Overview
- Public prosecutor Marina Petruzzella asked for prison terms of up to two years and four months, fines totaling about €330,000, and confiscation of the tower and the parcel where it stands.
- She said city managers, officials, the developers, and the designer acted in concert, ignored the public interest, and counted on not being checked by the courts.
- The charges focus on a 2018 managerial order that introduced a “SCIA with a binding commitment,” a self-declared permit path she says sidestepped urban agreements and rules for tall new buildings.
- The 24‑story tower between via Stresa and piazza Carbonari has been lived in for years by about 160 people, who could face loss of their homes if a confiscation order holds up in court.
- Defense lawyers point to earlier city legal opinions that a special plan for buildings over 25 meters was not mandatory, while recent Lombardy administrative court rulings have tightened when projects must be treated as new construction.