Does the term "exterior" apply to alterations made to the rear of a building?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Buchbinder v. Strata Plan VR2096, 1992 CanLII 5957 (BC CA):
In the City of New Orleans v. Impastato, 3 S.O. 2d 559 (La. Sup. Ct., 1941), alterations were made to the rear of a building. The court states (at p. 561): The word “exterior”, as applied to a building, clearly means all of the outer surfaces thereof as distinguished from its interior or the portion enclosed by the outer surfaces.
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