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out that the parking ban had been rejected because The Inn and the Washington House of Reproductions complained that lack of parking would hurt their businesses. And, he added, some residents felt that the narrow street helped to slow traffic down.
“This comes back to the whole problem of parking throughout town,” Councilman Peter Skowronski maintained. He suggested that the planning commission be asked to study the parking situation again, and to offer some suggestions for relieving congestion on the streets without affecting individual businesses.
In other business, the council:
• approved a request from council member Evelyn Willis that money from a special fund donated by an anonymous town resident be spent to plant annual flowers in the buckets at numerous intersections in town. That fund is the same money used last year to purchase the planters, flowers and a number of benches which have been placed throughout town.
• approved Mr. Fisher’s attendance at the Virginia Treasurers’ Seminar in Williamsburg, at a total cost of $170 for registration and a room.
• heard that the bill submitted by stonemason Terry Waggoner for work on the town monument was the same as a written estimate given to Ray Pullen before work began.
• heard from Planning Commission Chairman Wickens that the commission is still working on revisions of the subdivision ordinance. He said the proposal had been sent to Planning District 9 with a request for comments, but the director replied that the commission had expended its entire budget for the year and could offer no formal review. He did, however, offer to review’ it informally and comment on it.
Mr. Fisher requested that the planners consider revising the town’s comprehensive plan, which is due for its five year review, to include specific references and description of the town’s water system, “including it as a vital community service and a public utility.”
Mr. Wickens reported that the commission will consider two ordinances at its Feb. 28 meeting. One would expand the ARB from three to five members, and the other would require smoke detectors in apartment houses, hotels, motels and B&Bs. All private residences would be exempt. The commission will send recommendations on the two measures to the council following the public hearings, he added.
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