Sometimes it means finding states and counties that lack zoning regulations or exploiting laws, like those in Iowa, that prohibit local control of farming.
But because of the lack of zoning controls in Houston, Self said, "there is no guarantee that somebody is not going to build something higher between you and the view".
Adult businesses in Portland are protected by free speech, and Portland lacks the zoning and cost-prohibitive licensing fees for strip clubs that limit clubs in other cities.
Scores of billboards have been brought to the department's attention that are illegal because they lack permits, violate zoning or are too close to parks, arterial highways or residential districts.
Other Fairfield County towns that would seem appropriate for million dollar condominiums, including Darien and Wilton, have them, but because of zoning restrictions and lack of available land no new projects have been built for at least five years, according to planning and zoning officials.
And the lack of zoning maps has proved profitable for some.
And given the city's notorious lack of zoning laws, it probably shouldn't come as a surprise that restaurateurs are setting up shop in refreshingly unusual spaces.
Noon 10) MODERNIST DRIVE-BY Despite Houston's lack of zoning (or maybe because of it), the city has a remarkable collection of midcentury modern homes and office towers — some well maintained, others verging on collapse.
The group's president, the Rev. Lionel Harvey, said he spoke with the town supervisor, May Newburger, to discuss an array of issues, from street crime to the lack of zoning enforcement.
So, for Houston, famous for its lack of zoning and its pursuit of free-wheeling capitalism, the polluted skies are forcing the city to do something that once seemed almost blasphemous here -- submit to government regulation.
