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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-12-23 DECEMBER 2_t. 1955 ~ctmen held their meeting at 3~O0 P.M. to-day due to the.holiday on Monday next. ¥~eekly bills and payrolls were approved. Ail members were present. SPECIAL POLICE OFF£CERS APPOINTED: The following men were appointed special police officers on this day. Edwin E, Johnson, 47 Chickering Road, upon reeommendati on of Dewey Dyer for C.Defens. Edward Phalan, 971 Tarnpike St. upon recommendation of David & Nurber ~achine Co. NEW ENGLAND TEL. & '~EL.CO: A letter received~from L. S. Belanger, Unit Engineer informing the board that the conditi ~n existing by water running out of their manhole and through their, Under- ...... ground Connection ~o the roadway has been remedied to the satisfac~ionof all. The Conduit foremen, John Carney, has covered with Mr. Finneran, the matter referred to and the Job was 'completed and me~ with Mr. ~inneran s approval. GREAT POND ROAD-ARTHUR A THOMSON: - The Board received a letter from Atty. Arthur A. Thomson informing them that the petition which they sent to him for approval is perfectly in'order for this board ,-to cause to be executed and ,returned to the County~Commissioners. Mr. Thomson will endeavor to secure the releases from the abutters and will keeps%he~ hoard advised. The pe.tition :was si~ed by the board and sent.to the County/Commissioners. BOND-TAX COLLECTOR- TREASURER In compliance with the provisions of Section 35 of Chapte~ 41 of'the General Laws, ' the Commissioners of Corporationa and Tsxations has established th~' sum~bf $48,000 for the 1956 bond for the'town trsasursr and~the amount'of $49~900' for the 1956 Bond for the Tax CoLlector and the board so approved and returned the. form to the Commissioner. · ..... . . i ~ T CIV'IL DEFENSE ~ ...... Mr. Dewey Dyer. Director of Civil Defense sent a 'letter to 'tHe' board to ~inform them or ~he fact that the Civil Defence Communications system is now,installe~ ,and in operation. James Daw has be,on appo'.m~.~t.ed .Communications ~Offi~e~r in civil. De~,ense and ' D~menic Bonanno a Sergeant ~in ~the A~XiliArY Polic~ group. ".~ere~t' ~o0d~use has b6c~o~e 'the training officer fora:the AUmiliarY p&lice und6~ ~he ~auspices~'~ the Police Department. ' · . ~ ~ ._ - The Board voted td accept the 'letter and report'.': :'~ ~- :CHAPTER 9G .work for '1956: ..... . .' :"~THe'~Board of Selectmen notified :Mr. - · · · - '~ '- , ..... Jenkins, D~s tract H~ghway Engineer %bat .the follow~_ng, streets ~should ~b~ considered in ~the order given for~:Ohapter ~0 work ~:' to be done in the town in 1956:~ Greene St~reet, Dale'Strset and S~lem Street. REPORT AND 'MAP SH0,~'INO Crud RAILROAD STATION? ~ -- A repor~ and'maps were received from'Ralph' Brasseu~ at the ......... request 'of the' Selectmen, ~xplaining that he had made a -study of'the situation'in ' .... ouestion and~the problem arising of the said ~ailread Station and the proposed 'sate thegeoT to,'an~ individual. As longas the railroad station.wan used as such, there was no question'as to violaS! tion of the Zoning by-law as this use was permitted ~and legal in any district tha it ~%ght be determined to be in hut when this building passes into other than raid- road ownership and station use, there arises the question of whethe~ it conforms to the requirement of the zoning by-law in its new use, location and size',of lot. O~mS~ptember 26, 1~55 the building inspector issued a permit to Joseph and' Mary 'Alosky for a $2500 addition to t'he['RAilroad.sts, tion apparently'jto,.be used by the .:'Me~rimac Spool' and Bobbin Co. Ties addition'has been constructed. Mr. Brasseur made an enlargement of the 'Zoning Plan of this area' and'a '~pla~ sho,~ing the· result of the ex~ending zones to the' ~entmrline of the streets and railroad ,~,~ right of way as called for in part. of' ~Lrticle 1 of the~ by-l~w. ; "-"-, : · It would seem that the station in question here is definitely in ~'GenerslJ Rssiden' distric~ and so ~ubJec~ to the requirements of such a district. In which case the set out is not of sufficient'size'and has no frontage on an approved ~tre'e% and does not meet the set back~ side yard, rear yar~ or use requirements~ I{' also comes under the subdivision as it requires a way ~o reach it and so would need approval of the ': Pl.anning Board. ~he authority'and responsibility for tasking the decision as to the bo~nda~y line of any zone lies definitely with the Building Insoec~or and though he might ~ot agree with my interpretation of the Zone boundary a~'this locus, I cannot conceive of any reasonably interpretation that would entirely clear the lot and buildin~ from the requirements of General ~sidential District. The only other possible district would be business in which case: i~oulduS~till need approval of the Planning ~Board as a subdivision as the lot has ~o access to an approved street except by the establishing of'a way leading ~o Sutton Street. MrJBrasseur's conclusion was that there c~n be only two Districts that th~s lot can be decided to be in, L General Residential or 2, Business..' If general residential then the permit to build was granted in error as there is not compliance with the requirements of the zoning by-law and the subdivision law. If Business then the permit was granted in error as the lot does no~ meet the ments of the subdivision control law as it has not even been submitted to the '174 DECEMBER 23, 1955- continued C~D RAILROAD STATION: PLANNING BOARD M~. Brasseur stated that he cannot see how a dangerous precedent can be aboided .unless some action is taken in this ma,%er. The Build Lng inspector, in his opinion is the one %o take the necessary action as he is the enforcing officer under the zoning by-law. A ruling by Town Council as ~o what should be done and by whom would be more to the point than his advice. The Board voted ~o send a copy of the letter and plans to the Planning Board and ask that they meet with the Selectmmn on January 9, 1955 at eight o'clock. BOARD OF PUBLIC W'ORK$: . William B. Duffy me~ with the board and informed them that they are looking for water as there is another plant who wants to come into North Andover and they want · '1OO,OOO,000 gallons of water. So far the results have no~ been good and they have . approached the mills for mo~e wa~er and they were cooperative but they wan% to know where the.~a~er will come from. The Board of Public ~¥orks plans to have the Carney Company, Industrial Engineers come in if the money can be appropriated. The new plant will employ 1000 people. M~. Dully said he would like. t~e Selectmen to meet with the Board of Publi~ ,~orks and the Advisory Board ~o discuss this ma~er and th~, would appreciate having the meeting on.December 29, 1955 as ~he Board of Public ,orks reserves this night for their meeting. The Selectmen will let Mr. Duffy know if this night is agreeable to them~nd to the Advisory Board members. DECE~R 30, The Selectmen held. their weekly meeting at 4:00 P.M. due to the holiday on Monday next. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved. NEW ENGLAND T & T CO.-LAWRENCE ELECTRIC CO: The Board voted unanimously to gran~ the petition of these companies for Joint pole location at new Clark Street, approximately 545 feet north o~.Osgood Street, 1 pole, (remove 1 pole). No hearing required. LLOYD ~& SHERMAN: A letter was receive~ relative to the savings bank book #111744, 'proper~y Of Carmelo Marine of Lawrence' ·as an agreement and power of attorney, to be held untL!o the work is completed satisfactorily. Mr. S~erman informed the board that the Planning Board is insisting that he install two catch basins on Woodstock Street near the intersection of Greenhill Ave. which will becovered over so that no wa~er c~n go into them. They believe that at some future date the town will have a catch basin~ system on ,¥oodlane Street to which connection will then be able to be' made. Mr. Marino~ees not be- lieve that this requirement was within the original ~undertaking by him under the agreement. It is impractical at this ti~e to install catch basins which will not be 'used until some indefinite time i~nth~efuture. He ~ould be willing' ~o settle the matter and get the money as soon as possible ~o install the catch basins. .Mr. Marine states that he can do this for '$200 and if the board will relesse $4~00.00 of the said account, he will enter into an agreemen~ to install the catch basins ~by July l, 1956.. Mr. Sherman £urther stated that he thought it very inequitable for the full amount to be withheld under the circumstances. The Board will take this matter up with the Planning Board on January ~, 1956. BOARD OF ASSESSORS: A letter was receive~ from the Board of Assessors informing, them that %heyhave noticed several places where construction has been completed o6]which they have nd record of a building permit. One of these is a~ the Brooks School. .This corpqra- tion does hot contribute ~o our tax system but they have to comply with ~he law in reporting exempt values ~o the State Department. Exemption from taxes does not exempt them from applying for a permit and with no permit record they have no lead ~o follow. They feel that there should be a fee charged for a permit and.a fine imposed for infraction o~ the regulation. As far as they know there is ne.limit so the time in which a permit may be exercised. Thus, they may have arecord of permits of two oz three years standing which they have neither the time nor facility for reviewing yeAr after year. They mention also that the certificates of oil or gas burner installation or conversion are ~wo items which are practically a necessity f~r them to have in order to ~ain revenue in an equitable manner. The board voted to request a repor~ from Martin Lawlor with respect to't~first part of this letter and the other matters will be discussed later. COURT ROOM: ~r. Bonanno has asked for permission to use the Court Room for the' meetings of the Auxiliary Police twice a week. ATter some discussion the board voted %o allo~ them ~o use the court room as ~emporary quarters and suggest that they try to.find other quarters as there is a possibility that the Court Room will be used by the Planning Board and Boa~d of Appeals.