Editing Chain store (section)

==Regulation and exclusion==
A variety of towns and cities in the United States whose residents wish to retain their distinctive character—such as [[San Francisco]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Compromise-reached-on-San-Francisco-s-chain-5870444.php|title=Compromise reached on San Francisco's chain store limits|date=5 November 2014|website=Sfgate.com|access-date=2 August 2018|archive-date=March 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312034425/http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Compromise-reached-on-San-Francisco-s-chain-5870444.php|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Provincetown, Massachusetts]] and other [[Cape Cod]] villages; [[Bristol, RI]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-07-20-chain-stores_x.htm|title=USATODAY.com - Cities put shackles on chain stores|website=Usatoday30.usatoday.com|access-date=2 August 2018|archive-date=March 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312180617/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-07-20-chain-stores_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[McCall, Idaho]]; [[Port Townsend, Washington]]; [[Ogunquit, Maine]]; [[Windermere, Florida]] and [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California]]—closely regulate, even exclude, chain stores. They don't exclude the chain itself, only the standardized formula the chain uses, described as "''formula businesses''".<ref name="malibu">[https://www.malibucity.org/DocumentCenter/View/4882/PC130729_Item-6D_Correspondence_DWaite2 Analysis of Cities with Formula Business Ordinances] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523173555/https://www.malibucity.org/DocumentCenter/View/4882/PC130729_Item-6D_Correspondence_DWaite2 |date=May 23, 2018 }}, Malibu, California (.pdf)</ref> For example, there could often be a restaurant owned by [[McDonald's]] that sells hamburgers, but not the formula franchise operation with the golden arches and standardized menu, uniforms, and procedures. The reason these towns regulate chain stores is aesthetics and tourism.<ref name="malibu" />  Proponents of formula restaurants and formula retail allege the restrictions are used to protect independent businesses from competition.<ref name=ilsr /><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/realestate/commercial/09chain.html "Cape Cod Residents Keep the Chain Stores Out"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118162130/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/realestate/commercial/09chain.html |date=November 18, 2016 }} article by Beth Greenfield June 8, 2010</ref>