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By Monty Tayloe
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Joint meeting of the Washington Planning Commission and the Architectural Review Board (ARB), working with Cheryl Shepard of Millennium Preservation Services, continued the process of providing Washington with a new historic^district ordnance. The proposed ordinance is intended to preserve the historic character of Washington’s architecture and will guide Washington’s ARB in rulings on future construction in town. While this model version will undergo many changes before it is eventually voted on by the Washington Town Council, the general theme of the ordinance tends toward stricter regulation of construction by the ARB. Currently, Washington residents have to seek approval from the ARB only for changes to the exterior of their homes that would be visible from pubic streets. As it currently stands, the proposed Historic district ordinance draft would remove the visibility requirement.
“This paragraph is one of the. most significant changes. This is a major change from what we’ve done before,” said Jean Goodine, the Town Council’s representative on Washington’s Planning Commission.
Bushes and beyond
The proposed draft would also extend the ARB’s purview to landscaping and private walkways. “This seems extreme. Pavement and walkways were always exempt. Is shrubbery next?” said ARB vice-chairman Patrick O’Connell, before realizing that since landscaping was covered by the proposed ordinance, shrubr
Meetings
• On Thursday, Feb. 2 the
Rappahannock County Water
and Sewer Authority will meet
at 7:30 p.m. at the
Rappahannock County
Courthouse on Gay Street.
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