[Dartmouth] Bridge Tower (30 Pelzant) | ? m | 11 FL | U/C

[worldlyhaligonian]

This is a tough one from a legal-philosophical perspective. Aside from the issue of creating a precedent, doesn't society also benefit from the extra floors given the current crises?

If the local government forces the deconstruction of the floors, does this not also create the implication that government is actually party to inducing the crisis (which is true) through the arbitrary height restrictions.

Put another way - what do height restrictions actually achieve aside from limiting housing stock. It would seem that rules should be followed, but what if those rules are the very thing creating societal harms (as opposed to the opposite).

Honestly, I know this kind of stuff goes on everywhere, but council is ostensibly complicit in the housing crisis going back decades and democratic processes have been hijacked. Reduced height is also leading to sprawl, so it could also be argued that environmental degradation is also an outcome and a harm.