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Town Council
to examine
roadbed issue
By FRANCES BISHOPP
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
At the Washington Town Council meeting last Wednesday night, Mayor Dean Morehouse requested that the council examine the issue of road ownership and expressed objections to actions taken by the Town Council at its July 16 meeting when it approved a variance from the subdivision ordinance for Fredette Eagle without deleting the roadbed from the plat that was conveyed.
Mrs. Eagle had requested the variance to make a boundary adjustment with a neighbor to enlarge the lot at the comer of Gay and Wheeler streets w here her shed sits.
Mr. Morehouse, who was absent from the July 16 meeting, questioned whether the roadbed in front of the Eagle property should be conveyed with the quit claim deed and suggested that the council make an effort to “clear the title.”
Mayor Morehouse inquired as the to the precedent for that particular variance. Town attorney, Frank Reynolds replied that this was a unique situation and should not be considered as a precedence, adding that the town could not appeal its own decision.
“The town has the right to use the street," said Mr. Reynolds.
Mr. Reynolds was instructed to do the title work on the streets to see if they had ever been been the subSee
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