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Originally Posted by Rizzo
Couldn’t happen here since the design review scope is limited
But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen elsewhere.
I do recall a case in Sioux Falls I think where the owners promised a certain house design that required landmarks review. They did a bait and switch after permit and the neighbors sued and demanded they tear down the house. The city agreed and the homeowners who had just completed construction sued the city. Went to court and the judge ultimately sided with the city and neighbors forced them to tear down the house. There was nothing problematic from a code perspective, but an aesthetic issue that was apparently too difficult to resolve.
In the case of this building, I don’t see anything blatantly dishonest, it’s just a slight variation in the glass screen. It’s that the renderings poorly convey the actual product, but still tell a similar story. Garage is clad in glass with louvers at the corners.
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We will see what the finished product looks like, but from what I am seeing now, the variance is much more than cladding.
But what I was envisioning was something that was more of a public and government resource than an actionable tool. Pull up a site, enter an address or developer name and then see a comparison and analysis between what has been promised and what has been delivered. That could be helpful when that developer comes back with the next proposal and anyone can refer to a site and question how well that developer actually delivers what they promise.