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the application from Raymond and Cynthia Stamps for a sign for the Morning Glory and Tea antique shop. They liked the design of the sign but said they needed plans for the bracket it would hang from and paint chips for the colors to be used.
An application from Centel Telephone for the pay telephone it has installed outside their building in town presented problems. The material used to shelter the phone is a formica product resembling wood. The current ordinance prohibits materials not in use in the town before 1990. The proposed ordinance will not restrict materials used.
Mr. O’Connell, in his role as ARB member, suggested the ARB not act on the application until the new ordinance is approved. ARB member Eve WilHs suggested the ARB could turn the application down and Centel could appeal to the Town Council to overturn the decision. Town attorney Frank Reynolds was consulted and suggested they find it to have “dr minimus" importance. The ARB decided to take no formal action but to inquire whether the “mustard colored" lettering could be changed.
At the end of the meeting member Robert Parrish resigned citing scheduling conflicts. That paved the way for Edward Barton to take a seat on the ARB.
Mr. Barton attended the meeting. He said he did not want to assume the role of “policeman." He suggested that the ARB should usually let owners do “what they want to do. It should not be a question of replacing your lack of taste with my good taste," he said.
Mr. Reynolds, who met with planners and Town Council members in a separate room while the ARB dealt with applications before it, said the group had approved several minor changes to the ordinance. He said the planners still had to determine what “additional standards" they wanted to include in the ordinance. The proposed ordidnance says the ARB will be "guided by” the standards of the Secretary of the Interior. Mr. Reynolds said those standards were developed to enable those restoring old structures to qualify for tax exemptions. "Something more keyed to the town of Washington needs to be in there too,” he said.
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