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By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Town of Washington’s Architectural Review Board, established by inclusion in the provisions of the town’s historic district ordinance, is concerned that residents of the town understand the board’s purpose.
“We are not here to design the exterior of people’s homes,” ARB Chairman Carol Miller explained. “We are just here to preserve the historic nature of the town . . . The three of us (Mrs. Miller, Evelyn Willis and Jim Thomasson) did not come up with this idea - we were appointed to the board by the Town Council, which created the board in conjunction with the historic district ordinance.”
According to Section 4, Historic District Ordinance, Town of Washington, (enacted August 14, 1985) “No building or structure shall hereafter be erected, reconstructed, altered, or restored within the Town of Washington Historic District unless and until an application for a building permit shall have been approved as to exterior architectural features which are subject to public view from a public street, way, or place. Evidence of such required approval shall be a certificate of appropriateness issued by the Architectural Review Board.”
Mrs. Willis explained that
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