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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE: TOWN OF CANTON
REPORT OF MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Canton High School,
Canton, Mass.
Dear Mr. Ames:
Theprincipal duty of a music supervisor is to obtain from the
pupils good tones and facility in reading music. She goes about
this by giving a model lessolll at each visi't to the grade teacher
and leaving plans for furthering her work. The degree of progress
of the individual classes actually depends on the amount and kind
of drill given by the respective teachers.
Music, like a number of o'ther subjects, has undergone wide
changes. The modern course of study dwells only on the essentials
required for reading from the ' printed page' and the remainder of
the old-time curriculum, which inoludes major and minor scale
structure and harmony etc., is given only to a class in Theory,
which, in some places, is a Senior High School elective. I mention
this latter because very often visitors in schools, some of whom
musicians and eVelll previous supervisors, who
may be excellent
have not kept in touch with advances in Schoo: l Music, are inclined
to be extremely critica'l and even skeptical of new methods. The
chief aim in school music today is to acquire the maximum en-
of music for the child witili m.iJnimum of work for him.
joyment a
I was indeed pleased
on my return to Canton in September
to be told Mr. HaB, that, because of the success of the musical
by
play presented by our Glee Club last spring, the Music Fund had
reached approximately $ 300. I hope that the one we are planning
for this spring will be equaJly as successfUlI. Mr. Hall, as always,
has beelll most helpful to me at all times. I am sincerely grateful
to him.
The High School Orchestra is somewhatsma:ller this year and
we are handicapped by the fact that very few of the members con-
tinue their instrumental study outside of school. I think the Band
which was recently organized will be a splendid help. We are pre-
paring for two or three performances to be given in the near future.
I am glad for this oP1> ortunity ' to thank you, Mr. Ames, for
your aid and particularly your advice, which has always proven
most beneficial to me.
Respeetfully yours,
MARY A. RIDGE
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
EVENING SCHOOL
Mr. Albert S. Ames
Superintendent of Schools
Canton, Massachusetts
My dear Mr. Ames:
The fall term Evening School, just terminated, was
of the
particularly successful. out of forty- six individu-
Ten nationaJlities
als enrolled, was the cosmopolitan representation in the American-
ization class, operated as in previous years in connection with State
Department of Education.
Eleven deolarants and four new citizens represents some of
the work in this section.
Several members of the Civil Service course took State ex-
aminations, and in the first examination held all our applicants
passed successfullly.
The High School diploma awarded David Sturrock for com-
pletion of that course was awarded the young gentleman at the
Fall Term exercises.
Both Mr. O' Connell and I wish to thank you for your kindly
interest and great! help during the year.
Very truly yours,
WILLIAM F. WARD.
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ANNUTL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
REPORT OF THE TEACHER OF HOME
ECONOMICS
Canton High School
Canton, Massachusetts
January 29, 1931
t.ir. Albert S. Ames
Superintendent of Schools
Canton, Massachuse~ s
report as reacher of Home Economics
I hereby submit my first
and
in the Canton High School. I have been here since January,
find the work essentialily the same as last year. Approximately
the lunch coun~ r,
forty per cent of the student body patronize
which is the same figure mentioned in the last report.
Respectfully submitted,
HELENA L. O' HARA.
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ANNUTL REPORT OF THJ<~TOWN OF CANTON
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
To the School Superintendent.
Dear Sir:
The school nurse has already rendered you her report which
gives a detailed account of the work done in the schools the past
year.
May I call your attention to the effor'ts being made to immunize
the childrenagainst diphtheria. I have taken the first two grades-
each year and given the protective innoculations to alll whose par-
ents desire them.
In this way in a few years a large proportion of the children
will be protected. Six months after the innoculations a Shick test
is done to. determine the efficiency of the treatment, and if the test
is positive the innoculations are repeated.
This year the school health program has progressed much more
satisfactorily and the results should be proportionately better.
Respectfully yours,
DEAN 8. LUCE.
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ANNUTL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
Mr. Albert S. Ames
Supermtendent of Schools
Canton, Massachusetts
Dear Mr. Ames:
The
I herewith submit my annual report as school nurse.
for the and the
physicall examinations have been completed year,
follow- up work in ~he homes is now being done.
year as usual to en-
We are having the dental campaign this
courage tfue children
dental work done. . This
to have their cam-
to work out quite satisfactorily each year.
paign seems
to be given
protective inoculations against diphtheria are
The
by the school physician as usual; also the Schick test is now being
to the children who had the toxin- anti- toxin inoculations last
given
year.
So far, we have not had many contagious diseases this year.
I wish we might have more co- operation from the parents in re~
It is useless to exolude a child from
gard to contagious diseases.
school with a contagious disease if he is allowed to go to other pub-
lic places.
T.he following is the report for the year 1930:
1931 .. 816
No. pupils examined from January, 1930 to January
795
No. pupils showing satisfactory vaccinations, ..............
80
Jpils 10% or more underweight. . . . .. . . . . . .. . . .......
No. l.)'
172
No pupils having enlarged tonsils ........................
321
No pupils, having defective teeth ........................
10
NQ. . pupils having heart lesions ..........................
66
Ne,,!? upils having enlarged glands. .. .. .., . . . ., .. ...... ....
230
Nt', lUpils having postural defects ........................
to schools ...................................... 355
N..' .. isits
pediculosis
for and uncleanliness . . 2627
N, l hdividual inspections
59
N,~ dassroom inspections .................................
611
N(( ye and ear examinations ..............................
27
. children in need of glasses ..........................
I ( of
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No. of first aid treatments ................................ 83
No. of hygienic talks ..................................... 109
No. home visits .......................................... 514
No of cwtures taken .................................... 3
No. of home nursing classes ............................... 59
No. pupils receiving toxin- anti-~oxin ( given in 1 and 2 grades) 67
No. pupils receiving the Schick test ...................... 185
ViEits to tonsil clinic .........~.......................... 1
Visits to Boston Dispensary .............................. 3
ViFits to state clinic in Stoughton for X- Ray .............. 2
In April there was a Summer Round- up clinic held, at which
forty- four children were examined.
The aim of this clinic was to
have the pre- school children examined and their defects corrected
before entering school this year.
In closing I wish ' to thank the Superintendent, and the teacher:'
for their interest and help during. the year.
Respectfully submit ,ed,
RUTH GALLANT, R. N.
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ANNUTL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE ELIOT SCHOOL
Unitarian Parish Hall
Wednesday, June 18, 1930, 8 P. M.
PROGRAM
Orchestra Selections
Miss Ethel Stone, Director
a. Morris Dance
b. Chora>
l, Mendelssohn
The Scout Master, Siemer
c.
ddress of Welcome
Manning Cohen
Town"
Pageant, " Some Portraits of Old Canton
Pupils of grades seven and eight, assisted by
Miss Bessie Estey, Pianist, and
Miss Ethel Swne, Violinist
Spirit of Days Gone By"
Ruth Chandler
1. Chickataubut
WilHam Fisher
2. Kitchamakin
Frank Sweetman
3. Wampatuck
Malco[ m Ferguson
4. Ne'ponset Squaws
Mildred Bowers Patricia Lonergan
Doris Dev8ill Gertrude Niederhauser
Armetta Fisher Beatrice Titus
Jane Hinton lone Wile
5. John Eliot
John Wagner
6. William Ahauton' s Squaw
Priscilla Wattles
7. Reverend Samuel Dunbar
Donald Cook
8. Preserved Lyon
Edward Hays
9. A French Refugee
George Angus
10. Elijah Dunbar, Master of the " Moving" School
Calvin Ervin
School Children
Marion Davenport
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Mary Farrington
Elizabeth Igo
Hans Neiderhauser
11. Paul Revere
John Gateley
12. Benjamin Bussey
Roger Hewett
13. Colonel Thomas Doty
Lawrence Henderson
14. William Billings and His Bride
Harding Aylward
Hope Timm> rman
15. Henry Perley
Paul Gelpke
16. General Richard Gridley
Manning Cohen
17. Commodore John Downes
WHliam Poole
Orchestra Selections
a) Wind Bells Zamecnik
b) Cavalry Charge Zamecnik
Presentation of Diplomas
Mr. Albert S. Ames
Superintendent of Schools
Song " America the Beautiful" Bates
Audie:pce and School
LIST OF GRADUATES
George Angus
Edward Manning Cohen
Donald Arthur Cooke
Marion Easie
Davenport
Mary Julia Farrington
Malcolm Duncan Ferguson
WiHiam Colon Fisher
Edward Hays
Lawrence Henderson
Elizabeth Rose Igo
Frank Edward Sweetman
John Frederick Wagner
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ANNUTL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
GRADUATION EXERCISES
CRANE SCHOOL CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Class of 1930
PROGRAM
School Orchestra
Overture, Metra,
Sumner Abramowitz
Bugle Call,
America," Edgar Guest, Edmund Flynn
ReCitation, "
Episodes of American History
Indian Prophesy
Episode I,
Hiawatha, Nathaniel Wentworth
Joseph Ulman
lagoo,
Braves
Wesley Kerr Ralph Beasley
John Trueman Charles Marathos
Jack Polmonari Frank Wood
Episode II, Reception of Gov. Winthrop
Settlement near Charles River, July 1630
Rev. Mr. Bright Harrington Harlow
Rev. Mr. Graves, Robert Babcock
Thomas Walford, Donald Billings
Richard Sprague, Alfred Thomson
Richard Gardner
W~lliam Sprague,
John Winthrop, Sumner Abramowitz
Gov.
EHotLeavitt
Sir Richard SlIiltonstall,
Rev. Mr. Wilson,
Edward Bolster
WilHam Blackstone, Nathaniel Wentworth
Robert Babcock
Composition,
Contribution of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay
Colonies to Our State and Nation
III, Educationall Beginnings
Episode
I. Coming of John Harvard, 1637
Rev. Mr. Wilson,
Edward Bolster
Rev. Mr. Symmes, Wi1lliam Panagiotakos
Richard Sprague, Alfred Thomson
WilHam Frothingham, Edmund Flynn
Eliot Leavitt
John Harvard,
II. Dame School
Dame Leavitt, Ruth Smith
Elena Carrara
Mary, her daughter,
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Pupils
Nancy Grover Shirley Rice
Marcella Ulman Liman Hanlon
Ruth Graham
Jack Webster William Shaughnessy
Roger Hinds Roland Nichols
Gov. Winthrop, Sumner Abramowitz
Master. Dudley, Robert Babcock
Composition, Ruby Johnson
Education in the Massachusetts Bay C~lony
Episode IV, Scene During the Battle of Bunker Hill,
June 17, 1775
Grandmother Hurd, Ber'tha Priluck
Kate, her grand- daughter, Norma Lanza
John Hurd, Alfred Thomson
Interlude, Minuet
Ruth Phi,lbrick Hazel Irving
AngeIa Lutkus Marion Kessler
Helen Colby E'lena Pesaturo
Phyllis Kellett Marguerite Kerr
Episode V, America of the Present
America' s Battles of the Present, Virginia Winn
America, Ruth Philbrick
Patriot'ism, May Radler
Service, Blanche Pavides
Color Bearers
Ruth McAteer Hazel Irving
Anna Beis Mar.ion Kessler
Angela Lutkus
Song, America The Beautiful, Ensemble
Trio, Even Song, Pache
Violin, Helen Colby
C~llo, Ruby Johnson
Piano, Mrs. ) Nellie Johnson
Piano Solo, Hungarian Rhapsody, Koeliling, Bertha Priluck
Presentation of Diplomas,
Mr. Albert S. Ames, Superintendent of Schools
Waltz, Reynard
Cavalry Charge, Wellesley
School Orchestra
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GRADUATES
Abramowitz, Sumner
Babcock, Robert Albert
Beis, Anna
Bitlings, Donald Albert
Bolster, Edward
Carrara, Elena
Colby, Helen Dorcas
Wynn, Edmund James
Gardner, Richard Henry
Harlow, Harrington
Irving, Hazel Elizabeth
Johnson, Ruby Mae
Kellett, Phyllis Marion
Kerr, Marguerite Isabel
Kessler, Marion Therese
TJanza, Norma Theresa
Lutkus, Angela Susanne
McAteer, Ruth Alice
Panagiotakos, William Charles
Pavides, Blanche
Pesaturo, E:lena
Philbrick, Ruth Leora
Priluck, Bertha
Radler, May
Smith, Ruth Appleton
Thomson, Alfred James
Ulman, Joseph
Wentworth, Nathaniell Newcome
Winn, Virginia Buckman
GRADUATION EXERCISES, REVERE SCHOOL
High School Hall, Canton, Mass.
June 17, 1930, 8 P. M.
PROGRAM
Zamecnik
Overture,
Revere School Orchestra
Welcome
Michael Berteletti
Paul Revere' s Ride," Longfellow
Bertha Plant
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Junior Anderson J. Roy MacDonald
Canzonetta," Hollaender
Stanley Tumas, Violin
Olaire Chadwick, Piano
Tambourine Dance
Mabel White Marion Galligan
Margaret Spurr Olaire Chadwick
Bernice Lash Bertha Plant
Gladys Hague Edith Fall
Waltz, Zamecnik
Revere School Orchestra
Sword Drill
Boys of Grades 7, 8
Our Own Dear Land," Munro
Charles Baxter, Arthur Sacco
Song, " Call of Home," Ambrose
Grades 7, 8
Music on Rappahannock," SomervilIe
Girls of Grades 7, 8
Olass March
Revere School Orchestra
Pres n'tation of Diplomas
Mr. Albert S. Ames, Superintendent of Schools
The Star Spangled Banner"
GRADUATES
Charles Edwin Baxter
Michael Berteletti
Claire Linwood Chadwick
Marion Winifred Galligan
Gladys Gertrude Hague
Bernice Elizabeth Lash
Bertha Maud Plant
Arthur Joseph Sacco
Margaret Evelyn Spurr
Stanley Leo Tumas
Mabel Emily White
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
REPORT OF PLANNING
BOARD
To the Citizens of the Town of Canton:
At the annual town meeting of March 19'30, under articles 50,
51, 52 and 53 of the warrant, it was voted:
That the planning board, with the Special Committee of three,
appointed previous meeting, report at the special meeting on
at a
a concrete , site for a playground.
Pursuant to this vote your hoard, in conjunction with the
Athletic Committee, recommend Foley' s Field ( so called), to the
town if it finds it desirable to expend this amount of money, at
this time, for this purpose. Mr. Foley has verbally offered to sell
this property, consisting of approximately 8. 35 acres of upland
and 1.4 acres of swamp land as ,shown on plan of same entitled
Proposed Athletic Field- Foley Property, Canton, Mass.", for
the sum of nine thousand dollars.
To construct an athletic field on this site as shown on the
cost 15, 000, making a total of $ 24;:>00
plan would approximately $
for land and improvements.
these
It was voted to adopt Article 23 of the warrant which read
as follows:
To see if the town will vote to instruct the selectmen to notify
all public service or other companies involved that the existing or
proposed wires, cables, or other incidental facilities on Washing-
ton Street, from Sherman Street to High Street, must be re- Iocated
under- ground on or before April 1, 1932."
Most of the Telephone Company' s lines are now under- ground
ill this location. The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of
Boston have refused to install theirs underground. We recom-
mend that further consideration be given this matter and all
necessary and proper steps taken to cause them to oomply with
the vote of the town.
Most of the activity of the Board for the past year has been
in consideration of zoning. The services of Mr. John P. Fox,
zoning adviser, have been retained, and he has prepared a proposed
roning map now on file in the office of the town clerk.
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Five
meetings have recently been held in various parts of the
town and a general meeting is to be held in Lower Memorial Hall
on Saturday, February 28, 1931, to permit an entire
evening to be
devoted to the discussion of the proposed by-law and study of the
zoning map.
We wish to take this opportunity to thank the citizens of the
town, members of the bar, for their great assistance in preparing
this proposed by-law.
ZONING BY- LAW OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
Section
1. To p.romote the health, safety, morals, convenience
and general welfare of its inhabitants, to lessen the danger from
fire, congestion and confusion, and to improve the town under and
pursuant to the provisions of General Laws, Chapter forty, Section
twenty- five to thirty inclusive, and all additions and amendments
thereto, the use, construction, repair, alteration and area of build-
ings and structures and the use of premises in the town of Canton
are hereby restricted and regulated as hereinafter provided.
Section 2. Definitions. In this by-law, the following terms
shall have the meanings here assigned to them:
a) A Family: Any number of individuals living together
on the premises as a single house- keeping unit.
j b) A One- Family House: A detached dwelling designed
for a single family.
c) Semi- detached House: Two one- family houses built to-
gether at the , aame time and separated by a fire- resisting division
with no openings.
d) A Two- family House: A detached dwelling designed for
two families.
e) A Dwelling: Any building used in whole or in part for
habitation.
f) An Accessory Use or Building: A use of land or a struc-
ture or building customarily incident to the use of land or build-
ings to which it is accessory.
g) Hotel or Lodging House:
A hotel or lodging house is a
building erected for or used for paying guests, permanently or
transiently, where over three ( 3) bedrooms are used for such
purposes.
h) A Half Story: A half story is that portion of a build-
ing immediately under a sloping roof the cubic contents of which
do . not exceed 75% of that of the story below. If the cubic con-
tents exceed said 75% it shall be deemed a story.
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i) A Non- conforming Use or Building: An existing use
of land or a building which does not conform to the regulations
for the districtin which such use of land or building exists.
where power- driven
j) Automobile Repair Shop: A shop
or acetylene gas welding is done,
or
machinery is used, electric
and similar activities
cleaning by explosive or inflammable sprays
hazardous nature are carried on for the
of an objectionable or
repair of automobiles.
k) A Lot: A lot is that area of land described in the ap-
plication for a permit.
Section 3. Use Regulations. For the purpose of this by-law
the Town of Canton is divided into five classes of districts, desig-
nated as:
1. Single residence districts.
II. General residence districts.
III. Business districts.
Industrial districts.
IV.
V. Unrestricted districts.
on the map
Said districts are as shown, defined and bounded
entitled, Zoning Map of Canton, dated
accompanying this by-law
file with the
Jan. 1, 1931,signed by the Planning Board and on
matter thereon are
Town Clerk, and said map and all explanatory
made part of this -by-law.
hereby a
Section 4. Single Residence Districts. ( Section 3- Class 1)
districts, building or structure and no
In single residence no new
or extension of an existing building
or
alteration, enlargement
structure shall be designed, arranged and/ or constructed, and no
land, buildings, structure, or part thereof shall be used, except for
one or more of the following purposes:
1. One- family houses.
the leasing of rooms by a resi-
2. The taking of boarders or
dent family.
3. Churches, ,schools, public libraries, public museums, parish
houses, hospitals, philanthropic institutions.
not con-
4. Private clubs, fraternal organizations and lodges
ducted as a busines' s.
5. PUblic parks, playgrounds, municipal recreation buildings,
water towers and reservoirs.
nurseries and truck gardens: and the
6. Farms, greenhouses,
sale of produce raised on the premises.
area, adver-
7.Real estate signs, of not over 6 square feet in
the premises which they are
tising the sale or rental of only
on
feet
located and bulletin boards and signs of not over 10 square
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accessory to uses specified in paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this sec-
tion.
8. Passenger stations.
9. Telephone exchange, provided there is no service yard or
garage and that the design of the building with reference to har-
moony with the architectural charateristics of the district be ap-
proved in writing by the Planning Board.
10. Such accessory uses as are customarily incidental to any
oof the above uses, subject to the provisions of section 13.
Section 5. General Residence Districts. ( Section 3- Class
II) In general residence districts, no new building or structure
and no alteration, enlargement or extension of existing buildings
or structures shall be designed, arranged and no or constructed
land building, structure or part thereof shall be used except for
Qne or mQre Qf the purpQses permitted in single residence districts,
Section 3 Class I and/ oor Qne Qr mQre Qf the fQIIQwing:
1. Semi- detached and tWQ- family dwellings.
2. Hotels and bQarding hQuses.
3. Fire and police stations.
4. Such acceSSQry uses as are custQmarily incidental too any
Qf the aboove uses, subject too the prQvisiQns Qf SectiQn 13.
Section 6. Business Districts. ( Section 3- ClassIII) In any
business district,building or structure and no alteratiQn,
nQ new
enlargement Qr extensiQn of an existing building Qr structure shall
be designed, arranged Qr CQnstructed and noo building structure Qr
part thereof shall be used except fQr Qne Qr mQre Qf the purposes
permitted under SectiQn 3 Classes I and II and/ or one Qr mQre
Qf the follQwing purposes:
1. Apartment hQuses, subject too the prQvi, sions of SectiQn 19,
2. Retail stQres and shQPs for custQm work Qr the making
Qf articles too be sold at retail Qn the premises.
3. Manufacturing clearly incidental to a retail business law-
fully conducted on the premises shall be permitted in a business
district, omitting all that is in any way Qffensive, a nuisance Qr
hazardous.
4. Offices, business Qr professional, and banks.
5. Restaurants and other places for serving food.
6. Places oof business of a baker, barber, Ibuilder, cabinet
maker, carpenter, caterer, cleaner, confectioner, contractor, decQ-
raoor, dressmaker, druggist, dyer, electrician, florist, furrier, gro-
cer, hairdresser, laundry, manicure, mason, meat market, milliner,
newspaper, optician, painter, paper hanger, photographer, plumb-
er, printer, prQvision dealer, publisher, roofer, shQemaker, shQe
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repairer, shoe shiner, tailor, telephone company or other public
utility, tinsmith, undertaker, upholsterer.
7. Theatres, moving picture halls, bowling alleys, skating
rinri:s, billardrooms and similar commercial amusement places,
subject to the. provisions of Section 19.
8. Lumber, fuel, feed and ice establishments, subject to the
provisions of Section 19.
9. Gasoline and oil stations, subject to the provisions of Sec-
tions 18 and 19.
stables, subject to the
10. Garage for storage or repairs,
provisions of Section 18 and 19.
11. Salesrooms for motor vehicles, subject to the provisions
of Section 18 and 19.
12. Billboards as regulated by law and by-laws.
13. Such other accessory uses as are customarily incidental
to any of the above- uses.
7. Industrial Districts. In any manufacturing dis-
Section
tricts no new building or structure and no alterations, enlarge-
ments or extension of existing building or structure shall be de-
structure part
signed, arranged or constructed and no building
or
under
thereof shall be used except for the purposes permitted
3 Classes I, II and III, and/ or one or more of the follow-
Section
ing purposes, subject to Section 18.
but
General manufacturing and all uses accessory thereto,
no
use shall be permitted which would be offensive because of injuri-
noise, vibration, smoke, gas, fumes, odors, dust
ous or obnoxious
or other objectionable features, or because hazardous to the com-
munity on account of fire or explosion or any other
cause, or any
of the
use which might prove injurious to the safety or welfare
into which it to go, and destructive of prop-
neighborhood proposes
nuisance qualities.
erty values, because of any excessive
Unrestricted Districts. In the unrestricted dis-
Section 8.
may be constructed, altered,
en-
tricts, buildings and structures
used and premises may be used for any
larged, reconstructed, and
purpose or accessory use not otherwise prohibited by any law or
by- law.
REGULATION. Section 9. Residence Districts.
HEIGHT
in all residence districts shall be two
a:) The limit of height
not to exceed thirty- five feet, except that
and one-half stories,
stories
schools municipal buildings may contain three full
and
and may be erected as high as forty- five feet.
b) The limitation of height in feet shall not apply to
and other
chimneys, ventilators, skylights, tanks, bulkheads,
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accessory features usually carried above roofs, nor to towers or
spires of churches and other buildings, if > such features are in no
way used for living purposes.
Section 10. Husiness and Districts. ( a)
Manufacturing
The limit of height in business districts shall be three stories, not
to exceed forty feet.
b) The limitation of height in feet shall not
apply to such
features as are mentioned in ( b) of Section 8, nor to water tanks
or scenery lofts which shall be at every point fifty feet from the
center line of any street and shall not cover more than 25
per cent
of the area of the building.
AREA REGULATIONS. Section 11. In residence districts
s provided
l} in Sections 4 and 5, land laid out after the adoption
of this by-law shall provide for each
dwelling a minimum frontage
of seventy- five feet and the following minimum lot areas:
For a one- family house, not under 7, 500
square feet.
For a semi- detached house, not under 8, 500
square feet.
For a two- family house, not under 8, 500
square feet.
Lots shown on any plan duly recorded by deed or plan at the
time this by-law is adopted may ' be used, provided that all
require-
ments in regard to yards are fulfilled.
Section 12. No lot, or the building thereon, as provided in
this or the previous section, shall be changed in size so as to violate
the provisions of these sections. The open space required in this
section shall be provided in the rear, or in part on the sides, so as,
in the opinion of the selectmen to properly light and ventilate the
buildings. .
PERCENT AGE OF LOT COVERED. Section 13. The per.
centage of lot which may be covered by any building used for
dwelling purposes shall in no instance exceed the following maxi-
mum provisions.
a) One- family house: twenty- five per cent.
b) Semi- detached house: thirty per cent.
c')
Two- family house: thirty per cent.
YARDS. Section 14. Front Yards. In residence districts
unless permit be granted by the Board of appeal there , shall be
provided in front of every building a front yard of at least twenty-
five feet in clear depth between the building and the lines of the
way or ways on which the - building lot abuts, and no new building
or structure shall be constructed and no building or structure shall
be moved, altered, reconstructed or enlarged so that a front yard
less in clear depth shall result. Projecting eaves and uncovered
steps shall not be considered as coming within the meaning of this
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON
section. Where to an extent of fifty per cent of the frontage
space between two intersecting streets, or in a space of four hun-
than
dred feet on one side of a street front, yards of greater depth
twenty- five feet have been . established, or by common agreement,
or by private building restrictions, that exist, such
front ~' ards
shall notwithstanding any other provi'sions of this by- law be and
remain the front yard spaces for such street or portion of street.
Where in a similar space there is a variety in depth, all being
feet, the minimum shall remain the required
above twenty- five
front yard depth.
Back Yard. Behind every dwelling unless permit be granted
by the Board of Appeal there shall be provided a back yard, be-
tween the rear line of the house and the rear lot line, not less than
instance less in depth than one- half
thirty feet in depth and in no
of the height of the building. yards Back may contain accessory
not
buildings not over one and one- half story high and covering
over thirty percent of the area of the back yards.
Side Yards. At each side of every dwelling there shall be a
ten feet. in clear width, between the side of
side yard not less than
the house and the side lot line. Side yards shall be at all points
clear from the front to the rear lines of the house.
Yards for Non- Residential Buildings. Any use, not residential
shall observe all
accessory, permitted in a residential
or
district
to depth and width of yards as
provisions of this by- law' in regard
applied to dwellings.
Accessory uses shall be on
Section 15. Accessory Uses. ( a)
the same lot with the building of the owner or lessee, and shall be
such as do not alter the character of the premises on which they
are located or impair the neighborhood.
three cars shall be per-
b) Garage space for not more than
mitted as an accessory use in residence districts.
c) Where manufacturing of any kind is allowed as an ac-
it shall be restricted to such light manufacturing
as
cessory use,
is incidental to a permitted use and where the product is custom-
to the consumer.
arily sold on the premises by the producer
in a dwelling as an office or
d) The use of a room or rooms
studio by a physician, dentist, lawyer, music teacher, or other pro-
fessional person resident ip the house may be permitted
as an ac-
cessory use.
e) Hotels, as distinct from apartment houses, wherb lIer-
of any
mitted under this by- law, shall contain no arrangements
description for private cooil: ing or housekeeping.
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