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Photo Derek Burritt
Tim Brady (left), of East Cape Engineering, addresses the board of health with Caroline Parlante (right), owner of the Bookstore and Restaurant. |
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Bookstore upgrade time running out
Banner Daily Update Mon. Mar. 24
By Derek Burritt
Banner Staff
WELLFLEET—The Bookstore and Restaurant is dangerously close to being closed due to the owner's inadequate progress in upgrading the property's failed septic system.
Caroline Parlante, owner of the Bookstore and Restaurant on Kendrick Ave., was told she is “starting to fall out of favor” with the board of health over her prolonged delay in addressing a mandated septic upgrade.
Vice-chair Lezli Rowell, who made the comment, said the board had expected to see completed plans for the new septic system at the March 20 meeting. However, Parlante appeared before the board only with Tim Brady, of East Cape Engineering, who she has just hired.
Brady outlined for the board his two-pronged approach for upgrading the current 27-year-old septic system, which includes consideration for both private and municipal water systems. After the meeting, Rowell said it's promising that the matter will be resolved based on past work Brady has done in town.
However, time is a critical factor in whether or not the property, which includes the Bombshelter tavern, will be open for the start of the summer season. At stake is Parlante's business license, which expired in Dec. 2008 and has yet to be renewed pending the septic upgrade.
“We are at a point in enforcement where our good graces have run out,” Rowell said.
The board gave Parlante and Brady until April 3 to bring it plans.
“If there's not compliance, if there's not a set of plans we can get approved prior to the start of this business season, then closure of the restaurant remains our last avenue,” Rowell said.
The board ordered the upgrade at its Aug. 8 meeting, when it supported health and conservation agent Hillary Greenberg’s decision to fail the property's septic system “due to pumping records.” According to Greenberg, the septic system was pumped more than four times between Aug. 1, 2006 and July 14, 2007, which classifies it as a “failed” system. At the Aug. 8 meeting, the board instructed the business's representative, Michael Parlante, treasurer, to return in six months with engineering plans for an upgrade.
Read more in the March 27 edition of the Banner.
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Mar 20th, 2008