Is a municipal bylaw to limit the vertical height of structures from the level of ground undisturbed by human action necessary?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Maerkl v. Denman Island Local Trust Committee et al, 2005 BCSC 1308 (CanLII):
There are other municipal bylaws by which municipalities limit the vertical height of structures from the level of ground undisturbed by human action. An example of an instance in which the court considered such a bylaw is within Lynch v. North Vancouver (District) [1990] B.C.J. No. 1088.
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