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two Labovitz brothers as “the big city planner and the big city lawyer” and pointed out that neither of them had ever lived in town, but were "in and out of town with their business” during the course of which they had converted an historic building into the Middle Street (iallery which she described as “this travesty on urban colonial architecture.”
“We do not expect any problems with The Inn,” she said. “They have been the best of neighbors.”
William Wickens, who lives on Gay Street, apologized for being a newcomer to town, having been a resident for just two years. However, he suggested that an architectural review board might be good for the town and not necessarily a big city idea. He pointed out that Georgetown and New York City have no architectural review boards, whereas every small town in England as well as small communities like Waterford, Virginia, does.
“As it is now, I could paint my house purple with orange stripes,” he said, and no one could do anything about it.
David Dickey pointed out another deficiency in the present system. The supreme court has found that where there is only one zone, BZA decisions are “arbitrary and capricious.” Washington has no separate residential and business zones, and Dickey said, “We don’t want to be the first ones to challenge it."
Miller assured Dickey a new zoning ordinance is in the works. Council would refer the requests for The Inn to Baumgardner for his review, Miller promised. A motion to that effect by Brad Fisher was unanimously approved.
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