It is and I’m not sure I like that. It makes you dependent on the city government’s whims and some of those small towns are very whimsical.
I don’t blame a business man for using the laws as written but I would support oversight at the state level or perhaps criterion proposed voted on and set out. A project might be very pretty and might draw in tax $ but on the other side of the issue is someone losing a home...a family farm...access to a stream. Its the slippery slope sometimes for the towns because revenue is down. There appear to be no perfect answers.
Corrupt state officials would back corrupt local officials.
Constitutional rights should mot be subjected to a vote.