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Helen McMakin
November 30 Kenneth Russell Higgins, III
Kenneth R. Higgins Jr.
October 9 Darlene Marie Brown
Francis S. Brown
Marilyn C. Coey Laura De'rrico Laura De'rrico
October 9 Douglas Murray Brown
Francis S. Brown
October 9 Geoffrey Leonard Worth
Leorard Worth
Theresa A. Glancy
December 18 David Alden Branscombe
Richard L. Branscombe
Meredith Jenks
1959 Birth Received in 1960.
February 6 Jolene Teresa Nevin
John M. Nevin
Jacqueline Remillard
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1960
Date
Name
Residence
Feb. 27
John T. Murphy Virginia L. Carpenter
Milford, Mass. Eastham, Mass.
Feb. 27 Donald E. Emond Anita L. Jamieson
Eastham, Mass. Orleans, Mass.
May 22 Robert V. Reynolds E. Bettie Champlin
Essex, Conn. Old Saybrook, Conn.
June 11 William Goodman Janice M. Dunsford
Cambridge Eastham
June 13 John R. Ohmann Patricia L. Chace
Eastham Orleans
June 11 Stephen A. Buchanan Louise Farnum
Eastham Boston
June 11 Bruce K. Gregory Judith E. Tills
Eastham Buffalo, New York
June 19 Thomas L. Foley Jr. Rhoda R. Reed
Eastham Orleans
Aug. 19 Reginald Robert Clark Barbara M. Rogers
Brewster
Eastham
Aug. 22 William Taffe Lucile A. Compas
Boston
Boston
Sept. 1 Robert Taylor Cecelia L. Dumont
Wellfleet Eastham
Sept. 17 Robert W. Roland Mary Lou Dunsford
Amherst
Eastham
Sept. 25 Stewart F. Hill Sally L. Drown
Wellfleet
Eastham
Oct. 1 Albert F. Flint Carol M. Toomey
Eastham
Orleans
Oct. 1 Edwin A. Johnson Alma E. Bengston
Eastham
Eastham
Oct. 29 William H. Sweetser Barbara Anne Weber
Harwich
Eastham
1959 Marriage received in 1960:
June 18 Frederick T. Chase Beverly Elaine Gaspie
Eastham Eastham
96
DEATHS RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1960
Date
Name
Age-Y M D
Jan. 10 Madeline H. Johnson
64
3
1
Jan. 30 Joseph I. Belaire
71
March 5 Bertha H. Horton
74
7
7
March 7 Benjamin Anderson
83
22
March 3 George Howard
82
5
22
April 24 Hugh A. Kaulback
69
11
17
April 28 Blanche E. Schofield
75
12
May 6 Alexander Burnett W. Cole
66
7
18
May 22 Eugenia H. Merrill
80
4
23
May 30 Lionel Z. Smith
66
1
15
June 10 Truesdell C. Fife
90
11
28
June 9 Johanna S. Brooks
72
11
7
July 12 Katherine B. Sims
77
July 14 John Pike
69
9
25
Aug. 10 William W. Cannell
66
2
8
Oct. 9 James E. Lynch
72
Oct. 8 Annie J. Roscoe
67
7
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ANNUAL ELECTION FEBRUARY 15, 1960
The annual election of Town Officers was held this day in the Eastham Town Hall, the meeting being called to order by the presiding election officer Fred G. Lapiana Jr., at 10:00 A.M.
The following persons having been appointed to act as election officers and tellers, were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the Town Clerk :
Johanna S. Brooks, Henry McCone, Aurore King. Maurice W. Wiley and Harvey T. Moore.
The ballot box was examined and found to register zero and the Polls were declared open at 10:00 A.M.
At 6:10 P.M., the Polls were declared closed. There were 31 absent votes cast making a total of 404 cast for the day. The ballot box registered 404 and the voting list showed a like number as having voted.
Following is a result of the voting :
Selectman, Assessor, Member Boards of
Health and Welfare
3 Years
*Luther P. Smith
276 Votes
James H. Leach 78 John S. Poole Jr. 49
Blanks 1
Moderator (1 Year)
*Fred G. Lapiana Jr.
348 Votes
Blanks 56
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Treasurer, Collector, Town Clerk (3 Years) L. Isabelle Brackett 385 Votes 19
Blanks
Highway Surveyor (1 Year)
Nathan A. Nickerson 379 Votes 25
Blanks
Constable (1 Year)
*Harvey T. Moore 382 Votes 22
Blanks
School Committee (2 Years)
*Dorcas M. Gill 364 Votes 40
Blanks
School Committee (3 Years)
*Theodore L. Hicks 334 Votes
Blanks
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Trustee Public Library (3 Years)
*Margaret N. Campbell
373 Votes
Blanks 31
Planning Board (5 Years)
Charles N. Deane 108 Votes
Edmund E. Milliken 105 Votes
*Maurice A. Moore 169
Blanks
22
Recreation Commission (5 Years)
*M. Louise Campbell 37 Votes
Various Persons 27
Blanks
340
*ELECTED
As the Town Clerk read the results of the election, those who received the largest number of votes were de- clared elected by the presiding election officer.
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT
Town Clerk
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MINUTES ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
February 15, 1960
The annual town meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M. by the Moderator, Fred G. Lapiana Jr. The call and service of the warrant were read, by the Town Clerk, the reading of the articles being omitted by consent of the meeting. James R. Davis and Walter E. Gavin were ap- pointed as tellers and duly sworn by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. Voted: to have a blackboard at the front of the hall showing the effect on the tax rate of the various articles in the warrant. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 2. Voted to accept Chapter 493 of the Acts of 1959 pertaining to County pensions and retirement allowances. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 8. Voted: that the town place the refunded dog tax at the disposal of the Public Library Trustees. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 4. Voted: to authorize the treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1960, and issue a note or notes there- fore payable in one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in ac- cordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 General Laws. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 5. Voted: to authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of re-imbursement for the financial year beginning January 1, 1960, and to issue a note or notes therefore payable in one year, and to renew any note
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or notes as may be given for a period of less than a year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 6. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the establishment and maintenance of a free bed in the Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Mass. for the care and treatment of persons certified by the Selectmen to be residents of the town and unable to pay for such care and treatment in accordance with Chapter III Section 74, General Laws. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 7. Voted: to authorize the Selectmen to sell property taken under Tax Title procedure by the Town, and raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for this pur- pose. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 8. Voted : to pay a bounty of fifty cents (.50) each for woodchucks killed within its boundaries during the ensuing year and raise and appropriate the sum of $30.00 for this purpose. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 9. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 to meet the Town's share of Chapter 81 High- ways work and that in addition the sum of $11,000.00 be transferred from available funds in the treasury to meet the State's share of the work, the re-imbursement from the State to be restored upon receipt to unappropriated funds in the treasury. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 10. Voted: to raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00 for the purchase of a police cruiser, the present cruiser to be traded in as a credit towards the new one. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 11. Voted: to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 to be paid to the Town of Orleans for Ambu- lance hire and police dispatcher service for the year 1960. Unanimous Voice Vote.
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Article 12. Voted: to accept the annual report in- cluding recommendations and report of Selectmen and other town officers, and to raise and appropriate $270,834.25 for this purpose.
1. Accountant $ 1.728.00
2. Accountant Expense 250.00
3. Ambulance Hire
1,500.00
4. Appeal Board 500.00
5. Assessors' Abstracts
200.00
6. Auditorium Note
3.000.00
7. Building Inspector
1.500.00
8. Certification of Notes
10.00
9. Christmas Tree
150.00
10. Civilian Defense
1.065.00
11. Custodian
3.224.00
12. Dog Officer Account
100.00
13. Dutch Elm Disease 150.00
14. Election and Registration
800.00
15. Finance Committee Expense
25.00
16 Fire Department
5.225.00
17. Health
800.00
18. Highway-General
3.000.00
19. Insect Pest Control and Poison Ivy
1,500.00
20. Inspector of Animals
80.00
21. Insurance
720.00
22. Interest
2,100.00
23. Legal Expense
1.000.00
24 Library
2.000.0 )
25. Memorial Day
150.00
26. Miscellaneous
1.000.00
27. Office Clerk
1.600.00
28. Old Cemeteries 350.00
29. Old Windmill Care and Improvement
700.00
30. Planning Board
300.00
31. Police Department
10,000.00
32. Public Amusement and Advertising
500.00
33. Recreation Commission 2.000.00
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34 Regional School District
85,772.52
35. Reserve (from Overlay Reserve) 5,000.00
36. Retirement
1,969.73
37. School
76,260.00
38. School Lunch
800.00
39. School Notes (Addition)
6,000.00
40. Sealer of Weights and Measures
120.00
41. Secretary of Finance Committee
50.00
42. Selectmen and Assessor Expense
900.00
43. Shellfish Protection and Propagation
1,500.00
44. Snow
1,500.00
45. Soldiers' and Sailors' Lots
50.00
46. Surety on Bonds
360.00
47. Tax Titles
1,500.00
48. Town Dump
2,000.00
49. Town Hall
5,300.00
50.
Town Landings
5,000.00
51. Town Reports
1,075.00
52. Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Expense
1,250.00
53. Tree Warden
600.00
54. Veterans' Benefits
3,000.00
55. Vocational Education
2,000.00
56. Welfare Administration
1,000.00
57. Welfare Services
25,000.00
58. Wire Inspections
300.00
59. Out of State Travel (School)
100.00
60. Conservation Commission
200.00
$270,834.25
Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 13. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $10,450.00 for salary and fix the salary and compensa- tion of all elective officers of the town as provided by Sec- tion 108, Chapter 44, General Laws as amended.
Moderator
50.00
Constable 50.00
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Road Surveyor
50.00
Selectmen (800.00 each)
2400.00
Assessors (1000.00 each)
3000.00
Board of Welfare (300.00 each)
900.00
Treasurer Collector Clerk
4000.00
10,450.00
Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 14. Voted: to raise and appropriate the sum of $247.47 to pay the unpaid bills of 1959. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 15. Voted: to raise and appropriate the sum of 510.00 for the purpose of holding band concerts in the ensuing year. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 16. Voted: to raise and appropriate the sum of 346.40 for greenhead fly control as authorized by Sec. tion 24, Chapter 252, General Laws and authorize the treasurer to pay this appropriation into the state treasury. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 17. Voted: to indefinitely postpone. Unani- mous Voice Vote.
Article 18. Voted: to raise and appropriate the sum of 2100.00, 1800.00 to be used in conjunction with 1800.00 from school funds for salary of 3600.00 for a nurse and 300.00 to be used for expenses, said nurse to be working both as a school nurse and town nurse. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 19. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of 490.00 to pay the operating charge of five (5) lunen mercury street lights on the state highway in front of the town hall. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 20. Voted: to refer this article to the plan- ning board for further study. Unanimous Voice Vote.
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Article 21. Voted: to transfer from available funds in the treasury the sum of 20,000.00 for the purpose of building a new 6 stall fire station the present building to be used for town storage a committee of five members to be appointed by the fire chief. 87 yes 22 no.
Article 22. Voted: to raise and appropriate the sum of 4,300.00 for the purpose of purchasing land at Rock Harbor Creek and Cape Cod Bay which adjoins town owned land. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 23. Voted: to raise and appropriate the sum of 500.00, said sum to be used to initiate a program of re- pairing and restoring the old graves in the town's ceme- teries under the Board of Selectmen. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 24. Voted: to amend the zoning by-law as adopted February 18, 1952 by adding the following phrase to paragraph 10, section III, after the words "12 square feet" and provided that said signs are not of the type or style employing or using flashing neon or fluorescent light- ing or any lighting similar thereto. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 25. Voted: to amend Article 25 by deleting the words "northerly side line of Meeting House Road" and substituting the words "Old Colony Railroad right of way" and after the words "Westerly side of the highway taking" the words "from the Northerly boundary of the Evergreen Cemetery so-called." Unanimous Vote.
Voted: to amend the zoning by-law of the Town of Eastham adopted February 18, 1952 and as amended February 24, 1958 by striking out under Section IX in the paragraph beginning "description of Permissive Use area" all words after "area" and substituting therefore "from the intersection of the Old Colony Railroad right of way and Route 6, to the Eastham-Wellfleet town line, along Route 6 to a depth of 500 feet on the Westerly side of the highway taking from the Northerly boundary of the Ever-
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green cemetery so-called, and a depth of 500 feet on the Easterly side of the highway taking or to the westerly side of the Old Colony Railroad right of way whichever distance is greater." 98 Yes 4 No.
Article 26. Voted: to amend the zoning by law as adopted February 18, 1952 and amended February 16. 1959, by adding the following sentence to paragraph 7 Section IV "except that no cottage rental unit shall be erected upon any existing lot as shown on any subdivision or recorded plan that has been combined with any other such lot for the purpose of creating a lot for subdivision into cottage rental units under the provisions of this sec- tion." Unanimous Vote.
Article 27. Voted: to transfer from available funds in the treasury 4,000.00 for Chapter 90 Highways construc- tion on Hemenway road 1,000.00 being the Town's share, 2,000.00 the State's share and 1,000.00 the County's share. the reimbursement from the State and County to be re- stored upon receipt to unappropriated available funds in the treasury. Unanimous Voice Vote.
Article 28. Under this article, Mr. Edwin Johnson reported for the committee appointed to investigate the need for traffic signs in the town, stating that certain recommendations had been made by his committee and the Board of Selectmen, and the State has them uncon- sideration. The report was accepted and placed on file.
The meeting adjourned at 11:10 P.M.
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT Town Clerk
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable, ss.
To Harvey T. Moore, Constable of the Town of East- ham, in the County of Barnstable.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to warn and notify the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections and Town af- fairs to meet at the Town Hall on Thursday, the Twenty- Eighth (28) day of April at 8:00 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles in this War- rant.
Article 1. To see if the Town will accept the amend- ments of the agreement establishing a regional school dis- triet for the towns of Eastham, Orleans and Wellfleet, Massachusetts, initiated by the regional district school com mittee on April 1, 1960, and providing for the admission of the Town of Brewster.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to accept by gift or purchase the land of Nauset Enterprises, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation duly enacted by law and having a principal place of business at No. 28 Barnstable Road. Barnstable, (Hyannis), Massachusetts, shown as lots 85. 86, 87. 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, such portion of lots 82, 83, 84 and 102 as lies Easterly of the Easterly side line of Ocean View Drive, 115 and 116, Section 4, on the plan of Eastham Land Co., see Assessors' Map, page 4A, subject to the restriction that said lots shall forever re- main within the public domain and shall not be sold to private individuals, or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to execute a deed conveying all in- terests and titles of the Town of Eastham in Lots No. 1 to 6 inclusive. 9 to 81 inclusive, such portion of Lots Nos. 82, 83, 84 and 102 as lies Westerly of the Westerly side line of Ocean View Drive, 103 to 113 inclusive, and such por- tion of Lots No. 114 and 115 as lies Westerly of the Wes- terly side line of Ocean View Drive, together with the fee in the streets and ways lying within the perimeter of the filed Petitioner's Plan in Land Court Case No. 26336, B. Loring Young, Petitioner, i. e., Freeman Street, Monroe Street, Madison Street, Jackson Street, Columbus Avenue, Maple Street, Beech Street, Warren Avenue and Norfolk Avenue, Section 4, on the Plan of Eastham Land Co., see Assessors' Map, page 4A; and all the right, title and in- terest in and to a certain parcel of land lying Northerly and Westerly of the land shown on said filed Petitioner's Plan, and in said Section 4, Eastham Land Company Plan, bounded Easterly by Ocean View Drive; Northerly by At- lantic Avenue, Westerly by Farleigh Street and Southerly by the Northerly boundary line of said filed Petitioner.'s Plan, and containing Lots Nos. 6 to 9 inclusive, 23, 24, 39, 40, 53, 54, 67, 109 to 113 inclusive, and such portion of Lot No. 114 as lies Westerly of the Westerly side line of Ocean View Drive; and an unplotted portion Easterly of Farleigh Street, together with the fee in Freeman street, Mon- roe Street, Madison Street, Jackson Street Columbus Avenue and Warren Avenue adjacent and contiguous to the said delineated Lots and all in said Section 4. cr take any action relative thereto.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate from available funds in the Treasury a sum of money to be spent in conjunction with State funds for work now being done at Rock Harbor Creek, or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to amend the
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Zoning By-Law as adopted February 18, 1952, by adding the following phrase to paragraph 10, section III, after the words "12 square feet"-"and provided that said sign or signs are not of the type or style employing or using flashing neon or florescent lighting or any lighting similar thereto."
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law of the Town of Eastham adopted February 18, 1952, and as amended February 24, 1958, by striking out under section IX in the paragraph beginning "Des- cription of 'Permissive Use' area": all the words after "area" and substituting therefor "To a depth of 500 feet on the Westerly side of Route No. 6 from the highway taking from the Northerly boundary of the Evergreen Cemetery so-called to the Eastham-Wellfleet Town line, and on the Easterly side of Route No. 6 from the intersection of said Route No. 6 and the Old Colony Railroad right of way to the Westerly side of the Old Colony railroad right of way from said intersection to the Eastham-Wellfleet Town line."
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law as adopted February 18, 1952, and as amended February 16, 1959, by adding the following sen- tence to paragraph 7, Section IV "Except that, no cottage rental unit shall be erected upon any existing lot as shown on any subdivision or recorded plan, that has been com- bined with any other such lot for the purpose of creating one lot for subdivision into cottage rental units under the provisions of this section."
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law of the Town of Eastham adopted February 18, 1952, and as amended February 23, 1958, by adding to section V, paragraph 5 as follows :
"5. The display of not more than one sign which shall pertain to the use of such property as herein above author- ized which shall have a total area of not more than 40 square feet, exclusive of supports therefor, provided that
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said sign employs only indirect lighting from the ground, with a set back of 15 feet from the nearest street or high- way side line shall be authorized, and then only upon a permit issued by the Building Inspector.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law of the Town of Eastham adopted February 18, 1952, and was amended February 23, 1958, by adding to section V-A, paragraph 3 as follows :
"3. The display of not, more than one sign which shall pertain to the use of such property as herein above authorized which shall have a total area of not more than 40 square feet, exclusive of supports therefor, provided that said sign employs only indirect lighting from the ground, with a set back of 15 feet from the nearest street or highway side line shall be authorized, and then only upon a permit issued by the Building Inspector."
Article 10. To hear the reports of Committees and to do or act on anything which may legally come before the meeting.
You are directed to serve this Warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof at the Post Office in North Eastham and at the Post Office in Eastham seven days at least be- fore date of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands and seals this twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hun- dred and Sixty.
MAURICE W. WILEY LUTHER P. SMITH PRINCE H. HURD, JR. Board of Selectmen
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MINUTES OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
April 28, 1960
Pursuant to the conditions of the foregoing warrant, the Special Town meeting was called to order at 8 P.M. by the Moderator, Fred G. LaPiana Jr. There being a quorum present, the call of the meeting was read by the Town Clerk. David L. Mead and Maurice A. Moore were appointed as tellers and duly sworn by the Town Clerk. There being no objections. the reading of the Articles in the warrant was omitted.
Article 1. Voted : to accept amendments of the agrce- ment establishing a regional school district for the Towns of Eastham, Orleans, and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. initi- ated by the regional district school committee on April 1, 1960 and providing for the admission of the Town of Brewster. Unanimous Vote.
Article 2. Voted to accept by gift or purchase tlie land of Nauset Enterprises, Inc., a Massachusetts corpora- tion duly enacted by law and having a principal place of business at No. 28 Barnstable Road, Barnstable, (Hyan- nis), Massachusetts, shown as lots 85, 86, 87, 88. 89, 90, 91, 92, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, such portion of lots 82, 83, 84 and . 102 as lies Easterly of the Easterly side line of Ocean View Drive, 115 and 116, Section 4, on the plan of East- ham Land Co., see Assessors' Map, page 4A, subject to the restriction that said lots shall forever remain within the public domain and shall not be sold to private individuals. Unanimous Vote.
Article 3. Voted to authorize the Selectmen to exe- cute a deed conveying all interests and titles of the Town
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of Eastham in Lots No. 1 to 6 inclusive, 9 to 81 inclusive, such portion of Lots Nos. 82, 83, 84 and 102 as lies Wester- ly of the Westerly side line of Ocean View Drive, 103 to 113 inclusive, and such portion of Lots No. 114 and 115 as lies Westerly of the Westerly side line of Ocean View Drive, together with the fee in the streets and ways lying within the perimeter of the filed Petitioner's Plan in Land Court Case No. 26336, B. Loring Young, Petitioner, i. e., Freeman Street, Monroe Street, Madison Street, Jackson Street, Columbus Avenue, Maple Street, Beech Street, Warren Avenue and Norfolk Avenue, Section 4, on the Plan of Eastham Land Co., see Assessors' Map, page 4A; and all the right, title and interest in and to a certain parcel of land lying Northerly and Westerly of the land shown on said filed Petitioner's Plan, and in said Section 4, East- ham Land Company Plan, bounded Easterly by Ocean View Drive; Northerly by Atlantic Avenue, Westerly by Farleigh Street and Southerly by the Northerly boundary line of said filed Petitioner's Plan, and containing Lots Nos. 6 to 9 inclusive, 23, 24, 39, 40, 53, 54, 67. 109 to 113 inclusive, and such portion of Lot No. 114 as lies Westerly of the Westerly side line of Ocean View Drive; and an unplotted portion Easterly of Farleigh Street, together with the fee in Freeman Street, Monroe Street, Madison Street, Jackson Street, Columbus Avenue and Warren Avenue adjacent and contiguous to the said delineated Lots and all in said Section 4. Unanimous Vote.
Article 4. Vote to appropriate from available funds in the Treasury a sum of 2000.00 to be spent in conjunction with State funds for work now being done at Rock Harbor Creek. Unanimous Vote.
Article 5. Vote to amend the Zoning By-Law as adopted February 18, 1952, by adding the following phrase to paragraph 10, section III, after the words "12 square feet"-"and provided that said sign or signs are not of
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the type or style employing or using flashing neon or fluorescent lighting or any lighting similar thereto." Unanimous Vote.
"5. The display of not more than one sign which shall pertain to the use of such property as herein above authorized which shall be a free standing sign and may have a base not exceeding 3 feet in height above road grade and shall not exceed 10 feet in any direction and shall read from both sides for a total sign area of 40 sq. feet, or if reading from only one side shall not exceed 20 square feet exclusive of supports therefore, backing and supports of masonry or other materials shall present an area to the reading side of not more than 80% of the reading sign area provided further that such sign employs only in- direct lighting from the ground with a set back of 15 feet from the nearest street or highway sideline shall be au- thorized. Signs on a commercial building may read only from one side and shall have no more than 40 square feet total area. A sign displayed under this paragraph shall then be allowed only upon a permit issued by the Build- ing Inspector." Yes 34 No 5.
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