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high-tech finishes and composite materials will look exactly like “new” after 20 years in the weather? If so, I have some oceanfront property in West Virginia that I would like to sell them.
Moreover, as set forth in section 15.2-2306 of the Code of Virginia (1950), the touchstone for decisions of the ARB is whether the proposed project is “architecturally compatible” with the surrounding area. Nothing in the record indicated that our house failed to meet this standard.
In fact, the record shows the house being described as “beautiful” and a “credit to the community.”
The ARB appears to have based its decision on a finding that the improved wear qualities of the materials made them unsuitable for use in the historic district. In doing so, it exceeded its jurisdiction, and defied common sense.
Sid Worley
Mary Catherine Jeter
The Plains
Sitting upstairs in
Christiana Campbell’s Tavern in historic Williamsburg, just as dusk approaches, and viewing the Capitol building one block away through wavy glass window panes with a window sill that is at least 15” wide, it is very easy to imagine our forefathers.
Over 225 years ago they may have bustled down the street after a long, tiring day of decision-making to arrive at this tavern in time for the last call to drink that refreshing mug of ale. The brave decisions they made affect us today.
So it is with the Town of Washington’s Architectural Review Board. On our trip here we read the very difficult decision that the ARB had to make concerning the construction materials for the Worley’s dream home project. We congratu! fte the ARB. And, we wish the Worley’s the very best.
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