Fortunately, the creeps in DC have no authority over minimum lot sizes, mandatory parking requirements, and prohibitions on multifamily housing.
But even if they can't do it directly, they can decide where the couple trillion dollars of "infrastructure" goes to. Drag a hundred million dollars through a city and the city council will eagerly destroy their home town for a chance to grab it.
Just like the federal government has no power over drinking ages, speed limits or seat belt laws, but states get cut out of highway funds if they don't dance to the federales' tune.
“Fortunately, the creeps in DC have no authority over minimum lot sizes, mandatory parking requirements, and prohibitions on multifamily housing.”
As a former Chicago resident (1970-1971) I know the value of minimum parking requirements. I lived in a “4 + 1” apartment building where the lowest level was for residents’ parking and the top 4 floors were for residences. The city required this design and it worked really well because we residents could safely park our cars off the street and the streets weren’t clogged with parked cars. If you wanted a private parking place, you paid for it. Given the limited parking space on the near north side, the system worked really well.
Unfortunately, they don’t give a rat’s ass about all that.