Chapter 028

2009 -- H 5595

Enacted 06/12/09

 

A N A C T

RELATING TO THE NORTH TIVERTON FIRE DISTRICT

          

     Introduced By: Representative John G. Edwards

     Date Introduced: February 25, 2009

 

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

 

     SECTION 1. Section 1 of the act, passed at the January session, 1926, approved April 23,

1926, entitled "An Act to Incorporate the North Tiverton Fire District and to Furnish a Supply of

Water to the Town of Tiverton," as amended by chapter 1117 of the public laws, 1927, by chapter

971 of the public laws, 1940, by chapter 1828 of the public laws, 1947, by an act passed at the

January session, 1948, approved April 15, 1948, by chapter 2815 of the public laws, 1951, by an

act passed at the January session, 1956, approved March 30, 1956, by the acts and resolves of

1975, by chapter 7 of the public laws of 1982, by chapter 32 of the public laws, 1993, by chapter

42 of the public laws, 2002 and by chapter 43 of the 2003 public laws is hereby further amended

to read in full as follows:

     Section 1. (a) All that portion of the town of Tiverton enclosed within a line drawn from a

point where the state line intersects the shore of Mount Hope bay, and running southerly along

said shore and the shore of Seaconnet river to a point where said shore is intersected by the

southerly line of the former Carey’s lane, thence easterly along said southerly line of the former

Carey’s lane and a continuation easterly of said southerly line across the Fish road to a point one

hundred feet east from the easterly line of said Fish road, thence northerly running parallel with

said Fish road but one hundred feet from the easterly line thereof to the state line, thence westerly

along said state line to the point of beginning is hereby incorporated into a district to be called the

North Tiverton fire district”. Said district shall also consist of all the remaining portion of the

town of Tiverton that is not included in the Stone Bridge fire district, the area of which is

described in chapter 974 of the public laws, 1940, entitled “An Act to Incorporate Stone Bridge

Fire District and to furnish a supply of water for the Town of Tiverton” except for areas serviced

by said Stone Bridge fire district prior to creation of the Tiverton Water Authority on March 27,

1985 July 12, 1990. except the area described in subsection (b) hereof is hereby incorporated into

the existing North Tiverton Fire District.

     (b) The description contained in this subsection shall reference all areas of the Town of

Tiverton which shall be excluded from the North Tiverton Fire District.

     Beginning at a point in the easterly shoreline of Mount Hope Bay, said point being

located where the westerly extension of the southerly line of Carey Lane intersects with the

easterly shoreline of Mount Hope Bay, thence southerly along the easterly shoreline of Mount

Hope Bay to a point where the easterly shoreline of Mount Hope Bay becomes the northerly

shoreline of Nannaquaket Pond, thence easterly along the northerly shoreline of Nannaquaket

Pond to the westerly line of Main Road, thence southerly along the westerly line of Main Road to

a point where the westerly line of Main Road intersects the easterly shoreline of Nannaquaket

Pond, thence southerly along the easterly shoreline of Nannaquaket Pond to a point where the

easterly shoreline of Nannaqualet Pond intersects with the southerly line of Lot 28 as shown on

Plan Book 19, Page 70, thence easterly along the southerly line of Lot 28 a distance of 544± feet

to a point in the westerly line of Main Road, thence northeasterly, across Main Road to a point in

the easterly line of Main Road, said point being the intersection of the easterly line of Main Road

with the southerly line of Bulgarmarsh Road, thence easterly along the southerly line of

Bulgarmarsh Road to the point of intersection of the southerly line of Bulgarmarsh Road with the

westerly line of Susan Lane, thence southerly along westerly line of Susan Lane a distance of

410± feet to the southerly end of Susan Lane, thence easterly along the southerly end of Susan

Lane and the general extension thereof a distance of 1,150± feet to a point, thence northerly along

a line running through the easterly end of Lucy Ave a distance of 420± feet to a point, thence

easterly a distance of 233± feet to a point in the west line of Lot 5 as shown on Plan Book 11,

Page 45, thence southerly along the west line of Lot 5 a distance of 172± feet to the southwesterly

corner of Lot 5, thence easterly along the south line of Lot 5 a distance of 215± feet to the

southeasterly corner of Lot 5, thence northerly along the easterly line of Lot 5 a distance of 169±

feet to the southwesterly corner of the "New Lot" shown on Plan Book 12, Page 47, thence

easterly along the south line of the "New Lot" a distance of 150± feet, thence northerly along the

east line of the "New Lot" a distance of 158± feet to the south line of Bulgarmarsh Road, thence

easterly along the south line of Bulgarmarsh Road a distance of 292± feet to the northwesterly

corner of Lot B as shown on Plan Book 16, Page 83, thence southerly along the west line of Lot B

110± feet to a point, thence easterly along the south line of Lot B and Lot A and the extension

thereof a distance of 466± feet to a point in the east line of a 55’ foot wide right-of-way as shown

on Plan Book 18, Page 103, thence southerly along the east line of the 55 foot wide right-of-way

a distance of 96± feet to the southwesterly corner of "Land of Alfred J. Brownell, Jr. and Sheila

M. Cook" as shown on said plan, thence easterly a distance of 200± feet to the southeasterly

corner of "Land of Wellington T. & Anne M. Brownell", thence northerly a distance of 105± feet

to the southwesterly corner of "Land of Michael P. Raposa & Sherry L. Blanchette", thence

easterly a distance of 250± feet to a point in the westerly line of "Land of Norman J. Helger",

thence southerly a distance of 105± ft to the southwest corner of “Land of Norman J. Helger”,

thence easterly along the south line of "Land of Norman J. Helger" a distance of 165± feet, thence

northerly along the east line of "Land of Norman J. Helger" and "Land of Alfred J. Brownell, Jr.,"

a distance of 250± feet to a point in the southerly line of Bulgarmarsh Road, thence easterly along

the southerly line of Bulgarmarsh Road a distance of 3,660± feet to the northwesterly corner of

Lot 1 on Plan Book 18, Page 51, thence southerly along Lots 1, 4, 5 and 8 a distance 1,305± feet

to the southwest corner of Lot 8, thence easterly a distance of 382± feet to the southeasterly

corner of Lot 7, thence northerly along the east line of Lots 7, 6, 3 and 2 a distance of 1,088± feet

to the southwesterly corner of "Parcel A" as shown on Plan Book Page 18, Page 15, thence

easterly along the southerly line of "Parcel A" a distance of 133± feet to the southeasterly corner

of "Parcel A", thence northerly along the easterly line of "Parcel A" a distance of 232± feet to the

southerly line of Bulgarmarsh Road, thence easterly along the southerly line of Bulgarmarsh

Road a distance 127± feet to the northeasterly corner of "Parcel B", thence southerly along the

easterly line of "Parcel B" a distance of 290± feet to the southwesterly corner of "Parcel A" as

shown on Plan Book 15, Page 46, thence easterly along the southerly line of "Parcel A" a distance

of 171± feet to the southeasterly corner of "Parcel A", thence southerly along the easterly line of

"Parcel B" a distance of 128± feet to a point, thence easterly a distance of 180± feet to a point in

the west line of Plan Book 17, Page 88, thence northerly in the west line of Plan Book 17, Page

88, a distance of 400± feet to the southerly line of Bulgarmarsh Road, thence easterly along the

southerly line of Bulgarmarsh Road a distance of 485± feet to the northeasterly corner of Lot 1,

thence southerly a distance of 154± feet to the northwesterly corner of "Land of James Gravance"

as shown on Plan Book 17, Page 37, thence easterly along the northerly line of "Land of James

Gravance" a distance of 237± feet, thence southerly along the easterly line of the “Land of James

Gravance” a distance of 105± feet, thence easterly along the southerly line of "Land of Brenda

Faria" a distance of 134± feet, thence northerly along the easterly line of "Land of Brenda Faria"

a distance of 114± feet to a point in the southerly line of "Land of Joseph Alvernas", thence

easterly along the southerly line of "Land of Joseph Alvernas" a distance of 73± feet to a point in

the westerly line of "Land of Brayton Road", thence easterly (crossing "Land of Brayton Road")

to a point in the easterly line of "Land of Brayton Road", said point being located 125± feet south

of the southerly line of Bulgarmarsh Road, thence easterly a distance of 325± feet to a point,

thence southerly a distance of 175± feet to a point, thence easterly a distance of 750± feet to a

point in the westerly line of "Parcel B" as shown on Plan Book 15, Page 38, thence northerly a

distance of 79± feet to the northwesterly corner of "Parcel B", thence easterly along the northerly

line of "Parcel B" a distance of 367± feet to the westerly line of a private right-of-way, thence in a

northeasterly direction (and crossing said right-of-way) a distance of 57± feet to the northwesterly

corner of "Parcel A", thence easterly along the northerly line of “Parcel A” a distance of 216±

feet to the northeasterly corner of “Parcel A”, thence northerly a distance of 52± feet to the

southerly line of Bulgarmarsh Road, thence easterly along the southerly line of Bulgarmarsh

Road a distance of 430± feet to a point, thence southerly a distance of 300± feet to a point, thence

easterly a distance of 185± feet to a point in the westerly line of "Parcel 1" as shown on Plan

Book 18, Page 19, thence southerly along the westerly line of "Parcel 1" a distance of 93± feet to

the southwesterly of "Parcel 1", thence easterly in the southerly line of "Parcel 1" a distance of

62± feet to the southeasterly corner of "Parcel 1", thence northerly along the easterly line of

"Parcel 1" a distance of 415± feet to a point in the southerly line of Bulgarmarsh Road, thence

easterly along the southerly line of Bulgarmarsh Road a distance of 209± feet to a point where the

southerly extension of the easterly line of Quintal Drive intersects the southerly line of

Bulgarmarsh Road, thence northerly along the extension of the easterly line of Quintal Drive to a

point in the northerly line of Bulgarmarsh Road, thence easterly and southeasterly along the

northerly line of Bulgarmarsh Road a distance of 337± feet to a point where the northerly line of

Bulgarmarsh Road intersects with the easterly line of Eight Rod Way, thence northerly along the

easterly line of said Eight Rod Way a distance of 1,420± feet to the westerly shoreline of Stafford

Pond, thence northerly along the westerly shoreline of Stafford Pond a distance of 890± feet to a

point where the southerly line of land described in Deed Book 710 at Page 152 intersects with the

westerly shoreline of Stafford Pond, thence southwesterly along the southerly line of land

described in Deed Book 710 at Page 152 a distance of 895± feet to the southwesterly corner of

land described in Deed Book 710 at Page 152, thence northerly along the westerly line of land

described in Deed Book 710 at Page 152 a distance of 375± feet to the northwesterly corner of

land described in Deed Book 710 at Page 152, thence westerly a distance of 215± feet to the

southeasterly corner of "Area A" as shown on Plan Book 19, Page 136, thence westerly along the

southerly line of "Area A" a distance of 1,300± feet (by estimation) to the southwesterly corner of

"Area A", thence southerly along the southerly extension of the westerly line of "Area A" a

distance of 256± feet to the point of intersection with the easterly extension of the northerly line

of Plan Book 12, Page 40, thence westerly and crossing North Brayton Road a distance of 411±

feet to a point in the westerly line of North Brayton Road, said point being the northeasterly

corner of Lot 6 as shown on Plan Book 12, Page 40, thence westerly along the northerly boundary

of Lots 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, Lot A and Lot 34 a distance of 1,979±

feet to the northwesterly corner of Lot 34, thence southwesterly a distance of 839± feet to the

northeasterly corner of Lot 44 as shown on Plan Book 13, Page 58, thence southwesterly along

the northerly line of Lot 44 and 45 a distance of 356± feet to the northwesterly corner of Lot 45,

thence southerly along the westerly line of Lots 46, 47, 48 along the westerly end of Holly Circle,

and along the westerly line of Lot 49 a total distance 791± feet to a point in the northerly line of

Lot 52, thence westerly along the northerly line of Lot 52 a distance of 273± feet to a point,

thence southerly along the westerly line of Lot 52 a distance of 329± feet to the northeasterly

corner of "Parcel A" as shown on Plan Book 15, Page 62, thence westerly along the northerly line

of "Parcel A" and "Parcel C" a distance of 790± feet to the northwesterly corner of "Parcel C",

thence southerly along the westerly line of "Parcel C" a distance of 459± feet to a point in the

northerly line of Bulgarmarsh Road, thence westerly along the northerly line of Bulgarmarsh

Road a distance of 292± feet to the point of intersection of the northerly line of Bulgarmarsh

Road with the easterly line of Fish Road, thence westerly along the northerly line of Bulgarmarsh

Road a distance of 132± feet to a point in the westerly line of Fish Road, thence northerly along

the westerly line of Fish Road a distance of 283± feet to the northeasterly corner of Lot C on Plan

Book 17, Page 80, thence westerly along the northerly line of Lot C a distance of 115± feet to a

point, thence southerly along the westerly line of Lot C a distance of 32± feet to the northeasterly

corner of Lot D, thence westerly along the northerly line of Lot D, E and F a distance of 480± feet

to the northeasterly corner of Lot 3 as shown on Plan Book 18, Page 24, thence westerly along the

northerly line of Lot 3 a distance of 154± feet to the northwesterly corner of Lot 3, thence

southerly along the westerly line of Lot 3 a distance of 267± feet to a point in the northerly lien of

Bulgarmarsh Road, thence westerly along the northerly line of Bulgarmarsh Road a distance of

349± feet to the southwesterly corner of Lot 1, thence northerly along the westerly line of Lot 1 a

distance of 272± feet to a point in the southerly line of Lot 4, thence westerly along the southerly

line of Lot 4 a distance of 169± feet to a point in the easterly line of Lot 2 as shown on Plan Book

17, Page 76, thence northerly along the easterly line of Lot 2, 3 and 4 a distance of 660± feet to

the northeasterly corner of Lot 4, thence westerly along the northerly line of Lot 4 and 5 a

distance of 447± feet to a point in the easterly line of Lot 8 as shown on Plan Book 21, Page 93,

thence northerly along the easterly line of Lot 8 and 9 a distance of 616± feet to the northeasterly

corner of Lot 10, thence westerly along the northerly line of Lot 10 and 12, a future road

extension, and a drainage maintenance easement, a total distance of 743± feet to a point in the

easterly line of Lot 13, thence northerly along the easterly line of Lot 13 a distance of 237± feet to

a point, thence easterly along the southerly line of Lot 13 a distance of 332± feet to a point,

thence northerly along the easterly line of Lot 13 a distance of 182± feet to the northeasterly

corner of Lot 13, thence westerly along the northerly line of Lot 13 and the general extension

thereof a distance of 1,866± feet to a point adjacent to the southeasterly corner of the "London

Meadow" as shown on Plan Book 13, Page 47, thence northerly, crossing Sin and Flesh Brook,

and running along the easterly line of the "London Meadow" a distance of 411± feet to the

northeasterly corner of the "London Meadow", thence westerly a distance of 1,018± feet to the

southwesterly corner of the 67.68 acre parcel of land shown on said plan, thence northerly a

distance of 505± feet to the southeasterly corner of the 9.41 acre parcel of land shown on said

plan, thence westerly along the southerly line of the 9.41 acre parcel of land a distance of 630±

feet to a point, thence northerly a distance of 680± feet to the northeasterly corner of land "Land

of N/F Virginia McKay" as shown on said plan, thence westerly along the northerly line of "Land

of N/F Virginia McKay" a distance of 440± feet to the southeasterly corner of the "Proposed

Conservation Easement" as shown on Plan Book 20, Page 65, thence northerly a distance of 560±

feet to the northeasterly corner of the "Proposed Conservation Easement", thence easterly a

distance of 384± feet the southeasterly corner of "First Lot" as shown on Plan Book 22, Page 91,

thence northerly a distance of 139± feet to the northeasterly of the "First Lot", thence westerly a

distance of 215± feet to the southeasterly corner of the "Second Lot", thence northerly 331± feet

to the northeasterly corner of the "Second Lot", thence westerly along the northerly line of the

"Second Lot" a distance of 135± feet to a point, thence northerly a distance of 806± feet to the

southeasterly corner of "Parcel A" as shown on Plan Book 22, Page 32, thence northerly along the

easterly line of "Parcel A" a distance of 329± feet to the northeasterly corner of "Parcel A",

thence easterly along the northerly line of "Parcel B" a distance of 493± feet to the southeasterly

corner of Lot 15 as shown on Plan Book 18 Page 17, thence northerly along the easterly line of

Lot 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, a 50' foot road, Lot 22 and Lot 24 and the northerly extension thereof a

total distance of 1,694± feet to a point in the southerly line of Plan Book 18 Page 129, thence

easterly along the southerly line of Plan Book 18 Page 129 a distance of 221± feet to the

southeasterly corner of Lot 36 as shown on Plan Book 18 Page 129, thence northerly along the

easterly line of Lot 36, 37 and 38 a distance of 560± feet to a point in the southerly line of Silver

Beech Road, thence westerly along the southerly line of Silver Beech Road a distance of 243±

feet to the point of intersection of the southerly line of Silver Beech Road with the southerly line

of Sakonnet Ridge Drive, thence northwesterly a distance of 50± feet to the point of intersection

of the northerly line of Silver Beech Road with the northerly line of West Ridge Drive, thence

easterly along the northerly line of Silver Beech Road, a distance of 111± feet to the southeasterly

corner of Lot 12, thence northerly along the easterly line of Lot 12 a distance of 121± feet to a

point, thence northwesterly along the easterly line of Lot 12 a distance of 169± feet to a point,

thence westerly along the northerly line of Lot 12 a distance of 102± feet to the northwesterly

corner of Lot 12, thence northerly along the easterly line of Lot 11 a distance of 150± feet to the

northeasterly corner of Lot 11, thence westerly along the northerly line of Lot 11, 10, and 9 a

distance of 739± feet to the northwesterly corner of Lot 9, thence continuing westerly in the same

general direction as the preceding course a distance of 295± feet in the easterly line of State

Highway Route 24, thence northwesterly along the southerly line of Route 24 a distance of 122±

feet to a point, thence northerly along the southerly line of Route 24 a distance of 117± feet to a

point, thence northeasterly along the southerly line of Route 24 a distance of 233± feet to a point,

said point being located a distance of 500' feet easterly of the easterly line of Main Road, thence

northerly along a line parallel with and 500' feet easterly of the easterly line of Main Road a

distance of 1,840± feet to a point in the northerly line of Souza Road, thence northerly along a

line parallel with and 500' feet easterly of the easterly line of Main Road a distance of 510± feet

to a point in the northerly line of "Parcel H-1" as shown on Plan Book 16 Page 122, thence

westerly along the northerly line of "Parcel H-1" and the general westerly extension thereof, a

distance of 554± feet to a point in the easterly line of Main Road, thence westerly, across Main

Road, to the point of intersection of the westerly line of Main Road with the southerly line of

Carey Lane, thence westerly along the southerly line of Carey Lane and the extension thereof a

distance of 650± feet to a point located easterly of Building #71 Starboard Drive, thence southerly

a distance of 120± feet to a point located adjacent to and southeasterly of the southeasterly corner

of Building #71 Starboard Drive, thence westerly a distance of 85± feet to a point located

adjacent to and southwesterly of Building #71 Starboard Drive, thence northerly a distance of

160± feet to a point in the westerly extension of the southerly line of Carey Lane, said point being

located westerly of the west line of Building #71 Starboard Drive, thence westerly along the

westerly extension of the southerly line of Carey Lane a distance of 315± feet to a point located

adjacent to and southeasterly of Building #79-87 Waters Edge, thence northwesterly a distance of

245± feet to a point located adjacent to and northeasterly of Building #79-87 Waters Edge, thence

southwesterly a distance of 135± feet to a point located adjacent to and northwesterly of Building

#79-87 Waters Edge, thence southeasterly a distance of 135± feet to a point in the westerly

extension of the southerly line of Carey Lane, said point be adjacent to the southwesterly corner

of Building #79-87 Waters Edge, thence westerly along the westerly extension of the southerly

line of Carey Lane a distance of 530± feet to the point of beginning. The perimeter boundary of

the Stone Bridge Fire District containing an approximate area of 1,200± acres of land.

     (c) Said district may have a common seal, sue and be sued, and enjoy the other powers

generally incident to a corporation.

 

      SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

     

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