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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
If this is the way it is, then it makes me wonder why we have development agreements and approval processes at all.
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Well, my hypothetical where the developer is not found liable involves an error on HRM's part. The fix wouldn't be to throw out development agreements and approval processes, it would be to have HRM staff and politicians follow the procedures and communicate accurately instead of inaccurately in the future. But it seems the details are not public yet, I am not a lawyer, etc. etc.
If the developer is punished, I still think it makes sense in the abstract to consider the financial incentives and not poetic justice of lopping off floors if there isn't really any gain from that. Having a developer destroy housing is a loss to society. A financial penalty against them removes the profit incentive to break rules and doesn't destroy property; it's a transfer.
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