关于 permit， 这个近30年前的案子可以供参考

“NEW YORK — "Bang! Wham! Crash!" The racket that shatters the silence of the reading room in the East 96th Street public library is the sound of the Manhattan skyline falling--a bit of it, at least.

Next door, a 7,000-pound, hammer-wielding robot is pounding away at the top floor of an unoccupied apartment house that rises 31 stories, 12 more than zoning laws allow“

N.Y. Apartment Building Cut Down to Size After Developer's