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Originally Posted by Dmajackson
So apparently the site plan hasn't changed and somehow Westwood is working on the 30-storey building above ground with a permit only for a 12-storey building.
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Well, that is a bit of a head-scratcher.
I did note this passage in the staff report:
"The applicant proposes to construct a large building with five towers above ground...When assessed using the building code, the proposal encompasses one building as there is a shared parking garage that runs underneath all of the Building Elements [i.e., each of the five towers]."
If, as the report states, the building code considers this project to be one building, does that mean that only one permit is required?
But that leads me to ask next: if this project (this "one building"), as presently conceived, requires a development agreement, how can a permit have been issued already, before the agreement is signed? And, is a copy of the permit easily accessible?
Just wondering.
Oh, also, given the shameful performance of community councils in the recent Cresco (Hogan Court) and Hatchet Lake Plaza cases, I'll be really interested to see how the Halifax and West Community Council treats its review of the development agreement in this much larger, higher-profile and more consequential development. History doesn't give much cause for hope.