Actually, the residence had not been registered with the city's various historical preservation departments and thus the ku-ts'o had no landmark status. In addition, construction planners had given residents a year to give their objections to the project, and not one had crossed their desk.
當初林家古厝並未報請古蹟鑑定，因此在有關單位古蹟檔案中未存紀錄；此外，都市計畫案擬定後按例公告一年，林家也未在期限之內提出異議；加上當年「文化資產保存法」猶未成形，於是拆屋之舉，在市政府看來，合理合法。