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FOR ONE YEAR One Tree Warden
All on one ballot.
The polls will be open from 12:00 o'clock noon to 8:00 P. M .; and to meet in Westford Academy at Westford Center on the following
SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1964
at 1:00 o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act upon the following Articles, viz:
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ARTICLE 1. To hear the reports of the Town Officers and Com- mittees; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 2. To fix the salary and compensation of all elected officers of the Town, provide for a Reserve Fund, and to determine what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate, including appropriation from any available funds, to defray all departmental and incidental charges, expenses and outlays of the Town, including debt and interest, for the ensuing year, and for paying unpaid bills of previous years.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, 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; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to appoint the Planning Board as its agent to acquire options for the purchase of land for municipal use, including, without limiting the generality of the fore- going, parks, municipal buildings and wild life refuges; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highways Maintenance; or act' in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highways Maintenance; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be deposited in and become a part of the Stabiliza- tion Fund created under Article 19 of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting of 1961; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from any available funds, the sum of Eighty-Five Hundred ($8500.00) Dollars, or some other sum, to meet the Town's share of the cost of continuing Chapter 90 Highway Construction, contingent upon the State and County contributing to the cost thereof; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from any available funds, including the proceeds to be received from the State under the provisions of Chapter 822 of the Acts of 1963, the sum of Thirteen Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-Four and 90/100 ($13,974.90) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of continuing the construction of a drainage system in and along a portion of Plain Road in Nabnasset; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Thousand ($6,000.00) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of purchasing a new dump truck for the Highway Department, said purchase to be made underthe supervision of the Board of Select- men; and to authorize said Board to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale title to one of the trucks now being used by said Department and to apply the sum received therefrom against the pur- chase price of the new truck; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purchase of a new pickup truck for the Highway Department, said purchase to be made under the super- vision of the Board of Selectmen; and to authorize said Board to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale title to the pickup truck now being used by said Department and to apply the sum received therefrom against the purchase price of the new truck; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of paying the annual rental of a Street Sweeper; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Forty-Seven Hundred Sixty-Five and 90/100 ($4765.90) Dollars, or some other sum, for the Highway Equipment Account and, in addition, to transfer the sum of Thirty-Two Hundred Thirty-Four and 10/100 ($3234.10) Dollars, or some other sum, from the Highway Machinery Fund to the Highway Equipment Account; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Hundred Eighty-Five ($785.00) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of compiling and printing the By-Laws of the Town, said sum to be in addition to the sum previously voted for this purpose; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purchase of two new cruisers for the Police Department, said purchases to be made under the super- vision of the Board of Selectmen; and to authorize said Board to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale title to the cruisers now being used by said Department and to apply the sum received therefrom against the purchase price of the new cruisers; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or appropriate from any available funds, including the Stabilization Fund created under Article 19 of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting of 1961, the sum of Twelve Thousand ($12,000.00) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purchase of a new fire truck with incidental appurtenant equipment, said purchase to be made under the super- vision of the Board of Fire Engineers; and to authorize said Board to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale title to one of the fire trucks now being used by said Department and to apply the sum received therefrom against the purchase price of the new truck; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Nine Hundred ($900.00) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of providing suitable quarters for the Nabnasset American Legion Post No. 437 and the Auxiliary of said Post, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 6539 and the Auxiliary of said Post, and the Frederick S. Healy American Legion Post No. 159 and the Auxiliary of said Post; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Committee appointed under Article 25 of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting of 1963 (Personnel By-Laws Committee) to continue its study and to report its further findings and recommendations, if any, at the next annual town meeting or, at the discretion of said Committee, at any special meeting to be called for that purpose; and to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars, or some other sum, to defray the expenses of said Committee; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to defray the cost of painting and repairing the upper Town Hall and the staircases or hallways of the Town Hall; to defray the cost of painting the Police Department office and for the purchase and installation of lighting fixtures for the Police Depart- ment office; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to purchase fifty (50) new, metal, folding chairs; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to defray the cost of installing a new floor in the lower Town Hall; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 41, Section 97A, which provides as follows: In any town which accepts this section there shall be a police department established by the selectmen, and such department shall be under the supervision of an officer to be known as the chief of police. The selectmen of any such town shall appoint a chief of police and such other officers as they deem necessary, and fix their compensation, not exceeding, in the aggregate, the annual appropriation therefor. In any such town in which such appointments are not subject to chapter thirty-one, they shall be made annually and the selectmen may remove such chief or other officers for cause at any time after a hearing. The chief of police in any such town shall from time to time make suitable regulations governing the police department, and the officers thereof, subject to the approval of the selectmen; provided, that such regulations shall become effective without such approval upon the failure of the selectmen to take action thereon within thirty days after they have been sub- mitted to them by the chief of police. The chief of police in any such town shall be in immediate control of all town property used by the department, and of the police officers, whom he shall assign to
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their respective duties and who shall obey his orders. Section ninety-seven shall not apply in any town which accepts the provisions of this section. Acceptance of the provisions of this section shall be by a vote at an annual town meeting; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to create a special un- paid committee to be known as a Regional School District Planning Committee, to consist of three members, including one member of the School Committee, to be appointed by the Moderator, pursuant to the provisions of G.L. (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 71, Section 14; and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the expenses of said Committee; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seventy-Five Thousand ($75,000.00) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of constructing, erecting, originally equipping and furnishing a new Town Garage and all necessary appurtenances in connection therewith, to be located off Beacon Street in Graniteville, on the premises donated to the Town by James E. Farmer et ux by deed dated February 14, 1963, recorded with Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds, Book 1600, Page 291 and being shown on a plan recorded with said Registry, Plan Book 98, Plan 80A; to determine whether any portion or all of said sum shall be provided for by appropriation from any available funds in the Treasury, by taxation, by borrowing under the authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, or by any or all of said methods, said sum to be expended by the Garage Building Committee under the authority conferred upon it by Article 6 of the Warrant for the Special Meeting held on June 11, 1963; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Pro- tective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map,
1) By adding after sub-paragraph 5 of SECTION 2 ARTICLE XII, a new sub-paragraph as follows: ---- 6. Multiple family residence.
2) By inserting at the end of SECTION 3 of ARTICLE XII the following new Sections : -- SECTION 3A. Multiple family residence District uses. In a multiple family residence district no land, building or structure shall be erected, maintained or used except for one or more of the following uses:
1. Any use permitted in Section 3 of this Article XII (residential district uses) but only insofar as the said Section 3. or other provisions of this Article XII apply to uses permitted in Residence A. districts, and subject always to all of the provisions of this Protective By-Law as they apply to permitted uses in Residence A districts.
2. Multiple family residence structures, provided that there shall be no less than 4 and no more than 12 family dwelling units per structure, and such accessory uses, buildings, and structures as are usual and customary in relation to multiple
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family residence structures, except that no part of any building or lot used for multiple family residence use shall be used for any home occupation, business use, or professional office; and further provided that if all or any part of the land in a multiple family residence district is to be used for the erection, alteration or maintenance of one or more multiple family residence structures, all of the following regulations and procedures shall be adhered to in each instance:
PROCEDURES :
1. There shall be submitted to the Planning Board a site plan prepared in accordance with the procedures and regulations of the Board as they relate to subdivisions which shall be acted upon, and accepted or approved by the Board, in the same manner as a subdivision. No building permit shall be issued for the erection or alteration of a multiple family residence structure or permitted accessory building or structure until the Board has approved such site plan in the same manner as a subdivision or has failed to act thereon in the manner provided by Law as it relates to subdivisions.
a. The site plan for multiple family residence use shall present a unified and organized arrangement of buildings, structures, service facilities and permitted accessory uses, and shall show, among other features, the ground area, grades, and the location of all existing or proposed structures, buildings, roads, drive- ways, paved walks, parking areas, the sanitary system exterior to any building, surface water drainage facilities, the lot lines and boundaries of residential districts within 100 feet of the proposed multiple family residence district lot, and principal landscape features such as fences, walls and major planted or wooded areas.
b. Before approving any site plan the Board may require reason- able and appropriate screening of such lot from abutting single residence districts, and may determine the extent to which there shall be provided vehicular access from such lot to an abutting lot in such multiple family residence district and from such lot to any public street or way.
c. Before approving such site plan the Board shall assure itself to a degree consistent with the requirements and intent of this section 3A that all regulations of this section are or will be met; that such arrangement submitted on a site plan shall assure safe and convenient pedestrian and vehicular traffic on such lot and on the public streets and ways abutting such lot; and, the adequacy of access for emergency vehicles to any building upon such lot; and the adequacy of surface water drainage facilities.
d. Such a site plan may be submitted to the Board in stages or as a whole and complete definitive plan, and in either case the Board may approve such in whole or in part; but, whenever plans are submitted in stages, features previously approved by the
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Board shall be deemed to be approved upon a subsequent plan provided that they are shown as materially unchanged upon such subsequent plan unless the Board shall determine that additions, substitutions, the feature that would otherwise be deemed to be approved.
e. In acting upon such a site plan, and in determining the extent of compliance with such plans, the Board shall have the power to permit alteration, amendment, modification or deviation from the plans approved by it, upon application for the reasons of extreme hardship or practical impossibility of com- pliance due to undiscovered features of the land, but only after it has determined that such applicant has acted in good faith in the submission of plans and in applying for permission to alter, amend, modify or deviate, except that any matter dealing with the maximum or minimum number of dwelling units per structure, lot size, set back from any lot line or boundary, and the height of buildings shall be submitted to the Board of Appeals in accordance with its regulations and in the manner provided by law.
Regulations :
1. No structure in a multiple family residence district shall exceed 2} stories in height or 40 feet as measured from the mean finished grade of the land at the base of the building. A habit- able basement shall be considered a 2 story if no more than one half of its interior height is above the mean finished grade of the building at its base. If more than one half of the interior height of a habitable basement is above the mean finished grade, it shall be considered a full story. An attic space constructed so that it is not habitable shall not be considered a story.
2. The lot area upon which a multiple family residence structure is situated shall be not less than 50,000 square feet, and in addition thereto there shall be provided an additional lot area of at least 2,000 square feet per dwelling unit in a multiple family residence structure; but, in no event shall the total area of any lot for multiple family residence use be less than 40,000 square feet in area.
3. There shall be provided upon each such lot an open area, unoccupied by any building, equal to a minimum of 50% of the gross area of such lot.
4. No multiple residence structure shall be located closer than 100 feet from any other multiple residence structure, nor closer than 100 feet from the boundary of any single residence district except when such boundary is a public street, nor closer than 50 feet from the lot line of any lot in a multiple residence district then being used for single family residence use, nor closer than 50 feet from the lot lines upon which such multiple family residence structure is to be located.
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5. No garage, utility building or other permitted structure shall be located closer than 50 feet from the boundary of any single residence district, nor closer than 50 feet from the lot line of any lot in a multiple family residence district then being used for single family residence use; and in no event shall any such garage, utility building or other permitted structure be located closer than 25 feet from the lot line of the lot upon which it is situated.
6. There shall be provided upon every lot upon which is located a multiple family residence structure, for each dwelling unit in such a structure, at least one paved off-street parking area, or covered garage space, or space in a carport. If an open paved off-street parking space is provided, such a space shall be of a minimum of 250 square feet in area and shall be located not more than 150 feet from the outside entrance to such dwelling unit. No open space shall be considered available as a parking space which reduces the effective width of any driveway or road to less than 12 feet, and no space shall be considered available for parking which is located on any access way, or any roadway or street connecting one multiple family residence structure to another or to any public street or way.
7. No driveway or parking space required by regulation 8. or otherwise shall be located closer than 50 feet from the boundary of any single residence district, nor closer than 25 feet from the lot line of a multiple residence lot; except that a common driveway and adjoining parking spaces may be used upon lots containing multiple family residence structures.
8. No garage, utility building, carport or other permitted structure shall exceed one story in height or twenty feet measured from the mean finished grade at the base of such structure to the top of such structure, but chimneys, spires, cupolas, or decora- tive devices shall not be considered in determining such height.
9. All principal roads, streets or ways connecting one multiple family residence lot to another shall be constructed and paved in accordance with sub-division rules as they relate to streets. Any principal road, street or way connecting two or more multiple residence lots and a public street or way shall be considered a street, and shall be constructed and paved in the manner required by sub-division rules as they relate to streets, and the Board s:hall make such other provisions as may be necessary to assure that such streets shall be offered to the town for acceptance as public streets.
10. During a period of construction not to exceed two years from final approval by the Board, two signs advertising such premises for sale or for rent shall be permitted provided that no sign shall exceed 20 square feet in size or be located closer than 50 feet from any single residence area, or closer than 10 feet from any public street or way; and thereafter no such sign except one of
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less than 6 square feet in size shall be permitted upon such lot, and no such permanent sign shall be located closer than 50 feet from the boundary of any single residence district or closer than 10 feet from any public street or way; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Protective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map by rezoning from a Residence A District to a Multiple Family Residence District the following described parcels of land:
1. A certain parcel of land in Westford on the northerly side of Main Street containing 7 acres, more or less, bounded beginning at the northeasterly corner thereof, thence running southeasterly 700 feet, more or less, by land now or formerly of Lambert and land now or formerly of Hudson to the northerly side of said Main Street; thence southwesterly by said Main Street 400 feet, more or less, to land now or formerly of Tighe; thence northwesterly by said Tighe land 125 feet more or less; thence southwesterly still by said Tighe land 125 feet, more or less, to land now or formerly of Hildreth; thence northwesterly by said land of Hildreth 400 feet, more or less, to land formerly of Brown now belonging to Hildreth; thence northerly by said land formerly of Brown 250 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; be any and all ofthe said measurements, courses and distances approximate.
2. A certain parcel of land situated in Westford on the northerly side of Main Street containing 12 acres, more or less, bounded beginning at the southeasterly corner thereof, at the northerly side of said Main Street 240 feet, more or less; thence at a right angle north- westerly 350 feet, more or less, to land formerly of Brown 175 feet, more or less; thence southeasterly by other land of said Hildreth 400 feet, more or less, to land now or formerly of Tighe; thence southerly by said Tighe land 125 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; be any and all of the said measurements, courses and distances approxi- mate; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Protective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map by striking out sub-paragraph 2. of Paragraph A, SECTION 5, ARTICLE XII, and inserting in place thereof the following new sub-paragraph:
2. Quarrying, mining and the processing and finishing of the products thereof, including buildings, machinery and equipment for thé manufacture, storage and sale of bituminous paving materials, ready mixed concrete and portland cement products, and the storage of necessary substances and materials incidental and necessary therefor, rock crushing, lime kilns, private railroads, spur tracks, lumbering and saw mills; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by purchase, eminent domain, or otherwise, in fee simple, four parcels of land to be used as and for the site of a proposed additional well field, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 14, and/or Chapter 79 of the General Laws, both as most recently amended; and for the purpose of acquiring said land, that the sum of Thirty-Six
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Hundred ($3600.00) Dollars, or some other sum, be raised and appropriated, or transferred from any available funds; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifty-Nine Thousand ($59,000.00) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of defraying the cost of the development of an additional well field off Cemetery Road, including the cost of wells, pipes, original pumping station equipment and all necessary and incidental fees and expenses; to determine whether any portion or all of said sum shall be provided for by appropriation from any available funds in the Treasury, including the unexpended balances of three Water Department Accounts, the Water Department Surplus Account, by taxation, by borrowing under the authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, or by any or all of said methods; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to extend its water mains and water supply system by laying approximately 2150 feet of eight inch mains, together with all necessary appurtenances, fixtures and equipment, from Concord Road to the proposed well field on Cemetery Road; and for the purpose aforesaid, that it raise and appropriate, or appropriate from any available funds, including the Water Department Surplus Account, the sum of Eleven Thousand ($11, 000.00) Dollars, or some other sum; or act in relation thereto.
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