That's fantastic. It sounds like it might be a small rural town? Those are often great. But it sounds like even though they didn't outright make commercial spa

That's fantastic. It sounds like it might be a small rural town? Those are often great. But it sounds like even though they didn't outright make commercial space illegal, like is commonly the case, they still put up enough "red tape" to have nearly the same effect as zoning making commercial space illegal. These sorts of code and zoning are legal inventions within the past century, and they tend to be seemingly minor technical changes, but they have absolutely huge negative repercussions. I'm not advocating for elimination of zoning and codes, but rather of quick change of them to promote more walkable neighborhoods rather than prohibition of them. Elimination of all planning departments would probably be better than having them, but the best outcomes would be from radical reform of planning to be more centered on the needs of all parts of communities, rather than the most conservative of neighbors.