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Middlesex, ss. Officer's Return, Reading:
By virtue of this Warrant, I, on April 6, 2000 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 Registry of Motor Vehicles, 275 Salem Street
Precinct 3 Reading Police Station, 15 Union Street
Precinct 4 Joshua Eaton School, 365 Summer Avenue
Precinct 5 Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street
Precinct 6 Alice M. Barrows School, 16 Edgemont Avenue
Precinct 7 Reading Library, Local History Room, 64 Middlesex Avenue
Precinct 8 Arthur W. Coolidge, Middle School, 89 Birch Meadow Drive
The date of posting being not less than fourteen (14) days prior to April 27, 2000,
the date set for the Special Town Meeting in this Warrant.
I also caused an attested copy of this Warrant to be published in the Reading
Chronicle in the issue of April 10, 2000.
Daniel W. Halloran, Constable
A true co y. Attest.
heryl A. hnson, To n Clerk
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
(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 warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and
Town affairs, to meet at the Reading Memorial High School Auditorium, 62 Oakland
Road, on Thursday, April 27, 2000 at seven thirty 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 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 to Town Officers and Special
Committees, and to see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or transfer from
available funds, or otherwise, and appropriate 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 2000-FY 2009
Capital Improvements Program as provided for in Section 7-7 of the Reading Home Rule
Charter, or take any other action with respect thereto.
Board of Selectmen
ARTICLE 4 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Reading Zoning By-
Laws as follows, or take any other action with respect thereto:
a) Amend Section 4.9.4.2. Permitted Uses: as follows:
Delete the phrase "Full-Service" from subsection c.
2. Insert the phrase "which don't comply with subsection g. hereof " after the
phrase "Residential uses" in subsection f.
3. Re-alphabetize current subsection g. to subsection i.
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4. Add the following as subsection g.:
"g. Apartments, provided the following conditions are met:
i. at least one property line of the PUD abuts an existing Residential
District;
ii. not more than fifty percent (50%) of the land area of the PUD is
apartment or other residential use (including parking, accessory uses and
amenities);
iii. the PUD contains at least thirty (30) acres;
iv. at least ten percent (10%) of the units are restricted to low or moderate
income or elderly housing in perpetuity in a manner acceptable to the
Reading Housing Authority; and all such units shall be similar to market
rate units as to size, build-out and amenities; and
v. all structures containing such units shall be set back a minimum of thirty
(30) feet from the boundary of a Residential District;"
5. Add the phrase "Computer Services;" as subsection h.
b) Amend the first sentence of the second paragraph of Section 4.9.4.6.2. of the
Zoning By-Laws by adding at the end thereof the phrase "except for those
buildings which comply with Section 4.9.4.2.g. hereof', so that said sentence
shall read as follows:
"All residential buildings within a PUD shall be at least 30 feet from the parcel
boundary but no further than 200 feet from a Residential District except for those
buildings which comply with Section 4.9.4.2.g. hereof."
Community Planning and Development Commission
ARTICLE 5 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Reading Zoning By-
Laws as follows, or take any other action with respect thereto:
a) Amend Section 5.1.2. Table of Dimensional Controls by adding the footnote
"*Except as provided in Section 5.2.5.3."
after the number "60" in the rows entitled "Hotel or Motel - In Ind Districts" and
"Other Permitted Principal Use - In Ind Districts" in the column entitled
"Maximum Building Height".
b) Amend Section 5.2.5. Height: of the Zoning By-Laws by adding the following as
Section 5.2.5.3.:
"5.2.5.3. In the Industrial District, a hotel or motel or other permitted principal
building may have a maximum height of eighty four (84) feet if the
following conditions are met:
a. Between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM (EST) from February 21 to October
21, no building shall cast a shadow on any residential structure in existence at
the time of the building permit application;
b. Along major streets, as defined in Section 4.9.2.1., such buildings shall be set
back the greater of seventy-five (75) feet or the height of the building, and a
landscaped and/or naturally vegetated buffer at least fifty (50) feet wide shall be
provided along such major streets, except where there are curb cuts; and
c. The building is located on a lot of at least twenty-five (25) acres."
Community Planning and Development Commission
ARTICLE 6 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Reading Zoning By-
Laws as follows, or take any other action with respect thereto:
a) Amend Section 5.1.2. Table of Dimensional Controls of the Zoning By-Laws,
under use categories "Hotel or Motel" and "Other Permitted Uses" in the rows
entitled "in Bus-C Districts by deleting the numbers "50", "20" and "85" in the
columns respectively entitled "Front feet", "Rear feet", and "Maximum Building
Height" and substituting therefor the numbers 10, 10 and 55* and adding the
following described * footnote, so that those portions of the Table of Dimensional
Controls will read as follows:
Area Sq.
Feet
Frontage
feet
Front feet
Side
feet
Rear
feet
Coverage %
of lot
Maximum Building
Height feet
N.A.
N.A.
10
10
10
60
55*
Fifty-five (55) feet, except ninety-five (95) feet if the structure is located
within four hundred (400) feet of the property line adjacent to Route 128,
including ramps, and south of Jacob Way and excluding areas within two
hundred (200) feet of the residential zoning district to the west, all as
more specifically shown on a plan entitled: "Plan Showing Height
Limitation and Setback Areas, Business C District in Reading, Mass.",
dated March 27, 2000, Scale 1" = 60', by Hayes Engineering, Inc., on file
with the Reading Town Clerk.
b) Amend Section 5.3.1 Transitional Areas of the Zoning By-Laws by deleting the
text and substituting therefor the following text:
"Buildings in Business A, Business B and Industrial Districts located in the same
block as, and within one hundred fifty (150) feet of a Residence District, and
buildings in a Business C District within one hundred (100) feet of a Residence
District shall be subject to the following additional requirements;"
c) Amend Section 5.3.1.1. Table of Additional Dimensional Controls for Transitional
Areas of the Zoning By-Laws by deleting the rows entitled "Business C -
Adjoining", "Business C - within 100 feet", and "Business C - within 150 feet".
d) Amend Section 5.3.1.3. of the Zoning By-Laws by deleting in the first sentence
thereof the phrase "a Business C or" and substituting therefor the word "an", by
deleting in subsection a. the phrase "Residential/Business C" and substituting
therefor the word "Residential", by deleting in subsection a. the phrase "Business
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C and/or" and by deleting in subsection b. the phrase "Business C and/or', so
that Section 5.3.1.3. shall read as follows:
"5.3.1.3. As part of all new construction of any building, parking lot,
structure, or any extension or addition thereto in an Industrial District and where
such construction abuts within one hundred twenty-five (125) feet of any
Residential District, a buffer strip is to be established subject to the following
requirements:
a. Said buffer strip shall have a twelve (12) foot minimum depth and contain
a curb to prevent parking within the strip, a six (6) foot high fence which shall be
located a maximum of two (2) feet from the abutting Residential and/or industrial
lot line and contain an evergreen hedge on the Industrial side of the fence which
is to be at least three (3) feet in height at the time of planting and will provide a
year-round dense visual screen and attain a height of at least seven (7) feet
within five years of planting.
b. Said buffer strip shall be constructed along the full abutting length of any
Residential District lots so affected and lie entirely within the Industrial District."
e) Amend Section 5.3.1 of the Zoning By-Laws by adding the following as Section
5.3.1.4.:
"5.3.1.4. All new construction of any building, parking lot, structure, or any
extension or addition thereto in the Business C District shall be
subject to the following requirements:
a. No building shall be located within one hundred (100) feet of a
Residence District.
b. There shall be a landscaped buffer strip of a minimum width of
twenty-five (25) feet along the full abutting length of a Residence
District. Said buffer shall be a densely planted staggered double
row of a 70/30 mixture of evergreen/deciduous trees. Plant
material shall be such that a minimum of seven (7) feet in height is
reached within the first five (5) years of planting. Plant material
shall be maintained in a healthy condition or replaced to attain
previously noted height. Buffer edge shall be planted a minimum
of two (2) feet off of the property line abutting residential property.
c. No parking area shall be located within twenty-five (25) feet of the
Residence District, and no parking area or building shall be
allowed in Restricted Area "A" as shown on the plan entitled:
"Plan Showing Height Limitation and Setback Areas, Business C
District in Reading, Mass.", dated March 27, 2000, Scale 1" = 60',
by Hayes Engineering, Inc., on file with the Reading Town Clerk.".
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f) Amend Section 5.2.8.1. of the Zoning By-Laws by inserting the phrase "and
Business C" after the phrase "Apartment 80" so that Section 5.2.8.1. shall read
as follows:
"5.2.8.1. In any district other than Apartment 80 and Business C, not more than
one principal building shall be erected on a lot."
g) Amend Section 6.1.1.2. of the Zoning By-Laws by adding at the end thereof
provided, however, that in a Business C District, off-street parking areas or
loading and unloading areas may be provided on or off the same lot as the use
they serve so long as they are located within the Business C District and
provided such parking and loading rights are evidenced by legally sufficient
instruments approved as to form by Town Counsel and filed with the Town
Clerk.", so that Section 6.1.1.2. shall read as follows:
"6.1.1.2. Off-street parking areas, or loading and unloading areas shall be
provided on the same lot as the use they serve, except that the Board of Appeals
may permit off-street parking areas to be provided on another lot, but in no event
shall such areas be more than three hundred (300) feet distance from the use
they serve; provided, however, that in a Business C District, off-street parking
areas or loading and unloading areas may be provided on or off the same lot as
the use they serve so long as they are located within the Business C District and
provided such parking and loading rights are evidenced by legally sufficient
instruments approved as to form by Town Counsel and filed with the Town
Clerk."
h) Amend Section 6.1.2.2. of the Zoning By-Laws by deleting the phrase "twenty
(20)" and substituting therefor the phrase "eighteen (18)" and by inserting after
the first sentence the sentence "For off-street parking spaces in enclosed
accessory structures, such spaces shall be not less than eight (8) feet, six (6)
inches in width, seventeen (17) feet in length, with twenty-six (26) foot aisle
widths.", so that said Section 6.1.2.2. shall read as follows:
"6.1.2.2. Each required off-street surface parking space shall be not less than
nine (9) feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in length, exclusive of drives and
maneuvering space. For off-street parking spaces in enclosed accessory
structures, such spaces shall be not less than eight (8) feet, six (6) inches in
width, seventeen (17) feet in length, with twenty-six (26) foot aisle widths. Each
off-street loading and unloading space shall be not less than twelve (12) feet
wide and thirty-five (35) feet long."
i) Amend Section 6.1.1.3. Table of Off-Street Parking And Loading/Unloading
Requirements of the Zoning By-Laws by deleting the text in the rows entitled
"Lodging Houses, Hotels, Motels and Tourist Homes", "Industrial and
Manufacturing Establishments" and "Office and Professional Building", under the
columns entitled "Minimum Number of Off-Street Loading and Unloading Spaces
Required" and substituting therefor in each row the following:
"One space if 0 - 100,000 square feet of gross floor area; two spaces if 100,001-
150,000 square feet of gross floor area; three spaces if 150,001-300,000 square
feet of gross floor area; four spaces if over 300,000 square feet of gross floor
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area, plus one space for each additional 150,000 square feet of gross floor area
over 450,000 square feet of gross floor area."
j) Amend Section 6.1.1.3. Table of Off-Street Parking And Loading/Unloading
Requirements of the Zoning By-Laws by adding in the row entitled "Restaurant"
under the column entitled "Minimum Number of Off-Street Loading and
Unloading Spaces Required" the following footnote:
No additional spaces shall be required for restaurants located in hotels where
the gross floor area of the restaurant has been included in the gross floor area.of
the hotel."
k) Amend Section 4.2.2. Table of Uses of the Zoning By-Laws as follows:
In the column entitled "Bus C":
in the row entitled "Public and Quasi-Public Uses - Private
Kindergartens" delete "No" and substitute therefor "Yes";
in the row entitled "Industrial Uses - Enclosed Storage"
delete "Yes" and substitute therefor "No";
in the row entitled "Recreational Uses - Commercial Amusements"
delete "SPS" and substitute therefor "No";
in the row entitled "Accessory Uses - Manufacturing & Industrial"
delete "No" and substitute therefor "Yes"; and
In the row entitled "Accessory Uses - Consumer Service"
delete "No" and substitute therefor "Yes".
1) Amend Section 2.0 Definitions of the Zoning By-Laws by adding the following
as Section 2.2.7.2.:
"2.2.7.2. Computer Services: The development of computer and related
components for purposes of software, hardware and electronic commercial
businesses, with assembly and distribution restricted to support said
development as an accessory use.
m) Amend Section 2.2.16 "Height of A Building" by adding at the end thereof the
following:
"For buildings with more than one principal front, said vertical distance shall be
measured from the average of the established grade or the natural grade, as
applicable, measured at the centerline of each principal front."
Community Planning and Development Commission
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ARTICLE 7 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Reading Zoning Map
as follows, or take any other action with respect thereto:
Rezone from S-15 and S-20 Residence Districts to the Business C District those
portions of the land situated off Jacob Way shown on Reading Board of Assessors' Rev.
Jan. 1, 1994 Map 4 as Lots 11A and 25 and on Reading Board of Assessors' Rev. Jan.
1, 1982 Map 5 as Lots 2, 5, 13, 16, 17 and 18, and part of Jacob Way, not currently
zoned Business C, and, being shown on a plan on file with the Reading Town Clerk
entitled: "Plan Showing Areas of Former Addison Wesley Property in the Business C
District in Reading, Mass.", dated March 27, 2000, by Hayes Engineering, Inc.
Community Planning and Development Commission
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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 27, 2000, 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 Meeting Member at least fourteen (14) days prior to the time of holding 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 appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands this 4th day of April, 2000.
r Sally M~Hoyt, Chai an
Matthew J. Nestor, Vice Chairman
George . Hines, Secretary
Camille W. Anthony
GGC~ rru''t
Matthew Cummings
SELECTMEN OF READING
Daniel VV. Halloran, Constable
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Reading Memorial High School April 27, 2000
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Alan E. Foulds, at 7:40 p.m., there being a
quorum present.
The Invocation was given by Anthony L. Rickley, Precinct 2, followed by the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag.
Point of Personal Privilege by Harvey J. Dahl, Precinct 8, responding to comments made on
Monday in the form of personal attacks (accusations) on individuals who volunteer as members
of boards and committees.
ARTICLE 1 - On motion by Sally M. Hoyt, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, it was moved
to table Article 1.
ARTICLE 2 - On motion by Sally M. Hoyt, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, it was moved
to table the subject matter of Article 2.
ARTICLE 3 - On motion by Sally M. Hoyt, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, it was moved
to table Article 3.
ARTICLE 4 - On motion by Jonathan E. Barnes, Chairman of the Community Planning and
Development Commission, it was moved that the Town vote to amend the Reading Zoning By-
Laws as follows:
a) Amend Section 4.9.4.2. Permitted Uses: as follows:
1. Delete the phrase "Full-Service" from subsection c.
2. Insert the phrase "which do not comply with subsection g. hereof " after the phrase
"Residential uses " in subsection f.
3. Re-alphabetize current subsection g. to subsection i.
4. Add the following as subsection g.:
"g. Apartments, provided the following conditions are met:
(1) at least one property line of the PUD abuts an existing Residential
District;
(2) not more than fifty percent (50%) of the land area of the PUD is
apartment or other residential use (including parking, accessory
uses and amenities);
(3) the PUD contains at least thirty (30) acres;
(4) at least ten percent (10%) of the units are restricted to low or
moderate income or elderly housing in perpetuity in a manner
acceptable to the Reading Housing Authority; and all such units
shall be similar to market rate units as to size, build-out and
amenities; and
(5) all structures containing apartment units shall be set back a minimum
of thirty (30) feet from the boundary of a Residential District;"
5. Add the phrase "Computer Services;" as subsection h.
b) Amend the first sentence of the second paragraph of Section 4.9.4.6.2. of
the Zoning By-Laws by adding at the end thereof the phrase "except for
those buildings which comply with Section 4.9.4.2.g. hereof', so that said
sentence shall read as follows:
"All residential buildings within a PUD shall be at least 30 feet from the parcel boundary
but no further than 200 feet from a Residential District except for
those buildings which comply with Section 4.9.4.2.8. hereof."
ARTICLE 4 - On motion by Robert A. Brown, Precinct 6, it was moved to amend Article 4 by
deleting subsection g.
Motion did not carry.
ARTICLE 4 - On motion by William C. Brown, Precinct 8, it was moved to indefinitely
postpone Article 4.
Motion did not cane.
ARTICLE 4 - On motion by Gerald L. MacDonald, Precinct 3, to move the question.
2/3 vote required
40 voted in the affirmative
103 voted in the negative
Motion to move did not carry
ARTICLE 4 - On motion by Michael F. Slezak, Precinct 6, it was voted to move the question.
2/3 vote required
135 voted in the affinnative
12 voted in the negative
Question moved
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April 27, 2000
ARTICLE 4 - Original Motion:
2/3 vote required
76 voted in the affirmative
75 voted in the negative
Original Motion did not carry
ARTICLE 4 - On motion by William C. Brown, Precinct 8, it was moved to reconsider the
subject matter of Article 4.
Motion to reconsider will be the first order of business at the next session of Town Meeting.
Point of Personal Privilege by Philip B. Pacino, Precinct 4, to adjourn town meeting.
Did not cane.
ARTICLE 5 - On motion by Jonathan E. Barnes, Chairman of the Community Planning and
Development Commission, it was voted to amend the Reading Zoning By-Laws as follows:
a) Amend Section 5.1.2. Table of Dimensional Controls by adding the footnote
"*Except as provided in Section 5.2.5.3."
after the number "60" in the rows entitled "Hotel or Motel - In Ind Districts"
and "Other Permitted Principal Use - In Ind Districts" in the column entitled "Maximum
Building Height".
b) Amend Section 5.2.5. Height: of the Zoning By-Laws by adding the following
as Section 5.2.5.3.:
"5.2.5.3. In the Industrial District, a hotel or motel or other permitted principal building
may have a maximum height of eighty four (84) feet if the following
conditions are met:
a. Between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM (EST) from February 21 to October 21, no
building shall cast a shadow on any residential structure in existence at the time of the
building permit application;
b. Along major streets, as defined in Section 4.9.2.1., such buildings shall be set back the
greater of seventy-five (75) feet or the height of the building, and a landscaped and/or
naturally vegetated buffer at least fifty (50) feet wide shall be provided along such major
streets, except where there are curb cuts; and
c. The building is located on a lot of at least twenty-five (25) acres."
2/3 vote required
131 voted in the affirmative
1 voted in the negative
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April 27, 2000
Motion carried
On motion by Gail F. Wood, Precinct 2, it was voted that this Special Town Meeting stand
adjourned to meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Reading Memorial High School, on Monday, May 1, 2000.
Meeting adjourned at 10:50 p.m.
163 Town Meeting Members were present.
A true copy. Attest: Cheryl . Town Clerk
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April 27, 2000
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Ivey Croncerns from Residents,
What.We've Done
Schoolchildren analysis of existing.
Reading stock,-of apartments ' 0- s .
Water/Sewer Use,- Looked at capacity.
of system; water:&: sewer concerns;
water supply study de- ndIorecast :
Value of Developm_
x Resolved issue with developer
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Resulfs. Water/Sewed ` ;4
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Proposed conservation-program'goal of
saving 190,000gpd would offset*tofal water.,
use of laridfill and Addison Wesley.
Sewer upgrades occurring on Walker's
Brook'Drive that would h,4* ;:anyway<
CDM factored water needs into demand
fbrecasf as part,of water:supply study .
i. ~ aaaingmore'ehildren - '
intathe system ,x
M1i Water/Sewer Use impaefs on,,water
supply and wastewater-'capacity:
mn Value of Developrnenf Qfiice'
Component==Will it be built? When?
Results Schoolchildren '
Analysis showed less than 7 children per -
100 unrts in apartments& 9 per-;1,00 units;` "
in condos-,:lower= than numbers
supplied by..developer
;Analysisdid not discriminate around, ,
issue of "luxury housing" included all
units
Wl26200p _`L.
• ~i Leveiopment/Uttice` "
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fbeVelopmentValue atIBuildout , -
Lmcolnr :88 3 million
Dickirison 60 9 million ' j
=Officesite will be pre permitted
Site work will be.,done; pad will~b' prepared
Utilities will begun to site
Lincoln performing officefmarket study
042FJZ000 3. .5• r
- ' COMPARISON OF #1 AND #2 RANKED PROPOSALS
READING BUSINESS PARK
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=LINN
PRO
PERTIES
DICKINSON
Proponent
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ARTICLE 5)
Post-Closure Development
Use Type
Mixed
Mixed
Use Descriptions:
350 units, 10% of units to
be affordable on site to
Residential
the satisfaction of the
None
Reading Housing
Authority - 380,000 SF
Retail
None
Home Depot -132,071 SF
Residence Inn or similar,
Staybridge Suites or
Hotel
200 or more rooms -
similar, 107 rooms -
115,000 SF
63,000 SF
Office
150,000 SF plus adequate
120,000 SF plus adequate
parking
parking
Cinema
None
Showcase Cinema -
66,000 SF
Restaurant
None
Applebee's Restaurant -
6,500 SF
Recreation
Two fields
None
Total SF of Project
645,000
387,571
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COMPARISON OF #1 AND #2 RANKED PROPOSALS
READING BUSINESS PARK
Proponent
LINCOLN PROPERTIES
(ARTICLE 4)
DICKINSON (ARTICLE 5
Tax Sources
Use Type
Mixed
_
Mixed
Use Descriptions:
Residential
Property Tax, Motor
None
Vehicle Excise Tax
Retail
None
Property Tax
Hotel
Property Tax, Hotel
Property Tax, Hotel
Excise Tax
Excise Tax
Office
Property Tax
Property Tax
Cinema
None
Property Tax
Restaurant
None
Property Tax
Recreation
None
None
Total SF of Project
645,000
387,571
COMPARISON OF #1 AND #2 RANKED PROPOSALS
READING BUSINESS PARK
LINCOLN PROPERTIES
Proponent
(ARTICLE 4)
DICKINSON (ARTICLE 5)
Local Economic Impact
Jobs
650
1,000 -1,200
Infrastructure Needs
Water Use (GPD)
100,100
36,000
Wastewater (GPD)
91,000
32,734
Average Daily Traffic (VPD)
5,383
10,040
To be identified during
due diligence period
Estimated at $1 million
Offsite Improvements
when traffic study is
provided scope not greater
conducted, developer will
than what is contained in
fund all necessary off site
Dickinson proposal
improvements
Estimated Completion Date
12/2002
10/2002
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Reading Memorial High School May 1, 2000
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Alan E. Foulds, at 7:43 p.m., there being a
quorum present.
The Invocation was given by the Reverend Thomas J. Powers, St. Agnes Catholic Church,
followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Before we begin, the Moderator would like to give a brief explanation as to the purposes and
mechanics of a "Move for Reconsideration," since that is what we will be starting with tonight,
and I have had several members ask questions about it over the weekend.
Generally, once we have disposed of a motion, either for or against, that is the end of the issue,
for the remainder of the meeting. There is an exception, however. When a "Motion for
Reconsideration" is made, the original motion, although already voted on, may possibly come
back before Town Meeting.
There are several rules and restrictions involved, however. First, the motion to reconsider can
only be made by a person who "voted on the prevailing side" the first time around. In other
words, if a motion was voted through successfully, only a person who voted in favor of it can
move for reconsideration. Conversely, if a motion failed, only a person who voted against it can
move for reconsideration. The logic behind this is that reconsideration is to be used for "second
thoughts, not second chances." In other words, if a person who was originally happy with the
outcome now feels that further discussion is warranted, he or she can "move for
reconsideration."
There are further restrictions. The motion for reconsideration can only be made in two ways.
First, it must be made at the session the original vote was taken, but the vote on reconsideration
itself cannot be brought up until the next session. There is another way. If no one makes the
reconsideration motion that evening, a member must file with the Town Clerk, his or her
intention to do so, within 24 hours of the vote. It would then come up at the next meeting. The
purpose behind the delay is to give members, and non-members alike some sort of notification
that an issue already dealt with, might come back for a re-vote. If reconsideration is not moved-
in either of these ways, the issue cannot come up again during the meeting.
On Thursday evening, a motion for reconsideration was made by a member who had voted on
the prevailing side - or in this case - a vote against the motion under Article 4. If the motion had
not been made, we would not be allowed to bring back the business of Article 4. Because the
motion for reconsideration was made, Article 4 might possibly come back to this body for a
second vote.
This is the way we will proceed. We will first discuss the merits of reconsideration only. We
have already discussed for more than 2 hours, the merits of Article 4, and until such time as it is
back before this body, we will stick to the issue of whether or not we should reconsider. If the
motion to reconsider should fail, that is the end of the issue and we will continue where we left
off. If reconsideration should carry - it needs a 2/3 vote, by the way - we will then bring the
original motion under Article 4 back before Town Meeting, and all debates on the issue will be
allowed.
ARTICLE 4 - On motion by William C. Brown, Precinct 8, it was moved to reconsider the
subject matter of Article 4.
2/3 vote required
20 voted in the affirmative
97 voted in the negative
Motion to reconsideration did not cgLr
Point of Personal Privilege by Jolu7 F. Russo, Precinct 1, responding to comments by school
conunittee:
• public trust
■ suggests lack of diversity of school committee
• there is a gap in leadership of Town and what people want
• need forum of ideas
• need battle of ideas
Point of personal Privilege by Virginia M. Adams, Precinct 2, responding to above matter stating
that this should be brought forth in a letter to the editor and not Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 6 - On motion by Jonathan E. Barnes, Chairman of the Community Planning and
Development Commission, it was voted to amend the Reading Zoning By-Laws as follows:
a) Amend Section 5.1.2. Table of Dimensional Controls of the Zoning By-Laws, under use
categories "Hotel or Motel" and "Other Permitted Uses" in the rows entitled "In Bus-C
Districts" by deleting the numbers "50", "20" and "85" in the columns respectively
entitled "Front feet", "Rear feet", and "Maximum Building Height" and substituting
therefor the numbers 10, 10 and 55* and adding the following described * footnote, so
that those portions of the Table of Dimensional Controls will read as follows:
Area Sq.
Feet
Frontage
Feet
Front
Feet
Side
Feet
Rear
Feet
Coverage %
of lot
Maximum Building
Height Feet
N.A.
N.A.
10
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60
55*
Fifty-five (55) feet, except ninety-five (95) feet if the structure is located within
four hundred (400) feet of the property line adjacent to Route 128, as it exists on
May 1, 2000, including ramps, and south of Jacob Way and excluding areas
within two hundred (200) feet of the residential zoning district to the west, all as
more specifically shown on a plan entitled: "Plan Showing Height Limitation and
Setback Areas, Business C District in Reading, Mass.", dated March 27, 2000,
Scale 1" = 60', by Hayes Engineering, Inc., on file with the Reading T6wn Clerk.
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b) Amend Section 5.3.1 Transitional Areas of the Zoning By-Laws by deleting the text and
substituting therefor the following text:
"Buildings in Business A, Business B and Industrial Districts located in the same block
as, and within one hundred fifty (150) feet of a Residence District, and buildings in a
Business C District within one hundred (100) feet of a Residence District shall be subject
to the following additional requirements;"
C) Amend Section,5.3.1.1. Table of Additional Dimensional Controls for Transitional Areas
of the Zoning By-Laws by deleting the rows entitled "Business C - Adjoining",
"Business C - within 100 feet", and "Business C - within 150 feet".
d) Amend Section 5.3.1.3. of the Zoning By-Laws by deleting in the first sentence thereof
the phrase "a Business C or" and substituting therefor the word "an", by deleting in
subsection a. the phrase "Residential/Business C" and substituting therefor the word
"Residential", by deleting in subsection a. the phrase "Business C and/or" and by deleting
in subsection b. the phrase "Business C and/or", so that Section 5.3.1.3. shall read as
follows:
"5.3.1.3. As part of all new construction of any building, parking lot, structure, or
any extension or addition thereto in an Industrial District and where such construction
abuts within one hundred twenty-five (125) feet of any Residential District, a buffer strip
is to be established subject to the following requirements:
a. Said buffer strip shall have a twelve (12) foot minimum depth and contain a curb
to prevent parking within the strip, a six (6) foot high fence which shall be located a
maximum of two (2) feet from the abutting Residential and/or industrial lot line and
contain an evergreen hedge on the Industrial side of the fence which is to be at least three
(3) feet in height at the time of planting and will provide a year-round dense visual screen
and attain a height of at least seven (7) feet within five years of planting.
b. Said buffer strip shall be constructed along the full abutting length of any
Residential District lots so affected and lie entirely within the Industrial District."
e) Amend Section 5.3.1 of the Zoning By-Laws by adding the following as Section 5.3.1.4.:
"5.3.1.4. All new construction of any building, parking lot, structure, or any extension
or addition thereto in the Business C District shall be subject to the following
requirements:
a. No building shall be located within one hundred (100) feet of a Residence
District.
b. There shall be a landscaped buffer strip of a minimum width of twenty-
five (25) feet along the full abutting length of a Residence District. Said
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buffer shall be a densely planted staggered double row of a 70/30 mixture
of evergreen/deciduous trees. Plant material shall be such that a minimum
of seven (7) feet in height is reached within the first five (5) years of
planting. Plant material shall be maintained in a healthy condition or
replaced to attain previously noted height. Buffer edge shall be planted a
minimum of two (2) feet off of the property line abutting residential
property.
c. No parking area shall be located within twenty-five (25) feet of the
Residence District, and no parking area or building shall be allowed in
Restricted Area "A" as shown on the plan entitled: "Plan Showing Height
Limitation and Setback Areas, Business C District in Reading, Mass.",
dated March 27, 2000, Scale 1" = 60', by Hayes Engineering, Inc., on file
with the Reading Town Cleric.".
f) Amend Section 5.2.8.1. of the Zoning By-Laws by inserting the phrase "and Business C"
after the phrase "Apartment 80" so that Section 5.2.8.1. shall read as follows:
"5.2.8.1. In any district other than Apartment 80 and Business C, not more than one
principal building shall be erected on a lot."
g) Amend Section 6.1.1.2. of the Zoning By-Laws by adding at the end thereof ` ; provided,
however, that in a Business C District, off-street parking areas or loading and unloading
areas may be provided on or off the same lot more than three hundred (300) feet distance
from the use they serve without such permission from the Board of Appeals so long as
they are located within the Business C District and provided such parking and loading
rights are evidenced by legally sufficient instruments approved as to form by Town
Counsel and filed with the Town Clerk.", so that Section 6.1.1.2. shall read as follows:
"6.1.1.2. Off-street parking areas, or loading and unloading areas shall be provided
on the same lot as the use they serve, except that the Board of Appeals may permit off-
street parking areas to be provided on another lot, but in no event shall such areas be
more than three hundred (300) feet distance from the use they serve; provided, however,
that in a Business C District, off-street parking areas or loading and unloading areas may
be provided on or off the same lot more than three hundred (300) feet distance from the
use they serve without such permission from the Board of Appeals so long as they are
located within the Business C District and provided such parking and loading rights are
evidenced by legally sufficient instruments approved as to form by Town Counsel and
filed with the Town Clerk."
h) Amend Section 6.1.2.2. of the Zoning By-Laws by deleting the phrase "twenty (20)" and
substituting therefor the phrase "eighteen (18)" and by inserting after the first sentence
the sentence "For off-street parking spaces in enclosed accessory structures, such spaces
shall be not less than eight (8) feet, six (6) inches in width, seventeen (17) feet in length,
with twenty-six (26) foot aisle widths.", so that said Section 6.1.2.2. shall read as follows:
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"6.1.2.2. Each required off-street surface parking space shall be not less than nine (9)
feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in length, exclusive of drives and maneuvering space.
For off-street parking spaces in enclosed accessory structures, such spaces shall be not
less than eight (8) feet, six (6) inches in width, seventeen (17) feet in length, with twenty-
six (26) foot aisle widths. Each off-street loading and unloading space shall be not less
than twelve (12) feet wide and thirty-five (35) feet long."
i) Amend Section 6.1.1.3. Table of Off-Street Parking And Loading/Unloading
Requirements of the Zoning By-Laws by deleting the text in the rows entitled "Lodging
Houses, Hotels, Motels and Tourist Homes", "Industrial and Manufacturing
Establislunents" and "Office and Professional Building", under the columns entitled
"Minimum Number of Off-Street Loading and Unloading Spaces Required" and
substituting therefor in each row the following:
"One space if 0 - 100,000 square feet of gross floor area; two spaces if 100,001-150,000
square feet of gross floor area; three spaces if 150,001-300,000 square feet of gross floor
area; four spaces if over 300,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus one space for each
additional 150,000 square feet of gross floor area over 450,000 square feet of gross floor
area."
j) Amend Section 6.1.1.3. Table of Off-Street Parking And Loading/Unloading
Requirements of the Zoning By-Laws by adding in the row entitled "Restaurant" under
the column entitled "Minimum Number of Off-Street Loading and Unloading Spaces
Required" the following footnote:
No additional spaces shall be required for restaurants located in hotels where the gross
floor area of the restaurant has been included in the gross floor area of the hotel."
Ik) Amend Section 4.2.2. Table of Uses of the Zoning By-Laws as follows:
In the column entitled "Bus C":
in the row entitled "Public and Quasi-Public Uses - Private Kindergartens" delete
"No" and substitute therefor "Yes";
in the row entitled "Industrial Uses - Enclosed Storage"
delete "Yes" and substitute therefor "No";
in the row entitled "Recreational Uses - Commercial Amusements"
delete `.`SPS" and substitute therefor "No";
in the row entitled "Accessory Uses - Manufacturing & Industrial"
delete "No" and substitute therefor "Yes"; and
In the row entitled "Accessory Uses - Consumer Service"
delete "No" and substitute therefor "Yes".
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May 1, 2000
1) Amend Section 2.0 Definitions of the Zoning By-Laws by adding the following as
Section 2.2.7.2.:
"2.2.7.2. Computer Services: The development of computer and related components for
purposes of software, hardware and electronic commercial businesses, with assembly and
distribution restricted to support said development as an accessory use.
m) Amend Section 2.2.16 "Height of A Building" by adding at the end thereof the following:
"For buildings with more than one principal front, said vertical distance shall be
measured from the average of the established grade or the natural grade, as applicable,
measured at the centerline of each principal front."
2/3 vote required
150 voted in the affirmative
- 0 - voted in the negative
ARTICLE 7 - On motion by Jonathan E. Barnes, Chairman of the Community Planning and
Development Commission, it was voted to amend the Reading Zoning Map as follows:
Rezone from S-15 and 5-20 Residence Districts to the Business C District those portions of the
land situated off Jacob Way shown on Reading Board of Assessors' Rev. Jan. 1, 1994 Map 4 as
Lots 11A and 25 and on Reading Board of Assessors' Rev. Jan. 1, 1982 Map 5 as Lots 2, 5, 13,
16, 17 and 18, and part of Jacob Way, not currently zoned Business C, and, being shown on a
plan on file with the Reading Town Clerk entitled: "Plan Showing Areas of Former Addison
Wesley Property in the Business C District in Reading, Mass.", dated March 27, 2000, by Hayes
Engineering, Inc.
2/3 vote required
150 voted in the affirmative
- 0 - voted in the negative
On motion by John. D. Wood, Precinct 2, it was moved to take Article 2 from the table.
ARTICLE 2 - On motion by John D. Wood, it was voted to instruct the Board of Selectmen not
to agree with any development in the landfill that proposes any residential use.
Vote questioned.
Counted vote requested
93 voted in the affinnative
48 voted in the negative
On motion by John D. Wood, Precinct 2, it was moved that the Article 2 be laid on the table.
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On motion by John D. Wood, Precinct 2, it was voted that this Special Town Meeting stand
adjounled sine die.
Meeting adjourned at 9:01 p.m.
161 Town Meeting Members were present.
A true copy. Attest: Cheryl . John on
Town erk
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