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Precinct 3. Waterhousets Store Benny's Stores Fire Station, Engine #2 Precinct. 4. Municipal Building Zitzowss Store u McLaughlin's Store 36 Mineral Street 163 Lowell Street Woburn Street 287 Lowell Street 1051 Main Street The ,date of posting being more than seven days prior to March 29, 1954, the date set for the meeting in this warrant. I also caused an attested copy of this warrant to be published in the Reading Chronicle in the issue of March 252 1954, the same being more than one day prior to the date of said meeting. (signed) James T. Putnam Constable of Reading SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Shepardson Mall, Junior High School March 29, 1954 The meeting eras called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. Howard, at 8:00 P.M. The warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, when on motion of Kenneth C. Latham., it was voted to dispense with further reading of the warrant except the constab]Bfs return which was read by the Town Clerk. Article 1. The following report was read by Robert G. Clinch: FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING BOARD On petition of a number of citizens of the town an article was placed in the warrant for the town meeting to be held on March 29, 1954 in which it was proposed to amend the Zoning By-Law and the Zoning Map of the Tote of Reading by increasing the minimum: lot sizes and mini-mum lot frontage requirements for Residences P istricts. Under the proposal xr.inimum lot areas uld be increased from the present fifteen thousand 115,000) square feet to twenty thousand (20,000) square feet and minimum front lot line measurements from one hundred (100) feet to one hundrel twenty (120) feet. In the present by-law a provision for a lesser frontage was made for lots located on curved roads and circles, but no reference to this provision was made in the proposed amendment. It is intended to offer an amendment at the town meeting on this matter. The Residence 2 Districts, restricted to single family dwellings, comprise approximately 45% of the total area of the town, or, 2,600 to 3,OOO acres. These.districts are located in two disconnected areas in the northerly, westerly and southwesterly parts of the town and are generally outside of the gravity sewer district as it now exists and to a great extents would require private sewage disposal systems. They are similar in character and at esent contain a certain number of residences or recorded lots. The area includes many relatively large tracts under separate ownership. The present population of the town is estimated to be in the vicinity of 15,000 and steadily increasing. Assuming the continuation of the policy of single residence zoning restrictions, it is believed that the ultimate saturation point for construction of dwellings vn uld occur should the population figure reach 30,000. It is evident that the land available and suitable for high grade