback has extended to definite locations, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Harwich Planning Board.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to create a special unpaid committee to be known as a Regional School District Planning Committee, to consist of three members, in- cluding one member of the School Committee, to be appointed by the moderator in accordance with the provision of Sec- tion 14, of Chapter 71 of the General Laws, as amended; and that the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) be approp- priated for the use of said committee, and to act fully thereon.
By request of the Harwich School Committee.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to extend the powers and duties of the Space Needs Committee established under Article 18 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting held March 4, 1957, to further study school needs, secure archi- tectural and any other services incidental to their duties, to obtain plans and cost estimates, and take any other action necessary in order that the Committee may report and recom- mend a plan or plans for school expansion at a special town meeting called therefor, or at the next annual town meeting, and that a sufficient sum of money be raised and appropriated for these purposes, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Harwich School Committee.
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Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install a water main on Lovell Way (a private way) in West Harwich, lead- ing from Lower County Road to the residence of John D. Cocoris, and to act fully thereon. By request of Gershom D. Hall and others.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the water main on Pine Grove Road in West Harwich to Pine Grove Cemetery, and to act fully thereon. By request of Fred E. Crowell and others.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install and main- tain a water main on Burton Avenue in West Harwich leading from Division Street, a distance of approximately two hun- dred feet (200'), and to act fully thereon. By request of Philip F. Mulvey and others.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install and main- tain a water main on Harden Lane in East Harwich, off Church Street, approximately four hundred and fifty feet (450'), and to act fully thereon. By request of Bruce B. Gardner and others.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the water mains from Deep Hole Road in South Harwich, easterly along Hersey Road to Uncle Venies Road, and to act fully thereon. By request of Alan T. Hunt and others.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install water mains on Hersey Road in a westerly direction from Deep Hole Road to Old Wharf Road in South Harwich, and on Old Wharf Road, from Hersey Road to Julian Road, and to act fully thereon. By request of Gershom D. Hall and others.
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the water main along Uncle Venies Road in South Harwich to South Chatham Road and along Brettwood Road from Uncle Venies Road to South Chatham Road, and to act fully thereon. By request of George N. Vagenas and others.
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Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install and main- tain water mains on Sound View Road (a private way, lead- ing from Trout Brook Road to South Chatham Road, a dis- tance of approximately seven hundred and fifty feet (750') and to act fully thereon. By request of Susan McGee Rockey and others.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the water mains from Main Street (Rte 28) in South Harwich, north- erly along the private way known as Ridgevale Road to the end of said road, and to act fully thereon. By request of Alan T. Hunt and others.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the water mains from Gorham Road along Hoyt Road in Harwich Port to a private way known as "Winding Way"; thence along said private way, and to act fully thereon. By request of Emanuel Eagle and others.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install and main- tain a water main on Kendrick Road in East Harwich, lead- ing from Church Street to the residence of Roy H. Munsey, and to act fully thereon. By request of Roger W. Munsey and others.
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install and main- tain a water main on a private way leading off Earle Road in West Harwich, accordng to a plan of Fernand A. and Elizabeth G. Fournier, and to act fully thereon. By request of John F. Caplice and others.
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install a water main on Long Pond Drive from Pleasant Lake Avenue (Rte 124) to Seventh Street, a distance of approximately seventeen hundred and twenty-five feet (1,725'), and to act fully thereon. By request of John J. Taylor and others.
Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install and main- tain water mains on the following streets: Seventh Street, from Long Pond Drive to lot #211; Pleasant Valley Road, from Seventh Street, to Third Street; Fourth Street, from Pleasant Valley Road to Oak Road; Oak Road from Long
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Pond Drive to Daisy Street and First Street West and Daisy Street from Oak Road to Sequattom Road according to plans filed and recorded at Barnstable in Book 155, page 135 and Book 147, page 141, and to act fully thereon. By request of John J. Taylor and others.
Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install and main- tain a water main on Mohawk Lane, (a private way) off Old County Road in South Harwich according to a plan of sub- division for Charles F. and Antonette M. Coleman, a distance of approximately eight hundred and thirty feet (830'), and to act fully thereon. By request of Charles F. Coleman and others.
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the water mains on Rte 39 in East Harwich from Kimberly Way (a private way) to lot 42, (shown on plan of land; Pleasant Bay Acres in East Harwich, Mass. for Elliott K. Slade Jr.), and to act fully thereon. By request of Edwin J. Stalker and others.
Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend and main- tain water mains from Rte 39 in East Harwich down Pleasant Bay Road to Rte 28, and to act fully thereon. By request of Jeanette Dybing and others.
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00) to be used by the Board of Water Commissioner for extending 2" water mains where requested, provided the estimated income is at least 6% of the cost of installation, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Water Commis- sioners.
Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to transfer to the Water Department Construction Account the following balances:
Art. #91-1960-Deep Hole Road $278.35
Art .. #95-1960-Sea Way 223.26
Art. #97-1960-Queen Anne Road 277.26
Art. #98-1960-Elinor Lane 1,789.84
$2,568.71
These sums to be used to contruct and install water mains not less than six inches (6") in diameter, construct addi- tions to Water Department Buildings, paint or repair water
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tanks, or any other type of construction or installations as the Board of Water Commissioners shall determine, and to act thereon. By request of the Board of Water Commis- sioners.
Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of painting and repairing the elevated water tank at Kildee Hill, Harwich Port, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Water Commissioners.
Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to be used by the Board of Water Commissioner to purchase a new ranch type sta- tion wagon for the Water Department and to authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to sell or trade in the 1955 ranch wagon now in use and apply the money against the purchase price of the new station wagon, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Water Commissioners.
Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout of Moss Hill Road as a Town Road, located in Harwich Center, leading off Allen Street south to a dead end as re- ported and recommended by the Selectmen under date of February 2, 1961, and to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain the lands or interest in the lands within said layout and to act fully thereon. By instruction of the 1960 Annual Town Meeting.
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout of Old Mill Lane as a Town Road, located in Harwich Center, leading off South Street in an easterly direction as reported and recommended by the Selectmen under date of February 2, 1961 and to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain the land or interest in the lands within said layout and to act fully thereon. By instruction of the 1960 Annual Town Meeting.
Article 59. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout of Harden Lane as a Town Road in East Harwich, leading from Church Street, southeasterly to a turn around as reported and recommended by the Selectmen under date of February 2, 1961 and to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain the lands or interests in the lands within said layout, and to act fully thereon. By instruction of the 1960 Annual Town Meeting.
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Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout of Sequattom Road (or First Avenue) as a Town Road in Pleasant Lake, from Pleasant Lake Avenue (Rte 124) east- erly to the residence of Russell E. Bailey et ux as reported and recommended by the Selectmen under date of February 2, 1961 and to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain the lands or interest in the lands within said layout and to act fully thereon. By instruction of the 1960 Annual Town Meeting.
Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout of Allen Street as a Town Road, between South Street and Sisson Road, located in Harwich Center as reported and recommended by the Selectmen under date of February 2, 1961 and to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain the land or interest in the lands within said layout and to act fully thereon. By instruction of the 1960 Annual Town Meeting.
Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a Town Road, Winding Way, Har- wich Port; leading north from Hoyt Road to a dead end, and to act fully thereon. By request of Joseph M. Stinson and others.
Article 63. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out as Town Roads all the Ways in the Great Sand Lakes Development, excluding the reserved beach areas at the end of the ways that lead to the water, also excepting Hummingbird Lane, and to act fully thereon. By request of Harold J. Moye and others.
Article 64. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to layout Harniss Road in West Harwich as a town road; leading from Kelley Road north to Joe Lincoln Road, and to act fully thereon. By request of Joseph L. Muldowney and others.
Article 65. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out Crosby Road in Harwich Port as a Town road, leading from South Street easterly to Moody Road (a Town Way), and to act fully thereon. By request of John R. Williams, Jr. and others.
Article 66. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out Hudson Lane in West Harwich as a town road; leading north from Lower County Road; thence westerly to Pleasant Road, and to act fully thereon. By re- quest of Howard H. Litchfield and others.
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Article 67. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out Ridgevale Road in South Harwich as a town road, leading north from Main Street (Rte. 28) and to act fully thereon. By request of Kenneth M. Miller and others.
Article 68. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out Wooncepit Road in Harwich Port as a town road, leading westerly from Doane Road to a turn- around, and to act fully thereon. By request of Robert L. Ruggles and others.
Article 69. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to change the name of "Witchmere Lane" to "Vil- lage Green"; leading westerly from Miles Street in Har- wich Port to a turn-around and back to Miles Street, and to act fully thereon. By request of Melville C. Hall and others.
Article 70. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to lay out as a Town Road the road in Harwich (south) known as Sound View Road, leadig north from South Chatham Road to a dead end, and to act fully thereon. By request of Bertha Van Sickle and others.
Article 71. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) for the purpose of purchasing a new Pick-up Sweeper for the Highway Department, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Highway Surveyor.
Article 72. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of sixty-five hundred dollars ($6,500.00) for the purpose of widening and resurfacing Pleasant Street with hot mix, leading from South Street and to continue as far as Bank Street, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Highway Surveyor.
Article 73. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of forty-nine hundred dollars ($4,900.00) for the purpose of purchasing a new three (3) ton truck for the Highway Department and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to trade the old 1955 Dodge truck now owned by the Town and the sum from same to be used toward the purchase of a new truck, and to act fully thereon. By re- quest of the Highway Surveyor.
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Article 74. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of thirty thousand dollars $(30,000.00) to be used with whatever State and County funds are avail- able for Chapter 90, Road Construction, and to act fully thereon. Customary article.
Article 75. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) to be used with whatever State and County funds are available for Chapter 90, Highway Maintenance, and to act fully thereon. Customary article.
Article 76. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of nine hundred dollars ($900.00) for the purpose of painting the exterior of the Recreation Build- ing, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Harwich Recreation Commission.
Article 77. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of seventeen hundred dollars ($1,700.00) to install a hard top area for skating and other activities behind the Recreation Building, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Harwich Recreation Commission.
Article 78. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to investigate the feasibility of acquiring by pur- chase any lands available in the vicinity of West Harwich in order to establish playground facilities and to prepare neces- sary information and plans and to report at the next annual Town meeting, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Harwich Recreation Commission.
Article 79. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00), said sum to be used for the purpose of building a retaining wall, erecting fences, constructing a platform and diving board, purchasing fill for the beach, and to make other im- provements at Sand Pond, and to act fully thereon. By re- quest of the Harwich Recreation Commission.
Article 80. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to purchase and/or take by eminent domain a certain piece of property in Har- wich Port bounded and described as follows: northeasterly by Pleasant Street one hundred thirteen and eighty-four hundredths feet (113.84'); southeasterly by sundry adjoining owners, as shown on plan hereinafter mentioned, six hun- dred ninety-four and ninety-eight one hundredths feet
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(694.98'); southwesterly by the State Highway one hundred eleven and five one hundredths feet (111.05') and north- westerly by land now or formerly of William H. Eldredge and Lillian D. Look seven hundred three and fifty-two one hun- dredths feet (703.52'). All of said boundaries are determined by the Court to be located as shown upon Plan 19881A filed with the original certificate of title issued to Phineas O. Baker et ux, the same being compiled from a plan drawn by Benjamin P. Chase, Surveyor, dated April 16, 1946, and ad- ditional data on file in the Land Registry, all as modified and approved by the Court for recreational and playground facilities as called for under Article 35 of the last Annual Town Meeting warrant, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 81. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen for rec- reation and amusement in the form of baseball, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 82. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to enter into a lease with Douglas P. Allison of Harwich (Port) for the use of, during the months of June, July, August and September of 1961, a portion of his beach property which lies adjacent to the Town Beach at Bank Street and to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for this purpose, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 83. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect a comfort station at the foot of Deep Hole Road, South Harwich on the high land owned by the Town, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Harwich Planning Board.
Article 84. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to remove certain trees and improve the area at the public beach at the east end of Long Pond, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Park Commissioners.
Article 85. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to perform day labor in the parks at the rate of not less than one dollar and thirty-five cents per hour ($1.35 per hr.), and to act fully thereon. By request of the Park Commissioners.
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Article 86. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of seven hundred dollars ($700.00) to build up the tennis court with clay and stone dust, and to grade and roll the same, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Park Commissioners.
Article 87. To see if the Town will vote to expend the refunded Dog Tax for the support of Brooks Free Library, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Trustees of the Broadbrooks Free Library.
Article 88. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) for the purpose of painting Brooks Block, and the neces- sary minor repairs relating thereto, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Trustees of the Broadbrooks Free Library
Article 89. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of nine hundred and fifty dollars ($950.00) for the purpose of completing the shingling of the roof of Brooks Block, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Trustees of the Broadbrooks Free Library.
Article 90. To see if the Town will assume liability in the manner provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by Chapter 5, Acts of 1955 for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Department of Public Works of Massachusetts for the improvement, development, maintenance and protection of tidal and non-tidal rivers and streams, harbors, tidewaters, foreshores and shores along a public beach in accordance with Section 11 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, and authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Commonwealth, and to act fully thereon. By request of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 91. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to continue the Waterways Study Committee, which hereafter shall be known as the "Waterways and Beach Committee," to study, plan and bring in recommendations to Town Meetings for the development, protection and improve- ments of the beaches, jetties, breakwaters, channels, wharves, bulkheads, docks, slips, Marinas, Town Landings and other improvements of interest in the Town and to raise and ap- propriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) to cover the costs of such surveys and reports the Committee may prepare and to act fully thereon. By request of the Water- ways Study Commission
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Article 92. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200.00) to be used for dredging the channel at Round Cove, East Har- wich, and to act fully thereon. By request of Roger W. Mun- sey and others.
Article 93. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars ($1,250.00) for improvements of the dock at Round Cove, East Harwich, and to act fully thereon. By request of Roger W. Munsey and others.
Article 94. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-three hundred and ten dollars ($2,310.00) to reimburse Stone Horse Yacht Club and others for dredging the outer channels at Wychmere Harbor and Allen Harbor in Harwich Port. The sum of seventeen hun- dred dollars ($1,700.00) for the dredging of the outer chan- nels at Wychmere Harbor and the sum of six hundred and ten dollars ($610.00) for the dredging of the outer channel at Allen Harbor, and to act fully thereon. By request of Harry Albro and others.
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