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~onday, March
~egu!ar ~eetzng
1958
The regular monthly meeting of the Planning
March 3, 1958 at 7:45 PN~ in the Town.Office
presen~ were ~icholas F. Nice~a, Chairman;
ao0ert J. Burke, Howard L. Gilman and~James
Board was held on
Building. Members
John B. Osgood, Secretary;
~. Bannan.
Glans were presented 0y ~r. ~alph brasseur,
portion of~.the property of the late 0arl D.
be stamped as not requiring approval by the
so voted.
Civil Engineer, of a
Killer asking thet they
Planning Board. IT was
Dills were signed for the following:
~eorge Ounningham $ 7.50 (Janitorial Services)
~a$1e ~riDune Pub. Co. 16.50
01erk 9.30
N. ~. ~el. & Tel. 8.43
A lettez' was read irom the ~oard of Appeals stating ~h~ the~ would
not require telephone servlce in the o~fice used jointly with the
Planning Board~ IZ was decided that the Planning Board would continue
service on a metered business phone service contract.
Attorney Arnold H. Salisbury, 0ounsel_ for the Planning Board in the
matter of the Sa~yer and/or Donovan property at SSlem TUrnPike, Hill-
side aoad and Andover B~?ass was present at the mpe~ing aBd after ~
discussion it ~as unanimousl~ votea that the repor~ ce coneensee ane
submitted to the annual zown Meetly% as its recommendation for action
on Article 13 in the Annual ~own ~arrant.
Attorney Paul ~elrose and an associate appeared~before~the Board and
explained in detail the transactions concerning the purchase of the
property lmm ~Lr. Donovan by All-Otates of Virginia, Inc. Mr. Nelrose
explained tna~ i~ was ~ne intention upon purchase to erect a store for
the sale of men's, women's, an~ children's clothing for Robert Hall and
anothez- Ouilding for the sale of shoes by G. K. Kenney 0orporation.
Mr. ~elrose expressed regret in behalf of his clients that a difficult
situation had arisen concerning ~he original petition for reclassificatiq~
of ~he property ~o a Dusiness zone and that neither All-States of ¥ir-
ginia, nobert Hall Compar4y or the Kenney Corporation were in any way
involved, he further suggested that the ~oard gi~e favorable consider-
ation to th~ establishment o~~ the Hall and Kernm¥ Stores for the reason
that~the~ w@~ld o~at~ additional.$ax re~en~ an~...wOuld~be an ass~ to
the ~own
associate pointed out that legal action had been taken against ~r. Dono-
van and that no action was contemplated against the Town of ~orth
Andovcr in the event that the citizens at the Annual Town Meeting
should vote to rescind its previous action of reclassifying the area
for business use. ~r. ~elrQse said that if permission were granted
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for the erection of a ~oDert Hal~ and a Kenney Store that all entrances
and exits would be on Route ll4, none on Hillside ~oad And none on the
andover By-Pass, the latter being a limited access highway. The RoOert
Hall and KenneY Stores, according to N~r. ~elrose would employ local
persons and that, the buildings ~ould constitute a minimum of $100,000
of taxable property';
a proposes drai't of a letter by Town Planner, John T. Blackw~ll to
~r. nudolph Alt was read outlining to Nr. Alt methods of recourse for
use of the property at 1003 Osgood Street for experimental engineering
work. It was voted that a copy of the letter be sent to Mr. Alt.
Mr. Olac~well also submitted a s~ggested call for bids on printing
of the ~orth anaover ~oning By-Laws. It was unanimously agreed that
action De deierred on this matter until ~he meeting of the °card on
the iirst ~onaa~~ oi' aPril thereby providing the opportunity for
inclusion ol~ amendments to the n~-La~s as may be adopted at the Annual
· o~n ~eeting.
Chairman
Clerk