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Originally Posted by Alegan
Approval is not based on design? How can this be? Bait-and-switch is just allowed to happen?
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In the US and Canada, items such as height, setbacks, and parking requirements are deemed more important and cannot change without another public hearing after approval is granted. Design is deemed not as important and is a little harder to regulate to be honest. So design bait and switches are the norm and perfectly legal.
I would love to see less of an emphasis on height - does it really matter to the general public if a building is 1,025 feet or 1,040 feet? And a much stronger emphasis on design - holding developers accountable to the original designs they submitted to the city and make good design a matter of public policy rather than an after fought.