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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-11-12 Special Town Meeting WarrantSPECIAL TOWN MEETING (Seal) COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS November 12, 1987 Middlesex, ss. To either of the constables of the Town of Reading, Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are (T hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet at the Parker Middle School, 45 Temple Street in said Reading, on Thursday, November 12, 1987, at seven-thirty o' clock in the eve- ning to act on the following articles: ARTICLE 1 To hear and act on the reports of the Board of Selectmen, Town Accountant, Treasurer-Collector, Board of Asses- sors, Department of Public Works, Town Clerk, Tree Warden, Board of Health, School Committee, Contributory Retirement Board, Library Trustees, Municipal Light Board, Finance Committee, Cemetery Trustees, Community Planning & Development Commission, Town Manager and any other Boards or Special Committees. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 2 To choose all other necessary Town Officers and Special Committees and determine what instructions shall be given Town Officers and Special Committees. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 3 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Capital Improvement Program as provided for in Section 7-7 of the Reading Home Rule Charter, or take any action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to amend the vote taken under Article 6 of the warrant for the June 16, 1986 Spe- cial Town Meeting, which authorized the Board of Selectmen to convey all or any part of property described therein for the min- imum amount of Six Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars to Homart Development Company of Chicago, Illinois and upon such other terms and conditions as the Board of Selectmen shall con- sider proper, so as to provide that the property described in said Article 6 may be conveyed in one or more parcels and by one or more deeds and that one or more of the parcels so conveyed will be to Homart Development Company of Chicago, Illinois and that one or more of the parcels so conveyed will be to Embassy Suites, Inc. of Irvine, Texas, or some other designee of Homart Development Company of Chicago, Illinois, provided that the total amount to be received by the Town for the parcels conveyed shall not be less than the minimum amount specified in the vote under Article 6; and that in all other respects the vote taken under Article 6 is hereby ratified and confirmed, or take any other ac- tion with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 5 To see if the Town of Reading will vote to amend its zoning bylaws, by inserting as Section 4.9 the text of said Section set forth in "Reading Planned Unit Development Bylaw, dated October 19, 198711, copies of which have been distributed to all Town Meeting Members and made available for public inspection at the office of the Town Clerk, the office of the Town Manager, the Reading Public Library, and at this Meeting; or to take any other action with respect thereto. Community Planning & Development Commission 146 ARTICLE 6 To see if the Town of Reading will vote to amend its zoning bylaws, by inserting at the end of Section 3.1, Districts, a new line with entries under each column heading as follows; or to take any other action with respect thereto: Type Full Name Short Name "Overlay Planned Unit Development PUD10 Community Planning & Development Commission ARTICLE 7 To see if the Town of Reading will vote to amend its zoning bylaws, by inserting in the Section 4.2.2, Table of Uses, a new line under "Business and Service Uses" with -entries under each column heading and a footnote to be placed at the bot- tom of the table, as follows; or to take any other action with respect thereto: PRINCIPAL USES RES RES RES S-10 A-40 A-80 S-20 5-40 BUS BUS BUS A B C no no no IND "Planned Unit Development no no no SPP* *Planned Unit Development may be permitted only within a PUD Overlay District on the Zoning Map." Community Planning & Development Commission ARTICLE 8 To see if the Town of Reading will vote to amend its zoning map to establish a Planned Unit Development overlay dis- trict, as referred to in Section 4.9.2 of the Zoning Bylaws, and to include within that district the following described property; or to take any other action with respect thereto: Land situated on the northeast side of Walker's Brook Drive, formerly known as John Street, within the Industrial Dis- trict, being bounded and described as follows:: Beginning at the intersection of the center line of Walker's Brook Drive, and the Industrial District at the Reading/Wakefield Town Line; THENCE, running northwesterly along the center line of Walker's Brook Drive to its point of intersection with the boundary of the Industrial District; THENCE, turning and running clockwise along the boundary of the Industrial District to the point of beginning; BEING the land shown on the Board of Assessors Map 57, Par- cels 1, 2, 11, and 19 through 28, inclusive; Map 68, Parcels 6 & 7; and Land situated on the southwest side of Walker's Brook Drive, formerly known as John Street, within the Industrial Dis- trict, being bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the center line of Walker's Brook Drive and the Industrial District at the Reading/Wakefield Town Line; THENCE, running southwesterly along the boundary of the In- dustrial District to its point of intersection with the northeasterly property line of the Boston and Maine Railroad right of way; THENCE, turning and running northwesterly along the north- easterly property line of the Boston and Maine Railroad right of way to its point of intersection with the northwesterly boundary of the Industrial District; 147 ARTICLE 8 (Continued) THENCE, turning northeasterly and running clockwise along the boundary of the Industrial District to its intersection with the center line of Walker's Brook Drive, formerly known as John Street; THENCE, turning and running southeasterly along the center line of Walker's Brook Drive to the point of beginning; BEING the land shown on the Board of Assessors Map 45, Par- cels 1, 2, and 3, and Map 46, Parcels 1, and 3 through 10 inclusive. Community Planning & Development Commission ARTICLE 9 To see if the Town will vote to amend Paragraph 6.1.2.2 of the Zoning Bylaws of the Town relating to the size of parking spaces by adding thereto the following: "Notwithstanding the foregoing, in an Industrial District, each off-street parking space required to be provided for office or research and development use shall be not less than eight and one-half (8 1/2) feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in length, exclusive of drive and maneuvering space;" so that Paragraph 6.1.2.2. will read as follows, or take any other action with respect thereto: 116.1.2.2. Each required off-street parking space shall be not less than nine (9) feet in width and twenty (20) feet in length, exclusive of drive and maneuvering space. Each off- street loading and unloading space shall be not less than twelve (12) feet wide and thirty-five (35) feet long. Not- withstanding the foregoing, in an Industrial District, each off-street parking space required to be provided for office or research and development use shall be not less than eight and one-half (8 1/2) feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in length, exclusive of drive and maneuvering space." Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 10 To see if the Town will vote to amend the table following Paragraph 6.1.1.3 of the Zoning By-Laws of the Town by inserting at the end thereof the following under the columns respectively headed: Principal Use Minimum Number of Minimum Number Off-Street parking of Off-Street Spaces Required Loading and Unloading Spaces Required "Office or Research Three Spaces for Each One Space for and Development Thousand (1000) Square Each One Facility in Feet of Floor Area Hundred Industrial District or Fraction Thereof Thousand (100,000) Square Feet of Floor Area or Fraction Thereof" or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen ARTICLE 11 To see what sum the town will raise by borrowing or from the Tax Levy, or transfer from available funds, or other- wise, and appropriate to the various departments for the purpose of funding salaries to implement the recent pay and class- ification study, or take any other action with respect thereto. Board of Selectmen 148 And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an at- tested copy thereof in at least three (3) public places in each precinct of the Town not less than fourteen (14) days prior to November 12, 1987, the date set for the meeting in said Warrant, and to publish this Warrant in a newspaper published in the Town, or by mailing an attested copy of said Warrant to each Town Meet- ing Member at least fourteen (14) days prior to the time of hold- ing said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time ap- pointed for said meeting. Given under our hands this 20th day of October, 1987.' John H. Russell, Chairman Eugene R. Nigro, Vice Chairman Russell T. Graham, Secretary Paul E. Landers Mary S. Ziegler SELECTMEN OF READING T 149 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss. Officer's Return, Reading: By virtue of this Warrant, I, on October 22, 1987, notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at the place and at the time specified by posting attested copies of this warrant in the following public places within the Town of Reading: Precinct 1. Convenient Food Mart, 1349 Main Street Old Hose House, 1249 Main Street St. Athanasius Church, 300 Haverhill Street Precinct 2. Reading Police Station, 67 Pleasant Street Cumberland Farms, 305 Salem Street Anton Cleaners, 47 Harnden Street Precinct 3. Friendly Variety Store, 245 Washington Street Reading Liquors, 345 Main Street Wayside Bazaar, 107 Main Street Precinct 4. Hanson's Service Station, 4 West Street Dragon Corner Store, 206 West Street Spence Farm Market Gardens, 40 West Street Precinct 5. Community Center, 52 Sanborn Street B & M Railroad Station, High Street Joshua Eaton School, 365 Summer Avenue Precinct 6. Fire Station, 267 Woburn Street Housing for the Elderly, 1 Frank D.Tanner Drive Alice M. Barrows School, 16 Edgemont Avenue Precinct 7. Austin Preparatory School, 101 Willow Street P & S Convenient Store, 287 Lowell Street Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street Precinct 8. Meadowbrook Golf Club, 292 Grove Street Memorial High School, 62 Oakland Road Arthur W. Coolidge Jr. High School, 89 Birch Meadow Drive The date of posting being not less than fourteen days prior to November 12, 1987, the date set for the meeting in this War- rant. I also caused an attested copy of this Warrant to be pub- lished in the Reading Chronicle in the issue of October 23, 1987. Sally M. Hoyt Constable of Reading