Re:Barcelona Fines Landlords Who Let Buildings Sit Empty
by lallysingh on Monday March 18, 2019 @11:40PM
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Our regular human ideas for excessive don't count. There's a legal standard there. I don't know it.
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Re:Barcelona Fines Landlords Who Let Buildings Sit Empty
by lazyasciiart on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @12:30AM
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Nobody does, really. It has to be defined in context of the 'gravity of the offence'. I'm sure someone could make a good argument that 1% of the value of a property is reasonable.
Re:Barcelona Fines Landlords Who Let Buildings Sit Empty
by londons_explore on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @04:02AM
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As a 'fine', 100 or even 200 percent of a property could be argued reasonable. 'You aren't using this property as the law intended, so you have to give it to us and pay a penalty'.
If I steal an apple from Walmart, should the fine be 1 percent of the value of the apple? Clearly not.