I agree the height restrictions should be more generous, but we shouldn&#x27;t go to the other extreme. A minimum isn&#x27;t necessary: property developers will build as much as they think will turn any profit whatsoever. You don&#x27;t need to force them to try to make money -- just get out of there way!<p>There&#x27;s also a downside to minimums: 10-story buildings aren&#x27;t very cheap to build (unlike 5-story buildings), causing problems if you want new housing stock to target the poor and working class. This makes it challenging to build on the urban fringe where 3-story buildings should be replacing single family homes. 10-story buildings have no business out there, unless maybe you&#x27;re building next to a transit hub.<p>You can try to define the &quot;core&quot; part of the city that needs 10-story buildings, but this is more micromanaging than you need to be, and the law will need to keep up with a changing urban landscape. As we&#x27;ve seen in SF and many other US cities, that&#x27;s a tall order.