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Inn was ‘’acting in a reasonably prompt manner.” The intent of the earlier council was clearly to allow the project, he argued, and its ruling was a binding precedent on further applications.
Mayor Newbill Miller pointed out that the earlier application sought to restore only the original rooms in the upstairs, to make no addition on the back and to build a lower fence.
Eileen Day, whose office is across the street from The Inn, argued that the obvious intent was to allow room for guests for dinner. If a health permit has been granted, she asked, what difference did it make how many rooms or how long it took? She called the arguments “a lot of legal hair splitting.”
Miller still maintained that decision should be deferred until a recommendation is returned from Baumgardner. A motion to that effect from C. E. “Skippy” Giles was unanimously approved.
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