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ESSEX SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town o[ North Andover:
GREETINGS:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and in accordance with Chapter 272 of the Acts of
1976. you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of North Andover who are
qualified to vote in Town Affairs to meet in the Veteran's Auditorium of our North Andover Middle School
on Monday Evening, November 7,~ 1977
there to act upon the following Articles.
ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to ratify and confirm the
act of the Selectmen in executing for and on behalf of the Town, in
connection with an application by the North Andover Housing Au-
thority for a grant of Federal funds in the amount of $1,582,875.00
for construction of 45 .units of low rental housing for the elderly, a
cooperation agreement with the United States Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development, dated on or about July 15, 1977, said
Cooperation agreement (a copy of which is on file at the office of the
Selectmen), having been executed by the Selectmen with the Depart-
merit of Housing and Urban Development, as required by the Housing
Act of 1937.
Petition of the Selectmen and the Housing Authority.
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions
of Chapter 808 of the Acts of 1975.
Petition of the Planning Board.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning By-
Law as follows:
1. By changing the designation of the concluding paragraph of Sec-
tion I from "9" to "10", and by inserting before it the following
new paragraph: "9 controlling the use of bodies of water, including
water cources."
2. By amending Section 2.38 to read as follows: "2.38 Frontage
The distance between lot sidelines measured along the street line.
This frontage must be continuous and useable for access to the lot.
The minimum frontage required in any zoning district shall also
be measured ac a distance back from the street line equal to the
minimum front setback requirement for that district."
3. Section 2.59 Add: "The Planning Board shall act as the Special
Permit Granting Authority.
4. Section 2.62 Amend the wording "Section 4" to read "Section 9".
5. Section 2.63 Amend the wording "Board of Appeals" to read
"Planning Board".
6. Strike therefrom Section 2.66 and renumber the following sections
accordingly.
7. Amend Sections 2.67, 2.68, and 2.69, as so renumbered, by adding
"(setback)" after the phrases defined thereby.
8. Section 4.121 (5) amend as follows: "Real estate signs as regu-
lated by Article IX of the General By-Laws of the Town."
9. Section 4.122(5) and Section 4.123(5) to read the same as Section
4.121(5).
10. Strike therefrom Section 4.123(14) and renumber the following
sections accordingly.
11 Section 4.125(15) strike therefrom the words "and townhouses".
12. Section 4.130(6) change to read as follows: "Public building or
use~ public service corporation, and energy or resource recovery
facility".
13. Amend Table 1 (following Sec. 4) by striking therefrom the ref-
erence to Townhouses and the listed regulations relating thereto.
14. Section 5.1 (7) strike therefrom "offense, and Two Hundred
($200.00) dollars for" and substitute the word "and".
t5. Section 5.2(5) amend to read "Board: Planning Board".
16. Section 6.1 (2) amend by striking therefrom the phrase "otherwise
by the Board of Appeals" and inserting in place thereof the phrase
"otherwise by the provisions of a variance granted by the Board
of Appeals".
17. Section 6.2 Add at the end of the first sentence thereof, the
phrase "subject to the provisions of Section 2.38".
18. Section 6.4 strike from the last sentence the words "permission
of" and insert in place thereof the words "a variance granted by".
19. Section 6.8(2) strike therefrom the words "a Special Permit
from" and insert in place thereof the words "a variance granted
by". (6.8 (3)).
20. Table 2 (following Section 6): A)strike the first sentence of
Footnote 5; B)strike Footnote 6 and renumber the remaining
Footnotes accordingly; C)strike from the first sentence of the
former Footnote 7 the words "or townhouse complexes" ; D)
strike from the former Footnote 7 paragraph (b) thereof and re-
number the remaining Footnotes accordingly; E)strlke from the
final item appearing in the column in said Table having to do
with the Residence 5 District the reference to Townhouses.
21. Section 8.1 strike out the concluding six words of the section and
insert in place thereef the words "a Special Permit".
22. Section 8.2(1) strike the words "approved by the Board of
Appeals" and insert in place thereof the words "allowed only by
the issuance of a Special Permit".
23. Section 8.3 strike the words "otherwise ...... Ch. 40A" and
insert in place thereof the words "by Special Permit".
at 7:30 P.M., for a Special Town Meeting, then and
24. Section 9.1 amend by adding after the second sentence there-
of the following sentence: "If the Building Inspector is so in-
formed in writing and declines to act, he shall within fourteen
(14) days of his receipt of such information give to his informant,
in writing, his reasons for refraining from taking any action".
25. Section 9.11 strike therefrom the words "action of the North
Andover Board of Appeals" and insert in place thereof the words
"a duly granted variance or Special Permit".
26. Section 9.23 from the first sentence strike therefrom "Special
Permits and".
27. Section 9.3 strike therefrorJ "Board of Appeals" and insert in
place thereof "Planning Board".
28. Section 9.31 (1), Section 9.31 (2) and Section 9.4 strike there-
from "Board of Appeals" and insert in place thereof "Planning
Board".
29. Section 9:5 add after the word "variance" in first line the phrase
"except a use variance",; add third paragraph as follows: "If
the rights authorized by a variance are not exercised withh~ one
.year of the date of grant of such variance they shall lapse".
Section 9.6 strike the words "Section 6" and insert in place there-
of "Section 5".
Section 9.62 strike the words "Section 11" and insert in place
thereof "Section 6".
Section 9.63 strike from the last line "in .... laws" and insert in
place thereof '~by statute, specifically: that construction or opera-
tions under a Building or Special Permit shall conform to any
subsequent amendment unless the use or construction is com-
menced within a period of not less than six months after the
issuance of the permit, and, in cases involving construction, un-
less such construction is continued through to completion as
continuously and expeditiously as is reasonable".
Petition of the Planning Board.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of
$10,000.00 from the Anti-Recession Assistance Fund (Title 11 under
the Public Works Employment Act of 1976) to be expended under
the direction of the Selectmen for the purpose of renovating addition-
al office space in the Town Office Building.
Petition of the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of
$13,000.00 ($7,300.00 from the Anti-Recession Assistance Fund and
$5,700.00 from available funds) to the salary account of the Fire
Department for the purpose of implementing arbitration awards
rendered against the Town in collective bargaining.
Petition of the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 6. To see ii the Town will vote to amend Article III of
its General By-Laws by adding thereto the following new section:
Sectionl2. No person owning or operating a gasoline filling station
shall allow the pumping of gasoline for retail sale without an atten-
dant employed by the station present to hold the gas nozzle while
gasoline is being pumped into the tank of the vehicle.
Petition of James G. Winning and others.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to accept the conveyance
to the Town from Worcester County National Bank of a parcel of
]and comprising a portion of the new sanitary landfill site established
by the Town by its vote under Article 50 of the Warrant for the 1975
Adjourned Annual Town Meeting, which conveyance is evidenced by
that deed recorded at the Registry of Deeds for the Northern Registry
District of Essex County in Book 1266, page 609,
Petition of the Highway Surveyor.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to accept the conveyance
to the Town from the United States of America of certain parcels of
land comprising the so-called "Missile Site Road", Which conveyance
is evidenced by that deed recorded at the Registry .of Deeds for the
Northern Registry District of Essex County in Book 1215, page 117.
Petition of the Highway .Surveyor.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to sell to the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts, land owned by th~ Town, which is presently
used for a sanitary landfill.
Petition of the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of
money for acquiring by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise, for
conservation purposes, all or part of the so-called Campion Hall
property; to determine whether such appropriation shall be raised by
borrowing or otherwise; or to take any other action relative thereto.
Petition of Concerts C. Bernal and others.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of
money to be expended .under the direction of the Selectmen for the
operating expenses (insurance, security, heating, etc.) of the Campion
Hall property under the preceding Article.
Petition of the Selectmen.
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And you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant by posting true and attested copies of this Warrant at
the Town Office Building and at five or more public places in each voting precinct of the Town. Said copies to be posted not less than fourteen (1 4) days. before the time of said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of tliis Warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of
said meeting to the Town Clerk.
Given under our hands at North Andover, Massachusetts, the 17th of October in the year of Our Lord
One Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy-Seven.
THOMAS J. McEVOY ) Selectmen of
JOHN F. COADY t North Andover, Mass.
A true copy: ATTEST: JOSEPH A. GUTHRIE
JOHN J. LYONS, Town Clerk ATTEST: ...............................
OCTOBER 1977 Constable