Lastly the plaintiffs insisted upon' the necessity to build more and more constructions in the present conditions owing to the increase in residents in the Concession. Mr. Edouard d'Hooghe, representing the French Municipality, asked the Court to defer any decision until the new regulations governing the areas should be issued, The Court decided that since the Municipality had said the permit would be delivered provided aesthetics were improved and since they were improved, the permit should be delivered. The applicants were entitled to refuse to await the promulgation of the new regulations because only existing regulations could be applied.
Judgment was delivered for the Council to deliver the permit within eight days failing which they would have to pay $100 per day for each day of delay. All the costs would be borne by the Municipality
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