Maud Robinson Makes Up the Rules

One of the problems with Vienna's so-called Historic District is that there are NO rules. Here is what Maud Robinson says:

"You have carte blanche. To do a very basic analogy it’s sort of like making a pot if you are a potter. In a certain form. Ok. We have the Queen Anne form. Then after you get the pot made you can put any kind of decoration on it that you want. I can find nothing that absolutely forbids what Mr. Haight did…we might consider what Mr. Haight could have done and no one could have stopped him. If he had on a whim or flight of whimsy decided to paint that house in red and orange stripes, he could have done it and there is nothing in the code that says he could not have done it. I have respect for the Board, I believe the board is an essential component of keeping the historic district intact, but I sincerely feel in this case they went a little overboard. I feel they are applying contemporary standards or interpretations to Victorian when we are talking about a period from 1837-1901."

Maud Robinson

If a resident has carte blanche (which is a falsehood since Robinson has voted against applications) what is the point of a review board? Where did this period 1837-1901 come from? The largest most expensive home ever built in Vienna is in the District. It was built in 2003.

This is all nonsense.