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Originally Posted by counterfactual
Is the Pope a Catholic?
It's not that they actually think they'll win. They won't. It's just that they always appeal, because they want to increase the overall costs of proposing developments. It's a way of deterring future proposals. You have to "cost in" the significant legal costs of battling multiple legal proceedings because of these morons.
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This isn't an as-of-right development - it is a change to the plan - with 3 times the height proposed than currently allowed. It would be insane if changes like this weren't appealable. Regardless of the quality of the project, you have someone asking for something radically different that what is currently permissible under existing rules. And yes, you do have to cost these things in, because you are not proposing building something that you are allowed to do. It's high risk. To say appeals are only filed to increase development costs is ridiculous. The process is awkward and expensive, but it is up to staff and Council to change it.
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