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Council waives $299 zoning permit fee for Harpers Ferry cemetery trustees' window project
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The Harpers Ferry Town Council voted unanimously to waive a $299 zoning compliance permit application fee for the trustees renovating the caretaker house at 395 York Street. Trustees said the work is to repair rotted exterior windows on a historic caretaker house; council members discussed property ownership and precedent for nonprofits before the
The Harpers Ferry Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to waive the $299 zoning compliance permit application fee for a window-replacement project at 395 York Street, the caretaker house associated with the town’s historic cemetery.
The trustees of the Upper Cemetery sought the waiver for exterior repairs to windows they said had rotted after decades of deferred maintenance. Patrick Tierney, a trustee, told the council the caretaker house was devised to the trustees and that rental income from the house supports perpetual…
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