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~riday, Janury 17, 1958
Special Meeting
The meeting was called ~o cz'der at 8:00 P~. The members present were~
Rioholas ~'. Ricetta,~hairman, John B. Osgood, ~ecretary, Howard L. gil-
man, nobert J. nurse and James ~.Bannam.
· his special meeting was called to meet with ~r. ~lackwell concerning
the nuilding ~ode. Others present were: John T. Blackwell and Pro-
fessor · rue, the ooard of ~electmen, ~alph ~inc~, ~illiam ~inneran
and ~hilip ~utclif~'e; ~.ire Ohief James P. Daw and ~he board of ~'~ire
~ngineers; GalVin bnell and ~dward Koenig; and Ouilding Inspector
~artin ~. Lawlor.
~r. Olac~well introduced Prof. True to all present, who assisted
~r. Dlac~well in. the drafting of'~he Oullding Oode. ~. ~lackwell
presented a Dr.aft code to each and went on to explain that the code
spells out in detail concerning dwellings because future Rorth Annoyer
developmen~ will be mail~ dwellings. The Commonwealth governs con-
struction of public buildings, etc. There would probably be very few
stores, etc. any industrial construction would be done under standards
above what the town ~ould ~equire..R~rsing homes, convalescent homes,
~tc. are given careful consideration.
Prof. True, a practicing engineer and architect and member of Ooncord
~assachusetts ~lanning noard, explained further about the need of a f~ll
time, speci~li~' trained n~ilding inspector and the need of deputy in-
spectors. The onl~ change contemplated in officials would be a full
time, trained, ~uilding inspector with possiOle deputies, zhe ~'ire
Ohief ~.ould continue to perform inspections of oil burners, etc. The
'zorn no~ appoints the nuilding InSgector annuall~ in ~pril.
~r. ~inc~ spoke about penalties for violation cZ the building code.
~here should De a set line to save town money. Also regarding the
s~ction on Gompensation, it is now set up by the Town ~eeting and should
sta~ ~ha~ ~a2. ~e also saggested having o~ildzng applications for per-
mi~s, signed and sealed under penalty of perjuz'y. ~r. Ricetta suggested
to also have what lazed is pr~sentl~ zoned for.
z'ire ~hiei' ~aw spoke aOout roofing - section 2.10 - p=rmit fee to
shingle x'ooi' - ~3.50. ,cod shingles should not be all~ed, bome places
do not allow three roofs, that should be inserted also. Oections 6.61,
6.62, 6.63, 6.64 and 6.65 ~ should be taken out'completely because al~
of that now comes under the ~ire Department b~. ~tate law. ~r. ~inneran
made a suggestion to re-insert not as a part of the b~-Law, but at the
end of the booklet as information referring to Fire, Plumbing, ~lectri-
cit~, etc. Garages come under the ~ire Department ~R 4 (~ire Preventi~
aegulations) shoul~ be used as a reference to the ~ire Department.
Discussed Oection 5 - 5.31, 5.32 should be one hour fire resistant
rating for single dwelling. ~ultiple dwellings sDould be 4 hours.
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~r. uaw asked if there were any provisions I'or fire escapes. 5.32 aha
5.53 just make a z'eference ~o ~hem. ~z'. uaw says that the law allows
ouildings to ce 55 fee~ high in an Induszrial a~ea. ~he z'ire ~epar~men~
has only 50 ft. ladders. ~naer section 5.33, all dwellings having more
than one family should have two stairways. He also said Nr. DlacKaell
should consider a certificate o~ occupancy clause mainly Ior existing
o~ildings.
kroI. ~rue explained a0o~t the section on general cons~ructzon - pro-
vides xor all ~fpes ox oaildings, cum d~als mainly with wood frames.
oextion 7 - examination o2 soil. bection 8 - wood fr~m construction.
~asonry req~i~'emen~s are in more detail - followed various ~asonry
Association standards. There ~s a table of ~oist and rafter sizes.
~re-fab assemblies, qheathing boarding exterior surfacing covez'ea.
The~ all discussed Ouilding permit fees. ~unicipal, educational and
industrial building fee are now up ~o the Selectm~.
~r. ~aw asked if there was any thought of a ~'ire Prevention Code.
&ver~one favored it.
I~ was decided to hold another special meeting with the same officials
on ~'rida~ evening,~ danuary 31, 1958 at 7:30 P~.
Ohairman
Clerk
(Typed bY ~- Dohert~)