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By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock Newi Staff Writer
Faced with opposition and questions about two special use permits requested at its October meeting, Washington’s Town Council temporized. The two applications are the first considered by the council since the town’s new' zoning ordinances were approved in August 1986.
The first, a request from Lewis and Alice Butler, was for a utility pole to be erected on their property off Blue Ridge Ave., which will supply power to a home under construction there. Mrs. Butler told the council that they had been trying for a year to get power to the house, and the overhead lines and new poles are the only alternative they have left.
The request prompted lively discussion among the five- council - members present, mtmm Wmj-tww made known their wish to eventually replace the overhead lines with buried power cables throughout the town. A committee has been discussing the possibility of just such a move with Potomac Edison.
“The purpose of making the placement of utility poles a special use permit request was to handle the awful placement of the poles, not to eliminate the possibility of power getting to any home in town,” said Councilman William Wickens.
Attorney Frank Reynolds explained that the power company could — by right — supply power to the home during construction with a pole, but that if it was to become a permanent installation the special use permit would be required.
Mrs. Butler replied that they had been told by Potomac Edison that it would cost them $4,000 to have the pole and lines strung for temporary power and then removed. “We’re not in a postion to pay that, so
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