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(Continued from Page 1) town must be totally rezoned and an ordinance drafted and adopted setting the boundaries of the various districts. Statg law also requires appointment of a board of zoning appeals at the time a zoning ordinance is adopted, Dickey added. Dickey said the fact that the drafters of Washington’s 197 J ordinance never appointed an appeals board is “among several other major problems” which The Inn contends made the present ordinance invalid.
Dickey Predicts
Dire Picture
While a new ordinance was in the works, Dickey said, there could be no controls on building. According to Dickey, there are “four or five” state supreme court cases saying that if a zoning code is thrown out, the municipality may not place a moratorium on building. As an extreme example of what could happen, Dickey referred to “entrepreneurs lurking in the background” who may be ready to place a McDonald’s or Holiday Inn in the center of historic Washington. “The Inn has real consideration for the way the town looks,” he said, “and that would be a real shame.”
At the very least, Dickey said, he expects to establish the town’s zoning ordinance as discriminatory In its enforcement. He said he ex
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