View Protection is a hot topic. This article discussed the issue last month and describes the problem as "how to pack more people into the same patches of land, while still making the city’s buildings beautiful, well constructed and pleasant to live in and around."
Toronto defines the problem saying that "a "tall building" is a building that is generally taller than the width of the adjacent street right-of-way or the wider of two streets if located at an intersection" and adopted new guidelines in 2013.
Vancouver has its own guidelines here. The city uses "view cones to protect selected threatened public views."
A balance between density and preserving street life has to be achieved.
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