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Home My WebLink About1953-08-17The meeting was cal~ed to order ~ the 0hairman in %he Town Building.at 7:30 P.M. This was a special meeting ~o vote on the application of Philip Watson.and others en She~matter of the trailers lecatod en Perley Rd. Members presentt Ri~,G~ Whil~l~,"Chairma~, Andrew F~ Alvino, Secretary, Henry Ee Lundj Peter ~itchie and ~ W. Reinhold. The Boar~ wemt te view the premises en Perley Read where the trailers in question are new locatede A discussion ef the arguments heard at the Public Hearing which was held on the previous meek then took Motion was then made mad seconded and it was u~us~T voted aa fellowes' 1-It vas ~uanimeusl~ agreed that the Board had. Jurisdiction to hear this petition because the parties m~g the appeal are clear~ persons #aggrieved by a de~ision ef the Building Inspector" ~-~er Article XI of the Ze-~-~ B~- ~a~s of the Town of North Andover. ~ 2-The Board ia also empowered ts decide the case under ~he ter~-olegy ef the ZenAng By-Laws relating te permits for d~e~ugs under Article II, ~ections ~-It is doubtful if the trt~tler type dwelling is a dwelling under Article V~II (b) as it lacks ~y of the features that are associated with most dwe~4.gs. 4-Reg~lese e£ the above points~ it is beyond dispute that the req,,~rements of the Building Laws (adopted March 14, 1942) have been met. Section 31 of the Building Laws requires that "Each room shall he in every part' mot less than seven feet~ six inches from the finished floor to the finised ceiling# This is a mandatory requirement for all dwe~ugs and cannot be waived' b~ this Board. After careful~ considering the matter sad in view of the above facts, a motion was made and duly ~econded and it was unanimously VOTED to approve the appeal of Philip Watson and others and' the Board hereby authoriae~ the' Building InSpeCtOr te revoke a~ er all permits issued te Harold $. and Ail members of the Board were present and votsd on this =-tier. AI~ abutters mere notified of the decision. A report of the meeting was sent to theTown Clerk. Motion was made and seconded and it was voted to adjourn ~t 10~15 P.M. Signe ~/~ ~/2~~~.~__~ .Secretary Mr. Edwin W. Reinhold} info,ned She Board at the above mc.sting .that he ~md sent his rssig~ation from the Beard te the Board of Selectmen and wished that it beceme effective at once. ~eptember 1~, 19%3 The meeting was ~_*d to erder by the 0hairmaa at 7~30 P.M. in the Tewn Bailding. This was a Public ~eari . -~is Public Hearing was advertised ia the Eve~ng Tribune en September 5~ 19~3 and all abutters were rectified., Richard G. Whipple, Chairman~ A-Stew E. Alvino~ Secretary, ter Ritchie, and associate members ~em~[ict Perr~us an~ Application was received f~on ~ B.~ Hewe whe e~_A4,~ to have bees agg~Aeved ~ a deoisien of the Building Inspector who has refused h4u a building ~rmit te censtract a home and mctel en Chickeri~ Read k~een as ~umber Mr. Hewe and his wife were present and Mr. Hewe stated that he wished buil~ a home and ~tel at the. Ioeation in qussttom He stated ~hat he app~:~ed fer a buildiag peA~it a~d was refused by the Bttildi~g I]~pec~3.'e He presen~ the re,seal in writing from tha~ officer, He sta$,ed +,,hat he felt that he was entitled $4 eperate this mctel under ArticLe rr, leetiea 1~ paragraph (h) ef the Ze-~£ ~.tawa which permit the leasing ef ~ooms by a persea residing en the prem~ tese He ~tated that be i~ gei~g te make his home there and that the room that are ta he lea~ are attached and part ~f his house. He stated ~__~t +_-~re ia a ~e.e~ far this t~pe of a~cmaedation in this Tewn~ t~at the cmlZ de~e~t ether available pla~es are iz A~over and that the~ are alwa~ crewded and it is ve~y ~,~ fer traveliA~g perscne $4 get preper acce~edatio-% He alee laid that they weuld eperate under Quality CeurtS and the A.A,A. 'amd weuld be iaspested b~ these peeple very e~ten, Mr. Howe stated that he hed been apprea~hed b~ representatives ef Westinghouse, American ~eolen and Belts Rubber Cee a~d that they all had A~--,mised ta reserve ~aite for their travelliag persemmel. The~e men are in town enly for a da~ er twe~ three data at ~he meet and it is very d4 *~icult for them ta get deceat 'roxa, in this · areae He ass~ed the Board that he i~nded te ePerate a very high class type ef l~dging house er lease roow~ and that sin~e he was a~ae geing to make his heme en the premises it weuld be ta his ow~ ag~antage te make it as attractive as pessiblee Mr. B~asse~ wh~ also spoke for ~. Howe stated that the leasing of reo~s was permissable even in Siugle Residential districts sad that that is what the ~ewes intended to do. ~e stated that the owner was geing te ~' his home en the premises and that the roo~ te be leased weuld aL1 ~e en xae floor. He stated +_~_~t this was n~t an overnight prepesitien and the% there was a g~at de~-_-d for t~is type ef asce~edation in this areae He stated ~__~_at %he~e was very scanty acoomodation ~n this area a~d the% ~he quali~y ef these available was questionablee The deoen~ types ef place's were al~-~ crewded. He stated that this building would he ~et hack 28~ £eet f~o~' the high~a~ and weuld be l?0 feet free +_.__h~_ side liaes, He stated that the surreundiag area was meetly fa~a and weed la~ and that ~he neareast abutter was sened for business and that there was alee a business zone stress the s freer and at ether parte ef Ohiek~ri~g Read. Mrs. Hewe thee stated that this would be a large sele~al type ef dwe~wg with ~ingse She stated that there would he ne nee~ .sign, a~ trade. She felt that they wo,,~ be ~ore of au am~e~ te the Andover ar~ the Map~. Mrs. Howe stated that they weuld be very particular with the type of persons te who~ they weald rent the ree~ sad since they weuld be living on the premises abe felt fha% they weuld he even rare Mr. Reheat DeLu~e~ 4? Ohiekering Road~ ~u~mitted a petitien te the ~eard which cen~Lusd abeut %0 names of persens whe were in eppeaition te th!~ ~tele He staf~d +_.hat Me. Hewe had beea ref~_sed in tee lecations in Andever and he felt that North Andover should not take en what _An~_ evbr d~d not wa~, Mr. Fee~ster~ also of OhiokerAng Road stated that ho lived dire~ aeras8 the street from this proposed motel and he stated that he wh~ a travelling Ban and felt that a motel was a place of bus~__~ss and mot a residence. Mrs. Helen Coolidge was present sad stated that she euned a* great deal of land in this area and that it was all residential~ ~he stated that she ewned about 20 sectionso Mrs° Coolidge stated that she felt badly to ha~e a motel doing business in this areas ~he s~ated that +.~a would ~ the possi~4tiea of 8ell~wg her preperty as residential lotse Mr. Robert Burk~ 14 Ch~okering Read then asked how ~a~ ~w~t8 $~aoy Pla-ned and he was advised that there would be feb Mr. Sa~ol F, Roekwe~ 676 0sgood Street told the Board that the State Read ran a cress his property, and that it was in his own interbst te ~roteot it a~ residential, He stated +~t this would have au adverse effect on the ~ole town. He stated that Chichering Read had been planned Se be a scenic h~ ~ but that businesses had been allowed to locate along the wa~. He aloe stated that if this motel was allowed it would be har~ for the Board te refuse ether th~s such as dine and dance places and very sees Chiok~rin~ Read wou~d be like the Newer T~tkee ifF, Reckwel]. 8~ated that he realized that it would be good for the town te get seres tax~ble prepert~ but he stated +~mt there was no eertainit~ +.~t this motel would mot be eat ef business in a years He stated that he a~t-='~'~7 did ~t have anything against a motel er the prepesedssnere but he felt that this was a business and net a residemoee He wished +~ be reeerded a8 being eFpesed te the granting ef the permit, Mrs, ~l~fin~ 8hl Chickering ~oad told the ~oard that she sane te this town abeut'three year8 ago and built a nice h~ne in what she thought a residential mectiow of the Town. She stated thather home ~as a credit te North Audovere M~S, ~ stated that she once had owned ~rif~ns Arms in Bradford and she was convinced that the fires which wore mentions by Mr. Howe did net nuke contrasts fer Forum but that their trave~-2 mca would Just come and ge and that it was mostlF Just evernigh~ and that they would be ceming sad geing at all hours mad that they could mot possib~ avoid casmotien and neisee Mr. Theresa Sbapeott, 2~ Dvften Ce~rt stated that he f eli a s Mr. Rockwell did. I~ this was allowed then there would be 8emet~ng else that the Board would be asked to allow in this area and that it would not be f;4- to allew one and refuse ~he others ]fL', Whitehi3.1) 4~ Andover Sfd~et, stated that there are very few per~ of Mass. that san eempat~ ~lth this part of the ~tate and if we hept perpetuall~ nibbling ~-~ chang~ areag here and there~ in a very short tt~a we would lose the quali~y of a ~esidential town, He stated that there very stong s2zfl~ms of that at the present and he wished te be recorded aa ebjecting to this application. Mrs. Howe then stated that it was the furthest th~ t~J~.thsi~.ndud te de ~ t~-~ that would ruin the leeks of the Tewn~ but ~he stated that Chiehering ~-~t was a main highwa~ and that there were quite a --u~er ef businesses alreac~ there, She stated that there was not ~ch pease and quiet on Ohickering Read with the fast travelling traffic and she felt ~_hAt a motel wo, l~ no~ add te the ~e~metione Septembe~ 14~ 1~5~ Ce~to Mary B~A-ke the~ ealled the at~n~on ~ ~ ~ ~t ~e p~ ~ y~ re~ ~oh we~ ~te~ed for ~as~ ~ ~t~ ~i~ ~ att~ e~ to t~ e~r ~ ~t section 1, ~a~ (~) ~ ~e ~ ~w ~c~ ~d ~t it ~s net ~ssab~ ~ ?~ e~g~t ~e Mr, F&erster then s tared that in his epinien~ a ~otel was J~st a glerified evern~ht cabA~ Mrs. m-Affin then stated that en~e a guest has reg..feted a~d paid fer his ~ there is no checkiag onthe~ as they' have ~he:~' rights and coma and ge as ~ey please. S~- alae s~a~ed that s~e the~ would ~e ne meals served at t ~be ~tel the gae~t~ would ~e ~omtinuall~ ee~ing a~ goiag ~.e ge~ their reals. Mr, Burke rhea aske~ the Board as te ~he plaa fe~ ~ewerage:fe~ thie Mr. Bruseur advised the Beard that since this b,,~!ding wou~ be located ena $~a~e Hig~ before the building permit Ceuld'~be issued'tke disp~al pXaa w~uld have teb · pasaed upon by the State Board af N~tion was then ~de and dul~ seconde~ ~ud it wa~ wted to take ~his matter ,m~er Advisement. The ~eard then went int~ e~e~utive session ~d discussed this application at great le~d~a. After co~side~able discussion~ all the m~bers felt that ~hey 8heuld ha~e m~re time ~e think it Qver a~d te Bee ~' #~e au't, horil~ eeuld ~e f~..~ te ~efine a motel as being a hetel er the leasing ef ~eoms. Mot,ion was male and dul7 seconded _~__,~d it was veted te pe~tpeM the vete en this mat~er for one ~ek. The Board v~ted to meet en Mmnda~'eve .~ September 21) 1~3 and vete on the applicatione Motiau was made and seconded and it was v~ted ~ adjourn at 10~5 P.M~