COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
TOWN OF TEMPLETON
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
May 9, 2006
WORCESTER, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Templeton in said County.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the Inhabitants of the precincts of the Town of Templeton, County of Worcester, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet in the Narragansett Regional Middle School, 460 Baldwinville Road, Baldwinville, in said Templeton on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 at 8:00 o’clock p.m., then and there to act on the following articles:
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) to provide additional funding for the Solid Waste Disposal Expense budget for fiscal year 2006, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from the Cemetery/Parks Department Expense account for Cemetery road repairs,
or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of Three Thousand, Four Hundred Dollars ($3,400.00) to purchase two (2) school zone crossing lights with a control cabinet to include a NEMA flasher and other equipment including signage to be installed at the Narragansett Regional High School complex located on Baldwinville Road, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the care, custody, management and
control of the parcel of land located at 9 Main Street, Otter River, and
described in a deed recorded with the Worcester South Registry of Deeds in Book 630, Page 621, from the Narragansett Regional School District for school purposes to the Board of Selectmen for the purpose of a senior center; or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to establish a seven (7) member oversight committee to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen to oversee the planning and construction of a Senior Center to be located at 9 Main Street in the village of Otter River. Said committee shall be composed of two (2) members of the Council on Aging, two (2) members of the Board of Selectmen, one (1) member of the Board of Appeals, and two (2) members-at-large, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds to the Principal on Long-Term Debt Account the sum of Nine Thousand, Two Hundred Dollars ($9,200.00) to pay an MWPAT, Title V, Septic System Repair Loan bond payment, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) to provide for an engineering survey of property located in East Templeton under the care, custody, maintenance and control of the Templeton Cemetery and Parks Department and identified on the Templeton Assessors Plan as Parcel 6-12 #9, encompassing approximately 6.2 acres, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of Twenty-Two Thousand Dollars ($22,000.00) to replace the transmission in the Highway Department loader, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of Four Thousand, Six Hundred Dollars ($4,600.00) to purchase four (4) new tires for the Highway Department grader, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds a sum of money to supplement the Town Vehicle/Machinery Maintenance Expense account for fiscal year 2006, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept and expend the sum of Two Hundred Eight Thousand, Ninety-Six Dollars ($208,096.00) or any other sums that may be available in accordance with Chapter 291C of the Acts of 2004, for fiscal year 2007, or any other monies that become available under the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 90, Section 34, Clause 2(a) and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Public Works and to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow in anticipation of 100% reimbursement of said amounts, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds a sum of money to supplement the Town Vehicles - Fuel Expense account for fiscal year 2006, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) to supplement the Town Counsel Expenses account for fiscal year 2006, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds a sum of money to supplement the Fire Department Expenses account for fiscal year 2006, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of One Thousand, Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,750.00) from the Assistant Town Clerk Salary account to the Assistant Town Collector Salary account for fiscal year 2006, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Three Dollars ($243.00) to be apportioned as follows: One Hundred Ninety-Four Dollars ($194.00) to supplement the Building Inspector Salary account for fiscal year 2006 and Forty-Nine Dollars ($49.00) to supplement the Building Inspector Clerk account for fiscal year 2006, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of Nine Thousand Dollars ($9,000.00) to supplement the Advisory Board Emergency Reserve Account for fiscal year 2006, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds a sum of money to construct an approximate 200 square foot area within the ground level storage area at 2 School Street in Baldwinville for the purpose of storing Town records currently housed on the second floor at 2 School Street, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) to supplement the Memorial/Veterans Day Expenses account, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to amend the “Town of Templeton Bylaws, Article XXI – Zoning” by adding to Section 6.0 GENERAL REGULATIONS a new section to be numbered 6.4 as follows: “6.4 All uses exempt under Section 3 of M.G.L. Chapter 40A, including but not limited to group homes, and excluding agricultural uses otherwise regulated by the Town of Templeton Right to Farm By-law, shall be located on lots consisting of no less than two and one half (2.5) acres of land,” or take any other action relative thereto.
Submitted by Citizen
Petition
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to amend the
existing Templeton Bylaw, Article XXI,
Zoning, by adding Section 8.3 for the purpose of creating a
Commercial-Industrial-A (C-I-A) Zoning District, as follows:
The purpose of the C-I-A zoning
district is to reserve an area for tax-generating non-residential uses that can
be located in Templeton without detrimental impact to the community or the
surrounding neighborhood. The C-I-A
district accommodates larger business and industry than in the other business
districts and maintains a quality of design through vegetative buffers to
residential areas and other design standards.
No building or use shall be constructed, altered, or expanded without
Site Plan Approval by the Planning Board (PB) in accordance with Article XII
Zoning, Section 9.0, General Administration and Procedures, Section 9.4, Site
Plan Review.
The location of the C-I-A District shall be as described on the zoning map at the office of the Town Clerk.
The
following uses are allowed by right in the C-I-A zoning district, with site
plan approval from the PB in accordance with Article XXI Zoning, Section 9.0
Administration and Procedures, Section 9.4 Site Plan Review. See the Dimensional Table for maximum floor
area ratio and lot coverage requirements.
A. No use allowed
by a Special Permit within this section of the bylaw shall be allowed until the
Planning Board has been satisfied by the applicant, agents of the applicant
and/or agents of the Town of Templeton that the use that may be allowed by
Special Permit is not injurious to any natural, cultural or historic resource
within the Town of Templeton. Applicants seeking approval of a use by Special
Permit, Article XXI Zoning, Section 6.0 General Regulations, paragraphs B)
through J), below.
B. Gasoline and/or repair service stations
with or without mini-market. An establishment for the repair, maintenance, and
painting of automobiles or other motor vehicles, provided that all but minor
repairs shall be conducted wholly within a building sufficiently
sound-insulated and ventilated to confine disturbing noise and odors to the
premises.
C. Automobile
showrooms, new and used automobile lots; Vehicular dealerships, including salesroom and related
dealership facilities for automobiles, boats, motorcycles, trucks, off-road vehicles or farm
implements.
D. Light
Manufacturing, packaging, processing and testing, including printing or publishing plant, bottling works,
manufacturing establishment, or other assembling, packaging, finishing or
processing use where the proposed use does not cause negative environmental or
neighborhood impacts associated with noise, smoke, odors, or traffic that
cannot be successfully mitigated;
E. Warehouse or other storage
facilities;
F. Wireless
communications facilities;
G. Office building or
Office Park, providing for one or more buildings on a lot integrated to provide
for attractive and functional office space, vehicular and pedestrian
circulation and overall site plan;
H. Conference Center;
I. Outdoor recreational facilities on five
(5) acres or more, including camping area, golf course, miniature golf, ski areas and
accessory structures, and other similar uses;
J. Any accessory
use customarily incidental to any of the above uses. or
to take any other action relative thereto.
The Templeton Planning Board
recommends that the Town Meeting adopts the Commercial-Industrial-A Zoning
District Bylaw.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to amend the
existing Templeton Bylaw, Article XXI, Zoning, by adding Section 8.4 for the
purpose of creating a Commercial-Industrial-A (C-I-A) Zoning District, as
follows:
The purpose of the C-I-B district
is to reserve an area for tax-generating non-residential uses that can be
located in Templeton without detrimental impact to the community or the surrounding
neighborhood. The C-I-B district
accommodates larger business and industry than in the other business districts
and maintains a quality of design through vegetative buffers to residential
areas and other design standards. No
building or use shall be constructed, altered, or expanded without Site Plan
Approval by the Planning Board (PB) in accordance with Article XII Zoning,
Section 9.0, General Administration and Procedures, Section 9.4, Site Plan
Review.
In order to provide adequate
protection of any Zone One Aquifer Zone, Zone Two Aquifer Zone, Aquifer
Protection and/or Water Protection District, any use allowed in the C-I-B
zoning district, by right or by special permit from the Planning Board, must
also apply for and obtain a “C-I-B Land Protection Use Permit” from the
Planning Board to
operate such use within the C-I-B
Zoning District. Any and all Zone One Aquifer Zone, Zone Two Aquifer Zone,
Aquifer Protection and/or Water Protection District may be represented on a map
available at the Office of the Town Clerk and as may be periodically updated.
The location of the C-I-B District
shall be as described on the zoning map at the office of the Town Clerk.
The
following uses are allowed by right in the Commercial-Industrial (C-I-B)
District, with site plan approval from the PB in accordance with Article XXI
Zoning, Section 9.0 Administration and Procedures, Section 9.4 Site Plan
Review. See the Dimensional Table for
maximum floor area ratio and lot coverage requirements.
K. Uses classified as adult entertainment as
per MGL Chapter 272, Section 31 (Definitions) and all other
applicable state statutes concerning the permitting of adult entertainment
establishments may be allowed by a Special Permit from the Planning Board, or
to take any other action relative thereto
The Templeton Planning Board
recommends that the Town Meeting adopts the
Commercial-Industrial-B Zoning District Bylaw.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to amend the
existing Templeton Bylaw, Article XXI,
Zoning, by adopting and representing a Commercial-Industrial-A (C-I-A) Zoning
District Map as is available for review prior to the Town Meeting at the Office
of the Town Clerk and available at the Town Meeting, or to take any other
action relative thereto.
The Templeton Planning Board
recommends that the Town Meeting adopts the Commercial-Industrial-A (C-I-A)
Zoning District Map.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to amend the
existing Templeton Bylaw, Article XXI, Zoning, by adopting and representing a
Commercial-Industrial-B (C-I-B) Zoning District Map as is available for review
prior to the Town Meeting at the Office of the Town Clerk and available at the
Town Meeting, or to take any other action relative thereto.
The Templeton Planning Board
recommends that the Town Meeting adopts the Commercial-Industrial-B (C-I-B)
Zoning District Map.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to amend the
existing Templeton Bylaw, Article XXI, Zoning, by adopting and representing a
Commercial-Industrial-A (C-I-A) Zoning District Map and a
Commercial-Industrial-B (C-I-B) Zoning District Map as is available for review
prior to the Town Meeting at the Office of the Town Clerk and available at the
Town Meeting, or to take any other action relative thereto.
The Templeton Planning Board
recommends that the Town Meeting adopts the Commercial-Industrial-A (C-I-A) and
Commercial-Industrial-B (C-I-B) Zoning District Map.
And you
are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in
each precinct; namely, at the Post Office in Templeton, the Post Office in East
Templeton, the Post Office in Baldwinville, at Cote’s Market in Otter River, and
at the Town Office Buildings at 4 Elm Street, Baldwinville, and at 690 Patriots
Road, Templeton, and by delivering a copy to each of the Precinct Clerks
fourteen (14) days at least before the time of holding said meeting and by
causing notice of the same to be published once in the Gardner News, a
newspaper published in said County, in the City of Gardner.
Hereof,
fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the
Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this 18th
day of April in the year AD 2006.
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
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Gerald
Skelton, Chairman
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Neil Cullen, Vice Chairman
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Robert Columbus,
Clerk
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A True Copy, ATTEST:
Gregg Edwards, Member
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Neil A. Cullen Julie Farrell, Member
Constable of Templeton