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Historic Review Board allows two movable outdoor bars at East Main site, requires continued paint removal from tank house

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The Fredericksburg Historic Review Board approved two mobile bar structures behind a Main Street business but required the owner to continue paint removal on a historic tank house, citing concerns about visual impact and preservation of the historic resource.

The Historic Review Board of Fredericksburg on July 8 approved two mobile outdoor bar structures behind a commercial property on East Main while directing the property owner to continue removing paint from an on-site tank house that the board considers part of a historic resource.

Board Chair David Bullion said the board has an advisory role and is guided by the City of Fredericksburg design guidelines and the historic preservation ordinance, before members debated whether the proposed metal bar structures should be treated as temporary or accessory structures. "These structures . . . are accessory structure to the operations," City Director of Development Services Cliff Cross said, arguing the…

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