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struction materials and felt that the beauty of the town is that its architecture is so eclectic.
He added that he looked at the samples (which are in public view at the building site on Main Street) and that “there’s nothing wrong with the materials—I think that this house would be perfectly compatible.”
Ibwn resident and nearby neighbor Dorothy Hawkins said, “I’m eagerly looking forward to seeing this charming house.”
Among the home’s opponents was county resident Catherine O’Farrell who suggested that the decision of the ARB “represented the view of the people” and that the applicant should show “a lot of respect for the decisions of the officials.”
“People who want to come here,” O’Farrell said, “should respect what’s already here in the county.”
County resident Donna LaPre commented that the proposed materials are toxic and non-biodegradable and said, “All things should return to the earth.”
Worley, in response to LaPre, noted that “nothing in this proposal is plastic in nature. It’s a concrete cellulose board made from recycled materials
LaPre’s husband, Steve Kenny, spoke of the evolution in homebuilding and construction materials, and said that he felt of the application that it was “too great a jump to go to entirely synthetic materials.” He also said that he felt that the lack of deterioration of the proposed materials would prevent the house from fitting in.
Public comments came after a presentation from Worley attorney William Charles L. Jamison of Warrenton. Jamison said that the objections of the ARB were with regard to precedent and “excessive consideration for materials.”
He referred to the 10 points in the letter he had sent to the Town Council and reduced those to “consideration of beauty, paint and shingles.”
After quoting from John Keats—"Beauty is truth, Truth beauty”—Jamison said, “I will submit to you, the house is beautiful.”
He also pointed out that the council’s jurisdiction was aesthetics and that one could not see the HardiPlank but only the paint on its surface. “The board is indistinguishable from wood,” he concluded, and the shingle, “from 150 feet away, is indistinguishable from slate.”
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