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Originally Posted by rustedgoat
I remember a few times seeing building getting knocked down but they left the front wall and entrance. Put up a new building around it, then changed out the entrance area. I'm sure that was for some type of loophole.
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Not meaning to hijack, but that has something to do with municipal building codes. If you knock down a complete building, the new building will be 'new construction', which may not be allowed because of code changes. If you knock down 3/4 (or 9/10) of a building its is a renovation allowing the building to be retained regardless of code changes (grandfathering).
So, if 10% of the body needs replacing, it can be called a restoration. But if 90% of the body needs replacing, can it be still called a restoration, or a rebadging? At what % would be the demarcation?