The Formula Business Bylaw
To the editor:
Re “Luke’s Lobster Is Exempted From Formula Business Bylaw” [June 6, page A6]:
I take exception to the word “exempted” in your headline about Luke’s Lobster. You could have selected any number of other words that would have expressed that the process was implemented fairly by the town and in accordance with the bylaw. The word “exempt” wouldn’t be my first choice, as it suggests that the rules were not necessarily followed for this special “exempt” business.
The bylaw lays out a path for the applicant to comply by working with the building commissioner to modify aspects of the business such that it is no longer considered a formula business as defined by the bylaw. In doing so, the applicant comes to a voluntary agreement with the town, and the intent of the formula business bylaw is met.
In modifying the operation, flags are removed from the application that would have triggered the bylaw’s requirement for a special permit. Thus, Luke’s Lobster has complied with the requirements of the bylaw.
Jeremy Callahan
Provincetown
Fleeting Wonders
To the editor:
I was so struck by Kai Potter’s beautiful remembrance of all that nature brings in his “On the Landscape” column titled “Remembering That Last Bobwhite’s Song” [June 6, page B1].
I, too, am aware of the quietness and wonder if it is climate change that has brought it on. Spring peeps stopped their song very early this year. I, too, used to marvel at the spotted salamanders one could find under almost every rock.
I have held in the palm of my hand a hatchling turtle that was no bigger than my thumbnail. I have caught a turtle dropped from the clutches of a hawk high in the sky. These wonders are far more infrequent now, but I am grateful for the memories.
Kathleen Bacon
Wellfleet
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