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of tangency, thence northeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Mountain Avenue a distance of 42.43 feet to an angle point, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Mountain Avenue distances of 267.46 feet, 187.60 feet and 211.22 feet to a point of curve, thence southeasterly, easterly and northeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Mountain Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 10 feet a distance of 14.96 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Mountain Avenue and the northwesterly side line of Overlook Road, thence southeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Overlook Road a distance of 60.17 feet to the point of beginning as shown on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. one entitled, "Plan and Profile of Overlook Road & Moun- tain Ave., Arlington, Mass. as Petitioned For By Neil McIntosh Jr., Trustee Showing Proposed Lines and Grades, Scales Hor. 1" = 40' Vert. 1" = 6' April 1914 C. H. Gannett C. E. 53 State Street, Boston" and the other entitled, "Plan and Profile of Part of Mountain Avenue in Arlington, Mass. Owned and Developed by Thomas Lee of 18 Sheldon Rd., Watertown, Scales: Hori- zontal 1 in. = 40 ft. Vertical 1 in. = 6 ft. April 4, 1955, Everett M. Brooks Co. Civil Engineers, Newtonville, Mass."
Article 52. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from north of Nicod Street to Wilbur Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Wollaston Avenue, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at a point on the northwesterly side line of Wollaston Avenue at the end of the accepted portion thereof, thence northeasterly on said north- westerly side line of Wollaston Avenue distances of 38.22 feet and 74 feet more or less to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Wollaston Avenue and the northeasterly side line of Wilbur Avenue, thence southeasterly across said Wollaston Avenue a distance of 84.02 feet to the point of intersection of the southeasterly side line of Wollaston Avenue and the northeasterly side line of Wilbur Avenue, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Wollaston Avenue a distance of 11.34 feet, 59.96 feet and 40.0 feet respectively to a point, thence northwesterly across said Wollaston Avenue and by the end of the accepted portion thereof a distance of 68 feet more or less to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled, "Board of Survey Plan and Profile of Wollaston Avenue, Arlington, Mass. Scales Hor. 1" = 40' Vert. 1" = 6' Dec. 28, 1931, James M. Keane, Town Engineer".
Article 53. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Wollaston Avenue northwesterly, substantially in the location of the private way known as Wilbur Avenue, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen under the provisions of law authoriz- ing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what man- ner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northwesterly side line of Wollaston Avenue and the southwesterly side line of Wilbur Avenue, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Wilbur Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 35 feet a distance of 52.33 feet to a point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Wilbur Avenue a distance of 406.00 feet to a point at the north- westerly boundary line of Lot 12, thence northeasterly across said Wilbur
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Avenue a distance of 40.94 feet to a point on the northeasterly side line of Wilbur Avenue, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Wil- bur Avenue a distance of 452.84 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Wilbur Avenue and the northwesterly side line of Wollaston Avenue, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Wollaston Avenue a distance of 74 feet more or less to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled, "Board of Survey Plan and Profile of Wilbur Avenue, Arlington, Mass. Scales Hor. 1" = 40' Vert. 1" = 6' Jan. 28, 1932, James M. Keane, Town Engineer".
Article 54. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Dickson Avenue to Fabyan Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Hemlock Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen under the provisions of law authoriz- ing the assessments of betterments; establish said way; make an appro- priation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the southeasterly side line of Fabyan Street and the northeasterly side line of Hemlock Street, thence southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Hemlock Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 10 feet a distance of 15.71 feet to a point of tangency, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Hemlock Street a distance of 392.20 feet to a point of curve, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Hemlock Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 66.6 feet a distance of 17.24 feet to a point of tangency, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Hemlock Street a distance of 101.69 feet to a point of curve at the present end of the accepted portion of Dickson Avenue, thence southeasterly on said north- easterly side line of Hemlock Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 127.53 feet a distance of 56.73 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Hemlock Street and the southeasterly side line of Dickson Avenue, thence southwesterly across said Hemlock Street a distance of 40.6 feet to a point on the southwesterly side line of Hemlock Street, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Hemlock Street a distance of 16.76 feet to a point of curve, thence northwesterly on said south- westerly side line of Hemlock Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 87.53 feet a distance of 38.94 feet to a point of tangency thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Hemlock Street a distance of 101.69 feet to a point of curve, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Hemlock Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 106.61 feet a distance of 27.60 feet to a point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said south- westerly side line of Hemlock Street a distance of 392.20 feet to a point of curve, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on a curve to the left with a radius of 10 feet a distance of 15.71 feet to the point of inter- section of said southwesterly side line of Hemlock Street and the south- easterly side line of Fabyan Street, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Fabyan Street, a distance of 60.0 feet to the point of beginning as shown on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. one entitled, "Plan and Profile of Hemlock Street, Brattle Heights, Arlington, Horizontal Scale 40 feet to an inch, Vertical Scale 6 feet to an inch, May 1917, Ernest W. Branch, Civil Engineer, Boston Quincy" and the other entitled, "Plan and Profile of Hemlock Street, Arlington Mass. Scale Hor. 1" = 40' Vert. 1" = 6' Jan. 5, 1958, Francis J. DeRoche, Eng."
Article 55. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Morningside Drive to Stone Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Ridge Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen under the provisions of law authorizing
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the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the westerly side line of Stone Road and the southerly side line of Ridge Street, thence northerly, and northwesterly on said southerly side line of Ridge Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 39.27 feet to a point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said southerly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 327.41 feet to the point of intersection of said southerly side line of Ridge Street and the southeasterly side line of Morningside Drive, thence north- easterly on said southeasterly side line of Morningside Drive a distance of 128 feet more or less to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Morningside Drive and the northerly side line of Ridge Street, thence southeasterly and easterly on said northerly side line of Ridge Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 22 feet a distance of 29.16 feet to a point of tangency, thence southeasterly on said northerly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 200.05 feet to a point of curve, thence southeasterly on said northerly side line of Ridge Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 440 feet a distance of 21.82 feet to the point of intersection of said northerly side line of Ridge Street and the westerly side line of Stone Road, thence southwesterly on said westerly side line of Stone Road a distance of 74.46 feet to the point of beginning as shown on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. one entitled, "Plans & Profiles of Mel- vin Rd., Stone Rd., Ridge St., Greenwood Rd., Old Middlesex Path, Arlington, Mass. Hor. Scale 40 ft. = 1 in. Ver. Scale 6 ft. = 1 in. April 20, 1950, Fred A. Joyce, Surveyor, Belmont, Mass." and the other entitled, "Plan and Pro- file of Ridge Street, Arlington, Mass. Horizontal Scale 1 inch = 40 feet. Vertical Scale 1 inch = 6 feet, W. A. Mason & Son Co., Civil Engineers, Cambridge, Mass. June 9, 1928".
Article 56. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Ridge Street to Winchester Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Greenwood Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen under the provisions of law authoriz- ing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what man- ner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northerly side line of Win- chester Road and the northwesterly side line of Greenwood Road, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Greenwood Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 29.17 feet to a point of tan- gency, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Greenwood Road a distance of 298.17 feet to a point of curve, thence northerly and northwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Greenwood Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 39.27 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Greenwood Road and the southerly side line of Ridge Street, thence southeasterly on said southerly side line of Ridge Street a distance of 90 feet to the point of intersection of said southerly side line of Ridge Street and the southeasterly side line of Greenwood Road, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Greenwood Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 39.27 feet to a point of tangency, thence southwest- erly on said southeasterly side line of Greenwood Road a distance of 274.85 feet to a point of curve, thence southerly, southeasterly and easterly on said southeasterly side line of Greenwood Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 15 feet a distance of 29.62 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Greenwood Road and the northerly side line of
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Winchester Road, thence westerly on said northerly side line of Winchester Road a distance of 82.72 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the Office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled, "Plan and Profile of Greenwood Road, Arlington, Mass. Horizontal Scale 1 inch = 40 feet, Vertical Scale 1 inch = 6 feet, W. A. Mason & Son Co. Civil Engineers, Cambridge, Mass. June 9, 1928.
Article 57. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Ridge Street to Greenwood Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Winchester Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
FIRST SECTION:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the westerly side line of Ridge Street and the southerly side line of Winchester Road, thence northwesterly on said southerly side line of Winchester Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 28.68 feet to a point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said southerly side line of Winchester Road a distance of 303.08 feet to a point of curve, thence westerly, southwesterly and southerly on said southerly side line of Winchester Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 40.14 feet to the point of intersection of said southerly side line of Winchester Road and the easterly side line of Stone Road, thence northerly on said easterly side line of Stone Road distances of 27.91 feet and 61.36 feet respectively to the point of intersection of said easterly side line of Stone Road and northerly side line of Winchester Road, thence southerly and southeasterly on said northerly side line of Winchester Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 37.55 feet to a point of tangency, thence southeasterly on said northerly side line of Win- chester Road a distance of 357.62 feet to a point of curve, thence easterly, northeasterly and northerly on said northerly side line of Winchester Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 57.09 feet to the point of intersection of said northerly side line of Winchester Road and the westerly side line of Ridge Street, thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Ridge Street distances of 94.31 feet and 27.13 feet respectively to the point of beginning.
SECOND SECTION:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the westerly side line of Stone Road and the southerly side line of Winchester Road, thence northerly, northwesterly and westerly on said southerly side line of Winchester Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 15 feet a distance of 30.18 feet to a point of tangency, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Win- chester Road a distance of 280.73 feet to a point, thence northwesterly across said Winchester Road a distance of 40.0 feet to a point on the north- erly side line of Winchester Road, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Winchester Road a distance of 304.51 feet to a point of curve, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Winchester Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 29.17 feet to the point of intersection of said northerly side line of Winchester Road and the westerly side line of Stone Road, thence southwesterly on said westerly side line of Stone Road distances of 57.30 feet and 26.20 feet respectively as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled, "Plan and Profile of Winchester Road, Arlington, Mass. Horizontal Scale 1 inch = 40 feet, Vertical Scale 1 inch = 6 feet, W. A. Mason & Son Co., Civil Engi- neers, Cambridge, Mass. June 9, 1928."
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Article 58. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town way from Forest Street to Hancock Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Hancock Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Board of Selectmen under the provisions of law authoriz- ing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what man- ner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described, as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northwesterly side line of Forest Street and the southwesterly side line of Hancock Street, thence northerly and northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Hancock Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 39.37 feet to a point of tangency, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Hancock Street a distance of 116.72 feet to a point of curve, thence north- westerly on said southwesterly side line of Hancock Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 265.28 feet a distance of 48.62 feet to a point of com- pound curve, thence northwesterly and northerly on said southwesterly side line of Hancock Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 92.28 feet a distance of 111.30 feet to a point of tangency, thence northerly on said south- westerly side line of Hancock Street a distance of 257.0 feet to a point, thence easterly across said Hancock Street a distance of 40.0 feet to a point on the northeasterly side line of Hancock Street, thence southerly on said north- easterly side line of Hancock Street a distance of 257.0 feet to a point of curve, thence southerly and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Hancock Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 52.28 feet a distance of 63.06 feet to a point of compound curve, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Hancock Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 225.28 feet a distance of 41.28 feet to a point of tangency, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Hancock Street, a distance of 117.69 feet to a point of curve, thence easterly and northeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Hancock Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a distance of 32.89 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Hancock Street and the northwesterly side line of Forest Street, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Forest Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 487.55 feet a distance of 80 feet more or less to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled, "Street Plan & Profile of Hancock Street, Arlington, Mass. Scale Hor. 1" = 40', Ver. 1" = 6', Nov. 12, '58, Frank W. Sarnow, Civil Engineer, 24 Tanager St., Arlington, Mass.
Article 59. To see if the Town will make an appropriation under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments for the re- construction of any or all parts of certain public ways in the Town, the lay- ing out of which is accepted at this meeting including costs of acceptance, land damages and the cost of paving 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 60. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Manager to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of a steel storage building located in the Old Town Yard at #1083 Massachusetts Avenue; or take any action re- lating thereto.
Article 61. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the con- struction of a storm drain culvert or pipe, with appurtenances, through Private Lands, from Mystic Street to Upper Mystic Lake; 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)
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Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to accept the naming of the newly developed section of the Summer Street playground, which includes only the Little League Baseball Field, as the George N. Buck Memorial Field.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 63. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Manager to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of the wooden building now located in the rear of Railroad Avenue, and formerly known as the Arlington Center Rail- road Station, to Arlington Post No. 1775, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Inc .; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 64. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to excavate, grade, pave, paint stalls, provide lighting, and install parking meters on property in the rear of Railroad Avenue, the site of the former Arlington Center Railroad Station, and do any and all other acts necessary on land owned by the Town of Arlington in the rear of Railroad Avenue to provide a public off-street parking area; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 65. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the pur- chase and installation of parking meters in the Arlington Heights business area; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 66. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the instal- lation of pedestrian actuated traffic signals on Massachusetts Avenue at Lockeland Avenue and on Massachusetts Avenue at Churchill Avenue; deter - mine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 67. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to be expended under the direction of the Town Manager for the use of the com- mittee known as the Board of Directors of Youth Services for the purposes of assisting in the prevention, treatment and control of problems relating to the children and youth of the Town and of advising and assisting other agencies concerned with such matters; determine in what manner such sum shall be raised; or take any action relating to all or any part of the fore- going.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Directors of Youth Services)
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 Zon- ing 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 and of the subject matter, sufficient for identification, shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town once in each of two successive weeks, the first publica- tion to be not less than fourteen 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 2 of Section 5 and inserting in place thereof the following:
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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 the consideration of any proposed amend- ment, modification or repeal of this by-law, provided that where a petition is filed such petition shall show that 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 Meet- ing its recommendations with respect to the action to be taken there- on. Notice of such hearing and of the subject matter, sufficient for identification, 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 fourteen days before the day of such hearing.
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