Warrant - Annual Town Meeting - 04/02/2007
with Finance Committee Recommendations - Article 10 through 15
|
Our Town:
Article 10: To see if the Town will vote to accept, for all boards, committees or commissions
holding adjudicatory hearings in the Town, the provisions of MGL c 39, section 23D, which
provide that a member of a Board, Committee, or Commission holding an adjudicatory
hearing shall not be disqualified from voting in the matter solely due to the member's
absence from one session of such hearing, provided that certain conditions are met, or take
any other action relative thereto.
BY PLANNING BOARD
The Finance Committee recommends the Town approve this article. This Article
allows further participation by Members of the planning Board and protects the
quorum requirement.
Article 11: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By Laws by showing
the proposed wording to be deleted as underlined in italics and the proposed changes of
words to be added shown in bold typeface or take any other action relative thereto:
Amending § 175-26 Accessory uses and accessory buildings: Subsection C. as follows:
C. A One garage or storage space for private motor vehicles, attached or, detached, of not
more than 875 square feet of floor area shall be considered as an accessory building and
may provide for as many as three cars in residence districts and for dwellings in a
commercial district subject to the provisions of Subsections A and B (above) in this section,
unless a special permit is otherwise granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals. All other
storage space uses for vehicular equipment may have additional spaces to store necessary
equipment. This subsection creates a limit of one (1) garage or vehicular storage
structure to be built upon a lot except by a special permit granted by the Zoning
Board of Appeals.
• Amending § 175-32 Attached dwellings, apartments, condominiums and Subsections A.
Administration;'and, D. Dimensional requirements as follows:
175-32. Attached Multi-unit dwellings, apartments, or condominiums complexes of
twelve (12) residential units or more.
A. Administration: . ;
(1) The applicant shall file a request for a special permit under this section of the
Zoning By-Law for multi-unit dwellings, apartments, or condominium
complexes of twelve (12) residential units or more with the Board of
Appeals. The Zoning Board of Appeals may grant, only after a public hearing with
due notice, a special permit for the construction of an attached such multi-unit
dwellings, apartments or condominium development complexes, only in the districts
indicated in § 175-21 Table of Use Regulations A(4)
.
(2) The applicant shall also simultaneously file a copy of the application with the
Planning Board and the Town Clerk.
(3) The applicant shall file with the Planning Board a site plan of the proposed
development in accordance with § 175-77 Site Plan Review.
D. Dimensional requirements. The dimensional requirements for developments of
twelve (12) housing units or more in any zoning district within the Town of
Abington require that any building shall be at least: ...
• Amending § 175-38 Central Business District, C. Uses (2) as follows: ^; ' •-
2. Residential uses as part of a mixed-use development but not as a stand-alone principal
use except by special permit from the Planning Board. Residential components may not
exceed 50%of the total gross floor area of a proposed multi-use project except as
provided in Subsection C. (3).
2. Residential uses as part of a mixed-use development where the residential
units or components may not exceed 50% of the total gross floor area of a
proposed multi-use project except as provided in Subsection C(3). Strictly
residential units on lots as stand-alone residential uses in the Central Business
District may be permitted by Special Permit from the Planning Board where such
uses are appropriate and where the minimum lot size is at least 5,000 square
feet and meets the provisions of Subsection C.(3)(a); C.(3)(b); C.(3)(d); and, C.(3)(f).
• Amending § 175-77 Site Plan Review A. General provisions (5) as follows:
(5) A public hearing with notification to abutters per Chapter 40A Section 11 shall be
required for all commercial or industrial site plans which do not otherwise need to obtain a
special permit and which that meet or exceed one or more of the following thresholds:
• To amend the Zoning Map of the Town of Abington dated February 3, 2003 to change
the zoning district of the following described area from the CBD, Central Business
District to R-20 High Density Residential District: , ........-,
Beginning at a point at the southeasterly corner of Plymouth Street and Birch Street;
Thence running in a northeasterly direction by Birch Street to the intersection of Birch
Street and Charles Street;
Thence turning and running southerly by Charles Street to the northerly boundary of the
property now or formerly owned by New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad;
Thence turning and running northwesterly along the northerly line of said Railroad
property to Birch Street;
Thence turning and running southerly by Monroe Street to the northeast corner of the
parcel now shown as Lot 3 on Assessors Map 47 (2006 edition);
Thence turning and running westerly along the northerly property line of said Lot 47-3
and continuing in a straight line to its intersection with Plymouth Street;
Thence turning and running northwesterly by Plymouth Street to the point of beginning.
BY PLANNING BOARD
The Finance Committee recommends the Town approve this article. This article
represents a settlement of current issues of commercial and residential planning
in the Town.
Article 12: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners to transfer
from the Water Systems Development Account the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00), to be used with a like amount from the Town of Rockland for upgrades to the
mechanical raw water traveling screen at the Great Sandy Bottom Water Treatment Plant, or
take any action relative thereto.
BY BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
The Finance Committee recommends the Town approve this article. This
represents Abington's portion of the upgrade costs. Funding will come from the
Systems Development Account.
Article 13: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners to transfer
from the Systems Development Account the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00)
for the purpose of continuing the survey and testing in accordance with the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts Drinking Water Regulations governing cross connections to our water
system (310 CMR 22.22), or take any other action relative thereto.
BY BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
The Finance Committee recommends the Town approve this article. This is a
mandated service which ensures the quality of our water. This funding will come
from the Systems Development Account.
Article 14: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the water Commissioners to transfer from
the Systems Development Account the sum of Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00)
to provide and install meters, or take any other action relative thereto.
BY BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
The Finance Committee recommends the Town approve this article. Maintaining
the quality of our meters ensures accurate accounting of usage. Funding for this
article will come from the System Development Account.
Article 15: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners to transfer
from the Water Systems Development Account the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000.00), to be used with a like amount from the Town of Rockland for upgrades to the
mechanical micro screen at the Great Sandy Bottom Water Treatment Plant, or take any
other action relative thereto.
BY BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
The Finance Committee recommends the Town approve this article. This
represents Abington's portion of the cost. The source of funding will come from
the System Development Account.
Article 3
Town Meeting approved Article 10 and
adjourned until Wednesday April 4th at 7 p.m.
Town Meeting on April 25th approved Article 11
through Article 15
