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ADJOURNED SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Reading Memorial High School December 5, 1988
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Paul C.
Dustin, there being a quorum present.
The Invocation was given by Reverend Robert K. Sweet of old
South United Methodist Church, followed by the Pledge of Al-
legiance to the Flag.
ARTICLE 8. On motion of John H. Russell, it was voted that
the Town reconsider its action under Article 8 of the 1988 Spe-
cial Town Meeting taken on December 1, 1988.
ARTICLE 8. John R. Rivers moved that the Town of Reading
vote to amend the Reading Zoning Map to establish a Planned
Residential Development overlay district, as referenced in Sec-
tion 4.10.2. of the Reading Zoning By-Laws, and to include within
that overlay district the following described property:
Beginning at a point on the northeasterly sideline of
Hopkins Street at the Reading/Wakefield Town Line, said
point being the intersection of those portions of said
Town Line described on the Reading Zoning Map by the
following lengths and directions: South 80 degrees 36
minutes West, 1464 feet, and South 10 degrees 50 minutes
West, 1554 feet; Thence northwesterly along the north-
easterly sideline of Hopkins Street a distance of 260
feet more or less, to the point where the common bound-
ary between Lots 51 and 52 as shown on the Reading
Assessor's Plat 13 intersects
with the sideline of Hopkins Street;
Thence northeasterly a distance of 197 feet more or
less, along the common boundary between said Lots 51 and
52, to the southerly sideline of Cedar Street as shown
on said Assessor's Plat 13;
Thence westerly along the southerly sideline of said
Cedar Street a distance of 100 feet more or less to the
southeasterly corner of the area where Cedar Street in-
tersects with Bear Hill Road so as to abut or include in
part that portion of Cedar Street which was laid out as
a public way by document number 129383, at the Land
Registration Office, Middlesex South District Registry
of Deeds;
Thence northerly across Cedar Street a distance of 50
feet more or less according to "Plan of Cedar Street,
Reading, Mass. Feb. 1934, Scale 1 in - 40 ft, Board of
Public Works, Alexander Birnie, Supt" recorded at Mid-
dlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Land Registra-
tion Office as document number 129383,.to a point;
Thence easterly along the northerly sideline of Cedar
Street 200 feet more or less to the westerly sideline of
Fourth Street as shown on said Assessor's Plat 13;
Thence northerly along the westerly sideline of Fourth
Street a distance of 590 feet more or less to the north-
erly sideline of North Street;
Thence easterly along the northerly sideline of North
Street a distance of 520 feet more or less to the
easterly sideline of Sixth Street;
Thence southerly along the easterly sideline of Sixth
Street a distance of 290 feet more or less;
Thence easterly a distance of 158 feet more or less;
Thence southerly a distance of 160 feet more or less;
Thence westerly a distance of 115 feet more or less;
Thence southerly a distance of 488 feet more or less;
Thence westerly a distance of 51 feet more or less;
Thence southerly a distance of 4 feet more or less;
Thence westerly a distance of 490 feet more or less
along the Reading/Wakefield Town Line to said point of
beginning of this description.
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Adjourned Special Town Meeting December 5, 1988
Intending to describe all of Lots 49, 39, 40, 46, 48, 47, 50, and
51, all as shown on Reading Board of Assessors Plat 13 of 1986;
and all of. Lot 3a as shown on Reading Board of Assessors Plat 14
of 1985; and including those portions of Cedar Street easterly of
Bear Hill Road, of North Street easterly of the westerly sideline
of Fourth Street, and of Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Streets
southerly of the northerly sideline of North Street; but specifi-
cally excluding all of Lots 41, 42, 43, 44, and 45 as shown on
said Plat 13, which lots iri the aggregate describe a' tract of
land of dimensions of 100 feet by 250 feet more or less wholly
surrounded by the property herein described.
67 voted in the affirmative
43 voted in the negative
2/3 vote required
This motion was voted in the negative.
On motion of John W. Price, it was voted that this Special
Town Meeting stand adjourned sine die.
Meeting adjourned 8:30 P.M.
103 Town Meeting Members present.
A true copy. Attest:
Doris M. Fantasia
Town Clerk
ADJOURNED SUBSEQUENT TOWN MEETING
Reading Memorial High School December 5, 1988;
Adjourned Subsequent Town Meeting resumed at 8:30 P.M.
ARTICLE 36. John W. Faria, Precinct 2, moved reconsidera-
tion of the subject matter of Article 36 of the Subsequent Town
Meeting voted on November 21, 1988.
77 voted in the affirmative
53 voted in the negative
2/3 vote required
This motion was voted in the negative.
ARTICLE 37. Thomas J. Stohlman moved that the Town of Read-
ing vote to add the following section to the Reading Zoning
Bylaws relating to the size of parking spaces:
116.1.2.2.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in a Business C
or Industrial District, with a Special Permit granted by the
Community Planning and Development commission, each off-
street parking space required to be provided in connection
with a research and development facility shall not be less
than eight and one-half (8-1/2) feet in width and eighteen
(18) feet in length, exclusive of drives and maneuvering
space. Said Commission may require parking spaces which are
to be used for visitors or which otherwise may be subject to