The two parties faced court again on Tuesday. The question that was central this week: was the municipality of Utrecht right when it took enforcement action against a resident who had created “an architecturally dangerous situation”. The building lacked a rear facade and a so-called “load-bearing man-piece (shared) basement wall”, which could no longer withstand the pressure of two buildings.
The municipality of Utrecht still succeeds in the million-dollar appeal in question: enforcement action was justified
