Monthly Archives: March 2008

Resolution for Dewey Beach Building Height Referendum is Delayed

By admin | Published: March 17, 2008
By Georgia Leonhart Lines were drawn between Dewey Beach residents and town commissioners when Commissioner Diane Hanson made a motion at the Saturday, March 8 town council meeting for a resolution to approve a referendum question to keep a 35-foot building height limit within the town. But even with a majority of the commissioners publicly committed [...]
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Dewey Beach May Vote on Height Limit

By admin | Published: March 10, 2008
DEWEY BEACH, Del. (AP)- The Dewey Beach Town Council has decided to get voters to weigh in on whether the town’s current 35-foot height limit on new construction should be in its charter. Concerns over Dewey Beach building heights came up last year after a 68-foot-tall luxury resort was proposed for the site of Ruddertowne, a [...]
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The Challenge of Defining Dewey Beach, One Word at a Time

By admin | Published: March 7, 2008
By Georgia Leonhart The Dewey Beach Planning & Zoning Commission spent nearly three hours discussing, creating, amending and refining town code definitions at a Saturday, March 1 meeting. “The challenge is to keep the definitions and zoning code simple while meeting the needs of everyone in Dewey,” said Vice Chairman David King who presided over [...]
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