I’m ok with building materials, architecture, and any range of requirements that a community wants to place on new structures to maintain a certain “look” to a

I’m ok with building materials, architecture, and any range of requirements that a community wants to place on new structures to maintain a certain “look” to a neighborhood. Those can be factored easily into costs. I’m not ok with a community preventing new development entirely, especially taller and denser development. Even worse is that red tape can delay a project for years if not permanently, making the cost of owning property for development (mortgage, taxes, size of eventual payoff) uncertain. If you set clear rules, the market will adapt. When everything is banned or uncertain, developers are much less likely to take risks.