High-rise

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Variously defined; generally, a building that exceeds six storeys: see Regina (City) v Harvard Developments Ltd, 2004 SKCA 103; some classifications suggest mid-rise as being from three to seven storeys and high-rise as eight or more: see HS Moskowitz & CG Lindbloom, The Illustrated Book of Development Definitions (Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers: Center for Urban Policy Research, 1981); other suggestions are of height above twelve storeys: see Re Miller, 2015 NSUARB 218

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