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The largest undertaking of the year was the extension of the six inch main westerly in Boston Road. In order to give the taxpayers of the town the benefit of the work, in- stead of contracting the job, the water board supervised the work itself, employing only town labor. This proved very satisfactory, and the work was done so economically that it was possible to lay about six hundred feet more than was anticipated when the appropriation of $4,000.00 was asked. A total of 3,242 feet was laid, which provides water to thirteen users. Every possible user along this extension was connected and serviced : obviously, this extension was warranted.
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FINANCIAL STANDING OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT
Assets :
Cash on hand
$2,803.22
Accounts receivable
343.74
Material on hand
1,016.64
Equipment on hand
942.71
$5,106.31
Liabilities :
Unpaid bills
$309.57
Receipts and Expenditures
Receipts :
House installations
$3,073.13
Water rents
3,030.55
Palmer National Bank, interest on daily balances
29.76
Sale of material
18.68
Hydrant rental
1,620.00
Repairs
4.06
Penalties
12.00
Labor on private work
23.09
Refund on C. C. Lewis Co., bill
9.80
$7,821.07
Expenditures : Material Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., pipe and fittings $521.57
Leadite Mfg. Co., leadite and equipment 30.45
Crane Co., pipe and fittings 462.98
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National Meter Co., meters
579.96
Kronick's Mason Supply Co., tile
21.00
Ford Meter Box Co., fittings
47.31
$1,663.27
Labor :
Harold Porter, Supt.
$727.89
Clarence Pease
188.51
E. C. Clark
67.00
Stanley Allyn
146.26
Marino Cocchi
141.25
Nello Cocchi
4.00
G. M. Green
8.00
Bernard Hezik
1.25
Charles Merrick
8.00
George Northup
6.25
$1,298.41
Miscellaneous :
Cutler Co., shovels and picks
$15.00
Wyckoff & Lloyd, pipe cutters 3.60
Johnson's Bookstore, office supplies 4.50
C. C. Lewis & Co., chain hoist
24.50
R. F. Gurney, envelopes
34.16
Palmer Register, printing
16.00
Hall's Hardware Co., shovels
7.00
G. M. Green, clerk & telephone
202.00
Mrs. L. G. Pease, refund
50.00
Railway Express Co., express
3.59
Holsclaw Co., pipe bender
10.47
City of Springfield, water rent
1,649.50
Gebo's Garage, miscellaneous supplies 3.45
H. S. Thomas, miscellaneous supplies 7.18
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W. F. Logan, insurance 17.80
B. & A. R. R., freight 6.92
Carlisle Hardware Co., saw blades .50
$2,056.17
Total expenditures $5,017.85
Transferred to town for payment of bonds 1,647.02
$6,664.87
Total receipts $7,821.07
Cash on hand January 1,
1930 1,647.02
$9,468.09
Payments
6,664.87
Balance on hand December 31, 1930 $2,803.22
' Boston Road Extension of 6" Main
Appropriation $4,000.00
Expenditures :
R. D. Wood Co., pipe $1,910.21
Boston & Albany R. R., freight 212.66
The Leadite Co., leadite 85.12
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., hydrants and gates 334.00
Jerry Donohue, trucking 77.90
Town of Wilbraham, Water Dept. castings .90
Harold Porter, labor 199.72
Clarence Pease,
102.00
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Stanley Allyn, 66
99.50
Marino Cocchi, 66
101.50
Bernard Hezik, 66
100.50
Frank Gurski,
97.75
Charles Obzut, 66
102.00
William Dvorschak, “
78.25
Ignacy Nawaj,
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65.75
Paul Ciecho, 66
49.50
George Northup,
159.00
G. Milo Green, 66
49.88
Charles Merrick, 66
137.25
Andrew Karpenski, “
36.00
$3,999.39
Appropriation needed for 1931
Maintenance of system
$5,000.00
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE MILO GREEN CHARLES L. MERRICK GEORGE NORTHUP
Water Commissioners
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Cemetery Commissioners' Report
Appropriation
$350.00
EXPENDITURES
Adams Cemetery
L. W. Rice
$7.00
A. J. Bryant
7.50
Fred Bryant
20.00
Sarah E. Bull
50.00
East Wilbraham
B. B. Green
20.00
Glendale
Charles M. Calkins
17.75
Harry E. Temple
44.60
W. R. Munsell
105.00
Woodland Dell
Fred Bryant 10.00
F. A. Gurney
12.00
$293.85
Unexpended balance
$56.15
RECEIVED FROM TRUST FUNDS
Adams, G. Frank
$5.00
Brewer, Edward H.
5.00
Bruuer, Laura
8.00
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Butler, Phillip M.
5.19
Butler, William
5.00
Calkins, Charles M. & D. C.
4.39
Clark, Henry M.
4.00
Danks, Hiram
8.00
Fuller, F. A. & C. F & Lane, M. A.
8.00
Gates, Harriet
5.00
Jones, Eliza M.
5.40
Knowlton, George E.
6.00
Knowlton, Abraham
5.15
Potter, Ira G.
6.00
Potter, P. P.
5.00
Soldiers' Bonus
83.25
Stebbins, Chloe B.
5.00
Stebbins, Francese E.
10.31
Stebbins, L. & M.
5.00
$188.69
USED FROM TRUST FUNDS
Adams Cemetery
For care of lots & markers for
soldiers' graves
$146.34
East Wilbraham
For care of lots
20.00
Repairing headstone on soldier's grave
13.00
Woodland Dell
Marking headstone on soldier's grave 9.35
$188.69
B. B. GREEN HENRY I. EDSON L. W. RICE Cemetery Commissioners
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Report of Tree Warden
Appropriation
$250.00
Labor
Fred Phelps, Tree Warden
$66.50
William North
58.50
E. C. Clark
20.00
William Evans
4.00
William Goodrich
5.00
David Murphy
10.00
A. L. Kelley
7.00
Albert Collette
46.00
Rudolph Piczk
4.00
David Menard, truck
12.00
Supplies
Cutler Co., scythes and wire 15.35
$248.65
Unexpended balance
$1.35
FRED PHELPS
Tree Warden
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Forest Warden's Report
Appropriation
$250.00
Labor
Fred Phelps, warden
$30.50
William North
8.80
Kasmer Galemo
4.00
Adam Lis
5.00
Fred Lis
2.00
Samuel Roberts
2.00
Victor Gerieu
1.00
A. Dulcino
1.00
Milton Kettridge
1.50
William Wilson
1.00
John Waldeke
5.00
John Mortyka
6.00
John Rauh
1.00
Ray Bean
5.50
C. H. Crofts
1.50
Charles Gardell
2.50
Harold Brown
5.50
Florence Bean
1.50
Charles Guyotte
2.00
Benjamin Griffin
1.00
Fred Babineau
1.00
Patrick O'Conner
1.00
Gordon Duff
2.00
W. W. Bennett
1.00
Wilfred Bennett
1.00
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Rodney Piper
1.00
Clifford Rogers
.50
E. C. Clark
4.00
Walter Workum
3.00
Albert Collette
2.00
William Miller
3.00
Ernest Labounte
6.25
Robert Welch
2.00
Myron Hitchcock
4.00
Fred Herter
1.00
Mitchell Brush
2.00
Thomas Normoyle
1.00
Emil Babineau
1.00
Paul Babineau
1.00
Harold Porter
2.20
William Goodrich
1.50
Peter Precz
1.00
Joseph Precz
3.00
Walter Precz
3.00
Stanley Allyn
1.00
Ralph Metcalf
1.00
Stanley Clark
1.00
Rudolph Piczk
.50
Sator Piczk
.50
Fred Kazyra
.50
Gebo's Garage, welding
.75
Material
Fire Equipment Co., fire pumps 31.50
$173.50
Unexpended balance $76.50
FRED PHELPS
Forest Warden
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Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
I have Tested and Sealed to Dec. 1, 1930, the following :
Platform over 5000
3
Platform under 5000
8
Counter under 100
Beam over 100
1
Spring under 100
6
Computing under 100
10
Weights
42
Gas Pumps
50
Gas Meters
9
Kerosene Pumps
2
Stops on Pumps
288
Fees received
$48.99
C. W. VINTON Sealer
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Memorial Day
Appropriation
$300.00
Expenditures :
Springfield News Co., flags $6.13
W. L. Dempsey, labor 94.95
Jennie Misiewicz, essay award
3.00
Dorothea Smith, essay award 3.00
Joseph Presz, essay award
3.00
W. H. Graves, wreaths
24.00
Howard W. Orr, speaker
10.00
J. W. M'oran, painting flag pole
10.00
Wm. Schlatter & Sons, wreaths
30.00
Frank W. Ackerman, labor
16.00
William E. Day, labor
10.00
William F. Logan, lawn mower
9.50
Frederic G. Herter, labor
32.00
A. L. Kelley, labor
21.00
$272.58
Unexpended balance $27.42
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Report of the Planning Board
Dec. 31, 1930
The Planning Board presents herewith a zoning by- law for the consideration of the Town. There can be only one purpose of such a by-law which would prove acceptable to the citizens of Wilbraham. That purpose is to keep Wil- braham the same type of community which it now is. Nor- mal growth is both desirable and welcome but it should be of such a character that it will not harm one single home of Wilbraham. The farmer must be given absolute protec- tion to build and operate without restriction in connection with his occupation. There must be no part of such a by- law which would in any way be a hardship for those who wish to build small homes. Ample provision for growth of business must be provided for so that nothing detrimental to the present home owners shall result. Your committee believes that these provisions are taken care of in this by-law.
The map accompanying this by-law is self-explan- atory.
Your committee recommends the adoption of this by- law.
The Planning Board
WESLEY H. HOLDRIDGE HENRY I. EDSON ALEXANDER D. CORMACK GEORGE E. MURPHY, JR. GEO. MILO GREEN
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THE ZONING BY-LAW OF THE TOWN OF
WILBRAHAM
SECTION 1.
To promote the health, safety, morals, convenience and welfare of its inhabitants, to lessen the dangers from fire, congestion and confusion, and to improve and beautify the town, under the provisions of the General Laws, including Chapter 40, Sections 25 to 30 inclusive, and Chapter 143, Section 3, the Town of Wilbraham is hereby divided into zones or districts, defined and bounded on the zoning map dated December 1930, signed by the Planning Board, and filed in the office of the Town Clerk, which map with its notations is hereby made a part of this by-law.
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this by-law, the following terms shall have the meanings here assigned to them :
(a) A Family : Any number of individuals living and cooking together on the premises as a single housekeeping unit.
(b) A One-family House: A detached dwelling de- signed for a single family.
(c) Semi-detached House: Two one-family houses built together at the same time and separated by a fireproof division with no openings.
(d) A Two-family House: A detached dwelling de- signed for two families.
(e) A Dwelling: Any building used in whole or in part for habitation.
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(f) An Accessory Use or Building: A use of land or a building customarily incident to and located on the same lot with another use of land or a building.
(g) A Non-conforming Use or Building: An existing use of land or a building which does not conform to the regulations for the district in which such use of land or building exists.
(h) A Lot : A lot is that area of land described in the application for a permit to construct a building.
(i) A Tent: For the purpose of this by-law, a tent will be considered a building, and is hereby subject to all regulations as to buildings.
SECTION 3. USE REGULATIONS.
For the purpose of this by-law the Town of Wilbraham is divided into four classes of districts, designated as :
1. Single or Class A residence districts.
2. General or Class B residence districts.
3. Business districts.
4. Industrial districts.
SECTION 4.
SINGLE OR CLASS A RESIDENCE DISTRICTS.
In a single residence district no building shall be erected, altered or used except for one or more of the fol- lowing uses :
1. One-family houses.
2. The taking of boarders or the leasing of rooms by a resident family.
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3. Churches, schools, public libraries, public museums, parish houses, hospitals, philanthropic institutions.
4. Private clubs not conducted as a business.
5. Public parks, playgrounds, municipal recreation buildings, water towers and reservoirs.
6. Farms, stock farms, greenhouses, nurseries and truck gardens.
7. Real estate signs, of not over twelve square feet in area, advertising the sale or rental of only the premises on which they are located, and bulletin boards accessory to uses specified in 3 and 5 of this section.
8. Passenger stations.
9. Such accessory uses as are customarily incidental to any of the above uses.
SECTION 5.
GENERAL OR CLASS B RESIDENCE DISTRICTS
All buildings and uses permitted under Section 4 and the following :
1. Semi-detached and two-family dwellings.
2. Hotels and boarding houses.
3. Fire and police stations.
SECTION 6. BUSINESS DISTRICTS.
All buildings and uses permitted under Section 4 and 5 and the following :
1. Apartment houses, subject to the provisions of Sec- tion 18 and of the housing law.
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2. Retail stores and shops for custom work or the making of articles to be sold at retail on the premises.
3. Manufacturing clearly incidental to a retail business lawfully conducted on the premises shall be permitted in a business district, omitting all that is in any way offensive, a nuisance or hazardous.
4. Offices, business or professional, and banks.
5. Restaurants and other places for serving food.
6. Places of business of baker, barber, caterer, clothes cleaner and presser, confectioner, decorator, dress-maker, dyer, electrician, florist, furrier, hair-dresser, hand laun- dry, manicurist, milliner, news-dealer, optician. painter, paperhanger, photographer, printer, publisher, shoemaker, shoe repairer, shoe shiner, tailor, upholsterer ; and as pro- vided in Section 18, the following: blacksmith, builder, carpenter, contractor, mason, plumber, roofer, tinsmith, telephone exchange, upholsterer, undertaker.
7. Theaters, moving picture shows, bowling alleys, skating rinks, billiard rooms and similar commercial amuse- ment places, subject to the provisions of Section 18.
8. Lumber, fuel, feed and ice establishments, subject to the provisions of Section 18.
9. Gasoline and oil stations, subject to the provisions of Section 18.
10. Garages for storage or repairs, stables, subject to the provisions of Section 18.
11. Salesrooms for motor vehicles, subject to the pro- visions of Section 18.
12. Billboards as regulated by law and by-law.
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SECTION 7. INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
All buildings and uses permitted under Sections 4, 5 and 6, and subject to the provisions of Section 18, the following :
Manufacturing, employing unobjectionable motive power, utilizing hand labor or quiet machinery and proces- ses, free from neighborhood disturbing odors or agencies.
No use shall be permitted which would be offensive because of injurious or obnoxious noise, vibration, smoke, gas, fumes, odors, dust or other objectionable features, or because hazardous to the community on account of fire or explosion or any other cause, or any use which might prove injurious to the safety or welfare of the neighborhood into which it proposes to go, and destructive of property values, because of any excessive nuisance qualities.
HEIGHT REGULATIONS
SECTION 8. RESIDENCE DISTRICTS.
(a) The limit of height in all residence districts shall be two and one-half stories, not to exceed thirty-five feet, except that school and municipal buildings may contain three full stories and may be erected as high as forty-five feet.
(b) The limitations of height in feet shall not apply to chimneys, ventilators, skylights, tanks, bulkheads, pent- houses, and other accessory features usually carried above roofs, nor to towers or spires of churches and other build- ings, if such features are in no way used for living pur- poses.
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SECTION 9.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.
(a) The limit of height in business districts shall be three stories, not to exceed forty feet.
(b) The limitation of height in feet shall not apply to such features as are mentioned in (b) of Section 8, nor to water tanks or scenery lofts which shall be at every point fifty feet from the center line of any street and shall not cover more than 25 per cent of the area of the building.
SECTION 10. AREA REGULATIONS.
In residence districts, as provided in Sections 4 and 5, land laid out after the adoption of this by-law shall provide for each family the following minimum lot areas :
In a one-family house, not under 7500 square feet per family.
In a semi-detached house, not under 7500 square feet per family.
In a two-family house, not under 7500 square feet per family.
Lots shown on any plan duly recorded at the time this by-law is adopted may be used, provided that all require- ments in regard to percentage of lot covered and yards are fulfilled.
SECTION 11.
No lot, or the buildings thereon, as provided in this or the previous section, shall be changed in size so as to violate the provisions of these sections. The open space required in this section shall be provided in the rear, or in part on
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the sides, so as, in the opinion of the building inspector, to properly light and ventilate the buildings.
SECTION 12.
The percentage of lot which may be covered by any building for dwelling purposes shall in no instance exceed the following maximum provisions :
(a) One-family house : twenty-five per cent.
(b) Semi-detached house: thirty per cent.
(c) Two-family house : thirty per cent.
YARDS.
SECTION 13. FRONT YARDS.
In residence districts and neighborhood store districts, as indicated on the map, there shall be provided in front of every building a front yard of at least twenty-five feet in clear depth between the building and the lines of the way or ways on which the building lot abuts, and no new building or structure shall be constructed and no building or structure shall be inoved, altered, reconstructed or en- larged so that a front yard less in clear depth shall result. Projecting eaves and uncovered steps shall not be con- sidered as coming within the meaning of this section. Where to an extent of fifty per cent of the frontage space between two intersecting streets, or in a space of four hundred feet on one side of a street front, yards of greater depth than twenty-five feet have been established, or by common agreement, or by private building restrictions, or where through common usage they exist, such front yards shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, be and remain the front yard spaces for such street or por- tion of street. Where in a similar space there is a variety in depth, all being above twenty-five feet, the minimum shall remain the required front yard depth.
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BACK YARDS.
Behind every dwelling there shall be provided a back yard, between the rear line of the house and the rear lot line, not less than thirty feet in depth and in no instance less in depth than one-half the height of the building. Back yards may contain accessory buildings not over one story high and covering not over thirty per cent of the area of the back yards.
SIDE YARDS.
At each side of every dwelling there shall be a side yard not less than ten feet in clear width, between the side of the house and the side lot line. Side yards shall be at all points clear from the front to the rear lines of the house.
YARDS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.
Any use, not residential or accessory, permitted in a residential district shall observe all provisions of this by- law in regard to depth and width of yards as applied to dwellings.
SECTION 14. ACCESSORY USES.
(a) Accessory uses shall be on the same lot with the building of the owner or lessee, and shall be such as do not alter the character of the premises on which they are lo- cated or impair the neighborhood.
(b) Garage space for not more than three cars shall be permitted as an accessory use in residence districts.
(c) Where manufacturing of any kind is allowed as an accessory use, it shall be restricted to such light manufac- turing as is incidental to a permitted use and where the
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product is customarily sold on the premises by the pro- ducer to the consumer.
(d) The use of a room or rooms in a dwelling as an office or studio by a physician, dentist, lawyer, music tea- cher, or other professional person resident in the house may be permitted as an accessory use.
(e) Hotels, as distinct from apartment houses, where permitted under this by-law, shall contain no arangements of any description for private cooking or housekeeping.
GENERAL PROVISIONS. SECTION 15. NON-CONFORMING USES.
(a) Any building or part of a building which, at the time of the adoption of this by-law, is being put to a non- conforming use may continue to be used for the same pur- pose.
(b) Wherever a non-conforming use has been changed to a more restricted use or to a conforming use, it shall not again be changed to a less restricted use.
(c) In residence districts, when a non-conforming use has been discontinued for a period of one year, it shall not be reestablished and future use shall be in conformity with this by-law.
(d) Any building or part of a building, which at the time of the adoption of this by-law is being put to a non- conforming use, may be altered, improved or enlarged if, after public hearing called by the selectmen as provided in Section 18 no serious objections arise from residents or owners within a distance of one thousand feet from the property in question.
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(e) Nothing in these by-laws shall prevent the re- construction and resumption of use of any non-conforming building which may hereafter be accidentally or criminally damaged ; provided the extent of damage be less than fifty per cent of the then assessed value of such buildings, and provided that the reconstruction be effected within one year from the occurrence of said damage.
SECTION 16. OCCUPANCY PERMIT.
No building erected, altered or in any way changed as to construction or use under a permit or otherwise shall be occupied or used without an occupancy permit signed by the Building Inspector, which permit shall not be issued until the building and its uses and accessory uses comply in ail respects with this by-law.
SECTION 17. LOCATION OF AUTOMOBILE SERVICES.
No public garage, automobile repair shop, greasing station, storage battery service station, or gasoline filling station, or any of their appurtenances or accessory uses, shall hereafter be placed within fifty feet of any residence district. No driveway to such premises shall be in any part within fifty feet of any residence district. No such premises shall have any driveway entrance or exit for motor vehicles within three hundred feet of the property used by any public or private school, public library, church, playground or institution for the sick or dependent, or for children under sixteen years of age. Every filling station shall hereafter be located fifteen feet inside the building line and no filling shall be done except into cars standing on the property of the filling station.
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It is further provided that any existing public garage of first class construction may be added to or altered to the extent of the area of the lot owned and recorded by the owners of said garage at the time of adoption of the Zoning plan ; such additions and alterations to be of first class con- struction and erected so as to improve the property.
SECTION 18. PERMITS BY SELECTMEN REQUIRED.
No permit for an apartment house or for the place of business of any blacksmith, builder, carpenter, contractor, mason, plumber, roofer, tinsmith, telephone exchange, up- holsterer, undertaker, or for any mentioned use under heads 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of Section 6, or for anything permitted only under Section 7, shall be issued by the Building In- spector except with the written approval of the Selectmen as provided in Section 19 and subject to such conditions as the Board of Selectmen may deem proper.
SECTION 19. PERMITS BY SELECTMEN.
Any person desiring to obtain the permission of the Selectmen, for any purpose for which permission is re- quired under this by-law, shall make written application therefor and the Selectmen shall hold a public hearing thereon after such notice as they may direct and render a decision. They may make rules for such hearings, and shall notify all holders of real estate who might be affected and shall at such hearings hear such owners and others who may desire to be heard. No permit shall be granted by the Selectmen without considering the effects upon the neigh- borhood and the Town. If a permit may be issued with conditions, such as will protect the community, such con- ditions shall be specified in writing on the permit, and such
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conditions may from time to time be changed in the in- terest of the community. If a permit would result in sub- stantial injury it shall be refused.
SECTION 20. VARIATIONS.
In general this by-law is supplementary to other laws and by-laws affecting the use, height and area of buildings and premises. Where this by-law imposes a greater re- striction upon the use of buildings or premises than is im- posd by existing provisions of law or by-laws, the provi- sions of this by-law shall control.
SECTION 21. PLATS.
Applications for building permits shall be accompa- nied by a plat of the lot in duplicate, drawn to scale, show- ing the actual dimensions of the lot and the exact location and size of the building already upon the lot, and of the building to be erected, together with streets and alleys on and adjacent to the lot. A record of such applications and plats shall be kept on file in the office of the Building In- spector.
SECTION 22. ENFORCEMENT.
This by-law shall be administered by the Building In- spector who shall be appointed annually by the Selectmen. He shall approve no applications of any kind, plans and specifications and intended use for which are not in all respects in conformity with this by-law. He shall grant no permit for any use which would in his opinion prove to have, in the location where it seeks to establish itself, any nuisance qualities, notwithstanding any provision of this by-law which would seem to permit such use. Where a permit may be granted with conditions that would improve
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or protect the status of the community, such conditions shall be imposed and made a part of the record.
SECTION 23. APPEALS.
Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the Building Inspector or the Selectmen to issue a permit under the pro- visions of this by-law, or any person aggrieved by the is- suance of a permit or by a decision of the Building Inspec- tor or the Selectmen made under the provisions of this by-law, may appeal under the provisions of Section 27 and 27A, Chapter 40, of the General Laws.
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