To build onto this, the Ashby high-rise dispute has been going on since I was in graduate school over a decade ago: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/r

To build onto this, the Ashby high-rise dispute has been going on since I was in graduate school over a decade ago: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Ashby-casts-long-shadow-over-Houston-land-use-7213635.php https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/articl... There was a more recent dispute in the Heights where a the local residents secured an ordinance to force single family homes in an area under proposed development: https://theleadernews.com/owner-nearby-residents-remain-at-odds-over-fate-of-heights-property/ https://theleadernews.com/owner-nearby-residents-remain-at-o... The point being to re-enforce the point, the lack of zoning in Houston is a myth. Deed restrictions, ordinances, and nuisance laws create a patchwork of regulations that essentially create an ineffective, confusing, and legally complicated zoning system.