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Ordinance Review Committee mission approved; council advances several ordinance tasks including garage‑sale rules and sign guidance

5933647 · September 10, 2025
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Summary

The council approved an amended mission statement for its Ordinance Review Committee, advanced a first reading of new garage‑sale rules and referred several ordinance matters — including a proposed trans‑jurisdictional planning notification, appointment-process harmonization, electronic minutes, and sign/wayside marker rules — to the ORC for draft

The Harpers Ferry Town Council approved an amended mission statement for the Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) and moved several ordinance-focused items to the ORC for drafting and analysis.

Council adopted the ORC mission statement with an amendment that makes the town recorder an automatic committee member and clarified the committee’s scope and the recorder’s role; the motion carried 6-1. Council members debated whether the ORC should be composed primarily of council members…

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