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rated limits (of the town). That’s the way it went. A building was designated historic whether it was a new building or the (old) courthouse. That’s ridiculous.”
At the council meeting, one of the regulars in attendance, Claybert Smoot, put the conundrum more succinctly, asking, ‘What’s historic?” meaning, what buildings and structures in the town are historic?
Nobody in the front of the room answered Smoot on specifics, except to say that everything in the incorporated limits is historic.
Said Mayor Leggett, “In general, for our own good, it is important to have an ordinance that is clear enough that the ARB knows how to direct inquiries without ambiguities. They have to balance it out to allow consistency and still allow for individuality.”
Other items discussed concerned an access road that the town is creating for construction of its new reservoir next to the old one off Piedmont Street. The town is putting in a metal gate and a stone wall at the road’s entrance to allow access to construction vehicles to the new reservoir, which will hold 200,000 gallons.
Construction of the reservoir has not yet begun.
In closed session, the council discussed new wastewater treatment plans for the town. A decision was made to meet Aug. 3, after reviewing the wastewater treatment plant in Sperryville, to determine whether this plant might be expanded to handle Washington’s waste water.
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