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SELECTMEN, BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Three Years
Prec. 1
Prec. 2
Total
Mason J. Condon,
71 Stillman Road Bayard D. Waring, 30 Wing Road Blanks
617
631
1248
53
383
913
Blanks
136
134
270
13
5 Hunting Lane
PARK AND CEMETERY COMMISSIONER for Three Years
Prec. I
Prec. 2 Total
Donald R. Ross,
1000 Main Street
1028
891
1919
Blanks
127
131
258
PLANNING BOARD for Five Years
George S. Burnett,
28 Green Street
1003
867
1870
Blanks
152
155
307
Prec. 1
Prec. 2
Total
Yes
760
617
1377
No
273
298
571
Blanks
122
107
229
Charles E. Herlihy,
37 Locksley Road
1008
895
1903
Blanks
147
127
274
TOTAL VOTE CAST
Precinct 1
1155
Precinct 2
1022
Total
2177
MODERATOR for One Year
John H. Kimball,
345 Chestnut Street
1060
898
1958
HARRY W. HIGGINS
Town Clerk
RECORD OF ACTION TAKEN AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 12, 1962 IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM AND GYMNASIUM
The meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by the Moderator who read the call for the meeting and the constable's re- turn.
Following the admit- tance of certain unregis- tered persons by unani- mous consent and the ap- pointment of tellers, the meeting was opened with an invocation by the Rev. Robert W. Etzel.
On motion made by Mr. Ralph E. Dwight, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, it was unanimously voted to adjourn until Thursday, March 15, 1962 in the High School Auditorium if the business of the meeting was not com- pleted in this first session.
Unanimous consent was given to dispense with the reading of the Articles until taken up for action.
ARTICLE 1. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY
that Walter M. Riggs, Joseph F. Smith, James C. Fletcher be appointed Field Drivers; that
Joseph F. Smith be appointed pound keeper ; that Perley P. Burrill, Daniel Kelleher and Joseph F. Smith be appointed wood measurers.
ARTICLE 2. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY
to accept the Reports of Town Officers and Special Committees as published.
ARTICLE 3. VOTED
that the Town FIX THE COMPENSATION of each of the elective officers of the Town as required by General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 108, as amended, said salaries or compensation to be as follows:
Board of Selectmen $1100. annum
Board of Public Welfare 60. annum
Town Treasurer 2630. annum
Tax Collector 2350. annum
Board of Assessors
2800. annum
(Additional for Assessors for 1962 only) 1500.
Town Clerk 1660. annum
Tree Warden 96. week
Board of Health 90. annum
Road Commissioner 134.60 week
*The $1,500. for the Assessors for 1962 only, is for the purpose of re- viewing valuations.
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Blanks
95
124
219
John H. Kimball Moderator
Shall Chapter Thirty Two B of the Gen- eral Laws, authorizing any county, city, town, or district, to provide a plan of group life insurance, group accidental death and dismemberment insurance and group gen- eral, or blanket hospital, surgical, and medi- cal insurance, for certain persons in the service of such county, city, town, or dis- trict and their dependents, be accepted by this town?
TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC LIBRARY for Three Years
ARTICLE 4. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY
to transfer the sum of $1,506.25 (dog license money refunded by Essex County) to Item 101, Expenses of the Library Budget.
ARTICLE 5. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY
to authorize the TOWN TREASURER, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue for the financial year beginning January 1, 1963, and to issue a note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 6. VOTED
to accept the provisions of Chapter 552 of the Acts of 1961, to increase the amounts of PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT ALLOW- ANCES payable to certain former Town em- ployees.
ARTICLE 7. VOTED
that the Town transfer from Available Sur- plus Funds to the Stabilization Fund the sum of $125,000.00.
A motion made to reconsider action on this article was defeated.
ARTICLE 8.
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On motion made by the Chairman of the Finance Committee, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate by transfer from Available Funds, on items recommended, sums of money for the necessary Town charges and expenses, together with the authority to credit the value of old equipment to be turned in toward the purchase price of new equipment; said sums of money to be expended under the direction of the respective Boards, Committees or Officers of the Town in the amounts and for such purposes only as recommended for 1962 in the Report of the Finance Committee or am- endments thereto.
As the moderator read the items, the follow- ing were asked to be "held". Items 3, 12, 28, 35, 37, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 64, 68, 78, 80, 84, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 102, 105, 106, 114, 117.
Action now reverted to the "held" items as follows :
Item 3-Voted Selectmen - Professional Fire Alarm Study $ 500.00
Item 12-Voted Assessors - Salaries 11,342.00
Item 28-Voted Planning Board Expenses 1,500.00
Item 35-Voted Police Department Salaries 107,571.00
Item 37-Voted Police Department Out-of-State Travel 550.00
Item 41-Voted Fire Department - Salaries 17,682.00
Item 42-Voted Fire Department - Expenses 5,500.00
Item 44-Voted Fire Department - Maintenance of Alarms Salaries 1,850.00
Item 45-Voted Fire Department - Maintenance of Alarms Expenses 1,750.00
Item 64 -- Voted Civil Defense - Expenses 2,500.00
Item 68-Voted Board of Health - Garbage Collection 8,850.00
Item 78-Voted Highway Department - Salaries 39,738.00
Item 80-Voted Highway Department - Capital Outlay 7,620.00
Item 84-Voted Highway Department - Snow and Ice Removal 12,500.00
Item 87-Voted Board of Public Wel- fare - Public Assistance 45,300.00
Item 91-Voted School Committee Salaries (Superintendent, Pricipals and Teachers) 731,969.00
Item 92-Voted School Committee - Other Salaries and Wages 104,294.00
Following completion of the action on Item 92 of the "held" items, it was voted to adjourn to Thursday, March 15, 1962 at 8:00 p.m. in the High School auditorium and gymnasium.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING HELD THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1962
The meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by the Moderator.
On motion by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, it was voted to adjourn to Monday, March 19, 1962 in the High School Auditorium
and Gymnasium if the business of the meeting was not completed in this second session.
The first order of business was to take up the action on the remainder of the "held" items of Article 8.
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Item 94-Voted School Committee - Tuition $ 2,352.00
Item 95-Voted School Committee - Transportation - Pupils 50,226.00
Item 96-Voted School Committee - Travel - Out-of-State 2,025.00
Item 97-Voted School Committee - Capital Outlay 11,533.00
Item 99-Voted School Committee Group Insurance Zero
Item 102-Voted Library Trustees - Capital Outlay 2,802.00
Item 105-Voted Park and Cemetery Commissioners - Capital Outlay 250.00
Item 106-Voted Park and Cemetery Commissioners - Suntaug Park 500.00
Item 114-Voted Finance Committee - Reserve Fund - On Motion of Mr. Palizzolo it was voted that the sum of $25,000. be trans- fered from the Overlay Reserve 25,000.00
Item 117-Voted Selectmen - General Town Insurance 33,634.88
The sum of $20,250.00 to be raised in the Tax Levy, and the sum of $13,384.88 be trans- ferred from the account known as "Insurance Rebate Reserved for Appropriation".
With all the items of Article 8 acted on, it was voted unanimously to accept the articles with amendments in its entirety.
A motion to reconsider action on this article was unanimously defeated.
Note: For appropriations in connection with all items not asked to be "held", see amounts listed under heading of APPROPRIATIONS TO BE USED IN THE TAX LEVY OF THE CUR- RENT YEAR.
ARTICLE 9. VOTED
that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $22,000.00 for Chapter 90 Construction, $5,500.00 to be raised in the Tax Levy and $16, 500.00 to be transfered from Available Surplus Funds. The sum of $16,500.00 is to revert to Available Surplus Funds when the Town is re- imbursed by the State and County.
ARTICLE 10.
Following the reading of a report by the Plan- ning Board, this article, noted below, was DE- FEATED by a vote of 114 IN FAVOR, 175 OPPOSED.
"To see if the Town will vote to AMEND THE ZONING BY-LAW BY CHANGING OR ALTERING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP incorporated therein and made a part thereof, and a portion of that certain type of district indicated and identified therein as a Single Residence B District, so that the following described area will be changed from a Single Residence B District to a Commercial District. The area to be chang- ed is bounded and described approximately as follows :
Northerly by a line which is the souther- ly boundary of the existing Commercial Dis- trict located on Salem Street adjacent to the Wakefield town line;
Easterly by a new line which is an extension of the existing easterly boundary of said Commercial District to its intersection with Saugus town line ;
Southerly by the Saugus town line;
Westerly by the Wakefield town line."
A motion to reconsider action on this article was defeated.
Following action on article 10, it was voted to adjourn to Monday, March 19, 1962 at 8:00 p.m. in the High School Auditorium and Gym- nasium.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING HELD MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1962
The meeting was called to order by the mod- erator.
On motion by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, it was voted to adjourn to Thursday, March 22, 1962 in the High School Auditorium and Gymnasium if the business of the meeting was not completed in the third session.
ARTICLE 11.
The report of the Planning Board was read. Mr. Osberg, Chairman of the Planning Board,
moved that the following changes be made in this Article before it was acted on.
1. Delete the words "or what action it will take thereon" which appear after (d), under Item 13 of Section 2.
2. Under Section 3, after (d) SITE PLAN AP- PROVAL, that part which reads "Change Section 3, paragraph (c)" - change to read - "Change Section 3, paragraph (e)".
3. Under Section 3, paragraph (e) (2) Change to read in the second line "in" instead of "if".
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The following amendments were also made:
1. Item 5, under SECTION 2, amended to read as follows :
"5. Plant for light metal fabrication or fin- ishing (but not including heavy punch press- es or drop hammers) ."
2. Item 8, under SECTION 2, amended to read as follows :
"8. Plant for manufacturing of advertising displays, awnings or shades, brushes, books, clothing or other textile products, cosmetics, jewelry, ice, leather goods, or toys."
3. Delete Item 9 under SECTION 2.
4. Change Item 10 to read as follows:
"10. Storage warehouse for: lumber and other building supplies, contractors' equip- ment, cotton or wool, furniture, hardware, metal, pipe, shop supplies, tobacco, tools, wood, or any other products of manufactur- ing activities specifically listed hereinbefore in this District."
5. Renumber Item 10 to read Item 9; Item 11 wll be become Item 10; Item 12 will be num- bered Item 11 and Item 13 will be numbered Item 12.
6. Item 12 (d) SECTION 1 is deleted.
7. Add the following under SECTION 3 (a) 9: "and that this open use does not come nearer than 100 feet from the boundary of a Single Residence A, B, C, or D District."
8. Under SECTION 3 (d) amend last sub- paragraph thereof to read as follows : "In excercising its jurisdiction under this paragraph, the Board shall conform to all requirements of procedure applicable to a Board of Appeals when hearing and de- ciding requests for special permits under the provisions of Chapter 40A of the Gener- al Laws, including the requirements thereof for public notice and hearings."
9. Delete SECTION 11 (d) (Accessory Uses in Limited Industrial Districts).
This article, as amended, was voted - 242 IN FAVOR, 5 OPPOSED.
The article as voted now reads as follows : VOTED to AMEND THE ZONING BY-LAW by adopting the following described changes in Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 12 thereof. The specific changes to be made are as follows :
Change SECTION 1, paragraph (a), by re- wording the second line to read :
. Town of Lynnfield is hereby divided into eight types of districts ... and by adding to the list of districts the following :
8. Limited Industrial Districts.
Change SECTION 2, by inserting at the end thereof, a new paragraph as follows :
(f) Limited Industrial District Uses. In a Limited Industrial District, the following uses are permtted :
1. Any of the uses permitted without Board of Appeals authorization in Single Residence A, B, C, and D Districts except dwellings (other than accessory quarters as herein- after authorized).
2. Laboratory engaged in research, experimen- tal or testing activities (but not including any laboratory the conduct of which is dan- gerous to the vicinity through fire, explos- ion, emission of wastes or other causes, or detrimental to adjacent property by reason of noise, vibration, dust, heat, smoke, fumes, odor, glare or other effects observable at the lot lines ).
3. Office for administrative, executive or pro- fessional purposes.
4. Printing or publishing establishment.
5. Plant for light metal fabrication or finishing (but not including heavy punch presses or drop hammers).
6. Plant for manufacturing of electrical or electronic devices, appliances, apparatus or supplies.
7. Plant for manufacturing of medical, dental or drafting instruments, optical goods, wat- ches or other precision instruments.
8. Plant for manufacturing of advertising dis- plays, awnings or shades, brushes, books, clothing or other textile products, cosmetics, jewelry, ice, leather goods, or toys.
9. Storage warehouse for: lumber and other building supplies, contractor's equipment, cotton or wool, furniture, hardware, metal, pipe, shop supplies, tobacco, tools, wood, or any products of manufacturing activities specifically listed hereinbefore in this Dis- trict.
10. Sign, as hereinafter permitted.
11. Accessory use, as hereinafter limited and defined.
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12. Any of the following additional uses if au- thorized by the Board of Appeals :
(a) Any other lawful storage or light manu- facturing use (including packaging, proces- sing, and related uses), provided that such use is not dangerous to the vicinity through fire, explosion, emission of wastes or other causes, and provided further that such use is not likely to create more noise, vibration, dust, heat, smoke, fumes, odor or glare than the minimum amount normally resulting from any of the uses specifically listed here- inbefore as permitted in this District.
(b) Planned shopping center, provided that the buildings in such center are designed as an architectural unit that it contains only such uses as are specifically listed herein- before as permitted in a General Business District, and that at least fifty (50) per cent of the total floor area is devoted to retail store use (in contradistinction to use as a consumer service establishment, restaurant, office, or amusement) .
(c) Public utility or communications use, or any governmental use not specifically permitted in this District, provided such use is neces- sary for the service of the vicinity or re- quires a location within the District for reasons of space or function,
Change SECTION 3, by rewording the head- ing thereof as follows:
SPECIAL PROVISIONS IN BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DIS- TRICTS.
Change SECTION 3, paragraph (a), by re- wording the first two lines thereof as follows :
(a) Enclosure and Screening. In a Limited Bus- iness District, General Business District, and Limited Industrial District, all permitted uses (whether or not .
and by adding to the list of items thereunder, the following :
9. In a Limited Industrial District only, the open storage of goods, products, materials or equipment, where accessory to a permit- ted main use conducted in a completely enclosed building on the same pemises, sub- ject to the condition that the total ground area devoted to such open use does not ex- ceed twenty-five (25) per cent of the ground area covered by said building and that this open use does not come nearer than 100 feet from the boundary of a Single Resi- dence A, B, C or D District.
and by rewording the first line in the last sub- paragraph thereof as follows :
In a Commercial District and in a Limited Industrial District, all open storage of junk, scrap metal, . . .
Change SECTION 3, paragraph (b), by re- wording the first two lines thereof as follows:
(b) Off-Street Parking. In a Limited Business District, General Business District, Com- mercial District, and Limited Industrial Dis- trict, no business or commercial building ... and by rewording the third line of subparagraph 4 thereof as follows :
first specifically listed herein in a Commercial or Limited Industrial District. ..
Change SECTION 3, paragraph (c), by re- wording the eleventh line thereof as follows:
on said way, if in a General Business, Commercial or Limited Industrial District.
Change SECTION 3, paragraph (d), by re- wording the first subparagraph thereof as follows :
(d) Site Plan Approval. In a Limited Business District, General Business District, Com- mercial District, and Limited Industrial Dis- trict, no business or commercial building shall be constructed or externally enlarged, and no business or commercial use shall be established or expanded in ground area ex- cept in conformity with a site plan bearing the endorsement of approval by the Board of Appeals. Said site plan shall show, among other things, all existing and proposed build- ings, structures, parking spaces, loading areas, driveway openings, driveways, service areas and other open uses, all facilities for sewage, refuse and other waste disposal and for surface water drainage, and all landscape features (such as fences, walls, planting areas and walks) on the lot. Said plan shall be subject to such rules relating to scale, dimensions, legend form and pre- paration as may from time to time be pro- mulgated by the Board of Appeals.
and by rewording the second subparagraph thereof as follows :
Any person desiring approval of a site plan under this paragraph (d) shall submit said plan in duplicate to the Building In- spector, who shall transmit forthwith one copy thereof to the Board of Appeals and the other copy thereof to the Planning Board. The latter Board may, in its discre- tion, and in consultation with the Building Inspector, investigate the case and report
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in writing its recommendations to the Board of Appeals. The Board of Appeals shall not take final action on said plan until it has received a report thereon from the Plan- ning Board, or until said Planning Board has allowed thirty-five (35) days to elapse after receipt of such plan from the In- spector without submission of a report. The Board of Appeals shall have the power to modify or amend its approval of a site plan on application of the person owning or leasing the premises, or upon its own motion in the event of changes in physical conditions sufficient to justify such action within the intent of this paragraph (d). All of the provisions hereof applicable to approval shall, where apt, be applicable to such modification or amendment.
and by rewording the third subparagraph there- of as follows :
In considering a site plan under this paragraph, the Board of Appeals shall take into account, to a degree consistent with a reasonable use of the site for the pur- poses permitted by the regulations of the district in which located :
1. Protection of adjoining premises against seriously detrimental or offensive uses on the site.
2. Convenience and safety of vehicular and pedestrian movement within the site and in relation to adjacent ways and land.
3. Adequacy of the methods of disposal for sewage, refuse and other wastes resulting from the uses permitted on the site, and the methods of drainage for surface water.
4. Adequacy of provisions for the off-street loading and unloading of vehicles, goods products, materials and equipment inciden- tal to the normal operation of the establish- ment or use.
5. Sufficiency of spaces for the off-street park- ing of automobiles of customers, patrons and employees where the regulations hereof do not specify a specific number.
and by rewording the last subparagraph thereof as follows :
In exercising its jurisdiction under this paragraph, the Board shall conform to all requirements of procedure applicable to a Board of Appeals when hearing and decid- ing requests for special permits under the provisions of Chapter 40A of the General Laws, including the requirements thereof for public notice and hearing.
Change SECTION 3, paragraph (e), by re- wording the first two lines in subparagraph 1 thereof as follows :
1. Any of the uses permitted in Limited Busi- ness, General Business, Commercial or Lim- ited Industrial Districts but not permitted in . . .
and by rewording the first three lines in sub- paragraph 2 thereof as follows:
2. Any of the following Single Residence Dis- trict uses, where permitted, in Limited Busi- ness, General Business, Commercial, or Lim- ited Industrial District :
Change SECTION 4, paragraph (a) by add- ing at the end thereof (after the words "and gambrel roofs.") the following :
Provided, however, in a Commercial Dis- trict and in a Limited Industrial District, the height of a building may exceed forty (40) feet by one foot for each additional foot by which: (1) the front yard depth exceeds the depth hereinafter required, or (2) the narrower side yard exceeds the size yard width hereinafter required, or (3) the rear yard exceeds the rear yard depth hereinafter required, whichever of the three additional distances is the smallest.
A building thus permitted to exceed forty (40) feet in height may be constructed to contain more than three (3) stories, but no such building shall in any case have a height greater than fifty (50) feet.
Change SECTION 4, paragraph (c) by add- ing at the end thereof (after the words "line of the frontage way") the following new sub- paragraph :
In a Limited Industrial District, no build- ing shall be constructed on a lot having an area of less than three (3) acres or having a frontage of less than three hundred (300) feet on a public or private way, except that where the way is shown as an industrial service street on a definitive subdivision plan duly approved by the Lynnfield Plan- ning Board, the frontage need not exceed (50) feet.
Change SECTION 4, paragraph (e) by re- wording the first line thereof as follows :
(e) Lot Size Exceptions. In all districts except a Limited Industrial District a one-family detached house
and by adding at the end thereof (after the words "a dwelling thereon") the following :
In a Limited Industrial District, a build- ing may be constructed on an existing lot
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having less than the required area and/or frontage if said lot is expressly exempted from such requirements by stature, pro- vided all other requirements of this by-law are complied with, and said building may be used for any purpose permitted in said District by the regulations thereof except a hotel, motel, or a planned shopping cen- ter (for which the full required lot area and frontage shall be considered as condi- tions precedent to the particular uses).
Change SECTION 4, paragraph (f) by add- ing a line at the end of the table, as follows :
PERMITTED
DISTRICT LOT COVERAGE
Limited Industrial 30 per cent
Change SECTION 4, paragraph (g) by add- ing a line at the end of the table, as follows:
District Limited Industrial
Required set back distance from street center line - 100 feet.
Required front yard depth - 100 feet.
Required side yard width and rear yard depth :
100 feet where the lot line forms the side or rear boundary of a Single Residence A, B, C or District, or 100 feet from such boundary where not coincident with the lot line; other- wise 40 feet.
and by rewording the first five lines in the sub- paragraph following the table as follows:
No open display or other open use, where permitted and no sign or other structure, shall be located nearer to the exterior line of any public or private way than thirty (30) feet in a Limited Business, General Business, or Commercial District, or eighty (80) feet in a Limited Industrial District, except the following :
Change SECTION 12, paragraph (b) by re- wording the first line thereof as follows:
(b) Signs in Limited Business and Industrial Districts. In a Limited Business District and in a Limited Industrial District,
ARTICLE 12.
After reading of a report of the Planning Board, this article, noted below, was VOTED UNANIMOUSLY.
VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to AMEND THE ZONING BY-LAW BY CHANGING OR AL- TERING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP in- corporated therein and made a part thereof, and a portion of that certain type of district indi- cated and identified therein as a Commercial
District, so that the following described area will be changed from a Commercial District to a Limited Industrial District. The area to be changed is the entire portion of the Commercial District located on the Newburyport Turnpike adjacent to the Saugus town line, bounded and described approximately as follows :
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