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(15) Voted that the sum of $66,000.00 be raised and appropriat- ed to defray the expenses of the Welfare Department, divided as fol- lows :
Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and Disability Allowance $ 48,500.00
Temporary Aid 7,500.00
Town Infirmary $ 10,000.00
(16) Voted that the sum of $5,200.00 be raised and appropriated for Veterans' Benefits.
(17) Voted that the sum of $444,950.00 be raised and appropri- ated to defray the expenses of the School Department.
(18) Voted that the sum of $7,824.00 be raised and appropriated for Vocational School Tuition.
(19) Voted that the sum of $6,100.00 be raised and appropriated, together with the Receipts from Dog Licenses in 1958, to defray the expenses of the J. V. Fletcher Library.
(20) Voted that the sum of $1,000.00 be raised and appropriated to defray the expenses of the Care of the Common.
(21) Voted that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appropriated to defray the expenses of Commemorating Memorial Day.
(22) Voted that the sum of $1,200.00 be raised and appropriated to defray the expenses of Publishing and Distributing Town Reports.
(23) Voted that the sum of $9,500.00 be raised and appropriated to defray the expenses of various types of Insurance including Fire,
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Compensation, Liability and Collision Insurance.
(24) Voted that the sum of $25.00 be raised and appropriated for Revenue Loans.
(25) Voted that the sum of $3,500.00 be raised and appropriated for the Care of Cemeteries and that the sum of $2,000.00 be trans- ferred from Perpetual Care Interest to be used for the Care of Per- petual Care Lots.
(26) Voted to act on this Item relative to Street Lights after Article 52.
(27) Voted that the sum of $5,000.00 be raised and appropriated, to be used as a Reserve Fund at the discretion of the Finance Commit- tee, a's provided in General Laws Chapter 40, Section 6.
(28) Voted that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Board of Appeals.
(29) Voted that the sum of $400.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of defraying the expenses in connection with the en- forcement of the Protective By-Law and the issuance of Building Per- mits.
(30) Voted that the sum of $450.30 be transferred from Avail- able Funds for the purpose of paying Unpaid Bills of 1958 and previ- ous years as follows :
Dog Officer: William C. MacMillan $ 78.10
Police Department : G. C. Prince & Son, Inc. 3.37
Fire Department:
Westford Water Department
29.40
Crossroads Service Station
8.99
Cook Oil Company
68.00
Broadway Garage
62.10
Gorham Fire Equipment Co.
8.30
J. A. Healy & Sons
130.74
Welfare Department:
Town of Littleton
$ 61.30
ARTICLE 4. Voted unanimously that the Town Treasurer be author- ized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws .
ARTICLE 5. Voted that the sum of $300.00 be raised and appro- priated for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Planning Board.
ARTICLE 6. Voted that the sum of $3,500.00 be raised and ap- propriated for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Athletic
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Program in the Westford Schools and, in addition, that the sum of $700.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the School Band for Public Band Concerts during the cur- rent year.
ARTICLE 7. Voted that the sum of $10,250.00 be raised and ap- propriated to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 81 High- ways and that, in addition, the sum of $22,500.00 be transferred from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury to meet the State's share of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the State to be restored, upon their receipt, to Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury.
ARTICLE 8. Voted that the sum of $1,500.00 be raised and ap- propriated for maintenance of Chapter 90 Roads, on condition that like amounts be contributed by either or both the State and County respectively, to be used in conjunction therewith and that, in addi- tion, the sum of $3,000.00 be transferred from Unappropriated Avail- able Funds in the Treasury to meet the State's and County's shares of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the State and County to be restored, upon their receipt, to Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury.
ARTICLE 9. Voted that the sum of $6,116.50 be transferred from the Highway Machinery Fund to the Highway Equipment Account and that the further sum of $883.50 be raised and appropriated for said Equip- ment Account.
ARTICLE 10. Voted that the sum of $6,250.00 be raised and ap- propriated to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90 Highway Construction on Groton Road and Acton Road, contingent upon contribu- tions by either or both the State and County to be used in conjunc- tion therewith and, to meet said appropriation, the sum of $6,250.00 be transferred from the proceeds received from the State under the provisions of Chapter 718 of the Acts of 1956 and that, in addition, the sum of $18,750.00 be transferred from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury to meet the State's and County's shares of the cost of said Construction of said Roads, the reimbursements from the State and County to be restored, upon their receipt, to Unappropri- ated Available Funds in the Treasury.
ARTICLE 11. Voted not to amend this Article.
Voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they here- by are authorized, in the name and behalf of the Town, to sell and transfer at public auction or private sale and on such terms as said Board shall deem for the best interests of the Town, various and sun- dry articles of personal property now or formerly used by the Highway Department.
ARTICLE 12. Voted that the sum of $9,070.00 be raised and ap- propriated for the purpose of purchasing two new Trucks for the High- way Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen and that said Board be and they hereby are author- ized, in the name and behalf of the Town, to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale title to the Pickup Truck now being used by
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said Department and to apply the sum received therefrom against the purchase price of said two new Trucks.
ARTICLE 13. Voted that the sum of $2,000.00 be raised and ap- propriated for the purpose of purchasing two new Snow Plows for the Highway Department, said purchases to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.
ARTICLE 14. Voted that the sum of $1,000.00 be raised and ap- propriated for the purpose of purchasing Nozzles, Extinguishers, Badges, Rubber Coats, Boots, Helmets and other equipment, all for use by the Fire Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Fire Engineers.
ARTICLE 15. Voted that the sum of $1,700.00 be raised and ap- propriated for the purpose of purchasing new Fire Hose for the Fire Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Fire Engineers.
ARTICLE 16. Voted that the Board of Fire Engineers be and they hereby are authorized in the name and behalf of the Town, to execute a renewal of the lease of quarters at Nabnasset in which one of the fire trucks is stationed and that the sum of $600.00 be raised and appropriated for the rent of said quarters.
ARTICLE 17. Voted that the sum of $400.00 be raised and appro- priated for the purpose of purchasing new Tires for the use of the Fire Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Fire Engineers.
ARTICLE 18. Voted that the sum of $550.00 be raised and appro- priated for the purpose of purchasing a new Two-Way Radio to be used by the Fire Department, said purchase to be made under the supervi- sion of the Board of Fire Engineers.
ARTICLE 19. Voted to dismiss this Article relative to the pur- chase of new Fire Hose for the Forest Fire Department.
ARTICLE 20. Voted unanimously that the Town adopt the following amendments to its Protective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map :
(1) Amend Article XII, Section 5, so that the present Section 5 is deleted and in place thereof the following new Section 5 is in- serted:
SECTION 5. INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT USES
A. In an Industrial A District, no building shall be erected or altered and no building or premises shall be used for any purposes except :
1. All buildings and uses permitted in Sections 3, 4 and 5B2.
2. Quarrying, mining and the processing and finishing of the products thereof, rock crushing, lime kilns,
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private railroads, spur tracts, lumbering and saw mills.
B. In an Industrial B District, no building or premises shall be erected or altered and no buildings or premises shall be used for any purpose except :
1. All buildings and uses permitted in Section 4.
2. Light manufacturing, employing only electric or other substantially noiseless and inoffensive motive power, utilizing hand labor or quiet machinery and processes but subject, however, to the following conditions: Any Light manufacturing business, the conduct of which may be detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of persons working in or living near the proposed location of such manufacturing, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, special danger of fire or explosion, pollution of water ways, corrosive or toxic fumes, gas, smoke, soot, dust or foul odors and offensive noise or vibrations is expressly prohibited.
3. In an Industrial B District, there shall be pro- vided:
a. For each permitted principal building, a lot containing not less than four acres and a frontage of not less than 300 feet on the street on which the principal building faces.
b. For each such building and accessory building:
1. A front yard of not less than 50 feet in depth on each street on which the lot abuts.
2. A side yard on each side of not less than 40 feet in width.
3. A rear yard of not less than 50 feet in depth;
Provided, however, that if a boundary of the lot abuts on land in a residential dis- trict the side and rear yard requirements for the yard having as its exterior line the boundary of the lot which abuts on the residential district shall be not less than 60 feet in width or depth as the case may be.
c. For each such principal building an open space on the lot not occupied by any building of 75 per cent of the area of such lot which may be used for parking if otherwise lawful.
d. No loading or parking area on the lot shall be located within 10 feet of the exterior line of any street on which the lot abuts and if a boundary line of the lot abuts on land in a residential district, no such parking or load- ing area shall be located within 10 feet of such boundary line.
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e. Parking and loading areas on the lot shall be provided with adequate driveways, providing ac- cess to a street. The width and the entrance of all driveways to a street shall be subject to the approval in writing by the Planning Board.
f. All buildings shall be constructed, reconstruct- ed, altered, enlarged, or used and the premises shall be used for a permitted purpose only in conformity with a site plan for such lot bear- ing an endorsement of approval by the Planning Board.
i. The owner of the lot for which a site plan approval is desired shall submit such site plan to the Planning Board in accordance with procedure prescribed by the Board and no building permit shall be issued for any existing or proposed building or structure on such lot until a site plan showing such building or structure has been approved by said Board and then only if such building or structure conforms to such site plan as approved.
ii. The site plan shall present a unified and organized arrangement of buildings, struc- tures and service facilities and shall show, among other features, the ground area and location of all existing and proposed buildings, structures, parking areas, load- ing and unloading spaces, driveways, drive- way openings and other uses; all facilities for water service, sewage refuse and other waste disposal services, outdoor lighting and water drainage and all principal land- scape features such as fences, walls, walks and planting areas, including screening of such lot as reasonably necessary from any residential district on which such lot abuts. In granting approval of a site plan, the Planning Board may determine the extent to which there shall be access to such lot from an abutting street.
iii. Before approving any application for a site plan approval, the Board shall assure to a degree consistent with a reasonable use of such lot for the purpose permitted by this zoning by-law:
1. Protection of other premises in the neighborhood against detrimental or of- fensive uses on such lot.
2. Convenience and safety of vehicular and pedestrian movement on such lot and in the streets, ways and land in the neigh-
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borhood of such lot.
3. Adequacy of the facilities for sewage, refuse and other waste disposal and for water drainage.
iv. The site plan may be submitted to the Plan- ning Board in stages or as a complete plan and in either case the Board in acting on a site plan may approve it in whole or in part. Whenever successive site plans are submitted, any feature approved by the Board on a prior plan shall be deemed to be ap- proved if shown materially unchanged on a subsequent plan unless the Board determines that new or changed features on the subse- quent site plan materially affect the fea- ture that otherwise would be deemed to be approved.
v. In approving a site plan, the Planning Board shall have the power to authorize such deviation from the site plan as ap- proved as the Planning Board specifies in its approval endorsements. The Board shall have the power to modify its approval of a site plan on application of anyone having a property interest in such lot or upon its own motion if such power is reserved by the Board in its approval endorsement. All provisions applicable to an approval of a site plan shall, where pertinent, be appli- cable to a modification or amendment of an approval.
(2) Amend Article XII, Section 7, so that in Paragraph 2 insert after the words Industrial District, the letter "A", so that Article XII, Section 7, Paragraph 2 reads as follows:
"Front Yards: In a Residence A or B District, no building or road- side stand shall be erected or placed within twenty-five feet of a street line. In a Business or Industrial District "A" no building shall be erected within thirty-five feet of the line of a street. In any district there shall be in front of every dwelling on a lot not abutting on a street, a yard not less than thirty feet deep".
(3) Amend Article XII, Section 7, Paragraph 3, so that after the words Industrial District, insert the letter "A" so that Article XII, Section 7, Paragraph 3, reads as follows:
"Side and Rear Yards: In a Residence A or B District, no building except a one-story accessory building shall be built within fifteen feet of a side lot line or within thirty feet of a rear lot line, or within twenty feet of another building on the same lot; and no one- story accessory building shall be built within ten feet of a lot line in any case, provided that in a Residence B District a building ac- cessory or otherwise may be built up to ten feet from any side lot
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line on any parcel of land individually owned which is shown on a plan recorded in the Middlesex Registry of Deeds, North District, on or be- fore March 12, 1955 and which contains no more than 10,000 sq. ft. in area and less than one hundred feet frontage.
In a Business or Industrial District "A", no building shall be erected within 15 feet of a side lot line or within 30 feet of a rear lot line or within 20 feet of another building".
(4) Amend Article XII, Section 7, Paragraph 7, so that said Paragraph 7 will read as follows:
"In a Business or Industrial A or B District any buildings erected for residence purposes and their premises shall conform to the lot size, frontage, yard and other regulations of this Section applicable to a residence A District except, that in an Industrial B District, in addition to the foregoing requirements, no building shall be al- lowed or used for residence purposes except with the approval of the Board of Appeals after public hearing."
(5) Amend the Zoning By-Law Map so that the following areas are zoned Industrial A:
A. "Southerly by Bridge Street; Northerly by land of the Stony Brook Railroad; Easterly by Graniteville Road and Westerly by Pine Ridge Road.
B. "Northwesterly by Main Street; Northeasterly by River Street; Southeasterly by Fourth Street and Southwesterly by Broadway.
C. "Beginning at a point at which Snake Brook crosses West
Street; thence turning and running on a line perpendicular to West Street in a Northerly direction, two hundred (200) feet; thence turning and running Southeasterly on a line two hundred (200) feet distant from and parallel to West Street to a point three hundred (300) feet Northwesterly of Hillside Avenue; thence turning on a line three hundred (300) feet distant from and parallel to Hillside Avenue then Northerly, Easterly and Southeasterly to a point distant five hundred (500) feet Northeasterly from Main Street; thence turning and running on a line five hundred (500) feet distant from and paral- lel to Main Street and North Street to a point two hundred (200) feet from Groton Road; thence turning and running Westerly on a line two hundred (200) feet distant from and parallel to Groton Road to Snake Brook; thence turning and running Southerly along Snake Brook to the point of beginning.
D. "Beginning at a point on the Chelmsford and Westford Town Line at which Groton Road crosses; thence turning and running South- westerly on Groton Road to a point twelve hundred and fifty (1250) feet distant Westerly from the intersection of Oak Hill Road and Groton Road; thence turning and running Northerly on a line perpen- dicular to Groton Road, two hundred (200) feet to a point; thence turning and running Westerly on a line two hundred (200) feet distant from and parallel to Groton Road to a point two hundred (200) feet Northeasterly from Forrest Road; thence turning and running North-
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westerly and then Northeasterly on a line two hundred (200) feet dis- tant from and parallel to Forrest and Tyngsboro Roads to the Tyngsboro Line; thence turning and running Northeasterly along the Tyngsboro- Westford Town Line to a point two hundred (200) feet Westerly from Makepeace Road; thence turning and running Southeasterly on a line two hundred (200) feet distant from and parallel to said Makepeace Road to the Westford-Chelmsford Town Line; thence turning and running along the Westford-Chelmsford Town Line to the point of beginning.
E. "Beginning at a point at which Groton Road crosses the Chelmsford line; thence turning and running Westerly on Groton Road to the boundary line dividing land now or formerly of R. Foss and H. E. Fletcher Company; thence turning and running Southerly by said boundary line to the Southeast corner of said land now or formerly of Foss; thence turning and running Westerly by said Foss land to the Southwest corner of the said Foss land; thence turning and running Southerly by the Westerly boundary line of land now of H. E. Fletcher Company to the Forrest Road; thence turning and running Easterly by said Forrest Road to the Oak Hill Road; thence turning and running Northerly by said Oak Hill Road to a point where the Southerly bound- ary line of land of the H. E. Fletcher Company extended strikes the middle of said Oak Hill Road; thence turning and running Northeast- erly, Southeasterly, Southerly, Easterly, Southeasterly, Southerly, Easterly by said H. E. Fletcher Company land to a point fifty (50) feet distant Westerly from the center line of the H. E. Fletcher Com- pany Railroad; thence turning and running Southeasterly and Southerly by a line fifty (50) feet distant from and parallel to said H. E. Fletcher Company Railroad to the Boston and Maine Railroad line; thence turning and running Northeasterly along said Boston and Maine Railroad line to a point which is fifty (50) feet Easterly from the center line of said H. E. Fletcher Company Railroad; thence turning and running on a line fifty (50) feet distant from and parallel to the center line of said H. E. Fletcher Company Railroad Northerly, Northeasterly, Northwesterly and Northerly again across Nabnasset Street to a point approximately four hundred (400) feet North from said Nabnasset Street; thence turning and running due East to the Westford-Chelmsford Town Line; thence turning and running Northerly, along said Westford-Chelmsford Town Line, to Groton Road to the point of beginning.
F. "Beginning at a point on the Westford-Tyngsboro Line, two hundred (200) feet Westerly of Tyngsboro Road; thence turning and running Westerly on said Westford-Tyngsboro Town Line to a point two hundred (200) feet Easterly of Tenney Road; thence turning and run- ning Southerly on a line, two hundred (200) feet distant from and parallel to Tenney and Dunstable Roads to a point on the line extend- ing due East from the point at which Spaulding Brook crosses Dunstable Road Southerly of Tenney Road; thence turning and running due East on said line to a point three thousand (3000) feet due East of said point at which Spaulding Brook crosses Dunstable Road as aforesaid; thence turning and running Southeasterly on a line extending to the point on Tyngsboro Road at which the Northeasterly boundary line of land of the Young Women's Christian Association strikes to a point two hundred (200) feet from Tyngsboro Road; thence turning and run- ning Northerly on a line two hundred (200) feet from and parallel to
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Tyngsboro Road to the point of beginning."
(6) Amend the Zoning By-Law Map so that the following areas are zoned Industrial B:
A. "Land formerly of Abbot Worsted Company, now of Stony Brook Properties, Incorporated, lying in the area bounded by Pleasant Street, Pine Street, land of the Boston & Maine Railroad and Town Farm Road and being shown on Sheet A-2 of the Assessors' plans.
B. "Land now of Arthur Abbood on the Westerly side of Carlisle Road and being shown on Sheet C-3 of the Assessors' plans.
C. "Land now of Nabnasset Realty Trust, Royal Shawcross, Trus- tee, on the Westerly side of Brookside Road, adjoining Stony Brook and being shown on Sheet D-5 of the Assessors' plans.
D. "A certain parcel of land bounded and described as follows: Southwesterly by Nashoba Brook; Southeasterly by Boston Road; Southeasterly, Easterly and Northeasterly by Concord Road; North- easterly and Northerly by Route 110."
E. A certain parcel of land containing 160 acres, more or less, and bounded and described as follows:
"Beginning at the Southerly bound of the premises at the corner of the wall on the Howard Road; thence running Northerly on said Road to a stake and stones at land of John Howard; thence West- erly on land of said Howard to a maple tree; thence Northerly, crossing a brook by land of said Howard and land formerly of Hutchins, to a stake and stones; thence Westerly on said land formerly of Hutchins to a stake and stones by the wall; thence Southerly on land formerly of the heirs of Barnabas Dodge to a corner of the wall; thence Westerly on land of said Dodge heirs to the Brook; thence Westerly on said Brook to a stake and stones at land now or formerly of Phelps; thence Southerly on said land of Phelps to a stake and stones at a corner of land now or formerly of Thomas S. Tuttle;
thence Southerly on said land of Tuttle to a corner of a wall at land of said Howard; thence Easterly as the wall now stands on land of said Howard to the first mentioned bound.
F. "Another tract or parcel of land in the Southwesterly part of said Westford on the Easterly side of said Town Road and across said Road from the Southerly end of Parcel E and bounded and described as follows :
"Beginning at said Road and running Easterly by land of said Howard to land formerly of the heirs of John Davis; thence running Southerly with the fence to land of Gardner Prouty; thence running Westerly by said Prouty's land to said Road; thence running Northerly by said Road to the point of beginning."
(7) Amend Article XII, Section 2, by striking the word "four" therefrom and inserting in place thereof the word "five" and by de- leting Item 4; and by inserting in place thereof a new Item 4 as
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follows :
"Industrial A" and by adding a new Item 5 as follows: "Indus- trial B".
ARTICLE 21. Voted that the sum of $750.00 be raised and appro- priated for the purpose of purchasing new Road Signs and new Traffic Signs to be used for the protection of children, said sum to be ex- pended under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.
ARTICLE 22. Voted that the sum of $650.00 be raised and appro- priated for the purpose of painting Traffic Lines and Signals on the public ways of the Town, said sum to be expended under the supervi- sion of the Board of Selectmen.
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