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request was that Darerng and Christian are under contract to buy the property and thencontract would expire before the ARB’s meeting next month. As a solution, the board decided to approve Old House’s application on the condition that Dareing and Christian return in March with a finalized survey of the plat.
The Worleys’ plan to build their $500,000 “dream house” was thwarted in March 2003, when the ARB decided their proposed to build a historiclooking house with synthetic materials did not comply with the town’s historic district ordinance.
The Flint Hill couple unsuccessfully appealed the ARB’s decision before the Washington Town Council, and then sued the town for nearly $1 million in deunages.
After 13 months of litigation, the Worleys and town officials eventueilly settled out of court for $75,000 in September 2004.
Historic
consequences
The Worleys sued the town based on the position that the historic district ordinance was vague euid allowed for arbitrary decisions by the ARB. That led Washington officieds < to steut crafting specific historic district guidelines, which are now being finalized.
At a joint meeting between the ARB and the Town Planning Commission on Feb. 8, the two groups completed their review of the 100-plus pages in the guidelines.
Before the guidelines can be adopted, the planning commission and the Town Council will hold a public hearing. The date for the hearing has not yet been determined.
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