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By Galen C. McBride
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Town of Washington Architectural Review Board met Thursday evening to consider two applications. Acting chair Donna Kevis stood in for Ed Barton who is recovering from multiple bypass surgery. Charles Tompkins’ request for new signs at 261 Main St. was approved unanimously.
The building, recently converted-to retail space, will house Tompkins’ office and Jennifer Greene’s Odyssey Collection.
A question regarding the maximum number of signs allowed per business was resolved by a quick search through the town Zoning Ordinance. It permits two signs per establishment. The board also concluded that a building housing multiple businesses may also have a separate sign listing all occupants.
Diane Bruce’s last minute application to stucco and repaint her house at the end of Gay Street was also approved unanimously. The board requested that Bruce provide paint swatches for the official files so that anyone else interested in using that color scheme would not have to get separate approval.
Board members Anne Richards and Patrick O’Connell discussed the newly painted parking lines in front of the Post Office and Country Cafe. O’Connell said that a similar issue had come up with the Episcopal Church parking lot. Providing bumpers to mark spaces was proposed by the board as a possible alternative though church officials remain undecided.
Describing the lines as more appropriate to a suburban shopping mall than a
See BOARD, Page A8
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