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trict provision “that would be satisfactory to the residents of the town.” The historic district portion of the ordinance would include certain colors that would be permitted by right, said Miller, “and I would like to see new structures be in good taste.”
Council member Evelyn Willis said that the standards for the historic district should be “fairly low key.” Miller said that the historic district question will be the most controversial among the people “because they’re going to say that ‘you’re going to keep me from painting my house the way I want to paint my house.’”
Miller said that public participation in the historic district issue should take place from the beginning. He said that a few people had already expressed concerns to him about the historic district. “We could wrrite it so that the regulations would be very strict, but we don’t want to do that,” Willis said. “All we want to do is to make things blend together well in the town.”
Mayor Peter Kramer asked about the possibility of working on the existing zoning ordinance, but Miller said that the ordinance is too out of date for any work-on it to be plausible. “It’s done its job, now let’s pat it on the back and get another one that will work for the next 10 or 15 years,” Miller said. The existing town zoning ordinance was adopted in 1970.
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