Court rules city lot can be developed
HRM facing suit over zoning dispute
By BRUCE ERSKINE Business Reporter
Wed, Jun 22 - 7:28 AM
Peter Polley has demonstrated that you can fight city hall.
The owner of Polycorp Properties Inc. in Halifax has won a court battle to have the R-3 zoning maintained on a Barrington Street property where he plans to build a $15-million condominium development.
But Polley is still suing Halifax Regional Municipality for economic losses incurred in the protracted legal battle, characterized by Justice Gregory Warner of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court as a simple issue that the municipality turned into a time-consuming and expensive process.
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