HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-04-25 Special Town Meeting WarrantApril 30, 2013
Special Town Meeting
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, as. Offcefs Return, Reading:
By virtue of this Warrent, I, on March 20, 2013 notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to
vote on Town affairs, to meet at the place and at the time specified by posting attested copies of this Town Meeting
Warrant in the following public places within the Town of Reading:
Precinct 1
J. Warren Killam School, 333 Charles Street
Precinct 2
Reading Police Station, 15 Union Street
Precinct 3
Reading Municipal Light Department, 230 Ash Street
Precinct 4
Joshua Eaton School, 365 Summer Avenue
Precinct 5
Reading Library, Local History Room, 64 Middlesex Avenue
Precinct 6
Barrows School, 16 Edgemont Avenue
Precinct 7
Birth Meadow School, 27 Arthur B Lord Drive
Precinct 8
Wood End School, 85 Sunset Rock Lane
Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street
The date of posting being not
less than (14) days prior to April 25 2013 the date set for the Special Town Meetng
this Warrant.
I also caused an attested copy of this Warrant to be posted on the Town of Reading web site.
IN -IF MAIN
A true copy Attest:
Laura Gemme, Town Clerk
TOWN WARRANT
(SEAL)
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To any of the Constables of the Town of Reading, Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and wam the
inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet at the Reading
Memorial High School Performing Arts Center, 62 Oakland Road, in said Reading, on Thursday, April 25,
2013, at eight o'clock in the evening, at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and
determined exclusively by Town Meeting Members in accordance with the provisions of the Reading Home
Rule Charter
ARTICLE 1 To hear and act on the reports of the Board of Selectmen, Town Accountant, Treasurer -
Collector, Board of Assessors, Director 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 Official,
Board or Special Committee.
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, and to see what sum the Town will
vote to appropriate by borrowing or transfer from available funds, or otherwise, for the purpose of funding Town
Officers and Special Committees to carry out the instructions given to them, or take any other action with
respect thereto.
Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 3 To see if the Town will vote to amend the FY 2013 - FY 2022 Capital Improvements
Program as provided for in Section 7-7 of the Reading Home Rule Charter and as previously amended, or take
any other action with respect thereto.
Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 4.3.1.4 of the Reading Zoning By-laws as
follows:
1. Amend subsection 4.3.1.4.a by deleting the first words of the paragraph "As of November 16, 1998"
and adding at the end of the first sentence the words "or the lot(s) on which the nursing home is to be located
currently has frontageon a State highway, and the proposed driveway to the site will be within 600 feet of a
signalized intersection", so that this subsection shall read:
a. The lot(s) on which the nursing home is to be located either abuts or is partially within a Business A
District, or is separated therefrom only by an Interstate Highway; or the lot(s) on which the nursing
home is to be located currently has frontage on a State highway, and the proposed driveway is within
600 feet of a signalized intersection. A lot shall not be considered as abutting Business A District unless
that lot actually, physically touches the Business A District, or is separated therefrom only by an
Interstate Highway. A lot on the other side of or separated by a local street or state highway from a
Business A District shall not be considered to "abut" that district for the purpose of this section.
2. Amend subsection 4.3.1.4.b by deleting the words and numerals "Fifty (50) feet" and substituting the
words and numerals 'twenty-five (25) feet" so that this subsection shall read:
b. Any structure or parking area shall be located not closer than twenty-five (25) feet to any property line
abutting a residence or local public street.
3. Amend subsection 4.3.1.4.c by deleting the words and numerals "one hundred feet" and substituting
the words and numerals "eighty (80) feet"so that this subsection shall read:
The nursing home structure shall not be less than eighty (80) feet from the nearest
dwelling existing at the time of application for the Special Permit.
Or take any other action with respect thereto.
Community Planning and
Development Commission
and you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least one (1) public place in
each precinct of the Town not less than fourteen (14) days prior to April 25, 2013, or providing in a manner
such as electronic submission, holding for pickup or mailing, an attested copy of said Warrant to each Town
Meeting Member.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or
before the time appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands this W day of March '2013.
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SELECTMEN OF READING
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Ajan Jlrich, Constable