Don't be heartless. Let woman in historic district put on vinyl siding

Nov. 5 − To the Editor:

Please let the poor woman who wants to have vinyl siding on her home have it. The simple answer would seem to be either rezone her out of the Historic District or give her whatever variances are needed.

I know where this house is and this is a reasonable and doable request.

The Zoning Board and the Historic District Commission have made a rigid and arbitrary decisions. Where is their humanity?

They have given many questionable variances and adjustments for many of the developers in historic downtown projects already (the building… The Ark design…that was the home of Hearth is an egregious example.)

I hope these two boards find a way they can live with to help this woman by letting her hav

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