HomeMy WebLinkAbout1947 Warrant"4017P WARRANT
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Me Commonwealth of I-Tassachusetts
Middlesex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Reading, "reeting:
Tn the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to noti-
_..n fy and warn the inhabitants of the "own, of Reading, oualified to
xrw,:r vote in elections and town affairs to meet in Security Hall, 1'Ioburn
Street, in said Reading on
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at eight o'clock in the evening, to act on the following articles
Article 1. To hear and act on the reports of Town officers and
special committees and determine what instructions will be given
Town officers and special committees.
:'article To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate
from available funds and transfer to the T,Tunieipal Building ITain-
tenance Account, or what it wi;_1 do in relation thereto.
Board of "selectmen.
Article 3. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate
from available funds and. transfer to the 'Police ?department T,Tainten-
ance Account, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Bo.rd of Selectmen.
Article 4. To see what sum the :gown will vote to appropriate
from available funds and transfer to the "Pire Department Maintenance
account, or what it will do in relation thereto.
:Board of Selectmen.
Article 5. To see what sum the gown will vote to appropriate
from available funds for the purpose of reimbursing T?olice Officer
Rdward Hubbard for medical expenses and. hospital charges resulting
from injuries sustained in line of duty or what it will do in re-
lation thereto. Board of `Selectmen.
Article 6. To see chat sum the Town. will vote to € ppropriate
from available funds for the purpose of printing the report and
incidental expenses of the 711age and Salary Classification Committee
or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen.
'article 7. To see if the Town will vote to establish. a Committee
for the purpose of studying arid. resurveying the zoning by-la`- and
building code with a view of making such recommendations to the
Town to meet the present requirements of the Town, or what it will
do in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen.
Article 8. To see if the Town, will vote to close all of the
Town offices on Saturdays as authorized by Chapter 265 of the Acts
of 1947, or ijiat it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
:article 9. To see if the Town will vote' to authorize the Hoard
3 of Selectmen to sell upon such terms and conditions as they may
determine a parcel of land owned by the Town and situated on the
Northerly side of 7illo-o Street and containing --18,120 square feet,
or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to amend the zoning
by-lav,j and zoning map b,; extending the Residence 'A 2" District so
as to include therein the aroa hereinafter described;
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Beginning at a point 250 feet 1ortherly from the junction of
Haverhill and T'ranklin Streets at the present ?residence 4A2"
'District:
thence ~I0'zTBT DIY by the center line of Haverhill Street 1'750
feet more or less to a point opposite the Z?ortherly boundary
line of land of Oscar I`. Batchelder; thence turning and running
T 0-R ',7 9T7TRLY by a stone wall marking the Northerly line of land
of said B€itche"lder 750 feet more or less to a drill hole at an
angle in said stone wall;
thence turning and running T"77,9T7"LY 3500 feet more or less to
a point 250 feet 1,asterly from the center line of Pearl Street at
its most ?'Yortheasterly point and the present boundary line of the
Residence "A 2" .District;
thence `OITT ?}~1Y and 'Q?YTY"' `ITT LY by the existing boundary line
of the Present Residence '"A 2" ')istrict paralleling Pearl and.
"'rankli.r, Streets to the point of beginning;
so that the above described area shall be rezoned and changed to
and become a port of the Residence "A 2" District.
Board of Selectmen.
Article 1.1. To see what sum the gown will vote to appropriate
from available funds and transfer to the Lown Clerk's expenses, or
what it will do in relation thereto.
Article 12. To see what sum the town will vote to appropriate
from available funds and transfer to General Aid, Aid to Dependent
Children, and (old Age Assistance, or what it will do ir, relation
thereto. Board of Public 71elfare.
Article 13. To see•shat sum the Town. will appropriate from
available funds for the payment of a certain unpaid account due in
1946, under authority of Section 64 of Chapter 44 of the General ~+rv f
Laws, and covering rent for quarters for an individual aided by
the ioiTn, or what it will do in relation thereto. w
Board of ''ublic Telfare.
Article 14. To sae if the Town will vote to accept the provisions
of Chapter 615 of the -Acts of 1947, being an .let to increase the
amounts of pensions payable to certain former public employees 7ho
have been retired, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Contributory retirement Board.
Article 15. To see what sum the Town will appropriate from
available funds and transfer to the `,later Department, YYaintenance,
Operation and. Construction ;?account or what it will do in relation
thereto. Board of rublic 'FIbrks.
Article 16. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate
by borrowing or otherwise for the purpose of laying water mains and
for the development oil additional wells including the suction :rains
or what it will do in relation. thereto.
3oard of 'Public ~ otks.
Article 17. To see That sum the To~jn will vote to appropriate
from available funds and transfer to the snow and ice account, or
vilh rt it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public 71orks.
Article 18. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate
fr>m available funds for the purpose of maintaining, repairing,
purchasing and operating road machinery and equipment for the use of
and under the direction of, the Board of Public 1.7orks, or what it
will do in relation thereto.
Board of Y'ublic ",forks.
Article 19. To see what sum the gown, will wise and appropri-
ate by borrowing and from available funds or otherwise for the
construction of severs or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of ?'ublic "Yorks.
And qou, are directed to serve this 17arrant by posting an at-
tested copy thereof in at least three public places _ln each pre-
cinct of the Town, not less than seven days prior to October 27,
1947, the date set for the meeting in said 11`arrart, and to pub-
fish this '"jt..rrant in the ?°ading Chronicle, one day at least
prior to said date.
Fereof fail not and make due return of this "'arrant with your
doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time appoint-
..ed for said meeting.
'given under our hands this fifteenth day of October, 1947.
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CHAS. 7711YINSON
Selectmen of ??eading
Officer's Return
Viddlesex9 ss.
leading, Vass. , October 2501947
3y virtue of this warrant, I on October seventeenth, 1947 noti-
fied and warned the inhabitants of the mown of Reading, qualified
to vote in elections and town affairs to m--.et in `security Hall,
'oburn Street in said Reading, as the designated place of the
four precincts of the town at the time specified in, this warrant,
by posting attested copies thereof in the following public places
within. said lows of Reading.
'precinct 1. Austin's Lunch Room, 17 Farrlder, Street
The Danforth ''h arLmacy, l Harnden Street
Central Fire Station
'Precinct 2. ITasonic Lemple Building
Lyceum Tall -9uilding
r~ T+' Charles' Store, 610 Twain Street
Boston & Maine Railroad 'Depot
Odd Fellows Building
.recinct 3. 7aterhouse's Neighborhood Store, 36 ":Rineral Street
Benny's Neighborhood. Store, 16S Lowell Street
'Ingine f_12' House, 7oburn Itreet
'rec iric t 4. "u±f is ipa wilding
7i.tzow's Neighborhood Store, 87 Lowell Street
IoLaughlin's Neighborhood Store, 1051 main Street
Arid I caused an attested copy of this warrant to be published.
in the `heading Chronicle in the issue of October 23rd. The date
of posting being more than seven days prior to the date set for
the meeting in this warrant and the date of publication being
more than one day prior to the date of meeting.
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Constable of w,eading
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Security Hall
October 27, 1947
The meeting was called to order by the ?!oderator at the time
specified in the "Tarrant.
The !7arrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, when on
:notion of Charles 17. 17ilkinson it was voted to dispense with the
further reading of the ``arrant, except the Constables ?Return,`
which was then read by the gown Clerk.
Article 1. R- 7,"OT?' AN`~ R7C~"T-,Y7A"- ON 0?' H71 'I,A?fjr jIj C 130 U
An application was made to the "fanning Board to hold.a public
hearing in accordance i~jith the provisions of General Laws (Ter-
centenary 741dition), Chapter 40, Section 7, with respect to re-
zoning an area of approximately eighteen and four-tenths (18.4)
acres of land located westerly of Haverhill Street and northerly
of Franklin t.reet, now included in a ?Residence A3 District (re-
quiring a, minimum lot size of 40,000 square feet), so that said
area would become a part of the 'Residence A2 District (requiring
a minimum lot size of 15,000 souare feet).
After consideration the Board decided to increase the area under
consideration by including additional adjoining land of a similar
character to the extent that the entire area would comprise approx-
imately sixty (60) acres including the eighteen and four-tenths
(13.4) acres owned by the applicant.
Consequently, after due notice in conformance with the proVisions
of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 7, the "Tanning Board held a
public hearing on October 20, 1947 on the matter of the proposed
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amendment to the Zoning 3y-Law and Zoning "zap. The area in ouesti on
is described as follows:
Beginning at a point two hundred and fifty (250) feet
northerly from the junction of Haverhill and rrarklin
Streets at the present ?:Residence A2 District; thence
northerly by the center line of Haverhill ^treet seven-
teen hundred and fifty (1750) feet more or less to a
point opposite the northerly boundary line of land of
Oscar Batchelder; thence turning and running north-
westerly by a stone wall marking the northerly line of
land of said Batchelder seven. hundred and fifty (750)
feet more or less, to a drill hole at are angle in said
stone wall: thence turning and running westerly fifteen
hundred (1500) feat more or less, to a point two hun-
dred and fifty (2150j feet easterly, from the center line
of "earl Street at its most northeasterly paint and the
present boundary line of the ?Residence A8 District;
thence southerly and southeasterly by the existing boun-
dary line of the present Residence A2 District parallel-
ing Pearl and '"ranklin Streets to the point of beginning.
At the hearing the petitioner stated that he felt that the mini-
mum lot size required by tho Zoning 3y-laW for a residence A: Dis-
trict, namely forty thousand (40,000) scuare :Feet, was excessive and
discouraged prospective purchasers. He described the land as at-
tractive for residential building purposes.
'To persons at1peared in opposition to the petition.
fhe : lar.ring Board recommends that the Zoning By-law and the
"coning Irap be amended to include the above described land in the
residence A2 District.
PHIl7P R. 77HIT7
A. LLOYb DAVID
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INH3n" "'M'AR
"lanning Board