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Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before said day and hour of meeting.
Given under our hands at said Arlington, this eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten.
PHILIP A. HENDRICK, JACOB BITZER, HERBERT W. RAWSON, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Arlington, November 22, 1910.
By virtue of this Warrant I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elec- tions and Town affairs, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes herein named, by causing a printed attested copy to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, and also by posting an attested copy on the doors of the Town Hall seven days at least before said day of meeting.
I further certify that a notice of the said meeting was published in the Arlington Advocate on November 19, 1910.
GARRITT BARRY, Constable of Arlington.
In pursuance of the foregoing Warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs,
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met in the Town Hall in said Arlington, on Tuesday, the twenty- second day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten, and were called to order at thirty minutes after eight o'clock in the evening, by the Town Clerk, who read the Warrant calling the meeting and the return thereon of the Constable who served the same upon the inhabitants.
Article 1 taken up. (Choice of Moderator.) John G. Brackett was elected Moderator and was sworn to the faithful performance of his duties.
Article 2 taken up. (Reports of Committees.) Frank V. Noyes, Chairman of the Committee of Twenty-one, presented the report of that Committee, in printed form, and it was voted that said report be received. Voted: On motion of Frank V. Noyes, that the various articles in the Warrant calling for appropriations be now taken up and that the recommendations made by the Committee of Twenty-one under those articles so far as they appear in their printed report, be considered as now before the meeting, to be voted on, without further motion, separately, and in the order in which they appear in said report.
Article 2 was then laid on the table.
Article 3 taken up. (Appropriation for Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths.) Voted: That the sum of $4755 be appropriated, to be expended from November 30, 1910 to November 30, 1911, under the direction and control of the Selectmen, in suppressing the gypsy and brown tail moths in the Town of Arlington, in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 381 of the Acts of 1905, and amendments thereto; said sum to be raised by general tax in 1911.
Article 4 taken up. (Town House Account.) Voted: That no appropriation be made under this article.
Article 5 taken up. (Appropriation for telephones.) Voted: That the additional sum of $50 be appropriated for telephones, said sum to be taken from the Treasury account.
Article 6 taken up. (Appropriation for Fire Department.) Voted: That the additional sum of $200 be appropriated for Fire Department, said sum to be taken from the interest account.
Article 6 was then laid on the table.
Article 7 taken up. (Appropriation for Military Aid.) Voted: That the sum of $125 additional be appropriated for military aid, said sum to be taken from the Treasury Account.
Article 12 taken up. (Chemical and Hose Motor Car.) Peter Schwamb, Chairman of the Committee appointed at the adjourned Town Meeting March 28, 1910, presented the report of said Com- mittee and recommended the purchase of such an apparatus. Voted: On motion of Frank V. Noyes, that the sum of $5500 be appropriated for the purchase of a combination auto chemical and hose truck; the said sum to be taken from the tax levy of
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1911 and to be expended under the direction of the Committee on Fire Apparatus.
Article 6 was then taken from the table. Voted: That a committee of five, to be named by the Moderator, together with the Board of Fire Engineers be appointed as a Committee on Fire Apparatus, to purchase an auto chemical and hose truck, and to make such changes in the various fire houses as are required for its installation, and the rearrangement of the present fire appara- tus. The Moderator appointed same committee appointed March 28, 1910, to consider the fire conditions of the Town, viz .: Peter Schwamb, Robert J. Kelly, James A. Bailey, Jr., Walton H. Sears and Daniel Wyman to serve on this Committee.
Voted: That the sum of $1000 be appropriated to be used to make such necessary changes in the fire houses of the Town as are required for the installation of a combination auto chemical and hose truck, and for the rearrangement of the present fire apparatus; said sum to be taken from the tax levy of 1911 and to be expended under the direction of the Committee on Fire Apparatus.
Article 14 taken up. (Appropriation for Health Department.)
Voted: That the additional sum of $750 be appropriated for the Health Department, said sum to be taken from the interest account.
Article 15 taken up. (Appropriation for Board of Health.) Voted: That the additional sum of $325 be appropriated for the Board of Health; said sum to be taken from the overlayings of 1910.
Article 16 taken up. (Public Sanitary.) Voted: That the subject matter of article 16 be referred back to the Special Com- mittee appointed at the last March meeting, that they may look further into the matter and report to the next March meeting.
Article 17 taken up. (Extension of Storm Drain System.) Voted: That the sum of $950 be appropriated for the extension of the storm drain system in Massachusetts Avenue and Lakeside Terrace, said sum to be taken from the interest account.
Articles 11 and 19 taken up. (Topographical survey and Sucker Brook.) Voted: That the Town appoint as a Committee, the Board of Survey and five (5) citizens of the Town, to be named by the Moderator, to consider the proposed Water Street Extension (so-called), the improving of the Sucker Brook Valley, and the separation of railroad and street grades in the Town. In addi- tion said Committee is directed to cause an accurate topographical survey and plan to be made of the portion of the Town bounded by Mystic Street, Summer Street, Brattle Street, the Boston & Maine R. R., Forest Street and the Lexington and Winchester boundary lines; and on said plan to have drawn, under the advice of such experts as the Committee may deem it best to consult, the location of such streets and ways as, in the opinion of said
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Committee, will best develop said territory. The sum of five hundred ($500) dollars is hereby appropriated to be expended by said Committee in paying the expenses incurred in the prepara- tion of said plan; said sum to be paid from the Treasury Account. Said plan shall be completed and a report thereon made to the Town as soon as practicable, but not later than at the annual March meeting in the year 1912.
The Moderator appointed the following citizens to serve with the Board of Survey on said Committee; George A. Kimball, William G. Peck, Philip Eberhardt, William A. Muller and J. Howell Crosby.
Article 20 taken up. (Acceptance of Lombard Terrace.)
Voted: That the Town accept and establish as a Town way, the private way known as Lombard Terrace, extending from Wellington Street to the location line of the Boston & Maine R. R., as laid out by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, and as more particularly described in Article 20 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assess- ment of betterments.
Article 21 taken up. (Acceptance of Lombard Road.) Voted : That the Town accept and establish as a Town way, the private way known as Lombard Road, extending from Pleasant Street to Lombard Terrace, as laid out by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, and as more particularly described in Article 21 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law author- izing the assessment of betterments.
Article 23 taken up. (Filling on Park lands.) Voted: That no action be taken under this article.
Article 10 taken up. (By-Laws for the Construction of Build- ings.) Voted: That the Town adopt the By-Laws in relation to the construction of buildings as reported by the Committee on By-Laws appointed November, 1908. (File No. 669 of Report and Laws.)
The partial report of the Committee was accepted.
BY-LAWS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS. Adopted November 22, 1910.
SECTION 1. An Inspector of Buildings shall be appointed an- nually by the Selectmen during the month of March, and he shall continue to hold his office until his successor has been appointed and qualified. He shall not be interested in any contract or en- gagement for furnishing labor or materials or plans for the con- struction or alteration of any building in the Town.
SEC. 2. The Inspector shall examine all buildings in the course of construction, alteration and repair and see that all By-Laws of the Town in relation thereto are complied with and, when neces- sary, shall take proper measures to secure such compliance. He
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shall make an annual report of his work to the Selectmen, with such recommendations as he may deem best. He shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by these By-Laws.
None of the provisions of these By-Laws shall be construed so as to conflict with the requirements made by the District Police under the authority of Chapter 104 Revised Laws.
SEC. 3. No building, except those which come under the pro- visions of Revised Laws, Chapter 104, Section 22, and one-story wooden buildings less than ten feet square, and no addition to or alteration changing the character of any such building shall be made by any person unless he has received a permit therefor from the Inspector of Buildings. For the purpose of obtaining such a permit the person intending to erect or make such alterations in such buildings shall, seven days at least before he proceeds to build or erect the same, or lay the foundation thereof, or to make the said alterations, or to do any act for carrying into execution his intention to do such things, file with the Inspector of Build- ings a notice in writing of his intention, with such plans and specifications, or a full written description of the structure to be erected, in such form as may be approved by the Inspector, together with a written authority from the owner of the property upon which the structure is to be built, authorizing the Inspector to enter the premises at all reasonable times and inspect the work of construction.
SEC. 4. Upon receiving said plans and specifications or descrip- tion and authority, the Inspector shall give a permit for the erec- tion of addition to, or alteration above described, of any building after he has carefully inspected the plans, specifications, or de- scriptions thereof, and ascertained that they provide for all requirements of the Statutes and By-Laws.
SEC. 5. No buildings, except a manufactory, railway station, stable, church, schoolhouse, hotel, garage, or hall for public assemblies shall hereafter be erected, and no existing building shall be altered or added to, thereby giving it a frontage of more than fifty feet, without one or more partition walls of brick or some fire-resisting material, approved by the Inspector, extend- ing from the bottom of the cellar, or from a foundation wall to the under side of the roof-boarding, which shall be laid and be imbedded in mortar upon said wall. Such walls shall not be more than fifty feet apart throughout the length of the building. No existing building having a frontage of more than fifty feet shall be converted to a use not excepted by this section, without at least one partition wall, constructed as described in this section. Provided, however, that any single dwelling house intended for one family may be extended more than fifty feet in one direction without such partition wall.
In brick, stone, or concrete buildings of more than one story
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(unless used for manufacturing purposes) where the partition walls are forty feet or more apart, the floors must be made fire- proof by the use of concrete, or other fire-resisting material.
SEC. 6. All buildings hereafter erected, which are to be used in whole or in part for business or manufacturing purposes, or as places for public meetings, including all the area within one hun- dred feet of the following described lines: beginning at the north- easterly corner of Swan and Pleasant Streets, thence running north- easterly to the southeasterly corner of Pleasant Street and Massa- chusetts Avenue, thence southeasterly on the southerly line of Massachusetts Avenue to a point opposite the Soldiers' Monument ; beginning again at a point in the northerly line of Broadway opposite the Soldiers' Monument and running northwesterly along the northeasterly lines of Broadway and Massachusetts Avenue to Central Street, shall be constructed of brick, stone or concrete, and have slate, metal or composition roof-covering and metal gutters, unless permission is otherwise given by the Board of Selectmen.
SEC. 7. All buildings hereafter erected to be used as tenement houses, in excess of thirty feet in width, shall have brick partition walls on which floor beams shall rest, not less than twelve inches thick for their entire height, and extending to the under side of the roof-boarding, which shall lay and be imbedded in mortar upon said wall. Said walls shall not be more than twenty-five feet apart. All double houses shall have a fire-proof partition wall between the tenements, consisting either of a brick wall, not less than twelve inches thick, extending from the cellar bottom to the under side of the roof-boarding, or of a brick wall, not less than twelve inches thick, extending from the cellar bottom to the top side of the first floor timbers, and above that to the under side of the roof-boarding of two by five inch studding, with the spaces between filled solid with bricks and mortar, not less than four inches thick, to make a smoke-tight barrier between the tenements.
SEC. 8. No wooden building, to be used for a dwelling house, shall exceed forty-five feet in height, and no portion of any wooden building shall be placed at a less distance than five feet from the line of the lot upon which the building is to be located, or within ten feet of another wooden building, except where a brick external wall is substituted for a wooden wall, and of a thickness and in the manner prescribed for external walls of brick buildings.
FOUNDATIONS.
SEC. 9. Excavations for foundations shall be made six inches beyond the outside of foundation walls and shall not be backfilled until inspected. The foundations of all buildings for dwelling, business or manufacturing purposes, shall be walls of masonry
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and piers of masonry or iron, and shall be laid in cement mortar. All wooden buildings not more than two stories in height, may, with the approval of the Inspector, be built wholly on piers or posts. The foundations of all buildings must rest on solid ground or leveled surfaces of solid rock, or on piles, concrete, or other solid substructure. Such foundation other than solid rock must be not less than four feet below the adjacent surface of the ground exposed to frost. Piazzas, porches, and bay-windows shall have a suitable foundation of stone, brick, iron or concrete, built on solid bottom, not less than four feet below, and extending not less than three inches above the finished grade, and no wood work shall come below that grade.
WOODEN BUILDINGS.
SEC. 10. All wooden frame buildings shall be built with sills, posts, girts and plates, all to be mortised, tenoned, braced and pinned together, except the plates, which may be mortised or thoroughly spiked to studding and posts. All buildings shall be braced in each story and in cross-partitions if deemed necessary by the Inspector.
WALLS.
In all wooden buildings not exceeding three stories in height the posts of which exceed twenty-two feet in length, the sills shall be not less than six by eight inches laid flatways, and the posts and girts not less than four by eight inches; in all such buildings the posts of which are twenty-two feet or less in length, the sills shall be not less than six by six inches, and the posts and girts not less than four by six inches; in all wooden buildings the stud- ding of the outside walls shall be not less than two by four inches, set sixteen inches on centres; in all wooden buildings the studding in all partitions carrying floor timbers shall be not less than two by four inches, set not more than sixteen inches on the centres, and resting on girders not less than six by eight inches. All window studding to be not less than three by four inches. Ledger boards may be used in place of girts in one and one-half story houses or in dwellings where the attic floor is below the plates, if the spaces back of ledger boards between studding shall be filled with joists of same size as wall studs cut in tight so as to prevent a draft in case of fire. All one and one-half story buildings shall have end girts mortised, tenoned and pinned together All self- supporting walls or partitions above the first floor in any building shall be trussed in a manner approved by the Inspector.
FLOOR TIMBERS.
SEC. 11. Floor timbers in dwelling houses, when of good sound spruce set sixteen inches on centres, shall be of the following
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sizes; for a span not exceeding ten feet the timbers shall be not less than two by seven inches; for a span not exceeding twelve feet the timbers shall be not less than two by eight inches; for a span not exceeding fourteen feet the timbers shall be not less than two by nine inches; for a span not exceeding sixteen feet the timbers shall be not less than two by ten inches; for a span not exceeding eighteen feet the timbers shall be not less than two by twelve inches; for a span not exceeding twenty feet the timbers shall be not less than two by fourteen inches; for a span not ex- ceeding twenty-two feet the timbers shall be not less than three by twelve inches; for a span not exceeding twenty-four feet the timbers shall be not less than three by fourteen inches in size, or of size giving their equivalent in strength.
There shall be girders not less than six by eight inches under main partitions and summers or floor timbers doubled, or their equivalent, under all cross-partitions in the first floor of all dwell- ings. Headers and trimmers of all openings more than four feet square in first floor of dwellings shall' be floor joists doubled, or their equivalent, and in any floor that may be deemed necessary by the Inspector. Beams carrying main or cross partitions in first floor shall be supported on piers or iron posts not more than seven feet apart; trimmers in first floor over twelve feet in length shall be supported by a pier or post.
The attic floor timbers shall not be less than two by seven inches for any attic whether finished or unfinished, to which there is access and which can be used for storage or other purposes.
All floor timbers with a span from ten to sixteen feet shall have one row of bridging; all floor timbers with a span of sixteen feet or more shall have a bridging at least every eight feet, and all bridging stock shall be not less than one by two inches.
All cutting of floor timbers for the passage of pipes shall be on their upper edges, and no cut shall exceed two inches in depth, or be made more than three feet from the point of support of the timber unless the consent of the Inspector has first been obtained. No cutting in the under side of a floor timber will be allowed for any reason.
ROOF TIMBERS.
SEC. 12. In buildings which are eighteen feet or more in width rafters for pitched roofs shall measure not less than two by six inches, and larger where deemed necessary by Inspector, and spaced not more than twenty inches on centres; in buildings which are less than eighteen feet in width the size of rafters may be determined by the Inspector. Valley rafters shall be of such sizes as the Inspector shall prescribe, having due regard to the length and the area of the roof to be supported, but in no case shall be less than two by eight inches; all timbers herein mentioned
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to be solid sticks excepting the plates, which may be in two pieces, each two by four inches, thoroughly spiked together.
Flat roofs shall be timbered the same as floors.
BRICK BUILDINGS.
SEC. 13. All brick walls shall be built with proper bond satis- factory to the Inspector and all intersections of walls shall be tied together with wrought iron straps as often as every eight feet in height. Floor beams shall be anchored to brick walls on which they rest and to each other so as to form continuous ties across the building, when directed by the Inspector and at least every ten feet.
SEC. 14. External walls of brick dwelling houses, if not more than twelve feet in height, above the foundation walls, shall be not less than eight inches thick for their entire height; if two stories and not more than twenty-five feet in height, they shall be not less than twelve inches thick to the top of the second floor, and not less than eight inches thick for the remaining height; and if three stories and more than twenty-five feet in height, they shall be not less than twelve inches thick to the top of the third floor, and not less than eight inches thick for the remaining height. And no such wall shall be over fifty feet in height.
SEC. 15. The external walls of all brick buildings, other than dwelling houses, if not more than forty feet in height, above the foundation walls, shall be not less than sixteen inches thick to the top of the upper floor, and not less than twelve inches thick for the remaining height; and if more than forty feet in height and not exceeding sixty feet in height, they shall be not less than twenty inches thick to the top of the second floor, and not less than sixteen inches thick to the top of the third floor, and not less than twelve inches thick for the remaining height. And no such wall shall be over sixty feet in height. Provided, however, that with the approval of the Inspector the method known as "Mill Construction" may be used whereby the external walls are con- structed of a series of piers, of such width as the Inspector may approve, and of the thickness above prescribed for external walls. Said piers to be connected by curtain walls. Said curtain walls shall be well bonded to the piers, and not less than eight inches thick, in which all windows or other openings must be made. All floors must be supported on the piers and no portion of a floor shall for any reason be supported on the curtain walls.
The external walls of brick buildings, not exceeding twenty- five feet in height and covering an area not exceeding two thousand square feet to be used for stables or light mechanical purposes, may be twelve inches thick.
SEC. 16. Party walls and all partition walls of brick, in all buildings other than dwelling houses with external walls not ex- ceeding forty feet in height, shall be not less than sixteen inches
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thick to the top of the second floor, and not less than twelve inches thick for the remaining height, and, in buildings having external walls exceeding forty feet in height, said walls shall be not less than twenty inches thick to the top of the second floor, not less than six- teen inches thick to the top of the third floor, and not less than twelve inches thick for the remaining height.
SEC. 17. No opening or doorway shall be cut through or formed in a party or partition wall of any building without a permit ยท from the Inspector of Buildings, and every such doorway shall have its top, bottom and sides of stone, brick or iron, and shall be closed by two doors or sets of doors of wood, covered with metal, with an air space between them of at least four inches, and said doors shall be hung to slide or swing in wooden frames entirely covered with metal, or to iron hinges or track in brick or stone rabbets.
PIERS AND COLUMNS.
SEC. 18. All piers shall be built of the best quality of good well- burnt hard brick, laid in cement and sand mortar and well wet when laid in warm weather. Brick piers under lintels, girders or columns of brick buildings shall have a properly proportioned cap of cast iron or steel the full size of the pier. Brick piers and buttresses shall be bonded with through courses, levelled and bed- ded each course, and where their foundations rest upon piles a sufficient number shall be driven to insure a proper support.
SEC. 19. Every pier, column, pillar or post resting on the earth shall have a base course of stone or concrete and, if supporting walls of masonry, shall have for a footing course a broad leveller of granite or ledge stone not less than twelve inches wider on all sides than the bottom area of said piers, columns, pillars or posts and not less than twelve inches thick.
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