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ART. 40- To see if the Town will vote to expend the sum of $3,335.00 from the Installation Account, for the purpose of installing approximately 667 feet of water pipe in Mill Road, provided that cost of said water installation has been first de- posited with the Town Treasurer and applied to estimated receipts and to authorize the Water Commissioners to do such work and expend such money, or take any action in relation thereto. Water Commissioners.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone Article 40.
ART. 41 - To see if the Town will vote to expend the sum of $500.00 from the Installation Account, for the purpose of in- stalling approximately 100 feet of water pipe in Lowe Street, provided that cost of said water installation has been first de-
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posited with the Town Treasurer and applied to estimated re- ceipts and to authorize the Water Commissioners to do such work and expend such money, or take any action in relation thereto.
Water Commissioners.
VOTED: to expend the sum of $500.00 from the Installation Account for the purpose of Article 41.
ART. 42- To see if the Town will vote to expend the sum of $7,000.00 from the Installation Account, for the purpose of in- stalling approximately 1750 feet of water pipe in Mount Joy Drive, provided that cost of said water installation has been first deposited with the Town Treasurer and applied to estimated receipts and to authorize the Water Commissioners to do such work and expend such money, or take any action in relation thereto. Water Commissioners.
VOTED: To expend the sum of $7,000.00 from the Installation Account for the purpose of Article 42.
ART. 43- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,170.00 or any other sum for the purpose of install- ing a public water main in Kernwood Avenue for a distance of approximately 390 feet, and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,170.00 for the purpose of Article 43.
ART. 44- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 or any other sum for the purpose of in- stalling a public water main in Sunnyslope Avenue for a dis- tance of approximately 500 feet, and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone Article 44.
ART. 45- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 or any other sum for the purpose of installing a public water main in Clark Road for a distance of approximately 500 feet, and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone Article 45.
ART. 46- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 or any other sum for the purpose of in- stalling a public water main in Longmeadow Road for a dis-
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tance of approximately 1200 feet, and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 for the purpose of Article 46.
ART. 47 - To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 or any other sum for the purpose of in- stalling a public water main in Pine Street for a distance of approximately 2000 feet, and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone Article 47.
ART. 48 - To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 or any other sum for the purpose of instal- ling a public water main in Finn Street and Callahan Street for a distance of approximately 200 feet, and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone Article 48.
ART. 49- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 or any other sum for the purpose of in- stalling a public water main in Dubuque Avenue for a distance of approximately 300 feet, and to authorize the Water Depart- ment to do such work and expend such money or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone Article 49.
ART. 50- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,100.00 or any other sum for the purpose of in- stalling a public water main in Park Avenue for a distance of approximately 775 feet, and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,100.00 for the purpose of Article 50.
ART. 51 - To see if the Town will vote to accept the following streets as laid out by the Road Commissioners with the bound- aries and measurements as shown on a plan on file with the Town Clerk.
Cross Street (at Dewey and Summer Streets) Pinedale Avenue Pinewold Avenue
Seventh Street Road Commissioners.
VOTED: To accept the above streets in Article 51.
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ART. 52- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the construction of a drainage system on Pine Street, or take any other action relative thereto.
Road Commissioners.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the purpose of Article 52.
ART 53-To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $2,200.00 from the E & D Account to the Highway Operating Account to re-imburse the department for monies expended for fire damages to the garage, or take any other action relative thereto. Road Commissioners.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone Article 53.
ART. 54-To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $500.00 from the Industrial Commission Account to an Indus- trial Commission Out-of-State Travel Account.
Tewksbury Industrial Commission.
VOTED: To transfer $500.00 from the Industrial Commission Account to an Industrial Commission Out-of-State Travel Account in Article 54.
ART. 55- To see if the Town will accept the offer of Herbert L. Foster and Ida R. Foster to give to the Town a tract of land owned by them located in Tewksbury at the extension of Charlotte Road, Revere Road and Patriot Road, and containing about 23 acres, upon condition that the land shall forever be used only as a park and playground and only for outdoor activi- ties, for the consideration of a sum equal to the 1960 taxes on this land; and to see if the Town will direct the Park Board to accept the gift on these conditions and authorize the said Board to sign the acceptance on behalf of the Town and agree on behalf of the Town to comply with the conditions of the gift, and to see if the Town will raise and appropriate the amount of the 1960 taxes on this land in payment for the trans- fer of said land; said land to be known as Foster Park.
Park Commissioners.
VOTED: To accept Article 55 and to raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 for the accruing 1960 taxes. It was further voted that the Board of Selectmen be directed to transmit a vote of thanks to the donors.
ART. 56- To see if the Town will accept the offer of Frederick M. Carter to give to the Town a tract of land owned by him located in the southerly part of Tewksbury, situated southerly of Shawsheen Street and bordering on the Shawsheen River,
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and adjoining land now belonging to Herbert L. Foster and Ida R. Foster, containing approximately 41/2 acres, upon condition the land shall forever be used solely for outdoor activities; and to see if the Town will direct the Park Board to accept the gift on these conditions and authorize the said Board to sign the acceptance on behalf of the Town and agree on behalf of the Town to comply with the conditions of the gift.
Park Commissioners.
VOTED: To accept Article 56. It was further voted that the Board of Selectmen be directed to transmit a vote of thanks to the donor.
ART. 57- To see if the Town will vote to name the park and playground at the corner of Rogers and Marston Streets, donated by Mr. Melvin G. Rogers, Melvin G. Rogers Park.
Park Commissioners.
VOTED: To adopt Article 57.
ART. 58- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,500.00 to construct a completed bituminous con- crete sidewalk and berm on the West side of Pleasant Street from the existing sidewalk at the Junior High School to a station opposite the existing sidewalk at the entrance road to the new High School (2640 lineal feet) or take any other action relative thereto. Work to be done under the supervision of the Road Commissioners and completed by August 1, 1960.
Tewksbury Parent-Teacher Association.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $8,500.00 for the purpose of Article 58.
ART. 59 - To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing, erecting, and maintaining a new fire house on a lot of land located at Salem Road, South Street, and Main Street in South Tewksbury, and to do any and all things necessary and proper in connection therewith including professional assistance, and for originally equipping and completing such building, and determine whether the money shall be provided for by appropriation from available funds in the treasury, including the Post-war Rehabilitation Fund and/or the Sale of Real Estate Fund, by taxation, or by borrowing under the authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws as amended, or take any action in relation thereto. Fire House Committee.
VOTED: To transfer the sum of $42,000.00 from E & D for the purpose of Article 59. Secret ballot vote 238 in favor, 75 opposed.
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ART. 60 - To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $61,000.00; to be used in conjunction with the $17,000.00 voted at a Special Town Meeting, held on July 25, 1951, for the purpose of building a police station; to construct, erect and equip a Police Station and Garage, with proper facilities, on Main Street opposite the Water Department Building; with an additional sum of $8,500.00 for site development; and to authorize the Committee appointed under Article 4 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting of December 12, 1956, to employ professional con- sultants, expend such funds, call for bids, and to execute and sign all contracts, vouchers, and legal documents, incidental and necessary to carry out the purposes of this article, or take any action in relation thereto. Police Station Committee.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone Article 60.
ART. 61 - To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds to carry out preliminary plans for the conversion of the old High School (now Junior High) to a 750 pupil capacity Junior High School or to carry out preliminary plans for building a new Junior High School. Junior High School Building Committee.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone Article 61, by a vote 345 in favor, 127 opposed.
ART. 62 - To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase or take by eminent domain in fee simple under Chapter 79 and Chapter 40 Section 14 of the General Laws (ter. ed.) a tract of land consisting of approxi- mately 22 acres for school purposes, namely, for the purpose of a site for a new junior high school, accessory buildings, play- ground, and other school facilities connected therewith; said parcel of land being situated on the northwesterly side of Shawsheen Street and being bounded as follows:
Northeasterly by Shawsheen Street, 1000 feet m. or 1 .;
Southwesterly by land now or formerly of one Deveres, 1100 feet m. or 1 .;
Northwesterly by land of owners unknown, 1100 feet m. or l., and
Northerly by the Heath Brook Manor Plan, 1040 feet m. or 1 .; said land belonging to Herbert L. Foster et ux;
and to see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for such purchase or taking, or take any other action in relation thereto. Junior High School Building Committee.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone Article 62.
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ART. 63 - To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Laws by striking out sub-paragraph 7 of section 6 and substitu- ting the following: No Billboards shall be permitted in any district and are hereby prohibited unless such Billboards are set back from any public way, a distance of at least 300 feet and such Billboards shall be further subject to a permit from the Board of Appeals after a public hearing under section 17 of the Zoning By-Laws. Planning Board.
VOTED: To adopt Article 63 by vote of 306 in favor, 5 opposed. Approved by Attorney General August 9, 1960.
ART. 64- To see if the Town will vote to amend the present Zoning Map and By-Laws by rezoning from residential districts to industrial districts the land as shown on the new proposed Zoning Map. The boundaries of such districts of said map being incorporated herewith by reference. Planning Board.
VOTED: To adopt Article 64 by a unanimous vote. Approved by Attorney General August 9, 1960.
ART. 65 - To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 7 of the present Zoning By-Laws to read as follows:
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
Uses Permitted in Industrial Districts:
1. Any use permitted in any previous district except the sale at retail of alcoholic beverages.
2. Retail lumber, fuel, and building material yards, and con- tractor's equipment storage, provided that tanks for oil storage above ground do not exceed 10,000 gallons' capacity.
3. Electronic industries, assembling of electrical appliances and equipment, including manufacture of small parts.
4. Research laboratories including manufacture of equipment necessary for required research.
5. Food processing such as a bakery, but excluding the milling of grain or the rendering of fats and oils.
6. The manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of beverages, candy, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals or drugs.
7. Manufacture of ceramic products, vitreous ware, pottery and porcelain from previously pulverized clay and using kilns fired by electricity or other odorless, smokeless fuel.
8. Manufacture of jewelry, toys, sporting goods, musical instru- ments, etc.
9. Machine shop and manufacture of hardware, but excluding the use of drop hammers or punch presses of over 10 tons rated capacity.
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10. The fabrication and installation of glass and glass products.
11. The manufacture of clocks, watches, or scientific, optical, or precision instruments.
12. The manufacture of articles from previously prepared raw materials such as bone, feathers, felt, fibers, fiberglass, fur, hair, leather, paper, plastics, rubber, shell or textiles.
13. Publishing, printing, or bookbinding.
14. Stone or monument works.
15. Woodworking or upholstery shops.
16. Storage warehouses.
17. Accessory uses customarily incidental to a permitted use.
18. Signs pertaining to a business on the same premises. Signs which are not part of or attached to a building or which project more than 10 feet into a required front or side yard shall be installed only with the approval of the Board of Appeals.
Comparable Uses:
The Board of Appeals may permit in any Industrial District a use which is similar to a use specifically permitted by provisions of this section in the nature of its processes, in the number of persons and vehicles which will be attracted to the premises and in its effect upon nearby premises, both within and without the District in which it is located.
Prohibited Uses:
Except as provided in paragraph entitled Comparable Uses, all uses not specifically permitted are prohibited. Prohibiting uses shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
1. Garbage and refuse incineration or disposal otherwise of material not originating on the premises, except by the Town of Tewksbury.
2. Distillation of bones, rendering of fat or reduction of animal matter.
3. Manufacture of Glue.
4. Oil Refining.
FIRST AMENDMENT:
5. The bulk storage of petroleum products.
6. Foundries, manufacture of large machine parts, metal working.
7. Tanneries.
8. Manufacture of cement products and cement mixing.
9. Processing, storage and distribution of asphalt products.
10. The sorting, baling and storage of waste paper, rags or junk, or the dismantling of motor vehicles.
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11. A slaughterhouse.
12. Sand, gravel and stone processing plants.
SECOND AMENDMENT:
13. Trailer Coach Parks.
Special Regulations:
1. In any Industrial District the required front yard shall be suitably landscaped and shall not be used for parking, storage, or other purposes inconsistent with the landscaped effect.
2. Each lot in any Industrial District shall have access only at designated driveways. Each lot may have not more than two driveways and one additional driveway for each 200 feet of street frontage above the minimum required. Driveways shall not exceed 30 feet in width at the front lot line.
3. A strip not less than 30 feet wide in all side and rear yards where adjacent to a Residence District shall be suitably land- scaped and not used for parking or any use prohibited in such adjacent Residence District.
OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
Facilities Required:
On all premises developed after the adoption of this by-law for any purpose, parking facilities shall be provided, off the street or highway right-of-way, sufficient to accommodate the motor and other vehicles of all occupants, employees, customers and other persons normally visiting the premises at any one time. Required Minimum Area:
Unless parking facilities are otherwise specifically approved by the Board, they shall contain not less than the following mini- mum areas, exclusive of driveways necessary for access. Except as otherwise provided, rooftop, garage, or indoor parking, ex- cluding ramps, may be included in the required area.
1. For dwellings, 250 square feet for each family unit.
2. For offices, financial institutions, retail stores, personal service shops, restaurants, and similar business buildings, an area equal to three times the floor area used for business, exclu- ding storage.
3. For theaters and assembly halls having fixed seats, 250 square feet for every four seats.
4. For other places of public assembly or public recreation, 250 square feet for every four legal occupants, including employees.
5. For industrial plants, wholesale establishments and similar buildings, 250 square feet for every three persons normally employed.
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6. For hotels, boarding and lodging houses and tourist establish- ments, and similar buildings, 250 square feet for every 2 guests accommodated on the premises and 250 square feet for every three persons normally employed on the premises.
Truck Loading Space:
In the case of hospitals, institutions, hotels, retail, wholesale and industrial buildings, space shall be provided for loading and unloading of trucks at the rate of one space not less than 400 square feet in area for each 15,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof less than 30,000 square feet and 400 square feet for each 30,000 square feet of floor thereof in excess of 30,000 square feet. Planning Board.
VOTED: Article 65 as amended, 245 in favor, 0 opposed. Ap- proved by Attorney General August 9, 1960.
ART. 66- To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Laws to Change from General Residence and Farming a certain parcel of land now zoned for General Residence and Farming, to Heavy Industry, said parcel of land being now owned by Anthony J. Gallo, Sr., Mary T. Gallo and Anthony J. Gallo, Jr., and described as follows:
SOUTHEASTERLY: By East Street, 390 feet;
NORTHEASTERLY: By Andover town line, 741.30 feet;
NORTHWESTERLY: By land now or formerly of the First Fed- eral Savings Bank of Lowell, 561.16 feet;
SOUTHWESTERLY: By land now or formerly of Walter and Mary Pupkis, 174.37 feet;
SOUTHEASTERLY: Again, by land of Anthony J. Gallo, Sr., et al, 340 feet; and
SOUTHWESTERLY: Again, by land of Anthony J. Gallo, Sr., et al, and by land now or formerly of Walter and Mary Pupkis, 230 feet.
Containing 71/2 acres, more or less. Being the same premises shown on a plan dated November 16, 1959, by Dana F. Perkins & Sons, Inc., Civil Engineers and Surveyors. Planning Board.
VOTED: To amend the Zoning By-Laws as stated in Article 66. Unanimous vote. Disapproved by Attorney General August 9, -1960.
ART. 67 - To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase or take by eminent domain in fee simple the old abandoned railroad track for its entire length from the Wilmington town line to East Street for the purpose of a town road or any other municipal purpose and see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate for such pur- poses or takings, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Planning Board.
VOTED: To indefinitely postpone Article 67.
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ART. 68 - To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1300 for the use of the Personnel Board to continue and complete the work of establishing a wage and classification plan and personnel policy for town employees or take any other action relative thereto. Personnel Board.
VOTED: To raise and appropriate $1,300.00 for the purpose of Article 68.
ART. 69 - To see if the Town will vote to recommend to the Per- sonnel Board that the following provisions, relative to employ- ment in the Town, be incorporated in the proposed wage and classification plan and personnel policy plans for town employees being prepared by the Personnel Board appointed by the Board of Selectmen under Article 17 of the Warrant for the last Annual Town Meeting or to do anything in relation thereto:
VACATION PROVISIONS: Vacation leave shall be granted to full-time permanent employees subject to the following pro- visions:
a. Employees who have been employed in the aggregate for less than 12 months but not more than six months as of June 1st of the current year, shall be granted 5 days vacation with full pay.
b. Employees who have been employed in the aggregate for less than ten years but more than one year as of June Ist of the current year, shall be granted 10 days vacation with full pay.
c. Employees who have been employed in the aggregate for more than ten years as of June Ist of the current year, shall be granted 15 days vacation with full pay.
d. Policemen and Firemen are not subject to (b) and (c) above, because a separate vacation plan was established by a referen- dum vote of the townspeople in the year 1959 and is as follows:
As of June 1st - 6 mos. service 5 days
As of June 1st - 1 year's service 10 days
As of June 1st - 5 years' service 15 days
As of June 1st - 10 years' service 20 days
e. Vacation leave with pay shall not be granted to temporary employees.
f. Vacations shall be granted by the Department Heads at such times as, in their opinion, will cause the least interference with the performance of the regular work of the departments. Vacations must be taken in the year in which they are due, and shall not accumulate from year to year.
g. In the event of termination of employment which is caused through no fault of the employee, provided the employee has been in the continuous full time service of the town for at
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least one year; or by reason of retirement; the employee shall be paid, or entitled to time off with pay for each full month since the employee's preceding vacation. In the event of the death of an employee, any accrued vacation pay shall be paid to his estate.
h. Department Heads shall identify all pay for vacations on the payroll in which such pay occurs.
i. Employees who are eligible for vacation under these rules and whose services are terminated by entrance into the armed forces shall be paid an amount equal to the vacation allow- ance as earned and not granted, in the vacation year prior to such entrance into the armed forces.
j. An employee shall be granted an additional day of vacation if while on vacation leave a designated holiday occurs which falls on, or is legally observed on, Monday, Tuesday, Wed- nesday, Thursday or Friday.
HOLIDAY PAY: Regular full-time, permanent town employees shall be paid one day at regular straight-time pay, in accordance with present practice, for all designated holidays listed below which fall on, or are observed on, regularly scheduled work days. In the case of the Police and Fire departments whose personnel are subject to duty seven days a week, those employ- ees performing their official duties on the holiday shall receive extra straight-time pay for the hours actually worked in addition to their regular pay.
Designated Holidays Shall Be:
January 1 February 22
April 19
May 30 July 4
Labor Day October 12 November 11 Thanksgiving Christmas - Dec. 25
SICK LEAVE - OCCUPATIONAL: Each town employee who sustains injury or illness arising out of his employment in the Town service, shall be entitled to receive his full pay for the period of his incapacity. If such pericd exceeds 30 days, continued payment beyond such period shall be subject to approval by the Personnel Board, which may require periodic written testimony supporting the claim of continued incapacity as a condition precedent to its approval.
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