[boublepop]

Cities and cultures change, which is why you can apply for development permits. Going ahead with a demolition you don’t have a permit for because you think that will force them to grant you one is stupid and deserves punishment like this. The other option is a slippery slope where someone. Starts bulding recidential units in industrial zoning and renting it out without permits because it’ll force the industry to move etc.

You’ll never be able to buy land in a city without any restrictions and that’s perfectly fine. If you want land without restrictions don’t buy in a city, go find an island somewhere.

[torstenvl]

Deeply disheartening to see the spittle brigade out in force on HN, defending the post-hoc seizure of private property by a local government. The saddest irony is that the same people probably claim to be against civil asset forfeiture to law enforcement.