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ALEXANDER LINDSAY
HAROLD W. PUTNAM
EDWARD A. BROPHY
WENDELL P. DAVIS ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON
Members of the Board of Public Works,
Town of Reading.
On motion of Alexander Lindsay, it was voted that the Town ac- cept the report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out as a public way of a private way known as Waverly Road, and adopt the recommendations contained therein, and that the sum of nine hundred sixty-eight dollars and twenty-nine cents ($968.29) be appropriated as follows : Two hundred and forty dollars ($240.00) from the Excess and Deficiency Account in the Treasury; Five hundred and ninety-three dollars and fifty-five cents ($593.55) from the unexpended balance of the Hartshorn Street Betterment Account; and one hundred thirty- four dollars seventy-four cents ($134.74) from the unexpended balance of the Colburn Road Betterment Account, and that the Town Account- ant be, and he hereby is, authorized and instructed to transfer the said sums to the said account.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out as a public way of a private
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way known as Fairmount Road, under provision authorizing the as- sessment of betterments, such way being laid out in accordance with a plan duly approved by the Board of Survey and filed in the office of the Town Clerk, in accordance with the statutory requirements, and to see if the Town will accepte the public way laid out by the Board of Public Works as Fairmount Road, and to see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds for the said laying out and the construction of said way the sum of seventy-five and no one-hundredths ($75.00) dollars, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 8.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
Town of Reading
Report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out of Fair- mount Road.
The Board of Public Works having determined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require the laying out of a town way under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments, substantially in the location hereinafter described, having com- plied wtih all requirements of law relating to notice to the owners of land thereof and of a hearing thereon, and having met at the time and place appointed for such hearing and then and there heard all persons present who desired to be heard, have laid out as a town way, for the use of the town running Northerly from Hopkins Street to North (Private) Street, substantially as and in the location of the private way known as Fairmount Road, the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows :
The Westerly line of this layout commences at a point on the Northerly side line of said Hopkins Street, said point being S. 77 de- grees-45'-50" E., a distance of 171.89 feet from a drill hole in the stone wall at the Southeasterly corner of land of William D. Williams;
From thence the said Westerly line runs Northeasterly by a curve of 26.23 feet radius, by land of Viola C. Essman, a length of 44.67 feet to a point of compound curvature ;
Thence Northwesterly by a curve to the left on a radius of 85.00 feet, still by land of said Viola C. Essman, a length of 69.72 feet to a point of reverse curve ;
Thence more Northerly by a curve to the right on a radius of 230.0) feet, still by land of said Viola C. Essman and lands of Ellis H. Gorton, Albert D. Fanning and Hazel P. Fanning, a length of 188.67 feet to a point of tangent ;
Thence N. 4 degrees-39' E., by land of Frank C. Dodge, a distance
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of 240.00 feet to a point on the Southerly side line of said North (pri- vate) Street ;
Thence S. 85 degrees-32' E., along the said Southerly line of North (private) Street, a distance of 59.94 feet to the Easterly side line of said Fairmount Road;
Thence the Easterly side line runs Southwesterly by a curve of 20.00 feet radius, by other lands of said Frank C. Dodge, a length of 31.35 feet to a point of tangent ;
Thence S. 4 degrees-39' W., by lands of said Frank C. Dodge, lands of Alfred N. Briggs and Mabelle M. Long, a distance of 220.19 feet to a point of curve ;
Thence Southeasterly by a curve to the left on a radius of 190.00 feet, still by land of said Mabelle M. Long and other land of said Frank C. Dodge, a length of 155.86 feet to a point of reverse curve;
Thence more Southerly by a curve to the right on a radius of 125.00 feet, by land of said Dodge and land of Julia M. Essman, a length of 102.54 feet to a point of reverse curve ;
Thence Southeasterly by a curve to the left on a radius of 47.57 feet, still by land of said Julia M. Essman, a length of 66.21 feet to a point of tangent on the said Northerly side line of said Hopkins Street :
Thence N. 74 degrees-31'-40" W., along the Northerly side line of said Hopkins Street, a distance of 110.77 feet to the point of begin- ning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a plan entitled, "Fairmount Road, Reading, Mass." Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Superintendent, made under date of November, 1937, said plan being a part of this description.
We determine that no damage will be sustained by any person or persons in their property by reason of the taking to be made for this improvement. All acts in connection with said laying out are done under the provision of law authorizing the assessment of betterments.
This laying out so made by us we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that said way shall thereafter be known as a public town way, and named Fairmount Road, and that the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) be appropriated from the Excess and De- ficiency Account and transferred to the Fairmount Road Betterment Account and that the Town Accountant be, and he hereby is, authorized and instructed to transfer the said sum to the said account.
ALEXANDER LINDSAY HAROLD W. PUTNAM WENDELL P. DAVIS ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON Members of the Board of Public Works,
Town of Reading.
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On motion of Harold W. Putnam, it was voted that the Town ac- cept the report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out as a public way of a private way known as Fairmount Road, and adopt the recommendations contained therein, and that the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) be appropriated from the Excess and Deficiency Ac- count in the Treasury, and transferred to the Fairmount Road Better- ment Account, and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is, authorized and instructed to transfer the said sum to the said account.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works on relocating or altering a portion of the lo- cation lines of Mineral Street and Vine Street at their terminus at the Northwesterly corner of Mineral Street and Vine Street, said location lines being relocated or altered in accordance with plan duly approved by the Board of Public Works and filed in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with the statutory requirements, and to see if the Town will accept the relocation or alteration of the said location lines as shown on said plan, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 9. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
Town of Reading
Report of the Board of Public Works on the Relocation or Altera- tion of the Northwest Corner of Vine Street and Mineral Street.
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading, having deter- mined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require that the public highways be laid out, relocated or altered as and in the location hereinafter described, having complied with all requirements of law relating to notice to owners of land thereof, and of a hearing thereon, and having met at the time and place appointed for such hear- ing and then and there . heard all persons present who desired to be heard, have laid out, relocated or altered as public highways for the use of the Town, the Northwest corner of Vine Street and Mineral Street. The boundaries and measurements of said public highways as. so laid out, relocated or altered are as follows :
Beginning at a point on the Westerly side line of Vine Street, said point being S. 23 degrees-54'-00" E., a distance of 171.22 feet from a stone bound set at an angle point in said Westerly side line of said Vine Street ;
From thence the area to be taken runs Southwesterly by a curved line on a radius of 20.00 feet a length 34.61 feet through land of Chester W. Pierce and Georgie E. Pierce to point of tangent on the Northerly side of said Mineral Street;
Thence N. 23 degrees-54'-00" W., along the present Westerly side
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line of said Vine Street, a tangent distance of 23.48 feet to the point of beginning.
The approximate area taken is one hundred twenty-three and five- tenths square feet (123.5).
The above described lines being more fully shown on a plan en- titled "Alteration of the Northeast Corner of Vine and Mineral Streets, Reading, Mass., dated April, 1938, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Superintendent, said plan being a part of this description.
We determine that no damages will be sustained by any person or persons in their property by reason of the taking to be made for this improvement.
No betterments are to be assessed for this improvement.
This laying out, relocation or alteration so made by us, we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that when this re- port is accepted and adopted by the Town, that said public highways shall thereafter be laid out, relocated or altered in accordance with said plan.
ALEXANDER LINDSAY HAROLD W. PUTNAM EDWARD A. BROPHY WENDELL P. DAVIS ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON Members of the Board of Public Works,
Town of Reading.
On motion of Alexander Williamson, it was voted that the town accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the relocating or altering of a portion of the location lines of Mineral Street and Vine Street at their terminus at the Northwesterly corner of Mineral Street and Vine Street and adopt the recommendations contained therein.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works on relocating or altering a portion of the loca- tion lines of Mineral Street and Vine Street at their terminus at the Northeasterly corner of Mineral Street and Vine Street, said location lines being relocated or altered in accordance with plan duly approved by the Board of Public Works and filed in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with the statutory requirements, and to see if the Town will accept the relocation or alteration of the said location lines as shown on said plan, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 10.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
Town of Reading
Report of the Board of Public Works on the Relocation or Altera-
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tion of the Northeast Corner of Vine Street and Mineral Street.
The Board of Public Works, having determined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require that the public highways be laid out, relocated or altered as and in the location hereinafter de- scribed, having complied with all requirements of law relating to notice to owners of land thereof, and of a hearing thereon, and having met at the time and place appointed for such hearing and then and there heard all persons present who desired to be heard, have laid out, re- located or altered as public highways for the use of the town, the Northeast corner of Vine and Mineral Street. The boundaries and measurements as so laid out, relocated or altered are as follows :
Beginning at a point on the Easterly side line of Vine Street, said point being S. 23 degrees-54'-00" E., a distance of 187.66 feet from a stone bound set at an angle point in said easterly side line of said Vine Street ;
From thence the area to be taken runs Southeasterly by a curved line on a radius of 20.00 feet, a length of 28.22 feet through land of Charles E. Stratton and Carrie A. Stratton to a point of tangent on the Northerly side line of said Mineral Street;
Thence S. 75 degrees-15'-00" W., along the present Northerly side line of said Mineral Street, a tangent distance of 17.04 feet to the point of intersection of the Northerly line of said Mineral Street and the Easterly line of said Vine Street ;
Thence N. 23 degrees-54'-00" W., along the present Easterly side line of said Vine Street, a tangent distance of 17.04 feet to the point of beginning.
The approximate area taken is fifty-eight and six tenths (58.6) square feet.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a plan en- titled, "Alteration of the Northeast corner of Vine and Mineral Streets, Reading, Mass." dated April, 1938, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Supt., said plan being a part of this description.
We determine that no damages will be sustained by any person or persons in their property by reason of the taking to be made for this improvement.
No betterments are to be assessed for this improvement.
This laying out, relocation or alteration so made by us, we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that when this re- port is accepted and adopted by the Town, that said public highways shall therefore be laid out, relocated or altered in accordance with said plan.
ALEXANDER LINDSAY HAROLD W. PUTNAM EDWARD A. BROPHY
WENDELL P. DAVIS ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON
Town of Reading.
Members of the Board of Public Works,
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On motion of Alexander Williamson, it was voted that the Town accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the relocating or altering of a portion of the location lines of Mineral Street and Vine Street at their terminus at the Northeasterly corner of Mineral Street and Vine Street and adopt the recommendations contained therein.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Law by striking out said Zoning By-Law with all amendments and ad- ditions thereto, and to establish under the authority of Section 25 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws as amended the Zoning By-Laws here- inafter set forth.
Planning Board.
Zoning By-Law for Town of Reading as Amended
A by-law, for the promotion of the health, safety, convenience, morals or welfare of the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, and for the purpose of lessening congestion in the streets, securing safety from fire, panic and other dangers, providing adequate light and air, prevent- ing over-crowding of land, avoiding undue concentration of population, facilitating adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements, and increasing the ameni- ties of the Town, established under and pursuant to the provisions of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter forty, Section twenty-five and following, and all amendments thereto, the use, height, area, construc- tion, repair and alteration of structures and buildings, and the use of land in said Town are hereby restricted and regulated as hereinafter provided.
Definitions
The following terms in this by-law shail have the meanings hereby assigned to them :
1. Words used in the present tense include the future; the singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular; the word "lot" includes the word "plot"; the word "building" includes the word "struc- ture."
2. A "family" is any number of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit.
3. A "lot" is a parcel of land occupied or designed to be occupied by one building and the accessory buildings or uses customarily inci- dent to it, including such open spaces as are arranged and designed to be used in connection with such building.
4. A "corner lot" is a lot at the junction of and fronting on two or more intersecting streets twenty (20) feet or more in width.
5. A "dwelling" is any building used in whole or in part for human habitation.
6. A "single family dwelling" is a dwelling arranged, intended or designed to be occupied by a single family.
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7. A "two family dwelling" is a house arranged, intended or de- signed to be occupied by two families.
8. An "apartment house" is a building arranged, intended or de- signed for more than two families.
9. An "accessory use" is the use of a building or premises for pur- poses customarily incidental to the uses permitted in the district.
10. A "non-conforming use" is one that does not conform with the regulations applying to the district in which it is situated.
11. The "height of a building" is the vertical distance measured at the center line of its principal front from the established grade or from the natural grade, if higher than the established grade, or from the natural grade if no grade has been established, to the level of the high- est point of the roof beams in the case of flat roof or roofs inclining not more than one inch to the foot, and to the mean height level be- tween the top of the main plate and the highest ridge in the case of other roofs.
12. A "story" is that portion of a building between a floor and the ceiling next above it. Those portions of a building, the ceilings of which are not more than four (4) feet above the mean level of the finished grade at building line, shall not be counted as stories.
13. The "established grade" is the elevation of the street grade as fixed by the Town.
14. The "natural grade" is the elevation of the undisturbed natural surface of the ground adjoining the building.
15. A "front yard" is an open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building between the front line of the building and the front line of the lot and extending across the full width of the lot.
16. A "rear yard" is an open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building between the rear line of the building and the rear line of the lot and extending across the full width of the lot.
17. A "side yard" is an open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building situated between the building and the side line of the lot and extending from the front yard to the rear yard.
Part 1. Districts
Section 1. Establishment of Districts. For the purpose of this by- law, the Town of Reading is hereby divided into seven classes of dis- tricts, as follows :
1. Residence "A 1" districts. (Single Family houses, 10,000 sq. ft. lot areas.)
2. Residence "A 2" districts. (Single Family houses, 20,000 sq. ft. lot areas.)
3. Residence "A 3" districts. (Single Family houses, 40,000 sq. ft. lot areas.)
4. Residence "B" districts. (Single and two family houses, and apartments, 10,000 sq. ft. lot areas.)
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5. Business "A" districts . (Fifty foot setback required.)
6. Business "B" districts. (No setback required.)
7. Industrial districts.
Said districts are as shown, defined and bounded on the map ac- companying this by-law, entitled "Zone Map of the Town of Reading," dated May 10, 1938, signed by the Planning Board and on file with the Town Clerk. Said map and all explanatory matter thereon are hereby made a part of this by-law.
Section II. Boundaries of Districts. The boundaries between dis- tricts are as shown upon said map. Where zone lines apparently fol- low property lines they shall be so interpreted. Where a boundary is indicated upon a street, the line shall be the center line of the street. Where a boundary is indicated upon the main right of way of the Bos- ton and Main Railroad, the districts are bounded respectively upon that right of way. Where a boundary is indicated approximately parallel to a street, it shall be taken as parallel thereto. Where a dis- trict boundary line divides a lot, as existing at the time this by-law takes effect, and the major portion of said lot is in the less restricted district, the regulations relating to said less restricted district may ex- tend to such portion of said lot as is not more than thirty (30) feet within the more restricted district. All other boundaries shall be as indicated upon the map.
Section III.
1. Within any district, any building structure or land may be used, arranged or designed for any purpose not otherwise illegal, unless specifications prohibited or restricted set forth in the following sections.
2. Race tracks, airports, tourist and trailer camps are specifically prohibited.
3. Commercial ball parks, commercial amusement parks, carnivals and other enterprises of a similar character are prohibited unless a per- mit therefor is granted by the Board of Selectmen.
Part II. Residence Districts
Section IV. Use Regulations.
1. In any Residence A district, the erection or use of any principal building except as a single family detached house is specifically pro- hibited. (See paragraph 3 of this Section.)
2. In Residence B districts the erection or use of any principal building except as a single or two-family house, or a boarding house, or an apartment house, is specifically prohibited. See paragraph 3 of this section.
3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Section shall not apply to churches, schools, public buildings, medical and charitable institutions, and public utilities, where such services do not include storage yards, repair shops, and other accessory uses of a business or industrial character, or ac-
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cessory uses which violate the provisions of Section XVI of this by- law.
4. In any residence district the erection of any building or the use of any lot or building as an office, store, or stand for the display or sale of goods, or for the rendering or services, is specially prohibited, except for the sale of natural products, other than sand, loam and gravel, raised on the premises, and of articles manufactured on the premises from such products.
5. In all residence districts, all business and industrial enterprises, except as noted in the preceding paragraphs, are specifically prohibited.
6. In all residence districts the use of any lot or building in such a way that the resulting dust, odor, fumes, smoke, gas, wastes, refuse matter, noise, excessive vibration, danger of explosion or fire may be detrimental to a residence district is specifically prohibited.
Section V. Area Regulations.
1. In Residence A 1 districts and Residence B districts no principal building shall be erected unless there be provided for each such build- ing a lot frontage of not less than eighty (80) feet upon the frontage street and an area of not less than 10,000 square feet.
2. In Residence A 2 districts no principal building shall be erected unless there be provided for each building a lot frontage of not less than eighty (80) feet upon the frontage street and an area of not less than 20,000 square feet.
3. In Residence A 3 districts no principal building shall be erected unless there be provided for each such building a lot frontage of not less than eighty (80) feet upon the frontage street, and an area of not less than 40,000 square feet.
4. No principal building in a Residence A 1, A 2 or A 3 district shall cover more than twenty-five per cent (25%) of the lot on which it stands, and no building used for dwelling purposes in any other dis- trict shall cover more than forty per cent (40%) of the lot on which it stands.
5. Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Section shall not apply to lots of less than the required frontage and area duly recorded by plan or deed at the Registry of Deeds before this by-law is adopted. A subdivision so recorded, and consisting of not less than three lots, may be resub- divided, provided such resubdivision shall be approved by the Board of Appeal.
Section VI. Height Regulations.
1. In a Residence A 1, A 2 or A 3 district, no building shall ex- ceed two and one-half (21/2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height, except that a building may be three (3) stories or forty (40) feet pro- vided there be maintained a side yard of twenty (20) feet.
2. In all Residence B district, no building shall exceed three (3) stories or forty (40) feet in height, except that a building may be four
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(4) stories or fifty (50) feet provided there be maintained a side yard of twenty (20) feet.
Section VII. Yard Regulations.
1. In all Residence districts no part of a building shall extend nearer any street line than twenty (20) feet except that no building need be set back more than the average of the set-backs of the build- ings on the lots adjacent thereto on either side, a vacant lot or a lot occupied by a building set back more than twenty (20) feet being counted as though occupied by a building set back twenty (20) feet ; but in no case shall any part of a building extend nearer any street line than ten (10) feet.
2. No principal building in any Residence district, and no building used for dwelling purposes in any other district, shall have a side wall, except a party wall where such wall is permitted, nearer to any side lot line than fifteen (15) feet; or a rear wall nearer to any rear lot line than twenty (20) feet. For each foot by which the lot is greater than one hundred (100) feet, six (6) inches shall be added and for each foot less than one hundred (100) feet, six (6) inches shall be deducted from the width of the rear yard; but no rear yard shall be required to be more than thirty (30) feet or permitted to be less than ten (10) in depth.
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