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1932-PLANNING BOARD A meeting of the Planning Board was held on Monday, . February 1, 1932, at seven o 'clock P. 14. All the members were present except rir . wiswall and the Chairman presided. The Chairman read a draft of the proposed Annual Report for 1931. The report was discussed. On motion of Mr. Perkins , it was voted that the report be accepted and presented to the Mayor and City Council. On motion of Mr. Perkins, it was voted to request an appropriation of five hundred dollars for the year 1932, the amount to include the expense of attendance at conventions On motion of Mr. Webber, it was voted to request the • City Council and the Board of Appeal to notify the Planning Board of any petitions or hearings relating to the zoning laws , street widening, or related subjects. On motion of Mr. O'Donnell, it was voted that the members be individually authorized and directed to appear before the City Council or the Board of Appeal to support the policies of the Planning Boai7d as outlined in the Annual Report for 1931. On motion of Mr. Perkins, the Board adjourned at eight o'clock P. IT. Attest:- Secretar rt�e A meeting of the Planning Board was held on Honday, April 4, 1932, at 7.30 o 'clock P. 19. Mr. Pitman and Mr. Webber were present. Mayor Bates and President Fitzgerald of the City Council were also present. The proposed location of a new street from Dead Han's Curve, so-called, on Loring Avenue,to Lafayette Street was discussed. As there was no quorum of the Planning Board, the meeting adjourked at Attest : - r III Secretary A meeting of the PlanninZ Board was held on Monday , April 4 , 1932, at 7.30 o ' clock P. T.T. Mr. Pitman and Mr. Webber were present. As there was no a quorum the meeting adjourned to a conference with Mayor Bates and President Fitzgerald of the City Council on the matter of a proposed new street from Dead Man's Curve on Loring Avenue to Lafayette Street. Attest:- Secretary • A meeting was held on Thursday, June 2 , 1932, at eight o 'clock. P. Ti. , attended by the followinU representatives from the Tom of Ua.rblehead: Senator llalcolm E. Bell, Judge Edward B. O'Brien and 11r . Carl Gleason of the Board of Selectmen, and TIr. Charles Goodwin, Chairman, Sar. R. I.T. Cook and Ur. Starr Parsons of the Planning Board; and by the following representatives from the Cit;, of Salem: I:Tayor George J. Bates , President Timothy 71. Fitzgerald of the City Council, Hr. J. Asbury Pitman, Chairman, Stir. Henry J. O'Donnell, Mr. Harry S. Perkins, Sir . Harry E. Webber and Tlr. Richard H. Wiswall of the Planning Board, and 1r. Christ .an Lantz , Chairman., TIr. Paul N. Chaput, 1.1r . . Willard B. Porter, Mr . Max.. 3hribman, and Mr. John J. Brophy of the Board of Park Commissioners , and Superintendent of Parks Daniel J. Phalen. Mr. Raymond H. Trefry of Marblehead, representin!- the • County Corvnissioners , was also present. Mr. Pitman presided. After- some discussion' of the proposed shore boulevard, it -was de- cided that a committee be -appointed - to agree upon a definite plan for a shore boulevard along Forest River, with features of benefit to the two communities , and to endeavor to determine an approximate cost and its distribution upon state, county and the two communities. The following committee was appointed: Messrs . Perkins, Bates, Fitzgerald and Wiswall of Salem, and Messrs Bell, Goodwin and Parsons of Ilarblehead. The plan suggested by Salem is for a road from I,orinC Avenue along Forest River to a point in Marblehead opposite Forest River Park, thence across the river by a viaduct to the edge of the park land and along the shore connectin- with Con,'ress Street , following substantially the original City Plan of the PlanninC Board in 1912. The plan suggested by Marblehead is for a new road from Norman Street through Beacon Street and then connecting at the junction L i of Lafayette and Maple Streets . Both communities approve the construction of the viaduct to • make a grater basin of about fifteen acres. The object of both communities is to eliminate traffic from business and residence areas. The meeting; adjourned at Attest:- Secretary � I City of Salem • In the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two An Ordinance to amend an Ordinance relatinc to /�oning . Be it ordained. by the City Council of the City of Salem, as follows: Section 1 . The Zoning Ordinance and the Zoning. Map is hereby amended by changing the genefal residence zmne at the corner of Loring evenue and Vinnin Street, known as lot 13, and bounded as follows : Beginning at the westerly corner of said lot thence running southeasterly by the easterly line of Vinnin Street as established by the County of Essex about 129 ft. , thence running northeasterly by lot 14 about 61 ft. , thence running northwesterly by lot 12 124.05 ft . , thence running southwesterly by the southerly line of Loring Av me about 102 ft. to point be-,gun at; to a business zone for the specified use of restaurants or other eating place, as provided in said Ordinance, Section 6, Paragraph A, Item 5. Section 2 . This ordinance shall take effect as provided by the City Charter. In City Council, June 23; 1932, adopted by vote of 9 yeas, 2 nays . Vetoed by Mayor on July 5, 1932 In City Council, July 28, 1932, adopted again notwithstanding veto. r � r July 2, 1933 Arguments against Rezoning of boring Ave. for Restaurant or Tea Room First:- It is aimed at the eery rootof zoning, which is for the pro- Lection of the house owner. . This, if allowed, places a res- taurant or tea room within a short distance of the $100000 home, which it was supposed would be protected by the zoning, as it was in a residential section. Second:- This area, when zoning hearings were held, was placed in the residential class on application of residents near that vicinity. See Saltonstall hearing minutes. Third:-' It violates the principal of zoning because it sets aside a small tract of land, one mall lot, for business purposes. It is .special legislation in the intdrests of one party against the interests of the residents.. Fourth There is no crying need and certainly no demand for such a business in that section of the city. Fifth:- It is legislation by the Salem City Council for people residing out of town, and against residents who have not only built up the section but actually reside there, owning property bringing in a good income to the city in taxes. Those seeking the change do not live in Salem, but in Lynn. One only, ?Sias Hayes, owns the property valued at 6V750. She lives in Lynn, employed a Lynn lawyer to represent her, and the people who are to run the place are residents of Lynn. Sixth:- The property is not to be purchased, but is only leased, and for a business which the residents and property owners who appeared claim is objectionable to them. Not stated last evening through error. For the first time in the history of zoning the change specifically limits the area to be rezoned to a restaurant or eating place only, and should that fail, and other business desire to establish there, it would be absolutely necessary to come before the city council for another change before anything could legally be done. A very bad precedent to establish, to place in the law just that one business be conducted in the zoned territory. In the past a piece has been zoned for "business purposes" while this amend- ment limits the kind of business and the only kind that can be conducted there if rezoned. if. E. W. A meeting of the Joint Salem-Marblehead Committee on Shore Boule- vard was held at City Hall on Thursday, July 7 , 193 � at e 'eht o ' clock P. I.I. All the members were present and Mr. Harry S. Perkins presided. 1r. Frank P. Morse, City Engineer of Salem, and lir. Harold B. Breare , Town Engineer . of '"rblehead, were also present . 7r. Bell stated that he had been in touch with the State Depart- ment of Public Works in regard to the new road and the Department recd-amended that the Committee -come to some conclusions as to where the road is to go, and that the Department would then send the State EnC.ineers to make a preliminary survey. After that the matter could 'be taken up directly with the Department, probably under Chapter 90 of the General Laws , the costs apportionment of that chapter allowing the State to pay an amount from nothinf to 75%. The road as shoi�Tl by the original plan is all in Marblehead but the only portion of any value to the Town is the viaduct. Mr. Bell suggested that the Com- mittee come to an agreement on .a plan and then ask for a -hearing before the State Department of Public Works . Mr. Fitzgerald ;ave. a rough estimate that the viaduct (2600 feet ). would cost $ 70, 000.00, exclusive of the road-bed. Mayor Bates stated that while the viaduct is only a new road for Salem, it opens up a''potential residential district for Marblehead. ar. Bell said that unless 11r. A. E. .Little, the owner of the land involved in ,aarblehead, is willing to give the land for the new road, Marblehead is not interested in the proposition. Mr. Parsons said that he considered it advisable to keep the road on the 1.1arblehead side of the basin back from the shore , as shore property depreciates in value if the road spoils the beach . Mayor Bates said that. Salem would like to have the portion of the road between Loring Avenue and Lafayette Street on the Salem side of Forest River, and that in that .case-Saler.2 would be prepared to assume the entire cost of that portion, with I-arblehead payinj for the portion in that town, both sections to be built with state and county aid also . On motion of Mayor Bates , it was, voted that Mr. Nalcolm Bell be appointed a Committee of one to confer with the State Department of Public Works with the object of asking the State Engineers. to .make a survey of the potential possibilities of a shore route , in conjunction with the City Engineer -of Salem and the Town Engineer of Marblehead; the road to start from' a point on Loring Avenue near Dead Ban' s Curve, so-called, thence running in a northeasterly direction on the Salem side of Forest River to Lafayette Street and thence in a more easterly direction to the junction of the proposed viaduct, and the proposed West Shore Road in Harblehead, thence in a general easterly direction to Village Street;, also from the junction of the proposed viaduct and the proposed ''lest Shore Road thence northwesterly along the viaduct to Forest River Park in Salem and thence in the same uirection to Congress Street. On motion of Mr. Wisvrall, it was voted to adjourn at 9 .40 P. K.