New businesses hoping to open in Classic Shores
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Home-based businesses popping up in the numbered streets
Two enterprising business women may be setting a precedent for starting businesses in the numbered streets. Although the town has a business district along Colonial Ave. and Washington, the Comprehensive Plan allows for small home-based businesses throughout neighborhoods in town as long as they are not disruptive to quiet living.
Beach Committee Meetings reveal plans for Town
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- Published on Wednesday, 03 October 2012 00:41
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Relocating Town Hall
Public Works Committee Chair, Gary Seeber began his meeting with, “We are looking into relocating town hall.”
A memo to the town council and public works committee from Town Manager, Val Foulds, dated August 8, 2012 outlines some of the physical problems that exist in town hall.
CB seeks funds to pave Stratford St. and Forest Ave.
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Colonial Beach Town Council approved a resolution allowing the town manager to apply for an allocation of funds through the Virginia Department of Transportation fiscal year 2013-14 revenue sharing program.
If accepted the state will allocate $275,000 to be matched with an equivalent amount from the town for construction projects, to include drainage and paving to two unpaved roads, Stratford St. from Santa Maria to Stratford Circle and Forest Ave. from Stratford St. to Linda Ln. in Colonial Beach.
Read more: CB seeks funds to pave Stratford St. and Forest Ave.
Beach restaurant lobbies for loitering ordinance
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Bryan and Vickie Coffman, owners of High Tides Restaurant located at 205 Taylor St. on the boardwalk, spoke at the Colonial Beach committee meeting requesting a no loitering ordinance be put in place by next summer.
Vicky Coffman told council members that they spend thousands of dollars on advertisement to bring customers and entertainment to Colonial Beach. Coffman’s main complaint is loitering on the boardwalk from Colonial Ave. to the tourism building.
Coffman claimed that police have been unable to deal with the problem because they have no legal recourse to force people to move on and council deliberated for roughly 20 minutes with some members of council saying there is a need for loitering laws.
Public hearing to lower tap and raise usage fees
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Colonial Beach Town Council will hold a public hearing to raise water usage fees (Res. 629) and lower tap (hook up) fees (Res. 628).
If resolution 629 passes residents will see a $10 a month increase or $30 in their quarterly utility bills beginning September 1, 2012.
Residents outside the corporate limits will see a $15 a month increase.
The town stands to gain approximately $240,000 in revenues for public works each year with the increase, which it needs for two major water and sewer infrastructural capital improvement projects.
The first project is a mandated upgrade planned on the numbered streets which has been estimated at approximately four million dollars.
