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respectively to a point of compound, curve, thence southeasterly, southerly and southwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Greeley Circle and the southeasterly side line of Greeley Circle on a curve to the right with a radius of 70.0 feet a distance of 109.86 feet to a point of compound curve, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Greeley Circle distances of 22.41 feet, 22.41 feet and 191.34 feet respec- tively to a point of curve, thence southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Greeley Circle on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 42.02 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Greeley Circle and the northeasterly side line of Tower Road at Lot 37, thence north- westerly on said northeasterly side line of Tower Road a distance of 90.54 feet to the point of beginning as shown on plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled, "Plan and Profile of Greeley Circle, Arlington, Mass. For Realty Construction of New England, Inc. Scales: Hor. 1" = 40'. Warren M. Mirick - Reg. Surveyor, 5 Webster Court - Stoneham, Mass. July 25, 1958."
Article 63. To see if the Town will make an appropriation under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments for the reconstruction of any or all parts of certain public ways in the Town, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting including costs of acceptance, land damages and the cost of paving of any or all sidewalks to be laid out at the time of said reconstruction: determine how the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 64. To see if the Town will abandon the establishment of exterior lines of a way between Pioneer Road and Alfred Road, in the location shown upon the plan hereinafter mentioned as accepted under Article 40 of the Warrant for the 1931 Annual Town Meeting and Article 31 of the 1941. Annual Town Meeting and as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; abandon said lines; make an appropriation for the abandonment of said lines; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; and that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to abandon any rights acquired under any and all instruments granting any rights or easements to the Town withinthe lines of said way and to give releases for any such rights or easements held by the Town therein; or taken any action relat- ing thereto. Said lines as so established being more particularly described as follows:
1. Beginning at the point of intersection of the northerly side line of Princeton Road and the southwesterly side line of Spy Pond Parkway, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Spy Pond Parkway on a curve to the left with a radius of 80 feet a distance of 156.29 feet to a point of tan- gency, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Spy Pond Parkway a distance of 56.75 feet to a point, thence northeasterly across said Spy Pond Parkway a distance of 60.0 feet to a point of curve in the northeasterly side line of Spy Pond Parkway, thence southeasterly and easterly on said northeasterly side line of Spy Pond Parkway on a curve to the left with a radius of 286 feet a distance of 327.04 feet to a point, thence southerly across said Spy Pond Parkway a distance of 20 feet to a point on the northerly side line of Princeton Road, thence westerly on said north- erly side line of Princeton Road a distance of 369.44 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled, "Plan Showing Proposed Exterior Lines of Spy Pond Parkway and Princeton Road, Arlington, Mass., Scale 1" = 40', January, 1931, James M. Keane, Town Engineer".
2. Beginning at a point on the southwesterly side line of Spy Pond Parkway, a distance of 56.75 feet from the point of tangency of a curve beginning on the northerly side lines of Princeton Road, thence northwesterly along said southwesterly side line of Spy Pond Parkway a distance of 70.41 feet to a point of curve on said southwesterly side line of Spy Pond Parkway, thence northwesterly along said southwesterly side line of Spy Pond Parkway on a curve to the left with a radius of 561.98 feet a distance of 446.69 feet to a point of compound curve on said southwesterly side line of Spy Pond Parkway, thence northerly by land nowor formerly belonging to Joseph F. Kelly, et al, Trustees, a distance of 63.19 feet to a point on the northeasterly side line of Spy Pond Parkway, thence southeasterly along said northeasterly side line of Spy Pond Parkway on a curve to the right with a radius of 475.00 feet a distance of 21.14 feet to a point of compound curve on said northeasterly side line of Spy Pond Park- way, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Spy Pond Parkway on a curve to the right with a radius of 621.98 feet a distance of 494.38 feet to a point of
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tangency on said northeasterly side line of Spy Pond Parkway, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Spy Pond Parkway a distance of 70.41 feet to a point of curve on said northeasterly side line of Spy Pond Parkway, thence southwesterly by Spy Pond Parkway a distance of 60.00 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled, "Plan Showing Ex- terior Lines of Spy Pond Parkway, From a Point Near Princeton Road to Kelwyn Manor, Arlington, Mass., Scale: 1" = 40', Dec. 16, 1940, James M. Keane, Town Eng."
Article 65. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the construction of a culvert across and under a private way known as Day Street, to connect two por- tions of a natural waterway for drainage purposes and for cleaning and maintaining said natural waterway through private lands between Day Street and Dow Avenue; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or taken any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 66. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the installation of a surface-water drain in Appleton Street, from the Lexington-Arlington Town Line to the Concord Turnpike and in the Concord Turnpike from Appleton Street, westerly to an existing State culvert in Lexington; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 67. To see if the Town will transfer the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) from the Mount Pleasant Cemetery Sale of Lots and Graves Fund to the Cemetery Commissioners for the improvement of the Town Cemeteries.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners)
Article 68. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning By-Law by striking out paragraph 5 of Section 4 and inserting in place thereof the following:
5. Any person or persons desiring to obtain the permission of the Zoning Board of Appeals for any purpose for which such permission is required under the provisions of this by-law shall make application in writing therefor to the Zoning Board of Appeals which shall, within a reasonable time, hold a public hearing thereon. Notice of such hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town once in each of two successive weeks, the first publication to be not less than twenty-one days before the day of the hearing.
(Inserted at the request of the Planning Board)
Article 69. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning By-Law by striking out paragraph 6 of Section 4 and inserting in place thereof the following:
6. The Zoning Board of Appeals shall also, at least ten days prior to the hearing, send notice by mail, postage prepaid, to the petitioner, to all the owners of real estate opposite to or abutting on the property in connection with which any permission is sought, to the owners of all property deemed by the board to be affected thereby, as they appear on the most recent local tax list, and to the Planning Board, and shall at least ten days before the hearing, post a notice of the hearing upon the property in a conspicuous location, adjacent to a street on which the property is situated, stating the nature of the petition in connection with which permission is sought. A copy of this notice shall be posted on the Bulletin Board at the Town Hall.
(Inserted at the request of the Planning Board)
Article 70. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning By-Law by striking out paragraph 2 of Section 5 and inserting in place thereof the following:
2. The Planning Board, upon the request in writing of not less than ten registered voters of the Town, shall or upon its own initiative may, hold a public hearing for all consideration of any proposed amendment, modification or repeal of this by-law provided that where a petition is filed such petition shall show that
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copies of the petition have been sent by registered mail to all abutters of the land referred to in the petition. The Planning Board shall report to the Town Meeting its recommendations with respect to the action to be taken thereon. Notice of such hear- ing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town once in each of two successive weeks, the first publication being not less than twenty- one days before the day of such hearing.
(Inserted at the request of the Planning Board)
Article 71. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Planning Board for the purpose of engaging the services of a plan- ning consultant to prepare a comprehensive plan for the Town of Arlington and to do other related planning work; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or to take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Planning Board)
Article 72. To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-Law by striking our sub-paragraph 1 of Section 15-A and inserting in place thereof the following:
1. In the residence C districts, no building or buildings including garages shall be constructed, altered, enlarged, reconstructed or moved in such a way as to cover more than 30 per cent of the area of the lot for a building five stories in height, or more than 35 per cent for a building of four stories or less.
and to amend the schedule of heights and area regulations in conformity with the above.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 73. To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-Law by altering the Zoning Map therein referred to so as to include in the Residence C District the area now included in the Residence B District and bounded and described as follows:
WESTERLY by Gardner Street, 411.50 feet;
NORTHERLY by Decatur Street, 214.53 feet;
EASTERLY by land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 443.38 feet; and SOUTHERLY by land now or formerly of Simondisky and Femia, 248.02 feet.
Said parcel being shown on a plan entitled "Site Plan Proposed Apartment House Gardner St., Arlington, Mass." dated Oct. 15, 1959, by Joseph Selwyn, Civil Engineer.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 74. To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-Law by altering the Zoning Map therein referred to so as to include in the Residence C District the area now included partly in the Residence B District and partly in the Industrial District, and bounded and described as follows:
NORTHERLY by Brattle Street, 25.03 feet;
EASTERLY by Lot C as shown on a plan hereinafter mentioned, in two courses, 129.55 feet and 30 feet;
NORTHERLY again by said Lot C as shown on said plan, 114.86 feet;
NORTHEASTERLY by a right of way as shown on said plan, 10 feet;
NORTHWESTERLY by said right of way as shown on said plan, 50 feet;
NORTHEASTERLY again by Lot A as shown on said plan, 100 feet;
SOUTHEASTERLY by lots E, 5, 6, 7 and 8 as shown on said plan, 255.95 feet; SOUTHWESTERLY 128.08 feet;
SOUTHEASTERLY again 11.60 feet; and
SOUTHWESTERLY again, 289.81 feet, all by land of the Boston & Maine Railroad; NORTHWESTERLY again by land of the Boston and Maine Railroad, by land of Wesinger, by Lot 4 and by Lot 5 as shown on said plan, 200.70 feet;
NORTHEASTERLY again 145.43 feet;
NORTHWESTERLY again 54.76 feet; and
WESTERLY 135.48 feet, all by land of Sullivan.
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Said parcel being shown as Lots B, E, and Pt. D & Pt. 8A on a Plan of Brattle DRV. in Arlington, Mass., dated Jan. 1960.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 75. To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-Law by altering the Zoning Map therein referred to so as to include in Residence D District the area now included in Residence A District and bounded as follows:
Beginning at the southerly corner of Academy St. and Maple St. and proceeding easterly along the southerly side line of Maple St. a distance of 463' ; to the line separating Residence A Zoning from Residence D Zoning; thence proceeding southerly along said Zoning Line, a distance of 460' } to the rear property line of the lots on the southerly side of Pelham Terrace, thence proceeding westerly along said property line, a distance of 385' } to a point on the easterly side line of Academy St., thence proceeding northerly along said side line of Academy St., 398.34' to the point of be- ginning.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 76. To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-Laws by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in the Residence B District that area now included in the Business A District, and bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the southeasterly corner of certain parcels of land on Mystic Street, south of Rangeley Road, at the junction of Summer Street and Mystic Valley Parkway West.
NORTHEASTERLY: Approximately 104' by said Fowles land to a corner along such lot line; NORTHWESTERLY: N. 40° Westerly parallel to Mystic Street, at a distance of 100' to a corner on Rangeley Road;
SOUTHWESTERLY: Thence Southerly 28° .06' W. along Rangeley Road, approxi- mately 108' to the corner on Mystic Street, at 151 Mystic Street; and
SOUTHEASTERLY: Southerly 40° Easterly along Mystic Street, a distance of 144.85' to a point of beginning.
Said parcel is known as part of lots listed as 147 and 151 Mystic Street, zoned for Business A. The aforesaid land listed as owned by Harry D. Hull, Trustee, George S. Metcalf, Jr., Trustee, of the H. &M. Realty Development Trust, a copy of a portion of which is filed in the Registry of Deeds for the South Registry District of Middlesex County in Book 8606 at Page 209, as later corrected in Book 9238 at Page 560 and also listed in Book 8587 at Page 374.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 77. To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-Laws by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in the Business A District the area now included in the Residence B District, and bounded and described as follows:
NORTHWESTERLY: by Magnolia Street, one hundred twenty-one and 94/100 feet; NORTHEASTERLY: by lot 49 as shown on plan hereinafter mentioned, one hun- dred 06/100 feet;
SOUTHEASTERLY: by lands now or formerly of B. Almede and of Rosario Larivee, one hundred and eight feet; and
SOUTHWESTERLY: by land now or formerly of the Boston and Maine Railroad, one hundred one and 02/100 feet.
Said parcel is shown as lots 45, 46, 47 and 48, Sheet 2, on said plan. All of said boundaries are determined by the Court to be located as shown on a plan, as modified and approved by the Court, filed in the Land Registration Office, a copy of a portion of which is filed in the Registry of Deeds for the South Registry District of Middlesex County in Registration Book 34, Page 149, with Certificate 5095, and shown on a Plan filed in the Land Registration Office March 26, 1912, by one C. B. Humphrey, Surveyor for Court.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
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Article 78. To see if the Town will amend its Zoning By-Laws by altering the zoning map therein referred to so as to include in the Business A District the area now included in the Residence B District, and bounded and described as follows:
SOUTHEASTERLY: by Magnolia Street, ninety feet;
SOUTHWESTERLY: by land now or formerly of Lewis J. Jacobson, one hundred feet;
NORTHWESTERLY: by land now or formerly of Abbot Allen et al, ninety feet; and NORTHEASTERLY: by land now or formerly of John Forward, one hundred feet.
Said parcel is shown as lots 41, 42 and 43 on plan hereinafter mentioned. All of said boundaries are determined by the Court to be located as shown on a plan, as approved by the Court, filed in the Land Registration Office, a copy of a portion of which is filed in the Registry of Deeds for the South Registry District of Middlesex County in Registration Book 34, Page 149, with Certificate 5095, and shown on a Plan filed in the Land Registration Office March 26, 1912, by one C. B. Humphrey, Surveyor for Court.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 79. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to complete The Arlington Heights Reservoir Beach, to be spent under the direction of the Reservoir Beach Committee, determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee on Swimming Conditions at the Arlington Heights Reservoir Beach)
Article 80. To see if the Town will vote to remove the wooden building located at the Robbins Farm Playground and Recreation Center, now being used by the Public Works Department for storage and formerly being known as the property of Nathan Robbins, numbered 61 Eastern Avenue; make an appropriation for such removal and the grading of the area; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and ex- pended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 81. To see whether the town will abandon the easement, dated May 9, 1955, and duly recorded; the said easement having been taken for sloping purposes on Williams Street, by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Arlington; the said ease- ment being duly recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds in book 8466, Page 425. The said easement is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the northwesterly side line of Williams Street, said point being 165.14 feet southwesterly of the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Williams Street, and the southwesterly side line of Arnold Street, thence north- westerly on the division line between Lots 144 and 143 a distance of 23.0 feet to an angle point, thence throught Lots 143, 142, 141, 140, 139, 138, 137, 136, 135 and 134 a total distance of 335 feet more or less to a point on the division line between Lots 134 and 133, thence southeasterly on said division line between Lots 134 and 133 a dis- tance of 10 feet to a point on the northwesterly side line of Williams Street, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Williams Street, a distance of 330 feet to the point of beginning, as shown upon a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Arlington- Mass. Showing Slope Easements, Scale 1" = 40', April, 1955, W. H. Roby, Acting Town Eng."
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 82. To see if the Town will vote to construct a building to be used for school purposes upon the land of the Town situated on Pheasant and Mountain Avenues, acquired for such purposes; make an appropriation for such construction, including cost of original equipment and furnishings; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee appointed to procure plans and estimates of an elementary school building on land of the Town situated in the Pheasant and Mountain Avenues Area)
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Article 83. To see if the Town will acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, for school purposes, all or any portion of the land within the Town (with or without the buildings thereon) hereinafter described, any interests or easements therein, and any rights or easements of ways or otherwise as appurtenant thereto, and subject to or with any reservations of any rights, or easements therein; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating to all or any of the foregoing:
Said land is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the northeasterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, at the southeasterly boundary line of land of the Town of Arlington (High School), thence northeasterly on the division line between said land of the Town of Arlington and property numbered 853 Massachusetts Avenue, a distance of 120.48 feet to an angle point, thence southeasterly on the division line between land of the Town of Arlington and the property numbered 853, 849 and 843 Massachusetts Avenue, a distance of 241.93 feet to an angle point, thence southwesterly on the division line between the property numbered 835 Massachusetts Avenue, and the property numbered 843 Massa- chusetts Avenue, a distance of 118.03 feet to a point on the northeasterly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Massa- chusetts Avenue, a distance of 268.05 feet to the point of beginning and containing approximately 30,107 square feet as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Mass. entitled "Plan of Land in Arlington, Mass. Proposed to be Taken For School Site, Scale 1 In. = 30 Ft. March, 1929, James M. Keane, Town Engineer" and numbered 1043.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 84. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum or sums of money to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager for the purpose of reconvert- ing the coal-stoker burning boilers at the Brackett school to oil-burning boilers; determine in what manner the money shall be raised or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 85. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum or sums of money to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager for the purpose of converting three coal-firing steam boilers at the Jr. High School West to oil-burning boilers and to remodel the heat units and control system; determine in what manner the money shall be raised or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 86. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the reconstruction of the gallery of the Robbins Library to restore, increase and improve existing library facilities and including the cost of an outside fire escape; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Trustees of Robbins Library)
Article 87. To see if the Town will vote to make an appropriation of a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager and the Peirce School Playground Improvement Committee for the improvement of the Peirce School play- ground area, determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Peirce School Playground Improvement Committee)
Article 88. To see if the Town will accept a gift to the Town of a parcel of land at the northwesterly corner of Oakledge Street and Bow Street, from John Doherty.
Said land is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the southwesterly side line of Oakledge Street and the northerly side line of Bow Street, thence westerly on said northerly side line of Bow Street, a distance of 18.0 feet to a point, thence northeasterly,
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northerly and northwesterly through land now or formerly of Doherty on a curve to the left with a radius of 9.0 feet a distance of 20.0 feet to a point on the southwesterly side line of Oakledge Street, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Oak- ledge Street, a distance of 18.0 feet to the point of beginning and containing 90 square feet.
Article 89. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager for the widening, the construction of the sidewalk, the construction of the curbing and the reconstruction of the roadway at the north- westerly corner of Oakledge Street and Bow Street; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 90. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Town Clerk, for the purpose of defraying the expense of advertis- ing and other incidental costs relating to the By-Laws voted at this Town Meeting; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
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