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town pleasant for the neighbors . . You worked so hard on that build-, ing, no matter how you slice it heat pumps and air conditioners don’t look so good.” Rob Parrish told Mr. Giles that the objections were raised because, his proposal is “out of character.” “I don’t think that you or anyone else should be able to come and tell me what to put on my building,” Mr. Giles replied. “I’m out of funds so I don’t know where to get the money from . . . the bushes will hide it any- * way when they’re grown.” >
Mr. Giles refused Mrs. Willis’ request to accept a temporary permit' until he could find a more suitabledesign. “What you have put up covers the code, but it’s less attractive than nothing,” she said.
He reminded the board that they had approved his application once, but Mrs. Miller replied that the ARB was not shown the barrier on the plans it approved. “There is nothing in the guidelines to cover it. It would behoove us to adopt some’ guideline so we don’t have this prob-' lem again.”
The ARB approved Mr. Giles’ request on a split vote, with Mr. Parrish and Mrs. Miller voting in favor and Mrs. Willis opposed.
In other business at last Thursday’s meeting, the ARB:
• approved two applications from Trinity Episcopal Church. One was for the construction of a fence between the church and the Clopton House, which would serve as a barrier and shield for the church’s trash cans and air conditioners. The ARB also approved a request for the construction of a deck behind the church’s rectory.
• approved an application from Grace Sims to paint her house on Blue Ridge Ave. The body of the house will be pearl yellow and the trim mallard green.
• approved a board of professional advisors, provided that each advisor submit a letter of agreement to serve along with their credentials.
• announced that it has begun work on an applicant’s guide to the town’s Historic District Ordinance. The guide is designed to help applicants understand the intent and requirements of the ordinance.
• approved a letter to Chevron Oil Co. urging the company not to force Paul Baldwin to paint his grocery store white, red and blue, the oil company’s colors. “He feels that being on the edge of our historic district, that would not be appropriate,” Mrs. Miller said.
• struck a reference to unfaced concrete as an inappropriate material for construction within the historic district. '
• unanimously adopted the Secretary of the Interior’s Guidelines for Restoration as a guide for applications for restoration, reconstruction or other work within the town’s historic district.
• approved inclusion of standards mandating screening of air conditioners, heat pumps and other mechanical devices to the extent practical while still allowing theuf function.
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