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“That’s what makes me nervous,” he said.
County Attorney John Bennett reiterated a point made at the council’s Sept. 26 meeting by Henry "Hank” Day, a lawyer hired by the town to help revise the Historic District Ordinances. Bennett noted that whether or not an alteration to property is visible from a public street is a legally murky issue. A bush or a tree may hide something from view in the summer, though not in the winter when its leaves have fallen.
And ensuring that the the town is on strong legal footing is a concern. The council’s efforts to revise the Historic District Ordinances stem from a lawsuit disputing the validity of the ordinances.
In 2003, a Flint Hill couple sued the Town of Washington after the architectural review board and the town council denied their application to build a house at the edge of town.
The council and architectural review board argued that the couple’s proposed house did
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