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Originally Posted by JET
The real issue is that we do not have municipal/provincial heritage laws that mandate the maintenance and preservation of our built heritage. Until that happens the buildings will continue to decline and disappear.
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I don't think it's mandate or not; that may simply deter development, and we really want both. Instead, you could also, as someone123 suggests, create strong incentives for heritage preservation.
But to do that, we need to get over our obsession with height limits.
If we did, you could say: you can only build this high as of right. But you can build a single tower this high, or build up higher, if you preserve these built heritage elements. You get significant density and height bonuses for preserving heritage/facades, etc.
That is what is required. But again, it means abolishing/amending the stupid viewplanes laws, one of the banes of this city's existence.
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