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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1949-02-04February 4, 1949 3 The meeting was calked to order by ~he Chairman at 8:00 P.M. in the Selectmen,s~Office, Town Building. Members present: Chairman, Gregory Mooradkanian, Secretary, Harold C. Kay, Peter Ritchie, Charles ~. Trembly and James T. ~oor. Mr. Beauchesne of 17 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, came before the Board to inquire as'to the procedure he should follow in order that he might apply to the Board to have his property re-zoned into a business district. He was given this information as well as a copy of the rules and regulations for such an application. The Board held a Public Hearing on the application of Ethel M. Freeman, for an amendment of the Zoning Ordinance of North Andover, to change the classification of property owned by Ethel M. Freeman, from a Residential to a Business District. The application and the notice of the Public Hearing which were published in the Evening T~ibune were read by the Chairman. Nfs. Ethel N. Freeman, Leslie Freeman and Daniel Shine were present and Mr. Shine represented the applicant. Mr. Shine stated that the applicant wished to finish building a loading platform at the rear of the "Furniture Barn!' so that the trucks could unload under cover and also provide storage space for the truck. He stated that there would be no unsightliness about this and all the unloading would be done muder cover. ~hen asked by the Board as to what the difference there was in the present plan as compared with the plans as presented to the Board some weeks previously, Mr. Shine explained that the area now in question was outlined by the heavy lines on the plans and did not include Thompson's Restaurant or any of the lots on peters Street, which are also owned by the applicant. Mrs. Freeman stated that the business had been there for at least ten years and was a going concern before the Zoning Laws became effective. Mr. Milliken, who is an abutter, was present and spoke in favor of granting or approving the plan as presented. He also stated that in his opinion, the Freemans have excellent taste and he felt sure that anything that they would build would not be un- sightly. Mr. Frederick De Fusco, also present stated that he owned property near the "Barn" and that he would not like to have any building ~that would be unsightly to be put up in this vicinity and that therefore he objected to any further construction. He was assured by Mr. Shine that this construction would not be a shack but a cement block garage-like loading platfo~, and that no further construction is being planned for the future. This loading plat- form has been an open one and that it was to improve the appearance as well as the unloading facilities that this application had been made. ' Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously VOTED to take this matter under consideration and the applicant would be notified as ~to the decision of the Board. After discussing the above matter, a motion was duly made and seconded and it was unanimously VOTED to approve the plans as sub_mitted by Ethel M. Freeman, said plans having date'd January 1949, a copy of which is on file with the Planning Board and it was also VOTED to send a letter to the Board of SeleCtmen recommending that approval be granted at the a~nual Town Meeting to be held on March 19, 1949. Mr. Francis Kittredge, representing the North ~ndover Housing Authority was before the Board to inquire and gather infox-mation for making an application to the Planning Board to have a parcel of land owned by the Village Land Company reclassfied f~om a General Residential to a Business District. This parcel of land ~is located in the westerly half of the block bounded by Baldwin Street, Francis Street, ~Gilbert Street and Patriot Street and wh~h the North andover Housing Authority are p~anning to purchase from the Village Land Company to erect multiple dewlling units for Veterans. Mr. Kittredge presented a letter to the Board which was in effect an informal application and he was informed as to the procedure which should be followed. A date was set for the Public Hearing on this application for February 21, 5949 and this Public Hearing was duly advertised in the Evening Tribune on the nights of February 8 and February 19, 1949. Mr. ~ttredge stated that an application was already in the hands of the Board of appeals asking for a variance of the Zoning By-Laws but since this application had been made, he had been infoPmed that this Board had no juristication over this matter and it should be presente~ before the FZanning Board. He was also ad- vised to go before the Board of Selectmen and ask them t o set a date for a special Town Meeting to take care of this matter. Motion was made and seconded and it was VOTED to set February 21, 1949 as the date for a special meeting which would also.be a Public Hearing on this matter. Mr. Klttredge thanked the Board for their courtesy and assured them that a formal application woudl be sent to the BoaPd within a few days. At the request of Atty. Charles W. Trombly, the Board Voted to instruct the clerk to send copies of the Board's letter to Atty. Arthur M. Thomson dated 6/21/48 and 11/30/48 as well as a copy of the letter which was sent to the Planning Board from ~e Board of Health regarding "Btanleyville~ These copies were sent to Atty. John McDonnell~ as there is to be litigation in this matter and Atty McDonnell requested these copies from Atty. Trombly. The Chairm~-n informed the Board that he had been be~re the Advisory Board during the previous week and that he was asked to explain how the extra $800.00 asked for in the 1949 ~udget would be expended. ·hen informed that this was to be used toward the starting of a master plan for North ~ndover, the Advisory Board asked that Planning Board set up some definite plans as to how this was to be done. This will be discusseda t a later meeting. Motion was made and seconded and it was VOTED to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 10:O0 P.M. February 21, 1949 The,, Meeting was called to order by the Chairman at 8:15 o'clock P.M. which was held in the Old Age Assistance Office in the Town Building. Members present: Chairman, Gregory Mooradkanian, Secretary, Harold C. Kay, Peter Ritchie, Charles W. Trombiy and James T. Poor. Mr. Francis Kittredge, representing the North Andover Housing Authority was present at this meeting and formally presented his application for an amendment of the Zoning By-Laws of North Andover, requesting that the classification of a parcel of property owned by the Village Land Company, be changed from a General Rmsidential to a Business District. The Chairman read the fo~,.~l application and the notice of the Public Hearing, which had been published in the Evening Tribune on the nights of February 8 and February 19, 1949. Mr. Kittredge explained to the Board the reasons for this application and presented plans showing the layout. There was no objection made to this application by any of the abutters. All had been notified by letter of this Public Hearing. Motion was duly made and seconded and it was VOTED to take this matter under consideration. Mr. Kittredge thanked the Board for its co-operation in this matter and he was advised that he would be info~med as to the decision of the Board within a f~w days. The above matter and the plans submitted to the Board were discussed and a motion was made and seconded and it was Unanimously VOTED to approve the plans as presented and that a letter was to be sent to the Board of Selectmen recommending that the change of classification be granted at the Special Town Meeting to be held on February ES, 1949. A copy of the vote of the Board as wellas a copy of the plans as submitted were sent to the Town Clerk, the Board of Assessors and the Board of Public Works.