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Gentlemen :
One more year having passed with no serious fires in Eastham gives one the feeling the citizens of Eastham are very much inclined to being fire concious.
In the past year we had only one fire that would have done damage to property if the department had not been at the location within a few minutes after the alarm had sounded. This is with the exception of chimney fires which would have been damaging if not attended to.
The department has been out on many practice drills during the year and the fire apparatus is working out very satisfactorily.
We have added two hundred and fifty feet of hose to what we had making a total of seventeen hundred and fifty feet. We would like to add as much more this year.
The Volunteer Firemen's Association are working to raise money to purchase a pickup truck for the purpose of carrying fire cans, brooms and other fire fighting equip- ment which is now impossible to carry on the fire apparatus.
The fire alarm tower which was blown down by the heavy winds has been repaired and erected again. This should be in aperation very soon.
The Department Calls for 1947 were as follows:
5 Grass and Brush Fires
4 Dump Fires
2 Chimney Fires
1 Oil Burner 1 Car
For itemized account of how the Fire Department's appropriation was spent see the Accountant's report.
Respectfully submitted, NATHAN A. NICKERSON,
Fire Chief
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Report of Moth Superintendent
November 30, 1947
Board of Selectmen Finance Committee Town of Eastham
Gentlemen :
Eastham's forty miles of roads and the library lot were treated almost exclusively with wettable DDT.
The concentration of effort on the school lot and the added effectiveness of DDT insecticides gave up results that place Eastham among those towns which are actually attempting to attain control of the situation.
This year the required notice to property owners was carried by the "Cape Codder." There has been hardly any response from this advertisement in the way of activity on the part of property owners. In fact, the requests for private spraying have been so few that some method of directing the property owners' attention to this important responsi- bility must be found.
In April, a 20' fire lane was bulldozed along the north bound of the school lot, also a service road connecting the fire lanes on the north and south bounds of the school lot. Later, Mr. Whiting opened several roads through the area surrounding Maul's Pond. These two projects gave much greater access to this Gypsy moth infested area.
Mr. Ramsey and Mr. Andersen personally brought State turbine blowers down two different times; technical DDT treatment by blower has brought the Gypsy moth infesta- tion on the school lot almost under control.
There were two small areas infested with oakworm, on
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Whitford's and Miskelly's properties. These are more or less dormant this season.
The tent caterpillar infestation is far from being under control. Almost no effort is made by individual property owners to suppress this pest, which is the most widespread of those three pests suppressed under Chapter 132.
The fall web-worm infestation was widespread, but the late spraying controlled some of the early broods in the settled areas.
About 420 hours' labor for the superintendent and 270 hours' for his assistant were devoted to the moth work this year.
A new and more efficient spray gun was bought, also spray hose, a suction hose and syphon head. 200 pounds of wettable DDT were acquired over and above the 504 pounds of wettable DDT received from the state.
100 feet of spray hose received from the state still needs adapters to make it of use.
The truck was painted red this year, with fine, hard paint. This fall the truck was winterized, and it is ready to go at all times. It is garaged in Joseph's building again this year.
Yours truly,
E. W. LLOYD,
Moth Superintendent
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Report of Tree Warden
January 5, 1948
Board of Selectmen Finance Committee Town of Eastham Eastham, Mass.
Gentlemen :
This year the Tree Warden appropriation established a 20-foot fire lane on the School lot and a 20-foot lane on the Library lot. These lanes were cut by a bulldozer, and later some "hardening" was applied by the Road Surveyor.
The lanes provide access to the ponds for the fire truck, make a 20-foot break in these wooded areas, and pro- vide access to the public on public property. At some future time, maybe 1948, these areas may be developed as recrea- tional areas.
A 12-foot spruce tree was planted to replace the one which had died in front of the town hall.
The damage caused by the wind storm was cleared from town roads that same night. Some clearing was done later to complete the job.
The clearing of brush on the new lanes was delayed by difficulty in securing workmen interested in such work. However, a considerable amount of the work has been ac- complished on the school lot.
The condition of the wooded area of the school lot con- stitutes a fire hazard which the Town should not allow to continue. Windfallen trees, broken limbs and rank under- brush should be cleared up.
The library lot is in much the same condition.
May I recommend an appropriation of $300.00 to take care of some of this work in 1948 ?
Respectfully submitted,
E. W. LLOYD, Tree Warden
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Report of the Planning Board FOR THE YEAR ENDING 1947
To the Citizens of Eastham :
During the past year your Planning Board has held regular meetings. The first meetings were devoted to the study of the duties of a Planning Board and the laws gov- erning same. Expert advice was obtained from an official of the Massachusetts Federation of Planning Boards, who addressed us at one of our meetings. Legal advice was ob- tained from local attorneys.
In August of 1947, the State Planning Board notified us that special legislation was being passed in order to clarify Town planning. Twenty-five sections were inserted, the provisions to which we automatically became subject.
Along with various civic problems the following sub- jects have been studied; the advisability of establishing a town landing at Boat Meadow; the warrant for the special Town Meeting; general sanitary conditions; necessity of a town incinerator; supervision of beaches and town land- ings; possibilities of a Park Commission; control of sub- divisions and the drafting of a building code.
In November a Public Forum was held for the purpose of discussion and study of the proposed subdivision con- trol. The large group attending and the interest shown prompted many changes. These changes have been incorpor- ated into the Subdivision Regulations as introduced in the February '48 warrant.
In December we held an open meeting with the local contractors, to study and discuss a building code drafted by this Board. The ideas presented by the contractors appear in the draft presented.
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The Board believes that the entire town will grow con- siderably in the next few years and that there will be an ever increasing amount of building construction. With this in view we urgently feel, for the welfare of the town, that the aforementioned by-laws be passed.
The Board stands ready to meet with individuals or groups to discuss their problems and proposals and to study them relative to town planning.
Respectfully submitted,
WINFORD L. SCHOFIELD, Chrm. ROBERT L. DESCHAMPS, Clerk LEWIS W. COLLINS HERMAN A. DILL CARL HANDEL
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Proposed Subdivision Regulations
Note: For the purpose of these regulations, a subdivi sion is defined as the division of a tract or parcel of land into two or more lots in such a manner as to require the provision of one or more streets for the purpose of sale or development of the lots within said tract or parcel of land.
Section 1. Procedure for the preparation and filing of Plats.
a. All plats and all procedure relating thereto shall in all respects comply with the provisions of these regula- tions.
b. A subdivider making a subdivision of a tract or parcel of land into two or more lots in such a manner as to require provision of a street for the purpose of sale or building development, whether immediate or future, shall submit an application and prepare a Preliminary Plat which shall, whenever required by the Planning Board, include street profiles; and two copies of the same shall be pre- sented to the Board for approval. The Preliminary Plat shall be drawn to a scale not smaller than one inch equals a hundred feet and shall show the following :
1. Subdivision name, north point, date and scale.
2. Name of record owner, subdivider and designer or surveyor.
3. Outline of property with location and names of adja- cent subdivisions and all names of owners of adjacent property.
4. Location, names and present width of adjacent ways, both public and private.
5. Width and location of all streets, other public ways and easements within the Plat.
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6. Width and location of all building lines and easements.
7. Lot lines with approximate dimensions.
8. Proposed location of bounds.
9. Proposed uses of portions of property other than for residential purposes.
10. Public areas proposed, if any.
11. Topography with five feet contour intervals, when re- quired by the Board.
c. Within thirty days the Board will approve or dis- approve the Preliminary Plat and street profiles or approve them with modifications noting thereon any changes that will be required. One copy will be returned to the subdivider with the date of said approval stamped thereon.
d. The Board, in studying a Plat, will take into con- sideration the requirements of the community. Particular attention will be given to width, arrangements, and park areas. Adequate street connections will be required to in- sure free access to adjoining subdivisions and lands.
e. The subdivider, following approval of the Prelim- inary Plat and of street profiles where required, shall file with the Board a tracing and one print of the final Plat with street profiles and other data as may be required by the Board. The final Plat shall be clearly and legibly drawn in black India ink upon tracing cloth, 16" x 21" (18x24) or 25" x 36" in overall dimensions, or such other size as may be approved by the Board. The drawing shall be at a scale of one inch equals 50 feet or such other scale as the Board may prescribe as being adequate to show detail clearly. The final Plat shall show :
1. Subdivision name, north point, date and scale.
2. Name of record owner and surveyor or designer.
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3. Location and names of adjacent subdivisions and names of owners of adjacent property.
4. The street lines, lots, reservations, easements and areas to be dedicated to park and recreation purposes.
5. Sufficient data to determine readily the location, bear- ing and length of every street line, lot line and boun- ary line and to reproduce the same upon the ground; all bearings to be referred to Massachusetts prime meridian, when applicable, or to that of adjacent de- fined streets.
6. The location of all permanent monuments showing thusly.
7. Connection with the Massachusetts Coordinate System will be required if any control points of that system exist within 2,000 feet of the subdivision.
8. All surveys are to be made with accuracy resulting in a minimum error of closure 1 to 10,000.
f. Unless a Final Plat prepared in accordance with the approved Preliminary Plat, including the modifications thereof, if any made by the Baord, is filed with the Board within six months after the approval of the Preliminary Plat, the Board's approval thereof shall be deemed can- celled.
g. Before the Board will approve a Final Plat, the subdivider or developer will be required to set permanent monuments of reinforced concrete or stone located in the ground at enough points to be able to readily reproduce the subdivision on the ground. These concrete or stone monu- ments shall be at least 5" x 5" in cross section and 32" in length.
h. A fee of $5.00 shall accompany the application for approval of a Final Plat. One half the fee shall be returned if no hearing is advertised.
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Section 2. General Requirements for the Subdivision of Land.
a. The subdivider shall observe the following general requirements and principles of land subdivision :
1. No street shall be less than 40 feet wide.
2. As far as practicable, all proposed streets shall be con- tinuous.
3. Street lines at intersections shall be joined by curves.
4. Grades of all streets shall be the reasonable minimum, but shall not be more than 10 per cent except for short distance.
5. No land shall be divided for residential use if it is of such a character that it cannot be used for building purposes without danger to health.
6. Suitable areas shall be set aside for parks and play- grounds, where applicable in regard to size and loca- tion.
b. A variation of the general requirements may be permitted when, in the opinion of the Board, topography or other consideration necessitates such variation.
e. The Board shall require a minimum lot frontage of 175 feet with a minimum lot area of 25,000 square feet.
Section 3. Re-subdivisions.
Procedure for re-subdivisions shall follow in all respects that outlined in preceding sections for new subdivisions.
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Proposed By-Law Regulating the Reconstruction and Location of Buildings Within the Town of Eastham
SECTION I
Article 1. DEFINITION
In this by-law the following terms, unless a contrary meaning is required by the context or is specifically pre- scribed, shall have the following meanings :
A. Building Lines :
The exterior walls of a building at or above the ground, including bay windows, porches, piazzas and similar pro- jections. Uncovered steps and projecting eaves shall not be construed as being within this definition.
B. Lot Lines :
The lines defining or limiting leaseholds or ownership of land.
C. Reconstructed or Reconstruction :
The removal of any building to a new foundation, or the renewal of any structure damaged by fire or other cas- ualty as follows :
(1) Wood frame buildings-damage to the frame.
(2) Masonry buildings-damage to the walls or roof.
(3 In all cases, damage to the foundation or interior supports.
The Building Inspector shall be the authority to de- termine whether any building has suffered damage in the manner described.
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D. Altered or Alteration :
(1) The rebuilding or change in a structure to pro- vide for a complete or partial change in the use to which it may be put.
(2) The rebuilding or change of any nature in struc- tures of every kind, which exceeds 20 percent of the assessed value and which is not in the nature of ordinary repair and maintenance.
E. Addition :
The addition to a structure by which its floor area is increased.
F. First-Class Construction :
Walls of fireproof construction, and floors (except finish floors), roofs, and partitions entirely of incombustible material with no exposed structural steel.
G. Second-Class Construction :
Exterior walls of incombustible material, not, less than eight inches thick, and roof covered with incombustible material.
H. Third-Class Construction :
All other kinds of construction not First or Second- Class.
Article 2. APPOINTMENT OR BUILDING INSPECTOR
The Board of Selectmen annually in March shall ap- point an Inspector of Buildings to hold office for the term of one year from the first of April following and until his successor is appointed and qualified.
The person appointed and qualified to act as Inspector
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of Buildings shall receive such salary or compensation as shall be fixed by the Board of Selectmen, within the appro- priation for the Inspection of Buildings, and no other fees or compensation shall be allowed or paid to him. He shall have no pecuniary interest, direct or indirect, in the making of plans or specifications or in the supplying of materials or labor for any building or structure in this town other than his own. He shall be under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen, and shall be subject to such rules and regulations as that Board may prescribe. He shall submit annual reports of the work of his office for publication in the Town Report.
The Inspector of Buildings shall make inspection of all building operations within this town, and he may, for this purpose, enter upon the premises where such operations are carried on at all reasonable times and shall report to the Board of Selectmen all violations of this by-law or of the conditions of any permit issued.
Article 3. PERMIT REQUIRED
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, or by statute, or the Town By-Laws, no building or structure shall be erected, altered, reconstructed, or added to without a permit from the Building Inspector first having been ob- tained for such erection, alteration, reconstruction or addi- tion. For the erection of Buildings for mercantile, business or industrial purposes or for dwelling purposes to accom- modate more than two family units, plans and specifica- tions together with such structural detail as may be re- quired, shall be submitted to the Inspector of Buildings for his approval, and as a condition for the issuance of a per- mit. The Building Inspector shall withhold a permit if the proposed work is in violation of law or of this or any other by-law of the Town; otherwise, he shall grant the permit.
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Article 4. NO PERMIT REQUIRED
No permit shall be required for the construction of a building or other structure which is less than 150 square feet in area and less than eight feet in height at the eaves if it is not intended to be used for dwelling purposes and is proposed to be located more than 100 feet from a public way. No permit shall be required for repairs occasioned by ordinary wear and deterioration.
The provisions of this by-law shall not apply to build- ings or structures erected or owned by the United States or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or to bridges, quays and wharves.
Article 5. APPLICATION FOR PERMIT
Application for a permit to erect, construct (recon- struct, alter or add to a structure shall be on forms pro- vided. Applications shall be required to give such informa- tion regarding the proposed work as the Board of Select- men may prescribe.
Article 6. FEE
The fee to be paid with each application for a permit shall be computed at the rate of fifty cents for each five hundred dollars of cost of the work for which application is made, but the minimum fee shall be one dollar.
Article 7. NOTICE OF PERMIT
Public notice of a permit granted shall be made by posting in a conspicuous place on the premises of a suitable placard, giving the name of the owner, the signature of the Board of Selectmen, and such other information as the Board of Selectmen may deem proper.
Article 8. APPROVAL BY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
The Inspector of Buildings shall grant no permit for
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the erection, reconstruction, or alteration of a building or structure designed or proposed to be used in whole or in part as a public building, as defined in Chapter 143, Sec- tion 1 of the General Laws, or as a factory, workshop, mercantile or other establishment, and to have accommo- dations or use for ten or more employees, or for a structure more than two stories high designed to be used above the second story as an office building, dormitory, hotel, family hotel apartment house, boarding house, lodging house, or tenement house, and having eight or more rooms above said second story, until the owner or his agent has been granted a certificate of approval by the Supervisor of Plans of the Department of Public Safety in accordance with the re- quirements of Chapter 143, Section 13 of the General Laws.
The granting of such certificate of approval shall not relieve the owner of the proposed structure from all other applicable parts of this by-law.
Article 9. APPEAL
Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the Inspector of Buildings to grant a permit may, within seven days after such refusal, appeal to the Board of Selectmen, who, after hearing, with seven days notice of the same having been given by advertising in a newspaper of local circulation, may affirm, modify, or reverse the decision of the Inspector and may issue the permit or direct it, to be issued by the Inspector in accordance with their decision.
Article 10. LINES AND GRADES OF PUBLIC WAY
No person shall erect any foundation, building or wall, or make any alteration in the external wall of any structure, any part of which is to be placed within ten feet of a pub- lic way or place dedicated to the public use before making application to the Board of Selectmen for the location of the lines and grades of such public way or place dedicated to public use.
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Article 11. BUILDING LINES
The building lines of structures for human habitation of third class construction shall not be nearer to the nearest boundary of any public way than 50 feet, nor nearer to the interior side and rear lot lines than 25 feet; and if on land of single ownership, they shall not be nearer to each other than 50 feet. The building lines of structures which are necessary to wood framed structures for human habita- tion shall not be nearer to side and rear lot lines than 12 feet, or nearer to the nearest boundary of any public way than 50 feet.
The building lines of all other types of buildings or structures of third class construction, shall not be nearer to side and rear lot lines than 12 feet.
If the Board of Selectmen find that adjacent buildings for a reasonable distance on either side of the property on which the applicant proposes to build conform to some substantially common front line, the Selectmen may re- quire the applicant also to conform thereto, regardless of the class of construction and use of the proposed structure.
Article 12. CHIMNEYS.
No chimney shall be constructed without Fire Clay flue linings continuous from bottom to top in all flues, ex- cept that structures solely for commercial or for indus- trial purposes may have approved steel stacks or masonry chimneys with fire brick linings.
No smoke pipe or metal flue shall pass through any wooden partitions without a safety thimble of fireproof material, the thimble to extend the full width of the par- tition or the smoke pipe or flue to be eight inches from any woodwork.
Article 13. FIRE PREVENTION
Buildings of second or third class construction erected
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as blocks and subdivided for store or similar purposes ; partitions or walls in the first story separating one store or similar portion from another shall be constructed either of fireproof material or of wood studs nogged the full height and thickness of the partition with fireproof material and dividing walls in the basement shall be entirely of fireproof material. All openings in such walls or partitions in both the basement and first story shall be glazed with wire glass in metal frames or have self-closing fireproof doors in metal frames.
Article 14. SPECIAL HAZARDS.
Buildings or structures of any kind, which by reason of material intended to be stored therein or processes to be carried on, present in the opinion of the Building In- spector possibilities of special hazard of fire or explosion or of noxious fumes, shall be subject to whatever degree of isolation, setback, adjacent protective provisions, mate- rial and manner of construction that the Selectmen by and with the advise of the Chief of the Fire Department may require.
Article 15. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR DWELLINGS
All structures erected for dwelling purposes or intended to be so used shall conform to and include the following minimum requirements :
A. Foundation :
Foundation shall be of continuous masonry construc- tion extending at least 18 inches below the finished grade with interior supports to the ground of masonry, concrete or concrete filled steel columns.
B. Floors :
Floors shall be constructed to support a live load of not less than 40 lbs. per square foot.
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C. Roof :
Roofs shall be constructed to carry a live load of not less than 30 lbs., per square foot and in no case shall wood rafters be less than 2"x6" in size.
D. Framing :
All other framing in size and area shall be adequate to receive, transmit, or support the dead load and pre- scribed live load. All sills shall be securely anchored to foundation.
E. Bathroom :
Except as provided for overnight cabins, as hereinafter defined, there shall be a bathroom' having therein a tub or shower, water closet and lavatory, and all toilet rooms and bathrooms shall have outside windows or other approved means of ventilation.
F. Internal Arrangement :
It shall not be necessary to pass through one bedroom to reach another, or to reach the bathroom.
Article 16. SEWAGE
A. No cesspool or other means of sewage disposal shall be located under a building or nearer than 50 feet to any well or other source of water supply except a public water system.
B. No burnt clay tile pipe of any description shall be used within or under a building to conduct sewage or waste from plumbing fixtures ..
Article 17. DWELLINGS LESS THAN 500 SQUARE FEET
Two or more structures erected for dwelling purposes,
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