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Why don't the people who care about their view simply build a taller tower?

• toomuchtodo 4y ago
  This is no different than people in HOAs who try to block solar on the rooftops of their neighbors, or those blocking utility scale solar in their community on land they don’t own, out of aesthetics or their feelings. You can’t negotiate with them, you can only persevere (and hopefully you’re resourced to do so).
  • lazyasciiart 4y ago
    Washington addressed this by passing a law that solar panels cannot be prevented by a HOA.
    • toomuchtodo 4y ago
      They can put restrictions on the install: https://artisanelectricinc.com/solar_and_homeowners_association/ https://artisanelectricinc.com/solar_and_homeowners_associat... https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=64.38.055 https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=64.38.055
• yellow_postit 4y ago
  During the South Lake building boom I recall seeing many “construct additional pylons” posters as a tongue in cheek advocacy for the condo buildings complaining about losing space needle views. As an alternative there’s things like the protected views framework [1] which in London has enshrined which vantage points can see St Paul’s leading to some of the odder skyline architecture like the Walkie Talkie building. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_view https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_view
• bobthepanda 4y ago
  In Seattle if you want to put your money where your mouth is, you can legally purchase a parcel’s unused “air rights” (the unused development capacity). It’s most commonly used in single family areas, where homes buy them from other lots to preserve their views.
• nostromo 4y ago
  You can't. Most cities have very restrictive hight limitations for all the reasons you can read about in this article -- complaints about congestion, traffic, shadows, etc.