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hearing, Davis called for strict enforcement of flood plain zoning ordinances to protect downstream properties and the area’s sensitive environment.

She described the building as “a fascinating structure” that should be restored to usefulness. Davis noted that plant nurseries are allowed ay right in flood plain and that Kramer hd requested permission from the Washington Town Council to aperate a nursery business in town.

Baldwin asked why the property wasn’t classified as commercial when the county’s zoning ordinance was adopted.

Luke answered that the mill wasn’t in use at the time. ‘If it had been used for anything, it would have been zoned commercial,” he said.

“How about the Planning Commission?” Baldwin continued.

The Planners voted threeto-two to recommend denial of the rezoning request on the grounds that approval

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