“The people who this affected showed up in force when they finally let us start having meetings in person. It was too late by then. Approval by the council had already happened when they didn’t give the folks a voice.”
Why do you want to control what a private property owner does with their land?
There were other ways to handle this rather than under the cover of darkness (ie. lockdowns). The private property owner entity cannot just do whatever it wants. There are restrictions with building codes, etc.
People can work together. No need to ruffle the town’s people’s feathers unnecessarily. We need infrastructure so we can help accommodate what the land usage looks like.