https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoning_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoning_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setback_(land

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoning_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoning_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setback_(land_use) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setback_(land_use) I assume pretty much all the other developed countries have analogues to zoning and setback laws and other regulations that dictate what can and cannot be built on a given piece of land. I have even seen regulations dictating what kind of facades (purely an aesthetic choice) buildings must have.