FULL STORY: Lewes BOA upholds city’s position on net reel

Board determines historic commission has jurisdiction over historical society

A bicyclist rides past the menhaden fishing net reel along Third Street. NICK ROTH PHOTO
Nick Roth | The Cape Gazette | November 5, 2021

The Lewes Board of Adjustment has voted 3-1 to uphold a commission’s authority to deny placement of a menhaden fishing net reel on the Lewes Historical Society’s campus.

Board member Luke Mette said the question before his body was not about the net reel, but rather the jurisdiction of the city’s historic preservation architectural review commission. Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.

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