12-01-2017, 07:11 AM
(12-01-2017, 02:10 AM)GtwoK Wrote: How..... can they reduce the setback.... without changing the footprint? Are they lifting the building and moving it forward a few meters, perhaps? What does that even mean
It’s probably non-conforming now. So the change just allows the existing footprint of the building. I don’t know what sorts of modifications to a building trigger a requirement to conform, but I think that’s what is going on.
Of course this just shows how inappropriate the setback regulations are — there are probably huge swaths of the older parts of the city where many buildings don’t conform to modern setbacks. And of course, all the best parts of the city were built before setback regulations existed at all.