They knocked down a house in my neighborhood but left a facade.Submitted by Mojo_art t3_11dspg2 in mildlyinteresting
speckyradge t1_jaan0i1 wrote
Reply to comment by No_Difference_1962 in They knocked down a house in my neighborhood but left a facade. by Mojo_art
Yup. Likely avoids a bunch of troublesome code requirements. I used to see this in Chicago (where it has to be two walls) so that the new build didn't need to conform to either the setbacks for fire code, meaning the new house could be much closer to its neighbors than would otherwise be allowed.
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